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Belfast-based UK network builder and broadband ISP Fibrus has just extended their multi-gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network into the coastal town of Millisle in County Down (Northern Ireland), which is home to around 2,300 people. The new service is currently said to be serving 1,268 premises. The provider’s gigabit broadband network has, as of 31st March 2024, already been expanded to cover 354,000 premises (337k RFS) across parts of England and N.Ireland, which is...

Contributed Article  The global connectivity landscape is undergoing a transformative evolution. A wave of highly anticipated submarine cable systems is poised to come online, unlocking unprecedented opportunities for the African continent to seamlessly integrate into the global digital ecosystem. These game-changing initiatives will deliver a quantum leap in connectivity capabilities for the region, empowering customers with the unparalleled capacity, low latency, and redundancy they demand...

News  The news comes after Millicom abandoned acquisition talks with Apollo Global Management and Claure Group last year  French billionaire Xavier Niel is exploring the acquisition of Latin American telco group Millicom, which has been confirmed by both parties and a regulatory filing today.  The Millicom Board of Directors released a statement yesterday confirming that it has received a non-binding expression of interest from Atlas Investissement, which already has a 29% stake in the company...

A ruling by the Employment Tribunal has found that Rochdale-based UK broadband ISP Zen Internet acted “unfairly” when they dismissed former CEO, Paul Stobart, in March 2023. The move was followed by Zen’s original CEO and Founder, Richard Tang, being re-appointed as CEO after stepping aside in 2018. Just to recap. Stobart was promoted from the position of Chairman to CEO in August 2018 (here), which occurred shortly after the introduction of a new business plan that ambitiously aimed for the...

Network operator Openreach (BT) has today announced a HUGE update, which reveals the next batch of 517 new locations – covering 2.7 million UK premises – to benefit from their roll-out of a 1.8Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. The operator has already covered 14m premises, and this update largely completes their build plan to 2026. The overall deployment, which is expected to cost up to £15bn and has also already reached around 3.8 million homes in some of the...

In a new interview the CEO of London-focused business ISP Vorboss, Timothy Creswick, has spoken to ISPreview about the progress they’ve made with their 100Gbps full fibre network roll-out, as well as their future plans, market consolidation, gigabit broadband vouchers for urban areas and Ofcom’s market regulation. Just to recap. Vorboss has spent the past four years deploying 500km of their own dedicated point-to-point fibre across Central London (covering most of zones 1 and 2), which we’re...

Contributed Article Digital connectivity infrastructures, and in particular submarine cables, are one of the priorities of the European Commission. With the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital Programme, the EU aims to leverage public and private investments in digital connectivity infrastructures of common European interest. The European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) will join this year’s Submarine Networks EMEA conference, with HaDEA’s Director Marina Zanchi (pictured)...

News  Google pledged to spend $1 billion on Africa over 5 years in 2021  Google has announced the launch of the first ever submarine cable route between Africa and Australia, named Umoja (the Swahili word for unity).  The cable will be anchored in Kenya, and pass through Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa before crossing the Indian Ocean to reach Australia. Johannesburg, South Africa, is the location of Google’s first African data centre, which...

News  The partnership could help reduce costs and increase rural connectivity   Major African network operators Orange and Vodacom are in discussions over an Africa infrastructure sharing deal, according to a report from Bloomberg.  Anonymous sources hint that the two companies are seeking sharing agreements in their overlapping markets, including Egypt and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This would allow both operators to increase their coverage in affected countries and reduce the need to...

News The president confirmed this week that the industry is “the most important foundation for making our people’s lives richer”    South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol has announced that the country will spend a record 26 trillion won ($19 billion) on a support package for its chip businesses, saying the semiconductor industry is a vital sector for the national economy.  The investment will come through the state-run Korea Development Bank and will support for infrastructure deployment,...