NTT preparing $500m fund to boost IOWN AI initiative | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The vehicle will target startups across North America, Asia, and Europe to accelerate the commercial ecosystem for all-photonics networks Japan’s largest telco, NTT, is preparing to create an investment fund worth roughly $500 million to support the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) initiative and related AI development, according to reports from Yomiuri Shimbun. South Korea’s SK Group, Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom, and the Development...
Marine Survey Begins for Verena UK–Denmark Subsea Fibre System | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Designed to support rapidly growing Nordic data traffic and rising international demand for secure, high-quality connectivity routes, the 630-kilometre cable system Verena is scheduled to be Ready for Service (RFS) in the fourth quarter of 2028. The commencement of marine survey activities marks the transition from planning into delivery and represents a critical step in delivering a resilient and future-ready subsea cable system. Survey activities...
Marine Survey Begins for Verena UK–Denmark Subsea Fibre System | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Designed to support rapidly growing Nordic data traffic and rising international demand for secure, high-quality connectivity routes, the 630-kilometre cable system Verena is scheduled to be Ready for Service (RFS) in the fourth quarter of 2028. The commencement of marine survey activities marks the transition from planning into delivery and represents a critical step in delivering a resilient and future-ready subsea cable system. Survey activities...
Sparklight Invests Nearly $1 Billion to Enhance Connectivity Across Its Footprint | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More PHOENIX (June 4, 2026) — Sparklight® has invested nearly $1 billion over the past three years to expand and enhance its fiber-rich network across its 24-state footprint, helping deliver faster connectivity and greater capacity for residential and business customers and critical community services. As part of its continued network evolution, Sparklight has expanded fiber deeper into its service areas to build a future-ready network that supports...
AllPoints Fibre to Open Own UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to UK ISP Brillband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Retail ISP Brillband has announced that, from 1st July 2026, consumers will finally be able to order broadband packages over the full fibre network built by parent company AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN), which reflects the former (pre-consolidation) brands of Jurassic Fibre, Giganet and Swish Fibre. But there’s a catch for the provider’s Openreach and CityFibre base. Just to recap. The three gigabit-speed alternative networks were all consolidated under...
UK Shows Strong Adoption of Latest Wi-Fi 6 and 7 Standards vs Europe | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet connection benchmarking firm Ookla (Accenture), which operates the popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service and app, has published a general summary of WiFi technology adoption across the world that reveals how the UK has a fairly strong level of Wi-Fi 6 and 7 adoption vs most of Europe. On these pages we often talk about service speeds from fixed broadband connections. But it remains important to understand that most of the devices we...
Giffgaff Launch Six Months for £5 Offer on UK Full Fibre Broadband Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile and internet provider giffgaff has this morning announced the launch of a new special offer on their 24-month fixed full fibre broadband plans (available via nexfibre’s network), which will give new customers any of their 200Mbps to 900Mbps speed packages at just £5 per month for the first six months of service. The packages typically return to their normal prices thereafter (e.g. 200Mbps is £25 per month, 500Mbps is £28 and 900Mbps is £32). All...
Possible Hints of O2 Broadband Revival Surface via New UK Full Fibre Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More One of ISPreview’s eagle-eyed readers recently spotted that mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) had uploaded an interesting new page on their website, which doesn’t appear to have been meant for public consumption and depicted three new full fibre (FTTP) broadband packages under the ‘O2 Broadband’ branding. Seasoned industry observers will recall that O2 previously ran their own fixed broadband ISP, which reflected what they acquired from BE...
£700m R100 Gigabit Broadband Rollout in Scotland Covers 100,000 Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Scottish Government (SG) has this morning announced that they’ve just passed the 100,000 premises milestone – reflecting those who have benefitted from their publicly subsidised £697m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach, which is rolling out gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) broadband to remote rural areas. Starting with a recap. The R100 scheme is contracted to reach a total of 112,939 premises by March 2028 – split across three contracts – in...
ISP Aquiss Launch 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps UK Broadband Speeds via Openreach | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Shropshire-based independent ISP Aquiss has today joined the small to modest sized group of internet providers able to offer speeds of 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps via Openreach’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, both of which will initially be sold at half price for the first six months of service. The press announcement for this actually came in at the unusual time of around 8pm on a Friday night, so we’re playing catch-up a bit this...