FCC to investigate telcos ‘doing Communist China’s bidding’ | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News A new national security council at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun investigating “the ongoing U.S. operations of CCP-aligned businesses.” By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Businesses on an FCC list of entities deemed to pose “unacceptable risks to America’s national security” will be subject to a new investigation. The investigation, announced earlier in March, will examine the U.S. operations of entities on the FCC’s...
Telus explores sale of minority stake in tower business | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The Canadian operator has hired advisors to consider various options to strengthen the company’s balance sheet Canadian telco Telus revealed last week that it has been engaging with advisors for “several months” in order to explore various options that would improve its financial position. The operator currently owns and operates around 3,000 mobile towers across the country. Analysts suggest that the tower business could be worth CAD$1–3...
Sky announces 2,000 job cuts | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Sky has announced 2,000 job cuts across its customer services sector, the Financial Times has reported The personnel cuts equate to around 7% of the workforce, and would see the closure of three of its ten call centres, Leeds, Sheffield and Stockport call centres, as well as affected operations at its Dunfermline and Newcastle sites. The company receives around 25 million customer calls from across Europe each year, which it expects to decrease...
ISP Sky Broadband Saw Data Traffic Peak at 28Tbps in Dec 2024 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Sky UK has today published their latest bi-annual Attention Index report for the July to December 2024 period, which reveals various TV viewing figures across their network and also states that Sky Broadband customers used 19.1 billion gigabytes of data in the last six months. According to the ‘Sky Attention Index‘ (PDF), Sky Broadband’s peak data usage has grown by 17% since the first half of last year, rising from 24Tbps (Terabits per second) to a...
G.Network Ponders Sale of London Full Fibre Broadband Network Again | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative UK network operator and ISP G.Network, which has deployed a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of London, has reportedly instructed bankers at Jefferies and Nomura to engage with potential buyers for the business again. The operator originally held an aspiration to expand their fibre network to cover 1.3 million premises in the city by the end of 2026. But like many other altnets they’ve since been...
Owner of Three UK Considers Spinning Off Global Telecommunications Biz | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Hong Kong conglomerate behind mobile operator Three UK and several other operators in different countries, CK Hutchison Holdings (CKH), has confirmed that they’re currently engaged in talks that could see them spinning off their global telecommunications network in the near future. But an agreement is not yet certain. At present CKH operates both mobile and fixed telecommunications (broadband and phone) networks in over ten global markets, including...
Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme Expanded to UK Urban Areas | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today tweaked the language on the information page for their Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) in a number of key ways. This sees the removal of “rural” specific language and the introduction of language stating that some areas are “open for urban voucher projects“. The GBVS usually offers grants worth up to £4,500 to help rural premises (homes and businesses) get a gigabit-capable broadband...
Huawei’s ushers in the AI era with raft of new solutions at MWC 2025 | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article At MWC in Barcelona this year, the topic of AI pervaded every aspect of the show. From AI-powered robots to agentic AI assistants, there is no doubt that we are rapidly entering the AI era But to make the most of this transformational technology, telco infrastructure will require modernisation. Networks themselves will need to leverage AI to become more automated and efficient, while also powerful enough to handle the unique...
Ericsson and SoftBank sign “next-generation” AI MoU | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Ericsson and SoftBank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of next-generation telecom technologies, including AI, Cloud RAN, Extended Reality (XR), and 6G, aiming to establish a strategic partnership towards 2030 The partnership, built around the concept of “NextWave Tech,” Ericsson and SoftBank’s partnership, centred on NextWave Tech, aims to speed up the development of future networks by testing new...
Fibrus Extend Cumbria UK Gigabit Broadband Build by 21,000 Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Infracapital-backed network operator Fibrus has today confirmed what we first reported last week (here), which is that their £108m publicly funded Project Gigabit broadband rollout contract in Cumbria (Lot 28) has been “extended” to cover an additional 21,000 premises in hard-to-reach areas. But it’s a bit more complex than that. Just to recap. The Lot 28 build was the first large-scale Regional Supplier contract to be awarded under the wider Project...