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News The two operators say the network sharing deal will help prevent overbuild and accelerate their respective rollouts of 5G Two of Slovakia’s biggest mobile operators have this week finalised a long-awaited network sharing deal, which will O2 Slovakia and Slovak Telekom share mobile infrastructure across the country. The duo say the deal will help them to boost service quality for customers and reduce rollout costs, particularly with regards to their expanding 5G networks. The capital city...

News  A summary of all the essential financial news in the telecoms world this week  Three UK publishes half year results  In the company’s half-year results, Three saw revenue increase by 4% to £1.23bn due to an increase in the active customer base.   Net customer service revenue went up 8% to £816 million, up from £754 million last year.  Profit margins increased by 9%, which Three put down to the development of new business areas, such as the success of its SIM-only brand SMARTY and 5G Home...

Press Release Global 5G leader Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has increased its socioeconomic contribution to Malaysia by producing its state-of-the-art 5G radio equipment in Penang – the company’s first 5G manufacturing facility in Southeast Asia. Ericsson has been in Malaysia since 1965 and is rolling out the 5G network for Malaysia, which has already been recognised globally for its performance. The production was inaugurated by Communications and Digital Minister YB Ahmad Fahmi bin Mohamed Fadzil...

News  The telco is the first company to announce domestic production of fibre products for use in the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) programme  This week, Nokia has announced that it will partner with manufacturing firm Sanmina Corporation to produce fibre optic network equipment at the latter’s factory in Wisconsin for use in the BEAD program.  The BEAD programme, launched in November 2021 as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, dedicates more than $42 billion...

The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 kicked off last month and UK ISP EE (BT) reports that the three matches involving England’s squad have caused a modest, but noticeable, increase in broadband data traffic, rising by between 7-8% compared to an “average” day. Typically, matches that take place outside a traditional holiday period and during […]

News  The scheme would be one of the UK’s largest investments to-date in the satellite communications industry  The UK government is working on a scheme to fund the development of satellite communications in Britain. Named the Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit (CLEO) scheme, the programme’s aim is to provide support to researchers and businesses in the satellite communications sector, aiming to propel the development of new satellite constellations.  Michelle Donelan, Science and Technology...

Alternative network operator and UK ISP Grain has revealed that they intend to deploy their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across “more than” 10,000 homes in the Cheshire (England) town of Warrington, which reflects about one tenth of the town’s c.98,000 residential properties. The announcement doesn’t clarify when the rollout will start or how […]

The wholesale division of broadband ISP TalkTalk has this week announced that they’ve signed a new agreement with business provider Gamma Communications, which will extend their existing “25-year partnership” to run for another three years until at least April 2026. The announcement, which also states that the pair have “worked together since 2002” (wouldn’t that […]

The administrators for troubled UK network operator Broadway Partners (Broadway Broadband), which had been building fixed wireless and full fibre (FTTP) ISP networks across rural parts of Scotland and Wales, have published their first report and revealed that several interested parties have bid for the business. Just to recap. Broadway – supported by a major […]

A few years ago we reported that Openreach (BT) had moved to accelerate and expand their rollout of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP technology into more challenging rural areas by installing “Subtended Headends” (SHE). The technology has now saved them £10m in build costs in the last year alone (Fiscal Year 22/23). The term Subtended Head […]