Sparkle brings BlueMed cable to Crete
Press Release With the landing in Chania, the company strengthens Greece’s position as a digital hub for Internet traffic between Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announced this morning the landing of the BlueMed submarine cable in Chania (Greece) during a press conference hosted at the Residence of the Ambassador of Italy in Athens and attended by Paolo Cuculi, Ambassador of Italy, Dimitris...
Freedom Fibre Win Rural Cheshire UK Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contract
The UK government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme has today awarded the £43 million (state aid) regional contract for Cheshire (Lot 17) in England to alternative network provider Freedom Fibre. The deal aims to extend their gigabit capable full fibre (FTTP) network to 15,000 additional premises in hard to reach rural areas. Just to recap. Project Gigabit is working to help extend 1Gbps (download) capable networks to reach at least 85% of UK premises by the end of 2025, before...
Freeola Launch 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps Openreach UK Broadband Plans
Internet and web hosting provider Freeola has informed ISPreview that they’ve just become the latest on a small list of UK ISPs to launch consumer home broadband packages based off Openreach’s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) powered 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps (both 120Mbps upstream) download speed tiers. The 1.2Gbps tier is being promoted alongside “average” advertised download speeds of 1Gbps (true gigabit) for £64 per month, while 1.8Gbps is being advertised with speeds of 1.6Gbps for £73 per...
Sparkle Brings BlueMed Cable to Crete and Opens a New Digital Route
Rome/Athens, 22 May 2024 Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announced this morning the landing of the BlueMed submarine cable in Chania (Greece) during a press conference hosted at the Residence of the Ambassador of Italy in Athens and attended by Paolo Cuculi, Ambassador of Italy, Dimitris Papastergiou, Minister of Digital Governance, Alessandro Pansa, Chairman of Sparkle, Enrico Bagnasco, CEO of Sparkle, Daniele Mancuso, CEO of...
Ooredoo Qatar Extends Partnership With Netcracker for Revenue Management and Managed Services Across All Lines of Business
WALTHAM, MA — May 21, 2024 — Netcracker Technology announced today that Ooredoo Qatar will extend its long-term partnership with Netcracker, utilizing Managed Services for Ooredoo’s Revenue Management and CRM solutions to support B2C and B2B customers across a wide range of telecom and other services, including ICT, IoT and Cloud. This engagement will also expand to other industries including Fintech and Entertainment as Ooredoo Qatar continues its forward-looking initiatives and innovative...
TXO appoints Simon Wort as Group CCO as it eyes new commercial opportunities following series of acquisitions
Chepstow, 21st May 2024: TXO, the leading provider of end-to-end circular telecom network solutions, today announces the appointment of Simon Wort as Group Chief Commercial Officer. The latest move in a string of senior appointments and acquisitions, Wort will lead TXO’s expansion into new commercial areas, focusing particularly on integrating the existing business with recently acquired companies Lynx and TEQPORT to strengthen TXO’s global offering. Joining TXO from ITS Technology Group,...
NetIX Celebrates Milestone Achievement of 3Tbps
Sofia, Bulgaria – 21st May 2024: NetIX, the leading global distributed platform for award-winning connectivity and peering solutions, has proudly announced today the monumental achievement of surpassing 3 Tbps of traffic across its network. At the start of 2024, NetIX’s network had only just broken the 2 Tbps barrier; within five months, the award-winning IXP has added a further 1 Tbps to its record, earning it a place as the 13th biggest IXP based on traffic, and achieving the title of the...
VMO2 connects up new Equinix data centre in Manchester
News The development will provide Manchester and the north of England with higher capacity connectivity Virgin Media Business Wholesale, the fixed wholesale arm of Virgin Media O2 (VMO2), has upgraded Manchester’s Equinix MA5 data centre with new high-capacity fibre routes. Manchester MA5 is now a key part of Virgin Media Business Wholesale’s network, which includes over 160 data centres across the UK. VMO2 says the site is ideal for hyperscalers, connectivity resellers, and enterprises...
MPs gloomy on govt connectivity goals, shows new survey
News A survey of 104 Conservative and Labour MPs found less than a quarter believes the UK will meet its targets for gigabit broadband and 5G rollouts This week, a new connectivity report from Cluttons titled ‘Connecting today for tomorrow‘ has painted a bleak picture of the UK’s ongoing connectivity infrastructure rollouts. The study, which surveyed over 104 MPs and over 500 councillors from all major parties, showed that confidence is low that the government’s connectivity goals, related to...
Mediacom prepares for mobile launch
News Mediacom is testing its new mobile service in anticipation of a commercial launch in the coming weeks Mediacom Communications has confirmed that its long-anticipated mobile service will soon be rolled out across its 22-state footprint. The company has been “testing the product and the activation process” by providing service to employees in anticipation of a commercial launch in the coming weeks. In June 2022, the company’s Chairman, CEO, and Founder Rocco Commisso confirmed that Mediacom...