Broadband ISP Andrews and Arnold Close UK SIP2SIM Service
UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) has informed customers about the forthcoming closure of their long-running SIP2SIM (mobile voice) service, which is essentially a special SIM card that you could put in an ordinary dumb mobile phone, and it makes that device appear as if it is a SIP extension (SIP phone) on a phone […]
BT Setting Sights on Changes at UK Local Business Divisions
Sources have indicated to ISPreview that the BT Group are in the process of reviewing the BT Local Business (BTLB) division, which currently reflects a regional network of BT-backed independent businesses that help to service and support customers at a more local level. But LB’s future structure may be much more centralised. The telecoms giant […]
SpaceX Show Latency Improvements on Starlink Broadband Network
Starlink (SpaceX) has revealed some of the progress they’ve been making to further improve the latency performance across their mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which has long held the goal of delivering a service with stable 20 millisecond (ms) median latency and minimal packet loss. The operator currently has […]
Gov Start Hunting New Supplier for £650m National Roadside Telecoms Service
The UK government-owned National Highways organisation, which operates, maintains and improves motorways and major A roads in England (they also set related UK standards), appears to have begun the process of hunting for a new supplier to manage the roadside National Roads Telecommunications Services (NRTS) network. The estimated contract value is £650m. The NRTS project […]
Deutsche Telekom signs first GenAI business customer
News The generative AI platform was originally developed for the use of Deutsche Telekom employees, but after successful trials, was added to its external portfolio Deutsche Telekom has this week signed up UKA Group, a manufacturer and operator of renewable energy farms, as the first customer for its new Business GPT generative AI platform. Deutsche Telekom explained that by using their generative AI tool, companies can increase efficiency and productivity in their workforces, through...
Vantage secures $64m data centre loan for Taiwan campus
News The campus is set to put Taiwan on the map as a global data centre player Colorado-based Vantage Data Centers, a global provider of large-scale data centre campuses, has announced that is has secured a $64 million loan from two Taiwanese banks (CTBC Bank and Cathay United Bank) to support the development of its first data centre in Taipei, Taiwan. The announcement marks the first financing deal for a hyperscale data centre in Taiwan and is Vantage’s first collaboration with Cathay...
Driving towards consumer led device circularity
Insight At Mobile World Congress 2024, speakers from Kingfisher, CCS Insight, Vodafone, Samsung, and Telefonica sat down to discuss strategies focussed on changing consumer mindsets with regard to device lifecycles Sustainability was, as ever, a major focus at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will operators and vendors alike keen to show off their green credentials when it came to energy usage and carbon emissions. However, it was a perhaps less headline-grabbing – but no less...
Nokia and Siemens deliver connectivity for driverless Western Sydney Metro
Press Release Nokia has announced it is working with Industrial Partner Siemens Mobility to deliver an IP/MPLS backbone communications network and cybersecurity solution for the new metro railway network in Sydney, Australia. The new Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport line will become the transport spine for Greater Western Sydney, connecting communities and travelers with the new Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport and the growing region. The Nokia mission-critical...
Mobile Operator VOXI UK Launch First AI Chatbot to Support Customers
Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is Vodafone’s virtual network operator (MVNO) sibling, today claims to have become “the first telco in the UK” to develop and deploy a Large Language Model (LLM) based AI chatbot to help “transform its customer services“. The new system has been built in collaboration with Accenture and is being powered […]
Customers of Broadband ISP No One Acquired by Home Telecom UK UPDATE
Internet service provider No One, which typically sells broadband packages via both Openreach and CityFibre’s national networks, have notified residential customers of their decision to “partner up” with Home Telecom, which is a subsidiary of the Telecom Acquisitions (TAL) group where TalkTalk holds a controlling stake. The letter being sent to customers (credits to hacman […]