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Broadband, TV, phone and mobile provider BT (inc. EE) has today introduced their new “clear and simple” pricing policy, which sees them move away from % figures and CPI (inflation)-linked changes for their monthly plans in order to “provide certainty for our customers on exactly what their price change will be, and when“. In case anybody has forgotten. Back in January 2024 BT became the first ISP to announce (here) that, in light of Ofcom’s recent move to BAN broadband ISPs and mobile network...

Hampshire-based network builder and gigabit broadband ISP toob, which is rolling out their own full fibre (FTTP) network and also sharing some of CityFibre’s similar infrastructure in parts of South England, has today announced that they’re extending their own network near Fareham into the nearby Locks Heath area. Under the new plan, toob will invest £5 million to extend their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure into Locks Heath and the surrounding area – covering 12,000 homes and...

Trade body Mobile UK, which represents network operators Three UK, EE (BT), O2 (Virgin Media) and Vodafone, has today published a new report that warns “widespread adoption of 5G [is] at risk of being missed” unless the government makes changes to help deliver 5G (mobile broadband) upgrades. Regular readers will note that this isn’t the first time Mobile UK have pleaded for the Government to do more to support their network upgrades. In fact, they said much the same thing just before this...

Rehovot, Israel and Berlin, Germany (April 10, 2024) – Salvador Technologies, the pioneering cyber-attack recovery platform provider for critical infrastructures and industrial organizations, today announced that the company has secured investment from Deutsche Telekom, the largest telecommunications provider in the European Union. Deutsche Telekom executed this investment in Salvador Technologies through its hubraum Fund, the  company’s early stage investment arm. hubraum helps its portfolio...

News The new contracts cover areas including Cornwall, the Peak District, and the Forest of Dean    Today, the UK government has released its Spring update for Project Gigabit, its £5 billion plan to upgrade digital connectivity in hard-to-reach areas across the country.   The update revealed that gigabit broadband coverage in the UK has reached 81% of all premises, a remarkable increase from 6% in 2019, which the government claims places the nation on track to achieve its goals 85% coverage...

News  The investment, revealed during Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to the US, is Microsoft’s largest financial commitment to Japan to date  Microsoft has unveiled plans to invest $2.9 billion over the next two years in Japan, focusing on expanding its cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.   The commitment is part of Microsoft’s effort to support Japan’s digital transformation objectives and enhance its capabilities in AI adoption and cybersecurity. ...

News The FCC requirements are intended to increase transparency and help close the digital divide. Beginning today, April 10, most ISPs will be required to publish ‘nutrition’ style consumer labels for fixed and wireless broadband plans. Under new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules, these labels must include easy-to-read information about monthly pricing, upload and download speeds and links to privacy policies and network management practices. ISPs with over 100,000 subscribers are...

News The South African mobile operator is battling daily power outages caused by load shedding, as well as an increase in theft and vandalism at its mobile base stations South Africa has been battling with an energy crisis for well over a decade now, the exact causes of which are myriad – a convoluted tale of corruption, sabotage, mismanagement, and overreliance on a fading coal industry. The national grid operator, Eskom’s, solution to demand surpassing supply has been the introduction of...

News The new Reduced Capability (RedCap) technology could open the door for a greater integration of IoT devices with existing 5G networks Telefonica Deutschland has revealed it has successfully trialled 5G RedCap devices in its commercial 5G network in Munich. RedCap, a key part of standardisation body 3GPP’s Release 17, is aimed at supporting the IoT over mobile networks. It has three major advantages over existing IoT connectivity technologies (such as 4G LTE or NB-IoT): higher peak data...

Insight  At this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona, we caught up with Ahmet Fethi Ayhan, Türk Telekom, Network Director, and Barry Hou, Huawei’s President of 5G Wireless Marketing & Solution Sales to discuss Türk Telekom’s winning position in Umlaut’s 2023 Crowdsourcing, their network strategy in the 5G era and how partnership has helped the company achieve 5G success.  The discussion began by highlighting that Türk Telekom achieved number one in Istanbul in Umlaut Crowdsourcing...