Telenet to begin deploying 5G from next week
Telenet (Base) has announced that it will next week begin its deployment of its 5G network, almost two years after being allocated temporary spectrum by the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT). The deployments will first take place in Leuven… read more on TotalTele.com »
We built this city on IoT
Think about green cities. People will generally understand what that means – clean air, leafy spaces, with sustainability built-in to create an altogether healthier, more liveable environment for all. In contrast, when we talk about ‘smart cities’, what do we mean? The definition matters because, to create connected, efficient and intelligent cities, we need to establish what they are and set out a compelling vision so everyone can align activity and effort behind it. In the UK, we do...
Telefonica presses on with staff cuts
Last month, Telefonica announced that it was aiming to cut between 2,000 and 4,000 jobs in the first half of 2022. Now, representatives from the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT, the General Union of Workers) has confirmed that voluntary redundancy is set to be offered to any staff member born in or before 1967 and with at least 15 years of employment by the company… read more on TotalTele.com...
Virgin Media Make Gigabit Speeds Available to 1.2 Million Scottish Homes
UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has today confirmed that their entire network of 1.2 million premises in Scotland now have access to gigabit broadband speeds (1130Mbps downloads and 52Mbps up), although this figure includes some areas that have previously already been upgraded to the DOCSIS 3.1 standard. At the last D3.1 rollout update in November […]
LTE and 5G Private Mobile Networks to unlock the era of connected industries
The demand for Private Mobile Networks (PMNs) based on LTE (and increasingly 5G) is being driven by the data, security, digitisation and enterprise mobility requirements of modern business and government entities. Organisations of all types are combining connected systems with big data and analytics to transform operations, increase automation and efficiency or to deliver new services to their users. Private mobile networks – what are they? A private LTE/5G network is a mobile network...
Solar-powered broadband balloons to deliver connectivity to Africa
From deploying fibre underground to putting up mobile masts, deploying broadband infrastructure is expensive. In recent years, we have seen a flurry of innovation attempting to make these deployments more cost effective and less time consuming, from Facebook’s Bombyx robot, that crawls along existing power cables and wraps them in lightweight fibre, to the HAPS Alliance, seeking to deliver broadband through a solar… read more on TotalTele.com...
Viettel joins rivals in launching mobile money services
Last week, MobiFone became the first Vietnamese mobile operator to launch mobile money services, with Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) hot on their heels. At the time, Vietnam’s largest operator, Viettel, was notably silent on the mobile money front, but today they too have announced they will begin offering these services to customers. According to sources, the slight delay to Viettel receiving the licence was merely due to delays in processing the application… read more on...
Ofcom Fines O2 UK GBP150,000 Over Inaccurate Information
Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has been fined £150k by the UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, after they were found to have provided “inaccurate and incomplete information” during an earlier investigation into the company’s billing issues (here), which separately resulted in the operator being fined £10.5m for overcharging customers. Section 135 of the Communication Act 2003 requires […]
Scotland Extends Interim Rural Broadband Voucher Scheme
The Scottish Government has announced that their Interim Broadband Voucher Scheme, which forms part of the £600m Reaching 100% (R100) project and is designed to help rural premises in the hardest to reach areas get a faster connection installed, has been extended to 31st March 2022 (it was previously due to finish this month). The […]
First Homes Live in ISP Wessex Internet’s Somerset FTTP Build
Rural UK ISP Wessex Internet has this week connected the first home in South Somerset to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which has been deployed as part of their state aid supported contract via the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme. The Phase 2 CDS contract, which was originally awarded at the end […]