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Business broadband ISP, cloud and technology provider Daisy Communications has managed to irritate some of their UK customers after the provider automatically added a new internet security feature – ‘SafeWeb Plus’ – to their accounts, at a cost of £11.99 ex. VAT per month, without first getting consent. It seems like only last week that we were reporting on how Onestream had attracted the ire from some of their customers for doing something similar with NordVPN (side note: it was literally...

Welsh broadband ISP Ogi, which is building a multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to premises across South Wales, has added around 30 additional businesses to their coverage thanks to a new deal with the Caerphilly County Borough Council. This has enabled them to expand across the Tredomen Business and Technology Park. Located on the same site as the Council’s HQ, the business park is home to some 30 local businesses, from law firms to accountancy practices and tech...

News Ireland is currently home to over 80 data centres  Google’s proposal to build a major 72,400 square metre data centre in Dublin has been rejected by the South Dublin County Council.   In its refusal, the council noted concerns over the potential strain on the national power grid, saying there is currently “insufficient capacity in the electricity network” as well as a “lack of significant on site renewable energy” to power the data centre once it became operational in 2027..   Strain on...

The RAN (Radio Access Network) automation market traces its origins to the beginning of the LTE era when SON (Self-Organizing Network) technology was introduced to reduce cellular network complexity through self-configuration, self-optimization and self-healing. SON’s shortcomings, together with the cellular industry’s shift towards open interfaces, common information models, virtualization and software-driven networking, are driving a transition to Open RAN automation with standards-based...

News  The Group has seen a 10.3% revenue increase year-on-year, with strong subscriber growth across France, Italy, and Poland  Iliad Group has claimed it is now one of Europe’s top five telecom companies upon the release of its H1 2024 accounts this week. With nearly 50 million subscribers across its operations in France, Italy, and Poland, the company reported a revenue increase of 10.3% in the first half of the year, reinforcing its position as a key player in the European telco market.  ...

News The company says the deal will not impact its ability to provide 5G services to customers Malaysia’s approach to 5G has been highly controversial. Rather than auction 5G frequency licences to telcos, as is the norm in most countries around the world, the Malaysian government instead opted to set up a state-owned 5G wholesaler, Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), in early 2021. Malaysia’s five major mobile operators – CelcomDigi, Maxis, U Mobile, Telekom Malaysia, and YTL Communications – were...

In a small but notable development, network operator Openreach (BT) has finally announced that it will withdraw the supply of their hybrid fibre G.fast “ultrafast broadband” modems (CPE) from 1st December 2024 (i.e. existing customers who experience a fault with one of these modems will now need to look elsewhere). Just to recap. G.fast (ITU G.9701) was an interim hybrid-fibre and copper technology, which was capable of download speeds up to 330Mbps, but which ultimately ended up being...

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has made progress on their deal with social housing provider Wolverhampton Homes in the West Midlands (England), which will enable them to extend their 1.8Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to cover thousands of flats and apartments across the city. A total of more than 4,500 flats and apartments across the city are expected to benefit from the master wayleave agreement in Wolverhampton, which was originally signed all the...

Rural network operator and UK ISP Fusion Fibre Group (formerly FACTCO) has today announced that their existing deployment of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Stocksfield and Mickley is being extended to include 70 “hard-to-reach” properties in the Northumberland village of Hedley on the Hill. The extension is being supported with public (government) investment from the Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency’s Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS)....

News Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) Business has won a contract to provide the new network to 36 public sector sites This week, Swansea Bay City Deal has awarded a new dark fibre contract to VMO2 Business, which will see new fibre infrastructure rolled out to 36 public sector sites in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. The network, which will be fully available by December 2025, will provide these sites with a major boost in capacity and data transfer speeds. Impacted organisations include the Welsh...