Tech giants’ strategic shift to boost margins | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Finnish vendor Nokia reported a third-quarter profit that surpassed market expectations, driven by strong demand in optical and cloud services, including sales related to AI-focused data centres following its acquisition of US optical networking firm Infinera. The company’s comparable operating profit reached 435 million euros in the quarter through September, significantly exceeding the 342 million euros analysts had forecast. This profit beat...
Applied Digital secures $5bn Hyperscaler lease | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Applied Digital has signed a lease with a US investment‑grade hyperscaler for roughly $5 billion of contracted revenue over an estimated 15‑year term, covering 200 megawatts (MW) of critical IT capacity at its Polaris Forge 2 campus near Harwood, North Dakota. The agreement, announced on 22 October 2025, phases the initial 200MW across two buildings that are expected to begin coming online in 2026 and reach full commissioning in 2027. The...
London Broadband ISP Community Fibre Launch Fibre to your Room Installs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider and network builder CommunityFibre, which has deployed their 5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 1.342 million homes (inc. 185k businesses within 200 metres of their network) – mostly in London, has today launched a new installation option – “Fibre to your Room“. The provider, which is currently being backed by funding of c.£1bn and has connected over 400,000 customers, said that their new Fibre to your...
Building Digital UK Publish Annual Report, Accounts and Fraud for 2024 – 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency, which oversees their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out and the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme for upgrading 4G coverage in remote areas, has today published their combined annual progress report and accounts for the period 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025. This also includes some data on the level of fraud in their programmes. In terms of their progress on delivery of Project Gigabit, the...
Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Extend Full Fibre to 6,000 Homes in Llantwit | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) and network operator partner nexfibre, which share some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve once again expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network to more than 6,000 additional homes in the coastal South Wales town of Llantwit for the first time. Assuming the operator actually means Llantwit Major (Llanilltud Fawr), then the deployment could be quite useful as the town...
Lynk and Omnispace merge to accelerate global satellite direct-to-device connectivity | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Lynk Global and Omnispace have announced plans to merge, aiming to create a leading direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity provider by combining key technological and spectrum assets. The merger would unite Omnispace’s 60 megahertz of globally coordinated S-band spectrum with Lynk’s multi-spectrum satellite technology platform, which is currently operational with five low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites offering intermittent messaging and alert...
Survey Claims UK Broadband and Mobile Users Save up to £258 by Haggling or Switching | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A recent survey of 5,014 UK adult consumers, which was conducted by Which?, has claimed that the average broadband-only ISP customer could save £100 per year by switching to a new provider – rising to £160 and £155 on Sky Broadband and Virgin Media respectively. Similarly, those who haggled saved £65 (rising to £92 and £85 respectively on Virgin Media and BT). The story is similar for mobile and TV customers. Mobile customers who switched operators and...
FCC order demands an explanation from Hong Kong Telecom | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The FCC took the initial step of revoking permission for Hong Kong Telecom (HKT) to continue providing telecom services in the United States. By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has sent an order to Hong Kong Telecom (HKT) asking them to explain why revocation proceedings against HKT shouldn’t commence. The FCC announced the development last week. It marks an initial step to revoke HKT’s ability to...
Rural UK Broadband Altnet Voneus Quietly Completes Refinancing of Debts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Senior MD at Macquarie, Oliver Bradley, has revealed that that one of the alternative broadband networks they support, Voneus, recently completed a renegotiation on their existing £70m debt facility over the summer. The move saw existing investors inject an unspecified amount of fresh funding to keep the operator going. Some readers may recall that Voneus, not unlike many other altnets, has been struggling a bit recently with redundancies and a...
Quickline Bring FTTP Broadband to 3 More East Yorkshire UK Villages | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network ISP Quickline, which is rolling out a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has just extended their fibre network to three additional rural communities along the banks of the River Ouse – the villages of Swinefleet, Reedness and Whitgift. The deployment, which represent just over 550 addresses served, forms part...