Strategic Imperatives welcomes Netomnia to The Fibre Café, expanding fibre broadband access for UK ISPs and Service Providers
Woking, 20th August 2024 – Strategic Imperatives, the UK’s leading provider of SaaS provisioning, connectivity, and monetisation solutions for the telecom industry, announced today that Netomnia, following its recent merger with Brsk and now the UK’s fourth-largest full-fibre network, has joined The Fibre Café platform. Powered by Strategic Imperatives, The Fibre Café is the UK’s principal integration platform, transforming access to the UK wholesale fibre market and accelerating the growth...
Grid Telecom of Greece and Tamares Telecom of Israel Join Forces to Spearhead Open-Access Cable Landing Infrastructure in Cyprus
Athens, 21st August 2024: Grid Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary and the telecommunications vehicle of the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) of Greece, and Tamares Telecom, a leading fiber-based international communications and data service provider and network operator, a subsidiary of Aluma Infrastructure Fund, announced today the signing of a Heads of Agreement regarding their joint participation in Tamares Telecom Cyprus, a fully licensed operator in Cyprus and owner of a...
Neterra confirms its carbon neutrality for 2023
Neterra, a global communications service provider, has achieved carbon neutrality for 2023 and has been officially certified by the international organization Verra. This significant accomplishment is the result of the company’s dedicated efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and invest in sustainable projects. The Verra certification confirms that Neterra has offset 74 tons of carbon dioxide by supporting the “Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Keo Seima Wildlife...
FCC fines US telco $1m over Biden deepfake
News The regulator hopes the ruling will deter further use of AI-generated voice impersonation The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined US communications systems provider Lingo Telecom $1 million for transmitting robocalls that used a deepfake of President Joe Biden’s voice. A robocall is an automated phone call that delivers a recorded message, usually on behalf of a political party or telemarketing company. In this case, the robocalls targeted New Hampshire voters ahead of...
MTN South Africa and Huawei Deploy Ultra-Long-Haul 400G Optical Backbone, Leaping Towards the F5.5G
Viewpoint Recently, South Africa MTN and Huawei jointly launched the Ultra-Long-Haul (ULH) 400G optical transport backbone project, aiming to establish high-bandwidth, low-latency, and high-reliability connections between cities in the country, laying a solid foundation for South Africa’s digital and sustainable development, and Leaping towards the F5.5G era. MTN South Africa, in collaboration with Huawei, has successfully achieved the first ULH 400G commercial link from Cape Town to...
IHS considers exiting Rwanda and Zambia
News The tower company is currently conducting a strategic review of its operations across its portfolio According to anonymous sources speaking to Bloomberg, IHS Holdings Ltd. is mulling the potential sale of its businesses in Rwanda and Zambia. Sources say the company is currently seeking interest from potential buyers, suggesting that any proceeds from the sales would be used to reduce the company’s debt. IHS currently owns and operates over 40,000 sites across 11 countries in Africa, Latin...
F5.5G All-Optical Network Commercialized in Asia Pacific, Ushering in a New Era of Intelligent World
Viewpoint On August 14, 2024, 200 industry leaders and experts from around the world attended the Asia-Pacific F5.5G All-Optical Summit themed “F5.5G All-Optical Access, Premium Transmission for Intelligence” at the QSNCC conference center in Bangkok, Thailand. In the Asia-Pacific region, the optical industry is booming, which promotes the popularization and quality improvement of broadband. With policy support and industry collaboration, China has accumulated rich experience from early fiber...
Study Reveals State of Mobile Broadband Coverage in Ceredigion, Wales
Mobile network analyst firm Streetwave has revealed that only EE (BT) and Vodafone UK were able to provide “Good Coverage” across more than 50% of Ceredigion’s road network in Wales. The data reflects the next batch of results from their work with Growing Mid Wales (GMW), which uses bin lorries to map local network (4G, 5G etc.) coverage and broadband speeds. The use of bin collections to map mobile coverage and data performance recently become quite popular (here, here, here and here). In...
Hiya – Spam Phone Calls Declined in the UK During H1 2024
The latest H1 2024 data from caller ID verification firm Hiya, which also works with broadband ISPs BT (EE) and Virgin Media (O2) to help detect and block SPAM and fraud calls, has revealed that residents of the UK received only 3 spam calls per person each month (down from 4 at the same time last year) – one of the lowest rates in Europe. Overall, the latest report found that 3% of all UK calls were classified as “fraud calls” (down from 9.3% in H1 2023), while 25% were “nuisance calls” (up...
Fibreray Group Takes Control of UK Altnet Broadband ISP RunFibre
Alternative network operator and UK ISP RunFibre, which had been building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of South Gloucestershire and North Wiltshire in England, has now been fully acquired by the Fibreray Group for an undisclosed sum. The operator is now looking toward an expansion of their gigabit broadband network. The network operator, which in 2020/21 started building in the Hawkesbury Upton, Inglestone Common and surrounding areas – often with support from...