Emtelle UK Boost FTTP Broadband Installs with New Drop Cable
Fibre optic broadband supplier Emtelle UK, which is a global manufacturer of blown fibre, cabling and ducted solutions for network operators, has launched a “revolutionary” new 3-in-one drop cable (REVOLink3) for last mile connectivity that could speed up the installation process for full fibre (FTTP) broadband services. The new cable claims it can “push distances never seen before in the telecommunications” sector and the announcement makes reference to it being able to achieve “remarkable...
NTT looks to grab stake in Philippine data centres from PLDT
News Discussions are reportedly ongoing that would see the Japanese telecoms giant purchase a 49% stake in PLDT’s data centre business This week, PLDT Chairman Manuel Pangilinan has confirmed to Reuters that discussions are underway regarding the sale of up to 49% of the company’s data centre business unit to Japan’s NTT. PLDT operates 11 data centres across the Philippines via its IT services subsidiary ePLDT. This unit, sources say, could be valued at as much as $750 million. For NTT, the...
Zzoomm See 10 Percent Full Fibre Take-up in Penistone After 1 Month
Oxfordshire-based alternative UK broadband network and ISP Zzoomm, which have built their 2Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 190,000 premises (RFS) in England, has revealed that their network has already achieved a take-up rate of 10% in the South Yorkshire town of Penistone – after only going live in March 2024. The operator, which is being fuelled by an equity investment of £100m from Oaktree Capital (here) and a £100m debt facility via an international banking consortium...
Subsea Cloud invites customers to trial underwater data centre with “Project OTTO”
News The scheme will allow enterprise customers to trial its underwater data centres before purchasing Underwater data centre provider Subsea Cloud (SSC), has announced the launch of ‘Project OTTO’, allowing users the opportunity to trial its solutions before making a permanent commitment. The US-based company constructs, deploys, and maintains subsea data centres, which can be deployed at depths of up to 9,500ft. It aims to create clean and scalable cloud infrastructure that can...
Freedom Fibre Helps Pickup Litter in North Shropshire
Network operator Freedom Fibre, which has so far built a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 300,000 UK premises (27th Mar 2024) – mostly in the North West of England, has distributed litter picking kits across North Shropshire to both help keep the region tidy and support their social commitment under last year’s Project Gigabit contract. In case anybody has forgotten, during May 2023 the company announced that it had secured a £24m state-aid supported Project Gigabit...
Submarine Networks EMEA: Region’s most important subsea cable event returns to London
Press Release London, UK – Submarine Networks EMEA, the region’s most important subsea connectivity event, is returning to London’s Business Design Centre on 28–29 May. Hosted by communications media and events specialist Total Telecom, this year’s event will bring together over 1,000 senior leaders from the global subsea market for two jam-packed days of learning, collaboration, and exclusive networking opportunities. The submarine cable industry represents the backbone of the global...
New 2024 Study Ranks 26 UK Broadband ISPs for Customer Service
A recent Freedom of Information Request (FoIR) filed by Broadband Genie has revealed that complaints to Ofcom about UK telecoms providers (broadband, mobile etc.) increased by 37% last year to 34,000. In response, the comparison site has published a new survey of customer service, which sees YouFibre, Trooli and Zen Internet top the table. Consumers typically send their complaints about internet service and phone providers to different places, such as the provider itself, Ofcom, the ISPA or...
Virgin Media O2 UK Cut Carbon Emissions by 23 Percent in 2023
Broadband, mobile and TV giant Virgin Media O2 has this morning revealed that they reduced their carbon emissions by 23% last year (or 45% since its baseline in 2020). At the same time, they also increased their fleet of Electric Vehicles (EV) to 281 – edging them toward their target to transition to a fully EV fleet by 2030 (c. 4,300 vehicles). The figures were released as part of VMO2’s update to their sustainability strategy (Better Connections Plan), which among other things aims to...
EE UK Says No TV for 1.6Gbps Broadband Users Until Later in 2024
New customers and those migrating from BT, who may be looking to upgrade to broadband ISP EE’s top 1.6Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) plans, may sadly have to keep waiting until later this year. But only if they also intend on bundling it in with the provider’s Pay TV products. In case anybody has forgotten, EE became the first UK ISP to launch (here) a package based off Openreach’s new 1.8Gbps FTTP tier last year (advertised at an average speed of 1.6Gbps). The move was part of BT’s...
Ofcom Keep Close Tabs on TOTSCo’s Progress with Broadband Switching
The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has formally served a statutory information request to check up on UK ISPs and progress in the One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which is responsible for implementing the regulator’s heavily delayed One Touch Switch (OTS) migration system for faster consumer broadband ISP switching. The new approach expands the existing Gaining Provider Led (GPL) migration system to work across alternative networks (the old system was mostly only focused on Openreach based...