Broadway Partners, Cadence Networks, and SWS Broadband folded into Voneus
News The mergers come alongside a new cash injection of £250 million from Macquarie Capital, Israel Infrastructure Fund (IIF), and Tiger Infrastructure Partners This week, Macquarie Capital, IIF, and Tiger Infrastructure Partners have jointly announced that Broadway Partners, Cadence Networks, and SWS Broadband will all be merged into Voneus, effective immediately. The deal will also see the trio of investors inject up to £250 million into Voneus, with the debt fund raise led by Macquarie....
Zayo announces 400G upgrade for pan-European network
News 400G connectivity is increasingly becoming the standard for businesses worldwide Zayo Group, a leading global communications infrastructure provider, has announced that its network in Europe is fully 400G enabled. The upgraded network will allow businesses, carriers, datacentres, and hyperscalers to gain access to high bandwidth, low latency connectivity throughout Europe. Zayo’s European network is connected to five subsea cables. Three of these are owned and operated by Zayo,...
Broadband ISP Home Telecom Acquires Bloomtel and OpenFibre
UK ISP Home Telecom, which is a subsidiary of the wider Telecom Acquisitions (TAL) group (TalkTalk holds a controlling stake in them), has today announced two further interesting acquisitions by welcoming customers from local operators Bloomtel and OpenFibre to the business – all for an undisclosed sum. Open Fibre is currently focused on serving customers […]
Global Mobile Operators Call for More Graceful Evolution of 6G Mobile
The NGMN Alliance (Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance), which is an open forum founded by mobile operators from across the world (e.g. BT, Vodafone, Tele2 etc.), has today taken a more “proactive” stance on influencing the development of future 6G mobile broadband tech by pushing for a more “graceful evolution“. At present it’s fairly normal […]
Orange launches new subsea cable vessel
News The ship is set to replace a vessel that has been in service since 1983 Orange Marine, the subsidiary of French telco group Orange that specialises in submarine cable operations, is launching a new ship dedicated to the maintenance and repair of critical subsea cables. The ship, named the ‘Sophie Germain’, is 100 metres in length and includes a 450 kW ROV (remotely operated vehicle) that is used to cut, inspect, and bury the fibre optic cable that is stored on board. Orange claim that...
MTN: Leading Africa’s Progress of Autonomous Networks
PRESS RELEASE TM Forum’s annual Digital Transformation World (DTW) is a major event in the communications industry, where innovation comes to life, inspiration is sparked, connections are made, and knowledge is gained. Around 3500+ attendees, 50+ CSP VPs, and above from 100+ countries joined this event. Network automation is a hot topic and it is one of the 5 main tracks during this exhibition. As the front runner of this digital era from the African continent, MTN shows its impressive...
London’s Euston Underground Station Gets 4G and 5G Mobile
Transport for London (TfL) – in partnership with Boldyn Networks – today confirmed that Euston station on the Charing Cross branch platforms has today become the latest place on the London Underground to go live with 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) cover, which customers of EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three UK will benefit from. […]
Virgin Media O2 Business Add Free Internet Security to Broadband Plans
Broadband ISP Virgin Media O2 Business UK (VMO2) has today announced that they’re including F-Secure’s internet security solution in all newly contracted “Voom Fibre Bundle” packages, free of charge for their small business customers. The security suit includes all the usual features, such as protection from online malware (malicious software), banking protection and browsing protection […]
ISP BT Publish UK Regional Rollout Schedule for Digital Voice
Broadband ISP BT has today published a wider region-by-region UK rollout schedule for their new Internet Protocol (IP) based home phone service, Digital Voice, which covers the remaining regions across England, Wales and Scotland. But not everybody will be happy when it happens. Just to recap. The Digital Voice product was designed to replace BT’s […]
UK Ranks 58th in the World for the Price of 1GB of Mobile Data
A new study has analysed 5,603 mobile data (mobile broadband) plans from across 237 countries in order to compare the cost of a 1GB (GigaByte) data allowance, which reveals that the United Kingdom slightly improved its rank from 59th in 2022 to 58th in 2023, with an average price of USD $0.62 per GB (down […]