Vodafone kicks off multi-year growth plan with £1.5bn UK investment | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Vodafone has released its FY25 preliminary results, showing the group moving to streamline operations and refocus on growth markets Vodafone has pledged £1.5 billion in network investment in the UK this year, the first portion of the £11 billion promised to regulators in order to secure approval for the company’s merger with Three UK. The merger with Three UK, which is expected to complete in the first half of next year is forecast to bring...
Emtelle and CommScope launch new collaboration | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Claremont, NC, May 21, 2025 – CommScope (NASDAQ: COMM), a global leader in network connectivity, and Emtelle, an industry leader in manufacturing blown cable, announced today a collaboration to manufacture hardened connectivity for blowable fiber optic drop cable. CommScope’s Prodigy® solution, which supports ubiquitous legacy hardened connectivity, will be combined with Emtelle’s blowable fiber optic micro-cable as the first offering of its kind in...
Altice eyes exit from SFR as debt talks continue | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The deal is drawing early interest from global telcos and investors, while Altice continues its debt restructuring Altice is considering the sale of its controlling stake in SFR, with a potential transaction valuing the telecoms operator at up to €30 billion, according to a Bloomberg report. The company, owned by French billionaire Partick Drahi, has recently circulated information on its French unit to prospective buyers, as it explores its...
Westcon-Comstor and Ericsson collaborate to boost enterprise connectivity | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Westcon-Comstor, a global technology provider and specialist distributor, today announced a new collaboration with Ericsson that aims to enhance enterprises’ connectivity and unlock growth opportunities for channel partners. The distribution agreement covers Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and will see Westcon accelerate adoption of Ericsson’s Enterprise Wireless Solutions by working with its network of technology resellers, systems integrators...
Exabeam and Vectra AI Partner to Accelerate Threat Detection and Simplify Security Operations | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More BROOMFIELD, Colo. & FOSTER CITY, Calif. – May 20, 2025 – Exabeam, a global leader in intelligence and automation that powers security operations, today announced a new partnership with Vectra AI, Inc., the cybersecurity AI company that protects modern networks from modern attacks. This collaboration integrates the Exabeam New-Scale Security Operations Platform, including security information and event management (SIEM), user and entity behavior...
NGMN Push Mobile Operators to Adopt More Effective Carbon Emissions Reports | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN), which is led by mobile operators, has this morning published new guidance for network operators that it hopes will improve the accuracy of supply chain emissions data (aka – Scope 3 / indirect emissions) by switching to a new reporting model. According to the NGMN, scope 3 emissions – those generated across the broader value chain – represent approximately 90% of total emissions for mobile network...
Vodafone and MediaTek Test Pushes 5G Upload Speeds up to 277Mbps | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator Vodafone recently hooked up with semiconductor (CPU etc.) firm MediaTek to test the combination of their 5G Standalone (5G SA) based mobile broadband network with the latest M90 modem. The solution proved able to deliver 5G uplink speeds of up to 277Mbps at their test facility in Madrid (Spain). The majority of 5G mobile networks today are still Non-Standalone (NSA), which means they are partly reliant upon older and slower 4G...
Virgin Media O2 Business Launches Teams Phone Mobile | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) has today followed BTWholsale by launching Microsoft’s ‘Teams Phone Mobile‘ service to its large business customers (250+ employees) in the UK, which among other things makes it easy to move between mobile and desktop Teams calls seamlessly. According to VMO2, with a single phone number, or Teams ID, Teams Phone Mobile users can make and receive calls over traditional mobile, app-based, or desktop calling. The...
Netomnia Deploys 800G Gigabit Ready ROADM Network Across UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More One of the UK’s largest alternative full fibre broadband operators, Netomnia (inc. retail ISPs Brsk and YouFibre), has deployed a Smartoptics ROADM-based core network across the UK that should deliver scalable IP over DWDM at 100G and 400G wavelengths and is even classed as being “800G-ready by design” (800Gbps if you prefer). Just for some context. Netomnia’s 10Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network currently covers 2.4 million UK...
CityFibre UK Complete Primary £30m FTTP Broadband Rollout in Ipswich | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator CityFibre, which has so far built their 2.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 4.4 million UK premises (4.2m Ready for Service), have today confirmed the completion of their “primary” £30 million build in the Suffolk (England) town of Ipswich. The new full fibre network, which is being underpinned by Dark Fibre infrastructure that was constructed as part of a much earlier (separate) agreement to connect...