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New customers of mobile operator EE (BT) can no longer order “Flex” plans, which were first introduced back in 2018 as an alternative to the traditional Pay As You Go (PAYG) model (here). The plans were quietly removed, without explanation, from the operator’s website and shops a few weeks ago. The Flex plans were originally […]

Telecoms giant BT is reportedly in talks with Vauxhall in the hope of encouraging the car manufacturer to ramp-up production of their electric vehicles and move more of the construction line into the UK, which will help with their goal of converting Openreach’s entire fleet of engineering vans to EVs by 2030. At present BT […]

Last month we reported that Virgin Media (VMO2) had begun trials in three cities to test their UK plan for upgrading existing Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) based network areas with Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband – using XGS-PON technology (here). The good news is that we now know the names of those three locations. At present about […]

Rostelecom and VEB Ventures have signed a legally binding parity agreement which will see the investment fund acquire a stake in Atlas, an operating company founded by Rostelecom in 2020.  Through Atlas, the Russian digital service provider and VEB Ventures (part of the Russian bank VEB… read more on TotalTele.com »

Cherokee County in the US state of Georgia doesn’t strike you as a hotbed of innovation. The county seat is Canton which lies some forty miles north of Atlanta and has a population of around 30,000 people out of a county total of a little over 200,000 people. If you look for things to do or famous residents you find little beyond it being home of actors Josh Holloway and Blair Redford or the Ball Ground Burger Bus… read more on TotalTele.com...

Budget UK ISP TalkTalk, which back in October 2021 signed a contract to harness Netgem‘s pay TV platform (here), has begun to offer a related “TV 4K Box” device for certain customers as part of a “test“. But it’s currently only available to those on their “Future Fibre” (FTTP) broadband plans (Openreach, CityFibre etc.). The […]

Companies leveraging private 5G will have an unprecedented competitive advantage, says Shahid Ahmed, Group EVP, New Ventures and Innovation at NTT Ltd., pointing to research showing that “adoption of private 5G is happening now”   His comments tie in with a new report compiled by Economist Impact… read more on TotalTele.com...

Uncertainty continues to cloud CityFibre’s planned UK rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in the large towns of Halifax and Barnsley in Yorkshire (England), which were recently disrupted after the operator’s chosen contractor – NMCN – fell into administration. CityFibre first revealed that they’d picked NMCN (formerly North Midland Construction) to […]

The fund will invest, both directly and indirectly, in global carbon sequestration projects such as afforestation, reforestation, and the restoration of natural ecosystems (mangroves or agroforestry projects)… read more on TotalTele.com »

UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which is busy building a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the East of England, has managed to secure another significant funding boost of £60 million. The additional investment comes from specialist investor, Sequoia, and takes their total confirmed pot to £115m. The operator currently aims to cover an initial 100,000 premises (homes […]