Huawei’s Li Peng on the possibilities that the intelligent era will bring the telco industry Insight
Viewpoint On day 2 of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona this year, Li Peng, Huawei’s Corporate Senior Vice President and President of ICT Sales & Service, shared his views about the advancing intelligent world in a keynote speech – outlining what the intelligent world means for carriers, and what networks need to do to prepare for the advancement in our increasingly intelligent society. AI has been a huge overarching theme of this year’s MWC, and Li Peng’s sentiment is no...
ASA Ban Misleading Full Fibre Claim from UK Wireless ISP 6G Internet
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned another advert for UK fixed wireless broadband ISP 6G Internet (IX Wireless), albeit this time for sending out a “misleading” leaflet promotion that claimed the provider offered “Full Fibre Speed Broadband” (Full Fibre is a term that’s typically only be used by FTTP networks). The provider previously got […]
Connected Urban: CU Phosco Lighting set to revolutionise Smart City Infrastructure with Innovative Smart Pole launch
In response to the increasing demand for densification of 4G networks and to support the continued rollout of 5G, Connected Urban has been designed to enhance connectivity on our streets, delivering both macro and small cells within a single compact footprint. Designed to accommodate multi-faceted services, including antennas, CCTV, public address systems, and even smart lighting, Connected Urban, is a range of sleek, modular, and scalable smart poles which go beyond just meeting the...
VOX Solutions Welcomes Alan Murphy as New VP of Engineering
HONG KONG, March 5, 2024 – VOX Solutions, a leading innovator in the telecom sector, proudly announces the appointment of Alan Murphy as Vice President of Engineering. Alan brings with him a wealth of experience, having spent over two decades at the forefront of telecom innovation, specialising in messaging, roaming, and security products. Alan has been instrumental in creating award-winning products that serve billions of subscribers globally. His pioneering work includes the development of...
5G Open Innovation Lab Announces its 9th Startup Batch
March 06, 2023, BELLEVUE, Washington — 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab) announced today its Batch #9 cohort, eleven startups carefully curated from around the globe to embark on 5G OI Lab’s Spring program, which begins this week. Now in its fifth year, 5G OI Lab has built a thriving ecosystem of 129 startups supported by world-class partners including AT&T, Comcast, Microsoft, Intel, VMware by Broadcom and more. Combined, the Lab’s alumni have raised over $2.23B in venture capital,...
RTA Deploys Fiber-To-The-Premises with DZS Technology to Bring World-Class Broadband Experience to Texas’ Bolivar Peninsula
DALLAS, Texas, USA, Mar. 4, 2024 – DZS (Nasdaq: DZSI), a global leader of access, optical and AI-driven cloud software solutions, today announced that Rural Telecommunications America (RTA), a leading provider of next-generation internet services to rural communities across the United States, has deployed key products from the DZS Velocity fiber access and Helix subscriber edge portfolios complemented by the award-winning CloudCheck and Expresse software solutions to deliver “gigFAST® ”...
BT wins £26m to connect UK schools
News The investment will ensure that “every pupil can benefit from […] exciting digital experiences”, according to Digital Infrastructure Minister Julia Lopez British incumbent BT has secured £26 million of government funding to provide hundreds of primary schools with gigabit broadband, as part of the UK government’s ‘Project Gigabit’ scheme. Project Gigabit aims to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to at last 85% of UK premises by 2025 and the whole of the UK (about 99%) by 2030. The...
Broadband ISP Zzoomm Slows UK Full Fibre Build and Warns of Job Cuts
Oxfordshire-based alternative network provider and ISP Zzoomm, which originally aimed to cover 1 million premises with their FTTP broadband network across 85 UK towns by the end of 2025, has today notified ISPreview that “new network construction is stopping” (some existing work will continue) and redundancies are expected. The operator, which is being fuelled by […]
Consumer UK Broadband ISP TalkTalk Gets Another New CEO
Budget internet provider TalkTalk has today announced the appointment of Susie Buckridge as the CEO of their consumer business. The previous CEO, Adam Dunlop, will be “stepping down … to pursue other opportunities outside the group” – Adam was only promoted to the position late last year, as part of the group’s demerger (here). Susie […]
Apple fined €1.8bn by European Commission over Spotify row
News The fine is the Apple’s first antitrust fine and is one of the largest given to a technology company by the European Commission (EC) This week, the EC –the executive arm of the European Union (EU) – has given Apple a €1.8 billion antitrust fine for abusing its dominant position in the music streaming market. The fine relates to an investigation that began in 2019, in which the EC found that Apple had placed restrictions on other app developers that prevented them from informing iOS...