Sky UK Extends Satellite TV Partnership with SES Until 2029
Global satellite provider SES, which operates a network of nearly 70 satellites that can deliver video and data services to 99% of the world’s population, has today announced an extension of their existing partnership with Sky that will see them continuing to provide capacity to support the Sky Q TV service in the UK and Ireland until the end of 2029. Sky UK has spent the past couple of years putting a lot more effort into pushing their new internet-based streaming platforms, Sky Glass (Sky...
Tackling the take-up challenge: A focus on tailored solutions
Interview Is the UK fibre market beginning to gain pace once again? At Connected Britain 2024, we caught up with Telenco UK’s managing director Clement Lesur about the health of the UK’s broadband market and how operators are looking for increasingly tailored solutions to connect their end customers. Check out our full interview here Keep up to date with the latest international telecoms news by subscribing to the Total Telecom daily newsletter Also in the news: “We’re the best kept secret...
Approval for California’s Initial BEAD Proposal Sets the Stage for Broadband Communities Summit West
Press Release SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 7, 2024 — Updates from federal, state, and county officials at Broadband Communities Summit West, planned for Oct. 30-31 at the San Diego Convention Center, have taken on an increased significance following the approval of California’s initial proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. Broadband Communities Summit West, the newest addition to Total Telecom’s events portfolio, will now be occurring as state leaders shift their...
Ukraine’s newest telco to receive $435m investment from EBRD, IFC
News The move is the largest direct foreign investment in Ukraine since the war began This week, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have confirmed they will jointly invest $435 million into Ukraine’s newest converged telco. Back in April, a consortium led by telecoms mogul Xavier Niel’s NJJ Holding announced plans to purchase both Ukrainian TV and fixed broadband provider Datagroup-Volia and mobile operator Lifecell, with...
Onestream Claims to be First UK Broadband ISP to Encourage Router Reuse
Hampshire-based broadband ISP Onestream, which sells internet access packages using Openreach’s national network, today claims to have become “the first” internet provider to offer all its customers the “game-changing” option to reuse their existing router when they switch – “saving money and preventing devices becoming electronic waste.” The provider’s announcement, which comes ahead of National Recycle Week (October 14th – 20th), states that it has “decoupled” its service from its routers,...
80 Percent of Stoke Covered by Freedom Fibre’s FTTP Broadband
ISP LilaConnect, which following the VX FIBER UK acquisition is now part of Freedom Fibre‘s gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network (here), has today revealed that their fibre coverage in the Staffordshire (England) city of Stoke-on-Trent has now expanded to pass 80% of local premises (103,784). The was made possible by the completion of a related 113km long full-fibre network under the Silicon Stoke project, which has been laid right across Stoke-on-Trent. The infrastructure...
EE UK Overcharges Some Mobile Customers by Hundreds of Pounds
Mobile network operator EE UK has confirmed to ISPreview that it overcharged a “very small” number of customers, in some cases by hundreds of pounds, for calls that should have been included as part of their bundled allowance. The issue appears to have occurred as part of the operator’s move to adopt a new billing system. Most people these days tend to have mobile plans that come with an unlimited allowance for UK calls and texts, which is pretty much the industry standard, particularly on Pay...
Vodafone’s new cybersecurity platform takes aim at human behaviour
News Half of businesses (50%) have reported having experienced some form of cyber security breach or attack in the last 12 months, according to a recent government survey Vodafone has launched a new cybersecurity platform called Vodafone CybSafe, designed to help small, medium, and enterprise businesses reduce the risk of the cyberattacks that stem from human error. Developed in collaboration with human risk management experts at CybSafe, the platform aims to enhance the cybersecurity...
Brits urged to go ‘urban mining’ for copper in ‘drawers of doom’
News A new study suggests that forgotten drawers containing old phones, cables, and electrical goods could cumulatively contain nearly 40,000 tonnes of valuable copper A new study from Recycle Your Electricals is this week encouraging Brit’s to begin ‘urban mining’ – digging through drawers of unused electrical equipment – as part of efforts to recycle valuable copper. According to the study, these “drawers of doom” across the UK could contain up to 38,449 tonnes of copper in the form of...
Delivering a true ‘hetnet’ world: A vision of 6G that makes sense
Spotlight Article By William Webb, Independent Consultant and author of “The 6G Manifesto” Mobile generations tend to come along every 10 years, and we are now midway between the advent of 5G in 2020 and the introduction of 6G scheduled around 2030. This is a good time to review what we have learned from 5G and where we should focus our efforts on 6G. 5G promised much – to be a generation like no other that delivered a new world of immersive communications – but has disappointed, with no new...