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News The company says it will use the funds to accelerate its rollout of full fibre infrastructure Today, Cornwall-based ISP Wildanet has announced that it has received a £35 million investment from the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB). The investment will be used to fund the further expansion of Wildanet’s fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) network, providing connectivity to a further 20,000 homes and businesses. “Today’s announcement supports and accelerates our far-reaching roll out plans for...

News  The investment is the latest step in SK Telcom (SKT)’s path to becoming global leader in AI  South Korean telco SKT has announced that it will invest $200 million in California-based Smart Global Holdings (SGH), an AI data centre solutions company.   Under the terms of the agreement, SKT will invest $200 million in SGH by acquiring 200,000 preferred shares, worth $32.81 each. This will equate to a roughly 10% stake in the business.  SGH will use the capital to “add to the Company’s...

News The cable is expected to be ready for service by the end of next year    Indonesian telco Telin and infrastructure developer BW Digital have announced a strategic partnership to build the Nongsa-Changi submarine cable, which will connect Singapore and Batam, Indonesia.   The announcement follows a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the two companies at International Telecoms Week in Washington, USA, this May.  The cable system will be 50km long and be compromised of a minimum of...

Network testing firm Global Wireless Solutions has today published the results of a new study that examined connectivity experiences in the UK, which saw Virgin Media (O2) win two awards for ‘Best Broadband Experience‘ and ‘Best Combined Connectivity Experience‘, while EE came top for ‘Best Mobile Experience‘. The results from GWS’ 2024 Nationwide Connectivity Experience Report are based on the collection of 573 million data points and over 1.5 million tests conducted across key performance...

News The labels argue that Verizon deliberately ignored customers pirating music over its network A group of major record labels including UMG Recordings, Warner Music, and Sony Music are suing US wireless giant Verizon, accusing them of knowingly facilitating music piracy. The lawsuit argues that “early 350,000 infringement notices” have been sent to Verizon since 2020, covering the piracy of 17,335 tracks from artists or bands. The lawsuit alleges that Verizon “fostered a safe haven for...

Alternative network operator and gigabit broadband provider toob, which is deploying a full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of Southern England (they also share some of CityFibre’s infrastructure), has today become the latest ISP to launch a cheaper social tariff for those on certain state benefits. The new toob essentials plan offers a 50Mbps full-fibre symmetric speed broadband connection for just £20 per month (no setup fees and a 1-month rolling contract) and is available to anybody...

Networking kit manufacturer DrayTek, which is a familiar name in the broadband connectivity world, has published a new ‘ISP Performance and Perceptions Survey 2024’, which reveals what business users really think about their Internet Service Provider and what they view as their most crucial connectivity needs. The survey – download here – appears to be based on responses from 476 members of the “DrayTek community” (in this case, business users). But it’s worth noting that regular consumers...

A new Juniper Research survey of 3,300 UK mobile subscribers has named the top mobile network operators with the highest overall levels of customer satisfaction (measured by net promoter score). Tesco Mobile ended up ranking highest for overall customer satisfaction, with an NPR (Net Promoter Rating) of 93%. But it’s bad news for Three UK. Specifically, from the survey analysis, it was determined that 65% of Tesco Mobile’s subscribers stated that they are ‘very satisfied’ with the overall...

Analyst firm M-Lab and comparison site Cable.co.uk have today published their 2024 global broadband ISP speeds report, which reveals that the United Kingdom delivered an average (mean) download speed of 110.99Mbps (up from 93.62Mbps last year) – ranking us 35th fastest in the world (down from 34th in 2023). The research itself stems from information gathered via 1.5 billion speed tests (up from 1.3bn last year), which were carried out across the world in 229 countries in a 12-month period up...

The UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB), which was setup by the previous government to help crowd-in private investment for infrastructure projects, has today committed £35m to help alternative network provider Wildanet accelerate their rollout of gigabit-capable full fibre broadband across South West England. The provider, which originally started life as a fixed wireless ISP in the same area, has spent the past few years deploying Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology across the region – mostly...