Hrvatski Telekom Upgrades to Netcracker Revenue Management to Automate Billing Processes for Fixed and Mobile Customers
WALTHAM, MA — March 12, 2024 — Netcracker Technology announced today that leading Croatian telecommunications provider Hrvatski Telekom will continue its long-term partnership by implementing Netcracker Revenue Management – part of Netcracker Digital BSS – to modernize its IT infrastructure and merge its mobile and fixed-line systems. Hrvatski Telekom will upgrade to the latest version of Netcracker’s digital-first and cloud-native revenue management platform, which will deliver a number of...
£3.7bn: the cost of internet failures to UK businesses
UK businesses lost over 50 million hours and £3.7 billion due to internet failures in 2023, according to a new report from Beaming, a specialist business ISP. Reliance on connectivity for trading and operational activities has increased among businesses in the last five years, and the cost of missed sales, lost productivity and other disruptions due to downtime has risen by 400%. Beaming’s report – The Cost of Downtime: The Impact of Outages on UK Businesses in 2023 – shares its analysis of a...
AT&T Network CTO talks Open RAN and the move towards continuous innovation
Interview At Connected America 2024, we spoke with Yigal Elbaz, SVP and Network CTO at AT&T (pictured, left) about the future of Open RAN and what it means for the operator At the end of last year, AT&T announced an enormous $14 billion Open RAN deal with Ericsson, a deal Elbaz describes as “one of the most courageous and important collaborations that I can remember in our industry”. The deal marks the largest commitment to Open RAN architecture by any brownfield operator to date,...
United Kingdom joins the Chips Joint Undertaking Programme, strengthening tech ties with the EU post-Brexit
Press Release The Chips Joint Undertaking is delighted to announce the inclusion of the United Kingdom as a Participating State in the Chips JU programme. This development marks a pivotal moment in the UK’s technological and research collaboration with the European Union following Brexit and underscores the country’s dedication to contributing to Europe’s leadership in the development and innovation of semiconductor technologies, which are essential for the digital and green transitions on a...
White House calls for ACP renewal at Connected America
News The end of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) could see 23 million people lose access to connectivity On Day 2 of Connected America, a surprise guest took to the stage to issue a rallying cry for affordable connectivity across the USA. Austin Bonner, Deputy U.S. CTO from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, warned that 23 million people stood to lose affordable connectivity if the ACP’s funding is not renewed and urged a divided Congress to make additional...
Broadband ISP Squirrel Internet Joins Freedom Fibre’s UK Network
Alternative network operator Freedom Fibre, which has so far deployed their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover 285,000 UK premises (21st Dec 2023) – mostly in the North West of England, has today announced the addition of a third retail ISP to their growing wholesale platform with Squirrel Internet. Until recently, consumers covered […]
UK Full Fibre ISP Hyperoptic Get New Director of Business to Consumer
City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has so far extended their full fibre (FTTP/B) broadband network to cover “more than” 1.4 million UK homes across parts of 64 UK towns and cities, has today announced the appointment of Caroline Rider to become their new Director of Residential Broadband. Caroline has 14 years of experience in commercial […]
TalkTalk Wholesale Services Rebrands to PlatformX Communications
As expected, the wholesale division of UK ISP TalkTalk has today officially rebranded itself from ‘Wholesale Services’ to ‘PlatformX Communications‘ (PXC). The move forms part of the group’s ongoing demerger process, which began last year and is currently ongoing. Just to recap. The TalkTalk Group has spent much of the past year wrestling with the […]
Business ISP Spitfire Sign Deal to Use Vorboss’ London Fibre Network
Business telecommunications and UK broadband ISP Spitfire has today announced that they’ve signed a new a wholesale partnership deal with Vorboss, which will enable them to harness the operator’s new 100Gbps capable dedicated full fibre network in London. At present Vorboss, which is backed by the Fern Trading Group to the tune of up to […]
Connexin’s FTTP Broadband Poles Rollout in Beverly Causes Gas Leak
Broadband ISP Connexin has said they’re investigating after their UK engineers, who were deploying poles to carry a new 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network in the East Yorkshire (England) town of Beverley, accidentally damaged a gas pipe in the Beverley Parklands area on 11th March. The network operator began their £3m roll-out in the […]