Generation Hack: Breaking the telecom innovation age code
Spotlight Series by Isabelle Paradis, President of HOT TELECOM In the shadows of the digital revolution, the telecom industry stands at a crossroads. It faces a pressing imperative: to foster a culture that not only attracts the energy of youth but also retains the wisdom of its veterans. There is no doubt about it, we are witnessing a skills gap that threatens to grow wider as the baby boomer generation edges towards retirement. Meanwhile, the younger generation, native speakers in the...
Telxius Accelerates Caribbean Connectivity with an Ultra-High Capacity Cable Between the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.
Madrid, 30 April 2024 – Telxius, a leading global connectivity provider, is opening its latest submarine cable route with the extension of SAm-1 between Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. The route is in service from April 2024 and serves as a vital link between the Caribbean and the U.S., as well as wider Latin America via the Brusa, PCCS, and SAm-1 cables. This extension expands Telxius’ network capabilities and further bridges the gap between the Caribbean and the Americas...
Omdia’s Sameer Malik on why a Net5.5G converged IP network is essential to bring the benefits of AI to consumers
Interview At this years’ Huawei Analyst Summit in Shenzhen, China, Total Telecom sat down with Sameer Malik, Senior Principal Analyst at Omdia, to discuss Net5.5G converged IP networks Now based in Sydney, Malik has over 20 years’ experience in the telecoms industry. He joined Omdia in 2021 after having leadership roles at Huawei and Etisalat. In 2020, he was recognised as Distinguished Technical Talent by the Australian government. Sameer Malik, Senior Principal Analyst at Omdia What is...
Aussie telcos Optus and TPG team up for network sharing
News TPG had initially agreed a similar deal with Telstra, but this was quashed by the competition regulator This week, Australian telcos TPG Telecom and Optus have announced a new agreement that will see them create a regional Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN), extending TPG’s 4G and 5G networks. The network sharing agreement will see TPG make use of Optus’ mobile sites across the country, increasing the company’s total number of available sites from 755 to 2,444. This, according to TPG,...
FCC fines major US operators for illegal data sharing
News The fines were first proposed in February 2020 This week, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined major US wireless carriers, including AT&T, Sprint (since acquired by T-Mobile), T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing customer location information to third parties without their consent. According to the FCC, the carriers sold access to their customers’ location information to ‘aggregators’, who then resold the access to this information to...
Quickline Hails Progress Building FTTP Broadband to Isle of Axholme
Broadband ISP Quickline, which is building a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (5G FWA) network across rural and semi-rural parts of North East England, has revealed that their service has now gone live for thousands of premises in villages across the Isle of Axholme area in North Lincolnshire (England). The full fibre network went live in the village of Westwoodside in January 2024, following the lighting up of Belton at the end of 2023. Meanwhile, work is now complete...
Vodafone UK Launch New Power Hub Router and Wi-Fi 6 Booster
Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK has today announced the launch of both a new ‘Power Hub‘ router for their home broadband packages and a complementary new ‘Super Wi-Fi 6 Booster‘ device to help improve home wireless connectivity. New customers, joining from today, on any standard plan will receive the Power Hub router. At the time of writing, we don’t yet have any details on the technical specifications of each device, which makes it very difficult to say what sort of improvements they...
Brsk Builds Full Fibre Broadband Cover to 500,000 UK Homes UPDATE
Network operator and ISP Brsk, which is deploying a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the West Midlands and North West of England (rollout plan), has revealed that they’ve now passed a key milestone by expanding to cover half a million homes (up from 450,000 on 2nd March 2024). The operator – fuelled by an investment of at least £259m – is currently building out its new network across parts of West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, and...
Freely’s Live UK Broadband TV Stream Service Goes Live TODAY
Major broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will this morning come together to launch their new stream service called Freely, which has been in development for a while now and is designed to be an evolution of the existing broadband internet based Freeview (inc. Freeview Play and Freesat) TV service. Freeview Play is today a rather dated platform and one that remains centred around on-demand content, while Freely viewers will be able to easily browse and watch live UK TV...
FCC gives T-Mobile the green light to buy Mint Mobile
News The deal has been pending regulatory approval since January last year The Federal Communications Commission FCC confirmed last week that it has approved T-Mobile to purchase buy Ka’ena Corp, the owner of Mint Mobile, for up to $1.35 billion. The deal will also cover the acquisition of other companies under the Ka’ena Corp umbrella, including Ultra Mobile and wholesaler Plum. According to a press release published last year after the deal was agreed, T-Mobile stated that it will pay up...