Djibouti Telecom DAREs to expand subsea cable connectivity in East Africa | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The operator has announced plans to expand the Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1) submarine cable system from Kenya to South Africa This week, Djibouti’s incumbent telecoms operator Djibouti Telecom has announced plans to extend the reach of the DARE1 cable down Africa’s east coast. The DARE1 cable system, which came into service in 2021, currently spans the Horn of Africa, connecting Djibouti to Somalia and Kenya. The system includes...
Broadband ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Brand Refresh to Help Forget the Troubles | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The financially troubled broadband provider TalkTalk has today attempted to start putting the recent past behind it by refreshing their brand identity a bit (inc. new website), while at the same time launching new digital platforms and a supporting marketing campaign. But it may yet take much more than this to help turn things around, although it’s a start. The brand refresh, which is already live across TalkTalk’s newly designed website today, includes...
EE UK Deploy 50 Extra Freshwave 5G Small Cells in Central London to Boost Mobile | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave has today revealed that they’ve worked with UK mobile operator EE (BT) to deploy a further 50 new small cell based outdoor 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) units across the City of London area, which are helping to expand the network operators coverage and performance. Small cells are akin to small shoebox sized mobile (radio) base stations, which are designed to deliver limited coverage (usually up to around...
Netomnia to Extend UK Broadband Reach via Openreach’s FTTP Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More One of the UK’s largest alternative broadband networks, Netomnia (Substantial Group), has revealed that they’re in the process of joining Openreach’s (BT) network in order to harness their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) products in areas where their network doesn’t yet reach or may be unlikely to reach in the future. But the initial reach will be limited. The change of strategy, which on the surface seems to mirror Hyperoptic’s recent move (here), could...
Community Fibre Cuts Broadband Satisfaction Guarantee from 60 to 30 Days | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network provider and UK ISP CommunityFibre, which has deployed a 5Gbps speed full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 1.342 million UK homes (plus c.200k businesses) – mostly in London, has today reduced their somewhat industry leading 60 Day Satisfaction Guarantee to 30 days. But this is still better than many other providers can do. The Guarantee essentially allows new customers to cancel their broadband contract and leave penalty free,...
Microsoft Backed Researchers Significantly Improve Hollow Core Fibre Cables | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A team of Microsoft backed and largely UK based researches, which were originally part of Lumenisity – a spinoff from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton, appear to have succeeded in reducing attenuation and other signal degradation phenomena in next gen hollow core fibre (HCF) broadband cables – boosting speeds by 45%. Conventional optical fibre cables work by guiding laser light through solid glass cores, which...
Netomnia secures £300m for network expansion | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release The facility strengthens Netomnia’s position as the UK’s fastest-growing Alt-Net, supporting its path to profitability in 2025 and rollout target of five million premises by 2027. Netomnia, the UK’s second-largest alternative network provider (Alt-Net), has completed its £300 million junior debt raise. This includes £160 million from existing investors I Squared Capital and Palistar Capital, originally part of the May 2025 funding, and an...
ISP GoFibre Hands Out Funding to Northumberland Community Projects | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Edinburgh-based UK alternative network GoFibre, which is rolling out a gigabit broadband (FTTP) network across remote parts of rural Scotland and Northern England, has today announced the first four charities in North Northumberland to secure investment under their community fund. Just to recap. The GoFurther Fund offers grants worth up to £3,000 to help local charity projects and community organisations in the regions of Aberdeenshire, Angus, Fife, East...
Speed Fibre Group completes €22m acquisition of BT Communications Ireland | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Telecoms infrastructure provider Speed Fibre Group has officially completed its acquisition of BT Communications Ireland Limited (BTCIL), marking a significant consolidation in the Irish telecommunications market. The deal, valued at €22 million, sees Speed Fibre take ownership of BTCIL’s domestic network infrastructure, co-location facilities, and wholesale and enterprise customer bases. Speed Fibre Group, which owns the Irish fibre operators Enet...
ITS Wins Contract to Deploy Full Fibre Across Crawley’s Manor Royal Business Park | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More ISPreview has discovered that the Crawley Borough Council (CBC) in West Sussex (England) has just awarded the ITS Technology Group with a contract for their new £1.5 million (state aid) project, which aims to provide every business in Manor Royal (business park) with the ability to connect to gigabit broadband. The new network, which is being supported by funding from the previous Government’s £3.6bn Towns Fund programme (details), is expected to be...