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Today, the UK government, via the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), has announced a “joint ambition”, alongside mobile operators, to increase the use of Open RAN technology in national networks.  The plan is for 35% of the country’s mobile traffic to be carried over Open RAN architecture by 2030. Open RAN is the concept of using standardised, interoperable RAN components, thereby allowing for multiple vendors to coexist effectively within one mobile network… read more...

Alternative network ISP Grain has today named a list of 11 additional UK cities and towns that will shortly benefit from a rollout of their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which includes a number of aggressively competitive areas where rivals are already deploying similarly capable infrastructure. The provider, which is being supported by an […]

Ofcom has today published their annual monitoring report, which finds that Openreach continues to “operate with a high degree of strategic and operational independence” from BT and there has been positive progress in take-up of their Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product by rival broadband ISPs. Only a few small issues remain. The annual report was […]

Chile has now officially inaugurated the Prat submarine cable, a move which it hopes will help further develop the country as a regional connectivity hub. The cable spans around 3,500km down the west coast of Chile from Arica, at the company’s most north-westerly point, down to Puerto Montt in the south. First announced three years ago, the Prat system was designed to deliver 4 Tbps connections to 12 cities along the coast… read more on TotalTele.com...

Internet provider TalkTalk has today published the latest volume (4) of their UK “Internet Insights” report, which this time around focuses upon the impact of “silver surfers” and reveals that broadband usage among pensioners has grown by 69% from pre-pandemic levels (driven by increased streaming and online gaming). The data shows that internet usage among […]

Yesterday, US colocation data centre specialist Equinix announced its intentions to purchase Nigeria-based digital real estate company MainOne in a deal worth around $320 million. The deal represents Equinix’s first expansion into Africa, with the company hailing the move as the start of a wider push into the continent.  “With more than 200 million people… read more on TotalTele.com...

Mobile operator iD Mobile (Dixons Carphone) has started bundling a Currys Gift Card alongside some of their SIM Only 4G and 5G mobile plans on 12-month and 24-month terms, which range in value from £25 to £50. For example, iD’s £16 per month unlimited data (mobile broadband), calls and texts plan gets a £50 card […]

The Government has unveiled a new agreement with the four primary mobile network operators, including Vodafone, EE (BT), O2 (VMO2) and Three UK, which among other things will see existing 2G and 3G signals being “phased out” by 2033 (benefitting 4G / 5G services and mobile broadband) and a new target for OpenRAN adoption. The […]

Hampshire-based business broadband and cloud provider Onecom, which is backed by a £100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), has today made their fourth acquisition of the year (after Olive Communications, 9 Group and IP Office) by gobbling Russell Telecom for an undisclosed sum. The CEO of Onecom Group, Martin Flick, said: […]

Today, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced that they have completed upgrading their existing network to DOCSIS 3.1 technology, four years ahead of schedule.  The upgrade process has been underway for the last two years, accelerating at an incredible pace. VMO2 announced that they had reached the halfway point  (around 7.75 million homes) in their upgrade plans only back in August… read more on TotalTele.com...