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Carnforth-based broadband ISP and communications provider JabbaTalk has today signed a new partnership with BTWholesale, which will enable them to launch a wider range of mobile connectivity plans and services based off EE’s (BT) national 4G and 5G network. As well as offering services using the EE mobile network, the new partnership also allows JabbaTalk to access BTWholesale’s portfolio of products and services, including advanced broadband and Ethernet solutions, voice services, and modern...

Network operator and UK ISP Brsk, which now covers 600,000 premises passed across England via their full fibre network and is in the process of being merged into Netomnia (here), has today revealed that they’ve also extended their coverage to 100,000 premises across the West Midlands (i.e. South Birmingham and The Black Country). From the Borough of Dudley to Earlswood in South Birmingham, brsk is still expanding their FTTP coverage at pace across the West Midlands. For example, the altnet...

Network operator CityFibre, which has already expanded their full fibre broadband ISP network to cover 3.6 million UK premises, claims to have made the testing of new products, network technology changes and software upgrades “up to” 100x faster – while also increasing test capacity by 300% – through the adoption of a fully automated test environment. Just to recap. CityFibre currently aspires to cover up to 8 million UK premises with their new FTTP network (funded by c.£2.4bn in equity,...

The University of Sheffield in South Yorkshire has officially launched the UK’s first national 6G research facility – the imaginatively titled ‘National 6G Radio Systems Facility‘ (N6GRSF) – to help test and develop the next generation of mobile (mobile broadband) network technologies. The facility will bring together academics and industry in order to enable research into many aspects of 6G radio systems, including candidate waveforms, baseband and RF signal processing, digital acquisition,...

Openreach and BT might have recently delayed their plan to withdraw old copper-based analogue line services (PSTN phones and WLR) from Dec 2025 to 31st Jan 2027 (here and here), but conversely they’ve also just issued contract termination notifications to all WLR providers with an effective date of 31st Dec 2025. Don’t worry, it’ll make sense. Just to recap. The big switch-off was delayed in order to give broadband ISPs / phone providers, telecare providers and consumers more time to adapt....

Customers looking to join Sky Mobile (Sky) will, from sometime later this morning, finally be able to take out a 4G and 5G capable mobile plan that includes “unlimited data” (mobile broadband). Previously, the biggest mobile plan you could get from Sky came with a 100GB monthly data allowance for £30 per month. The new unlimited data plan, which includes all the usual features (e.g. unlimited calls / texts and the ability to change your plan whenever you like) and a commitment not to raise...

Software and internet giant Microsoft have announced that they’re increasing the monthly price of their online Game Pass service for multiplayer Xbox and PC gamers. On top of that, they’re soon be replacing the standard sub for Xbox users, which means you’ll have to stump up for ‘Game Pass Ultimate‘ to access new games on release day. The official announcement only provides the pricing details for the USA (here), but they’ve also published a table that lists the changes for each country...

News Article by Bradford Randall, originally published on Total Telecom’ sister site, Broadband Communities Viavi Solutions Inc., also known as VIAVI, has announced a strategic partnership with the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) to expand Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) testing capabilities for VIAVI’s Automated Lab-as-a-Service for Open RAN, also known as VALOR. The efforts, according to VIAVI, were made possible by a $21.7 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information...

Interview At Submarine Networks EMEA 2024, Isabelle Paradis, founder of Hot Telecom, interviewed Stacie Pascale, CPO of Aqua Comms, to discuss one of the hottest topics of the conference: spectrum. In the ever-changing submarine cable industry, two types of customers emerging when it comes to spectrum sharing: those looking to diversify and minimise capex, and those looking to scale rapidly and prepare for massive demand. “Spectrum sharing has been around for a long time, but mainly at the...

News The government claims the rapid growth has been spurred by initiatives like Make in India and the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme This week, a press release from India’s Ministry of Communication (MoC) has revealed that sales of telecoms equipment made in the country have risen to Rs 50,000 crore ($5.99 billion). This represents an increase of 370% compared to the FY 2019–2020. Telecoms exports have also grown significantly, rising to approximately Rs 10,500 crore ($1.25...