Rural UK Full Fibre Broadband ISP Truespeed Top 100,000 Premises
Alternative network and broadband provider Truespeed, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural premises in South West England, has revealed that they now cover “over” 100,000 premises RFS (up from 95k in Feb 2024) and are home to 21,000 customers (up from 17k in Aug 2023). Over the last 2 years, the company says they’ve invested significantly into their home city of Bath and expanded their network to villages such as Batheaston, Bathampton and...
Virgin Media O2 UK Expand 4G Mobile on Uist in the Outer Hebrides
The helicopters have been out in force over Scotland’s Outer Hebrides again, this time to help O2 (Virgin Media) fly-in and install three new 4G mobile phone masts to the remote Uist islands under the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which aims to extend geographic 4G cover (aggregate) to 95% of the UK by the end of 2025. The three masts were deploying in the area over a single Bank holiday weekend and will address a location that is known to suffer from being a partial not-spot (PNS)...
Brsk to Boost UK FTTP Broadband Network with IP Infusion Tech
Alternative network provider Brsk, which is busy rolling out a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across parts of England, has confirmed that they’re in the “early” process of deploying Novas11’s IP Infusion technology into their network infrastructure. Specifically, Brsk will be adopting the company’s OCNOS-SP-Plus software to serve as a P Router (i.e. a kind of transit router to the core network) for aggregating Optical Line Terminal (OLT) traffic. The related...
Telent Upgrades WiFi Wireless Network for University of Bristol
Some 30,000 students and staff at the University of Bristol in England look set to benefit from a series of significant upgrades being delivered by Telent, which will improve both the local WiFi network and upgrade the university’s core network and infrastructure that connects buildings across multiple campus locations. The company has already completed the design and is now testing the new Wi-Fi solution, which will be deployed across 229 separate campus locations using over 12,000 wireless...
Peter Hase Joins, Gustavo Burnier Becomes Chairman of the Neterra Advisory Board
Neterra, a global provider of telecommunication services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gustavo Burnier as Chairman of the Advisory Board and the addition of Peter Hase as a new board member. These strategic appointments bring a wealth of experience and expertise, further strengthening Neterra’s leadership as the company continues to innovate and expand. Gustavo Burnier, a seasoned technology entrepreneur and innovation executive, steps into the role of Chairman of the Advisory...
Google Pixel Phone’s June 2024 Update Seems to Fix UK WiFi Calling
Customers from a number of different UK mobile operators (mostly Vodafone MVNOs), such as Lebara and TalkMobile, who also own one of Google’s popular Pixel phones – at least the models they still support – have this week been informing ISPreview that the latest June 2024 software (firmware) update seems to have finally fixed WiFi Calling. For the uninitiated. Wi-Fi Calling (aka – VoWiFi) simply enables consumers with a supporting Smartphone and mobile operator to harness their home broadband...
e& under investigation over PPF acquisition
News The European Commission has expressed concern over the acquisition’s funding The European Commission (EC) has opened an investigation into UAE-based operator e&’s acquisition of Czech telco group PPF over concerns that it has been “granted foreign subsidies that could distort the EU internal market”. Last year, e& made a strategic expansion into the European market by moving to acquire a majority stake in PPF Telecom’s telecoms and infrastructure units in Bulgaria, Hungary,...
Elisa brings smart solar energy management to the Åland Islands
News Elisa’s Distributed Energy Storage (DES) solution will allow Åland Islands’ operator Ålcom to use and store solar energy, reducing its reliance on the national grid This week, Ålcom, a telecoms operator from Finland’s autonomous Åland Islands, has revealed a new deal with Elisa to use the latter’s DES solution, leveraging solar panels deployed at sites across Ålcom’s mobile network. Elisa first unveiled its DES solution early last year, saying it intends to turn its Finnish network into...
Brsk Calderdale expansion to reach 50k homes
Brsk, one of the fastest-growing UK broadband providers has announced plans to double their existing network coverage to enable approximately 50,000 homes across Calderdale, West Yorkshire to benefit from full fibre broadband. Currently, 23,000 homes and businesses across Brighouse, Elland, Hipperholme, Bailiff Bridge, Hove Edge, Woodhouse, Rastrick, Lower Edge, Greetland, Stainland, Sowood and Holywell Green can access full fibre courtesy of brsk, with the plans to expand their coverage...
Lightpath to Acquire United Fiber & Data Assets
New York – June 10, 2024, Lightpath, an all-fiber, infrastructure-based connectivity provider revolutionizing how organizations connect to their digital destinations, announced the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of United Fiber and Data. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2024. United Fiber and Data (UFD) owns and operates a unique and diverse 323-route mile, high-fiber...