Introducing M Group Services’ Telecom Division: Delivering your network. Full lifecycle, first time, on time
Contributed Article You might know us as Avonline Networks, Magdalene, Morrison Telecom Services or Waldon Telecom but did you know we’re all part of one business? Together, we are M Group Services’ Telecom Division. We use our expertise to deliver comprehensive end-to-end services to our clients, including VMO2, Openreach and National Grid. M Group Services is the leading essential Infrastructure service provider within water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors across the UK...
Cyta Selects Netcracker for a Full-Stack BSS and OSS Deployment in a Wide-Ranging Digital Transformation Program
WALTHAM, MA — September 10, 2024 — Netcracker Technology announced today that Cyta, the leading telecommunications provider in Cyprus, has chosen Netcracker to deliver a full-stack IT deployment as part of a large-scale digital transformation. Cyta, which provides a wide range of services to residential and business customers, has built an island-wide 5G network and made a significant investment in fiber, necessitating the upgrade from a legacy IT infrastructure to a modern BSS/OSS platform in...
Connected Britain 2024: which tracks are right for me?
News Connected Britain 2024 is set to be our biggest event to date, featuring over 7,500 attendees, 350 speakers, and 2,000 organisations from every aspect of the UK telecoms sector and beyond Connected Britain is the UK’s leading digital economy event, featuring 12 tracks full of specialised sessions spanning everything from fixed line and mobile broadband to local connectivity initiatives and regulatory discussions. Let’s take a closer look at some at what the tracks below. Don’t...
Connected Britain 2024: Day 2 Keynote spotlight
News Connected Britain 2024 is just around the corner and, with just days left to go, it is only fitting that we highlight some of our amazing keynote sessions, featuring some of the biggest names in the UK telecoms industry. Here is what’s on offer on the keynote stage on day 2: Day 2 – Thursday 12 September Keynote interviews: Discussions with some of the industry’s biggest names, including: Dana Tobak CBE, Founder and CEO, Hyperoptic (10:10) Amber Pine, Managing Director, Connectivity,...
Product Quality the Key
Viewpoint It’s all too easy to overlook the fact that the quality of the network depends on the quality of the fibre cable, points out Richard Moyes, Digital Solutions Business Director at Prysmian In building an effective digital infrastructure the hero of the network is (or should be) the fibre optic cable. As it generally accounts for only a fraction of the cost of installing a high-speed broadband service, however, it can be regarded as a commodity. It shouldn’t be: product quality and...
Broadband ISP Quickline Expands Senior UK Management Team
Alternative network operator and ISP Quickline, which is deploying gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and 5G powered fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband networks across rural and semi-rural parts of the North East and Midlands of England, has today appointed three experienced executives to support its growth. Just to recap. Quickline is currently being supported by funding of c.£500m from Northleaf Capital Partners, as well as c.£296.4m of public subsidy from Project Gigabit (here,...
ISP Sky Business Gets Access to ITS’ UK Full Fibre Network
Broadband ISP Sky Business (Sky UK) has today announced that they’ve signed a new long-term agreement that will enable them to sell packages to businesses over the new full fibre network being built by the ITS Technology Group, which operates wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks (“Faster Britain“) across urban parts of the UK. The move, which could be seen as a complement to Sky’s recent deal to harness CityFibre’s new FTTP network (here) for their residential focused Sky...
INCA Seeks to Standardise Wholesale Full Fibre Among UK Altnets
The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative gigabit broadband builders, has today launched a new initiative that aims to “standardise wholesale fibre” networks and thus make it easier for retail and business ISPs to purchase services from operators. Some 30 alternative networks are currently backing INCA’s Wholesale Standards initiative, which seeks to create a “homogeneous standard” that can ease the process for ISPs to purchase...
Three UK Launch Outdoor Hub Router for 5G Home Broadband
Mobile operator Three UK has today done something a bit different by introducing a 5G Outdoor Hub option for their Three Home Broadband service, which as the name indicates is a mobile router that you “self-install” on the outside of your home in order, we presume, to hopefully get a better 5G mobile signal and thus performance. Consumers can already buy external routers for mobile broadband connections via third-party brands, although they can be quite expensive and require some additional...
SCCI’s Perspective on the Challenges of Broadband Upgrades for MDUs
Recent discussions, largely driven by Openreach, are pushing for regulatory changes to ease access to Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs). In response, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has sought input from internet service providers (ISPs), but there has been little representation from freeholders. With over 35 years of experience working with both freeholders and full-fibre ISPs, we have a unique insight into the barriers to fibre broadband delivery in MDUs. This...