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News  The Chinese government continues to funnel money into its domestic chip capabilities in order to reduce reliance on US technology  The Shanghai Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund (SSIIF), managed by the local government to support the city’s chip industry, has doubled its size to around $2 billion after a recent funding round.   The new funds were primarily contributed to by state-backed entities based in Shanghai, in the city’s strategic push to bolster its semiconductor industry...

News  The move should give CityFibre a huge competitive boost as they look to take on market leader Openreach   Sky and CityFibre have announced a long-term partnership allowing Sky to offer full fibre services over CityFibre’s network.   As the UK’s largest altnet, CityFibre’s network currently reaches 3.8 million premises, with plans to expand to at least 8 million in the coming years. CityFibre is also a key player in the Government’s Project Gigabit Programme, with contracts in place...

Network operator ICUK, which provides wholesale connectivity solutions to ISPs, has today informed ISPreview that they’ve launched version 22 of their portal (Control Panel) with support for Ofcom’s new consumer broadband and phone migration system – One Touch Switch (OTS). The change means that ICUK’s resellers can now “effortlessly manage switch messages and customer transitions between service providers,” at least they can once OTS goes live from 12th September 2024 – this is even available...

News We’re excited to unveil the very first edition of the Total Telecom: Top 20 Telco AI Champions! After carefully evaluating industry submissions and conducting our own in-depth research, we’ve compiled a list spotlighting the most influential leaders at the forefront of AI innovation in telecommunications. These are the visionaries who are driving the change, creating groundbreaking AI-powered solutions, and leading vital discussions on the future of our industry. This report showcases...

Alternative network operator Netomnia (YouFibre), which as part of the Brsk merger (here) have extended their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP infrastructure to cover c.1.6 million UK premises passed (RFS), has today joined the Fibre Cafe‘s (Strategic Imperatives) connectivity aggregation platform. Fibre Cafe’s platform was designed to tackle the integration and automation challenges for broadband ISPs when onboarding new networks (e.g. common processes, a national...

Insight This article was written by Jai Thattil, Senior Marketing Director, Industry and Sustainability at Juniper Networks  Few technological advancements have had the immediate and powerful impact of artificial intelligence (AI). Although AI’s foundations are well established, its recent thrust into the public consciousness—and adoption throughout industries—is astonishing by any measure.    In 2024, AI’s moment is only growing stronger. Yet, an ongoing concern around AI’s adoption is its...

Broadband ISP Quickline, which is building a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (5G FWA) network across rural and semi-rural parts of the North East and Midlands of England, has today named three additional villages in South Yorkshire that have just been connected to their new network. The latest additions include Finningley, Auckley and Blaxton, which are located close to Doncaster. The new fibre across this area is understood to have reached “more than” 2,000 premises...

In a big development, Sky UK (Comcast) has this morning announced that they’ve finally reached a “long-term partnership” (wholesale) agreement with alternative network operator CityFibre, which will enable ISP Sky Broadband to finally launch a new range of multi-gigabit speed capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband packages “from next year“. All of Sky Broadband’s packages are currently served via Openreach’s national Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks, but it...

Italy-based Prysmian, which specialises in the global manufacture and supply of fibre optic cables (inc. related kit), has won $96.5 million (£74m) in a trade-secrets lawsuit that took place in South Carolina (USA) against India’s rival Sterlite Technologies (STL). But STL plans to appeal the verdict. The case originally began in June 2021 after Prysmian filed a lawsuit claiming that one of its former executives, Stephen Szymanski, who left in August 2020, had taken trade-secrets from his time...

Consumers looking to join UK internet provider File Sanctuary, which until now only sold broadband packages via Openreach’s national network, may like to know that the ISP has just become the latest to launch a new range of packages based off CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. The two new CityFibre FTTP plans are available in two tiers – 160Mbps and 1000Mbps, both with symmetric download and upload speeds. The new plans are available with free installation on a 12-month...