Airtel Rwanda launches its own 4G network
News The network will provide 4G services to individuals, homes, and businesses throughout the country Last week, Airtel Rwanda launched its highly anticipated 4G LTE Network. The firm is Rwanda’s first mobile network operator to secure its own 4G license and launch its own 4G network. The launch has been made possible by a government change in licensing strategy. Previously, Airtel could only provide their LTE services through Korea Telecom Rwanda Networks, who had a wholesale monopoly...
Dell’Oro lowers five-year Open RAN forecasts
News Market research firm Dell’Oro has revised the global market share forecast of Open RAN downwards for the first time since tracking the technology began According to a new report, Open RAN cumulative revenue predictions have been lowered by 5% to 10% from now until 2027. The firm cites “hesitancy about the next generation architectures” for the downward revision. Currently, Open RAN makes up a ‘mid-single digit share’ of the RAN market, estimated at between 6-10%. “We can think of this...
Ericsson may be caught in the middle as Swedish–Iraqi relations sour
News Swedish equipment vendor’s staff in Iraq have reportedly had their working permit revoked due to ongoing conflicts surrounding the burning of the Quran in Stockholm Last Wednesday, Iraqi protestors stormed and set alight the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, in retaliation for a planned burning of the Quran in Stockholm. No embassy staff were harmed during the assault, all of whom have now been relocated to Stockholm. Tensions between Sweden and various Islamic groups and governments had been...
Vodafone sales increase as merger looms
News Despite declines in other key markets, Vodafone UK reported an increase in sales in its quarterly results this morning Vodafone reported a 3.7% rise in organic revenue growth to €10.7 billion in the first quarter of this year, although reported growth fell by 4.8%. In the UK, service revenue rose by 5.7% to £1.2 billion, due in part to price rises that came into effect in April, which saw mobile contracts increase by around £3 annually. Strong performance in the UK will help the firm...
Drahi mulls increasing BT stake to 29.9%
News The billionaire is reportedly considering increasing his stake to the maximum allowed before being obligated to make a mandatory takeover offer Today, anonymous sources cited by This Is Money suggest that billionaire Patrick Drahi is once again looking to increase his stake in BT. According to these insiders, Drahi is considering increasing his stake in the UK’s largest telecoms operator to 29.9% – the largest share possible without triggering a mandatory takeover offer for the business....
ITS Technology Approved for Crown Commercial Service’s NS3 Framework
The ITS Technology Group, which operates 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks (aka – Faster Britain) across urban parts of the United Kingdom for businesses and ISPs, has been approved as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Network Services 3 (NS3) framework. NS3 is an update to previous Network Services 2 […]
Freshwave Bring UK 4G and 5G Mobile to Elevators in Two London Towers
Wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave has revealed that they’re working with the One Nine Elms (R&F Properties UK) site in London to deploy in-building mobile connectivity for all four mobile operators in the two towers – including in the lifts, which the company claims is somewhat of a first for a residential development. Freshwave typically specialises […]
CityFibre Targets UK AltNet Acquisitions Despite Big Losses
CityFibre, which is rolling out a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the UK, has published their annual accounts to the end of 2022 and revealed that their losses nearly doubled. But their network coverage also doubled to 2.2 million homes (RFS) and live consumer connections surged to 174k (up from 61k). […]
Vodafone UK Grows to Total 1.265m Broadband Customers
Vodafone UK has today published their latest Q1 FY24 results, which saw fixed line broadband ISP base grow to total 1.265 million customers (up by 42k in the quarter vs 65k in Q4 FY23), while their mobile base increased to 18.024 million (up by 104k vs 118k in the previous quarter). The biggest development over […]
Vodafone UK – Total Mobile Data Usage Hit 64TB During Wimbledon
Mobile network operator Vodafone UK has revealed that 532,651 tennis-fans attended The Championships 2023 and tracking shows that over 64 TeraBytes (up by 36.5% from 2022) of mobile broadband data were consumed by Wimbledon-goers during the two-week tournament, which was also one of their first roll-outs of 5G Standalone tech. Vodafone recorded its busiest day […]