EE UK Adds YouTube App for TV Box Pro and TV Box Mini Users
Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that UK customers of their internet-connected pay TV service can now, finally, gain access to the YouTube App on their TV Box Pro and TV Box Mini set-top-box hardware. The long overdue app can be found from the Featured Apps rail, where it will sit alongside other streaming and entertainment apps such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, NOW and Apple TV+. EE TV customers will also be able to sign up to YouTube Premium and YouTube...
Ordnance Survey Helps UK Broadband Networks with Data on Flats
The Ordnance Survey (OS), which creates and maintains detailed location (map) information for Great Britain, claims to have launched a “game-changing advantage” for alternative broadband networks (Altnet) that can help them to roll-out full fibre lines by “eradicating time-draining obstacles“, such as missing data for multi-dwelling units (big residential buildings). According to OS, Altnets can sometimes run into trouble, when confronted with high rise flats and mixed-use residential and...
Ofcom UK Approve Plan to BAN Some Mid-Contract Broadband Price Hikes
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today finalised their earlier proposal to BAN phone, mobile, pay TV and broadband ISPs from doing mid-contract price hikes that are linked to inflation and percentage changes. The plan is to introduce this change from 17th January 2025, before the next round of annual price increases typically hit. Back in 2020 most of the major providers preferred to announce a general price increase each year, which usually averaged around 4-6%. But that changed after BT...
Mobile Operator Lebara UK Offer Cheaper 30 Day SIM Only Plans
Mobile network operator Lebara, which harnesses Vodafone’s Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) platform, has introduced a handful of exclusive 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) supporting SIM-Only Pay Monthly mobile plans on 30 day terms for those who want a save a bit of extra money on the middle tier plans. The additional 30-Day plans include a 10GB for £7 (monthly) option, as well as 20GB for £8 and 30GB for £9 – the latter two are cheaper than the same tiers on their 12-Month terms. The...
London Broadband ISP Community Fibre Offers 500Mbps for £20
Broadband network builder and UK ISP CommunityFibre, which runs a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across around 1.4 million UK premises – mostly in London (inc. parts of Surrey and West Sussex), has launched a new offer that discounts their 500Mbps (symmetric speed) package to just £20 per month on a 24-month term (£33 thereafter). The package includes free setup, a WiFi 6 capable Linksys broadband router and a notice that their prices will increase every April by the prior...
Huawei completes $1.4 billion Shanghai R&D centre
News The project began in September 2021 Chinese giant Huawei has completed the construction of its new research and development (R&D) centre in Shanghai, China. Officially named the Lianqiu Lake R&D Center, the campus includes offices, R&D, incubation and production services. It is the “largest and most heavily invested R&D base globally,” the company said. In the future, the site will designed to become a core node in Huawei’s global R&D network. According to South...
Ordnance Survey unveils ‘game-changing advantage’ for altnets to remedy Britain’s complex buildings headache
Altnets embarking on network expansion programmes quickly run into trouble when confronted with high rise flats and mixed-use residential and commercial buildings in Britain. Gaps in data around the classification and characteristics of these types of buildings prevents the smooth running of operational rollouts, or targeted sales and marketing strategies from reaching the different occupiers inside. Problems such as not knowing how much cable or pipework is required for a job, not knowing...
Criminals impersonating telecoms customers is increasing rapidly
The latest data from UK-leading fraud prevention service, Cifas, shows a sharp rise in criminals targeting the telecoms sector to carry out facility takeover fraud. More than 374,000 cases were filed to the National Fraud Database (NFD) in 2023, and of this, cases of facility takeover fraud – where a criminal utilises compromised personal data to hijack an existing account or product – increased by 13%. This was primarily attributed to a 59% rise in filings from the telecoms sector, which now...
Telxius Upgrades its Global Network to 400G with a Converged Optical Routing Architecture by Juniper Networks
MADRID, Spain, July 18 2024 – Telxius, a leading global connectivity provider, is scaling its core and edge network infrastructure to 400G with a Converged Optical Routing Architecture (CORA) provided by Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), a leader in secure AI-Native Networks. This will enable a simplified network capacity expansion and efficient delivery of enhanced connectivity to metro networks and data center interconnects (DCI). It provides connectivity across distances of around 100 km to...
Verizon mulls $3bn tower sale
News Sources suggest the US wireless giant is looking to offload between 5,000 and 6,000 mobile towers This week, reports from Bloomberg suggest that Verizon is exploring the potential sale of up to 6,000 of its telecoms towers situated across the US. While discussions are still in the early stages and potential suits have not been named, the anonymous sources suggest that the deal could be worth up to $3 billion. The divestment should not come as a huge surprise. This decade has seen many of...