Dorset Council Pilot’s Training Programme for UK Fibre Engineers
The Dorset Council (DCC) in England has secured £20,000 of funding from the Local Government Association’s (LGA) Digital Pathfinders programme in order to help it develop a local pilot training programme for fibre engineers, which could help to boost gigabit broadband provision in the county. At present there remains a general shortage of skilled fibre […]
OneWeb to Start Building LEO Broadband Satellites in the UK
Space firm OneWeb, which is owned by a consortium of the UK Government and working to build a new global mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has confirmed earlier speculation by announcing that the company will invest £2.2bn ($3bn) to shift manufacturing from the USA to UK. At present OneWeb […]
Colt expands UK metro network with CityFibre partnership
Colt Technology Services has partnered with CityFibre to expand the reach of its metro network to eight new cities in the UK. The partnership will see Colt gain presence in Bristol, Leeds, Slough, Bracknell, Reading, Milton Keynes, Edinburgh, and Glasgow… read more on TotalTele.com »
Startup Stories: tales from the show floor
At Connected Britain in September the Startup Zone was sponsored by Huawei in conjunction with Cambridge Wireless. The team from The Tech Podcast were onsite throughout the event and produced two episodes… read more on TotalTele.com »
Moscow is Russia’s 5G hub
A statement issued today by the Moscow Department of Information Technologies flags that about half of all 5G pilot projects in Russia this year have taken place in Moscow. In October 2020 a 5G Demo Center launched in the city with a focus on solving city problems &ndash… read more on TotalTele.com »
Canadian telecom workers legally required to be vaccinated against COVID
As countries around the world continue to battle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic amid the new threat of emerging variants such as Omicron, Canada has reacted to its own growing case load (7% growth in new cases in the last 7 days) by making it a legal requirement for workers in federally… read more on TotalTele.com »
Sky UK Offers a Merry Christmas with Free Calls, Data and Movies
It’s that time of year again when Sky’s various UK services (Sky Broadband, Sky Mobile, Sky TV etc.) give their existing customers some early Christmas presents, which typically take the form of various gifts, such as “free” movies, Premier League football matches, free mobile data (mobile broadband), and free calls. Naturally, the presents on offer […]
New UK AltNet Provider AllPoints Fibre to Build FTTP Broadband
A new London-based alternative network builder called AllPoints Fibre (APF), which is being backed by investment from the Fern Trading Group (advised by Octopus Investments), has today joined the UK market with a plan to deploy a new “open access” wholesale Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network that other ISPs can harness. The new approach came to light […]
CityFibre Start Legal Fight Over Ofcom Approval of Openreach FTTP Price Cut UPDATE
CityFibre has this week carried out their earlier threats by launching an appeal via the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) to challenge Ofcom’s recent approval of Openreach’s “Equinox” offer (here), which introduced a “major” price cut (details) to the incumbents Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband products for UK ISPs. Our readers may recall that the “Equinox” discount, which […]
ICO Fines UK ISP Virgin Media GBP50,000 for Email SPAMMING UPDATE
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today hit broadband ISP and TV operator Virgin Media (VMO2) with a fine of £50,000 after they were found to have sent 451,217 direct marketing emails to people “who had previously opted out of marketing communications” from the same operator. The situation first came to the ICO’s attention in […]