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News The companies are also reportedly discussing the possibility of forming a $200 million joint venture Anonymous sources speaking to Reuters suggest that the digital arm of Saudi Arabia oil company Aramco could be preparing to take a minority stake in US telecoms tech firm Mavenir. The deal, which is not guaranteed to proceed, would see Aramco Digital take a $1 billion stake in the Open RAN specialist, valuing Mavenir at around $3 billion. Additional funding cannot come soon enough for...

News  The new service is powered by technology from California-based cybersecurity company Fortinet   BT has expanded its secure networking service for UK businesses, introducing new features designed to protect cloud data and applications. The upgrade, powered by cybersecurity company Fortinet, adds increased security to BT’s existing Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) services, making it easier for companies to securely access the cloud and managing their networks effectively.  The...

Business UK broadband ISP Commsworld has today announced that they’ve completed the construction of the core network build for a new full fibre infrastructure in Northumberland (England), which is designed to replace the county council’s ageing Wide Area Network (WAN). But local homes, schools and business are also seeing the benefit. The Edinburgh-based operator, which holds a 20-year strategic partnership with Northumberland County Council (NCC), has deployed 262km of new full-fibre...

In somewhat of a unique development for the UK and Wales. Transport for Wales (TfW), which is a not-for-profit owned by the Welsh Government, has launched a new “arm’s-length initiative” called TfW Ffeibr (Fibre). This has built a new full fibre broadband network alongside the railways and is offering access to help serve communities in the South Wales valley. Essentially, while building the South Wales Metro and carrying out huge infrastructure changes to electrify the railway line in the...

News  Anthropic continues to grow rapidly, having received over $7.3 billion in funding over the past year alone  AI company Anthropic and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced an expansion of their partnership with a new $4 billion investment from Amazon, bringing its total investment in Anthropic to $8 billion. AWS is now Anthropic’s primary cloud and training partner, supporting the development of advanced AI systems.  Anthropic, which was co-founded by former OpenAI executives Dario and...

News  The ongoing cyber-attack was first reported last month  A recent espionage attack on US telcos, allegedly linked to the People’s Republic of China. is the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history – by far”, according to the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Mark Warner.  Investigators believe these hackers may have gained access to confidential data via wiretap requests to telcos from federal agencies.   The full scope of the breach is still being assessed, with major tech...

News  The partnership will expand Nokia’s reach to over 30 countries and strengthen its role in Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure Nokia has extended its agreement with Microsoft for another five years to supply routers and switches for Azure data centres. The collaboration builds on Nokia’s work with open-source SONiC software, including advancements for high-capacity data centre networks, said the companies in a press release.  As part of the deal, Nokia will provide its 7250 IXR-10e platform...

UK ISP LilaConnect, which following the VXFIBER merger is now part of Freedom Fibre‘s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network (here), has launched a special Black Friday promotion that will give new customers on their 1Gbps package in Stoke-on-Trent, Leek, Crewe and Uttoxeter a £100 voucher upon account activation. In order to access the deal, which will be available until 23:59 on Friday (29th Nov), new customers should sign up to LilaConnect’s 1 Gigabit LilaFibre package (£34.98...

New research from Broadband Genie has analysed 207,711 internet speed tests in order to identify the top slowest and fastest ten UK streets for broadband. The slowest street was found to be Greenfields Road in Bishop Auckland (average downloads of 0.35Mbps), while the fastest was Tynemouth Street in London (921.76Mbps). But this isn’t the full story. According to Thinkbroadband’s latest data, some 85.5% of UK premises are currently within reach of a gigabit-capable fixed broadband network...

News  The report, commissioned by Openreach, is summary of the ‘spatial, employment and social impacts’ of the company’s full fibre rollout  A new report commissioned by Openreach and produced by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has outlined the value of ultrafast connectivity could deliver to the UK economy by 2034.   The report forecasts that the rollout of full fibre could add £66 billion a year to the UK economy by 2029, rising to £73 billion by 2034. It attributes...