Nokia bags deal to connect new offshore wind farms
News The Finnish tech giant will provide the optical network to connect eight new renewable energy platforms in the North Sea Nokia has been selected by TenneT, a European offshore transmission operator, to supply key technology for a large renewable energy project in the Dutch North Sea. As part of the deal, Nokia will supply optical networking technology for eight new 2-gigawatt (2GW) platforms, keeping them connected to the mainland. The new 2GW program is designed to streamline...
Hayo Appoints Paul Loveridge as EVP to Drive International Voice, Messaging and Digital Solutions Growth
New York City, U.S., 14th January 2025 – Hayo, a global innovator in digital solutions, has appointed Paul Loveridge as its Executive Vice President (EVP) to accelerate Hayo’s global growth. Paul brings a wealth of expertise to Hayo with over 40 years of telecommunications experience – most recently serving as VP Carrier Services EMEA at IDT Global. This appointment expands Hayo’s leadership team, using Paul’s unique experience to take Hayo to the next level in Africa, the Middle East and...
CMC Networks Appoints Paolo Gambini as Chief Revenue Officer to Accelerate Strategic Growth Across Verticals
Johannesburg, South Africa, 13 January 2025 – CMC Networks has appointed Paolo Gambini as its new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Gambini joins CMC Networks from his prior role as Head of Enterprise Sales at Arelion, where he spent over five years leading global sales initiatives. He brings more than 25 years of telecommunications experience and expertise to CMC Networks to continue to drive revenue growth, strengthen customer relationships, and support requirements across Africa and the Middle...
Chinese engineers patenting submarine cable cutting tech
News The patents relate to an “ocean towing type cutting device” that can be used to severe cable on the seabed On Friday, a report from Newsweek shared the news that Chinese engineers had logged multiple patents for anchor-like devices specifically designed to sever submarine cables. The report highlighted a 2020 patent filed by engineers at China’s Lishui University that said it had built a more simplified and cost-effective method for cutting cables on the sea floor. “With the development...
Study Reveals Mobile Data Performance on Manchester to Cardiff Train
Network analyst firm Streetwave has today shared the results from a new survey they conducted, which examined the coverage and performance of 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) networks for people travelling on a train from Manchester (Piccadilly) in England to Cardiff (Central) in Wales. Overall, Vodafone came top. The railway route involved in this study connects Manchester and Cardiff via Crewe, Shrewsbury, Hereford and Newport. According to the ORR – 51.5 million passenger journeys take place...
Pulse Fibre to Deploy FTTP Broadband to Entity Connect’s New Homes
London-based broadband ISP Pulse Fibre, which specialises in building “full fibre” (FTTP) connections into UK new build home developments and MDUs (here), has signed a new partnership that will enable their network to expand across new developments being built alongside multi-utility provider Entity Connect in the South East of England. The initial focus will be on delivering full fibre connectivity to the Farriers Green development in Rainham, Kent. This is a residential development with 46...
Myanmar’s Mytel among latest company to be added to US ‘Entity List’
News The list sanctions companies assessed as posing a potential threat to US national security or operating adversely to US foreign policy interests On January 6, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the latest wave of companies to be added the so-called ‘Entity List’. US companies seeking to export to companies on the Entity List must first receive a specific. licence to do-so from the US government, most of which are reviewed with the...
Data centers fuel US fibre demand and other top stories from across the pond
News Here’s a look at the five biggest stories over the last week from our sister publication, Broadband Communities Data center construction, booming in cities like Phoenix, is fueling demand for dark fiber in major American markets. That, plus Broadband Communities sits down with Steve Smith, the CRO of a rural ISP, to discuss how rural ISPs can endure in a changing marketplace. Data center construction fuels dark fiber demand in major markets Booming data center construction continues to...
Nexfibre Sets Out Demands for Ofcom’s UK Telecoms Access Review
Network operator nexfibre, which is working alongside UK ISP partner Virgin Media to deploy a new 10Gbps full fibre broadband (FTTP) network across over 5 million premises (2m have already been built), has today set out its list of recommendations for Ofcom to consider adopting as part of their forthcoming Telecoms Access Review 2026 (TAR). Just to recap. Back in 2022 Telefónica, Liberty Global and InfraVia Capital Partners setup nexfibre as a new £4.5bn joint venture (here), which aims to...
Four Broadband and Mobile Providers Named in Top 50 for UK Customer Satisfaction
The Institute of Customer Service (ICS) has today published their first biannual UK Customer Satisfaction Index for 2025 (January), which reveals that four mobile and broadband (telecoms) providers made it into their table of the country’s top 50 organisations – Tesco Mobile (16th), Utility Warehouse (28th), Sky Mobile (41st) and giffgaff (47th). The research typically reflects the results from a large online survey of over 15,000 customers – balanced to be representative of the UK adult...