Gigabit Networks Targets National UK CityFibre FTTP Availability UPDATE
Leicester-based broadband ISP Gigabit Networks, which previously focused on connecting premises across the Midlands of England via CityFibre’s full fibre network (they also work with FullFibre Limited), has today announced the expansion of their service availability to encompass CityFibre’s national footprint. At present CityFibre’s 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network covers 3 million premises (up from […]
Potential ‘remedies’ for Spain’s Orange–MásMóvil merger draw in Digi
News Digi Communications have expressed interest in taking ownership of MásMóvil’s mobile assets if the European Commission (EC) mandates their divestment as part of merger conditions Earlier this summer, the EC extended its investigation into the potential $19 billion merger of Orange and MásMóvil in Spain, saying they needed more time to assess the true impact of reducing the country’s mobile market from four players to three. Since then, speculation around the kinds of conditions that the...
Vodafone to Extend 5G Cover via Amazon’s Project Kuiper Satellites
Mobile operator Vodafone and Vodacom have today announced that they’ve agreed a “strategic collaboration” deal to harness Amazon’s future Project Kuiper constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband satellites, which will be used to help extend the reach of their 4G and 5G networks across Europe and Africa. At present Amazon hasn’t actually launched their […]
Mobile Calling Bug Still Impacting UK Vodafone, EE and O2 Users
Some customers of mobile network operators EE (BT), Vodafone and O2 (Virgin Media) are this morning continuing to report problems with making and receiving calls between the aforementioned networks (this also impacted some landline calls), which is an issue that first began around midday on Monday (4th Sept). Just to recap. Yesterday afternoon quickly turned […]
Openreach Stops Selling New UK Analogue Copper Phone Lines
Openreach (BT) has this morning confirmed that they’ve formally introduced their long-planned UK wide “stop sell” on sales of new Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) and related broadband ISP products, which is part of their aim to completely withdraw the old copper-based Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) by December 2025. As we’ve said before, this does […]
Phoenix Tower International snaps up 2,000 French cell sites
News The two deals will make France the largest market in which Phoenix Tower International (PTI) operators PTI, based in Florida, has closed two deals allowing it to acquire 1,978 cell sites located in urban areas across France. These sites will be added to the more than 1,600 sites PTI already owns in France, with the firm aiming to increase the total number of sites it owns in the country to 5,000 sites within the next two years. The site acquisitions took the form of two separate...
Deutsche Telekom opens quantum research lab
News The facility will bring together partners from universities, research institutes, and businesses across Germany Deutsche Telekom has opened a “Quantum Lab” facility based at its Berlin T-Labs, dedicated to quantum research and the integration of quantum technology into its telecommunications operations. The research facility is connected to over 2,000km of fibre optical network, allowing researchers to conduct quantum-optical experiments alongside partners across Germany. Deutsche...
AltNet UK ISP Upp Launch New BusinessEssentials Broadband Package
Network operator Upp, which is investing £1bn (via LetterOne) to deploy a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network for homes and businesses across the East of England, has launched a new ‘BusinessEssentials’ package that is designed to provide its “Next Level Broadband” service to smaller firms. Just to recap. Upp’s initial aim was to cover […]
Common Wholesale Platform Makes Progress on One Touch Switch
The Common Wholesale Platform (CWP) and related Common Switching Platform (CSP), which is a non-profit member-owned organisation that helps alternative broadband networks to provide wholesale services to the UK market (ISPs), has hailed successful switching tests with the TOTSCo One Touch Switching (OTS) platform. The industry-led One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo) currently has the complex […]
Reliance Jio seeks $2 billion funding for 5G rollout
News The Indian operator is reportedly in discussions with financial services firm BNP Paribas to arrange the loans Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecoms arm of India’s Reliance Industries, is set to raise $2 billion in offshore loans, according to a report from the Economic Times. The capital raised will be used to fund the purchase of 5G network equipment from Ericsson. “BNP Paribas will provide $1.9–2 billion over a nine-month period during the course of which Jio will be paying back...