EllaLink and EXA Infrastructure sign strategic partnership
Press Release EllaLink, the high-capacity fibre-optic submarine cable directly connecting Europe with South America, and EXA Infrastructure, the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platform connecting Europe and North America, today announce a unique joint transatlantic service, connecting South America with the heart of Europe’s main business centres. Customers of both companies will benefit from the latest high capacity direct data route across the Atlantic that joins up with EXA’s...
“Vodafone must change”: New boss Della Valle plans 11,000 job cuts
News The operator said it will make the job cuts across its international footprint over the coming three years Today, Vodafone’s new CEO Margherita Della Valle has unveiled a new strategic plan to revitalise the operator group’s finances, including the loss of roughly 11,000 jobs over the next three years. Announcing that the company’s results had “not been good enough” and acknowledging that “Vodafone must change”, Della Valle said that the company must move to streamline and simplify its...
Broadband provider Truespeed reports substantial growth
Press Release Truespeed, the independent broadband provider, has reported a storming start to 2023. The Bath-based full-fibre broadband provider has extended its footprint by 25 per cent in the first five months of the year, now offering ultrafast broadband to 75,000 properties. The figures demonstrate a 364 per cent growth in Truespeed’s network rollout, in comparison to the same period last year. This year the company has invested an additional £6 million into its home city of Bath,...
ITU Preps SDM Standard to Boost Capacity of Fibre Optic Cables
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published a new technical report that could form the basis of a roadmap toward setting standards for the adoption of Space-Division Multiplexing (SDM) transmission into fibre optic broadband cables, which could in turn deliver a big data capacity boost for some future links. Most fibre optic cables tend to […]
Vodafone UK Top 1.22m Broadband and 17.9m Mobile Customers
Vodafone UK has released their latest quarterly (Q4 FY23) results, which reveals that their fixed line broadband ISP base grew strongly to total 1.223 million customers (up by 65k in the quarter vs 47k in Q3 FY23), while their mobile base also now totals 17.92 million (up by 118k vs 259k in the previous quarter). […]
Rural UK ISP Truespeed Build FTTP Broadband to 75,000 Premises
The latest network build update from alterative broadband ISP Truespeed, which is rolling out a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to homes in the South West of England, has revealed that they’ve now covered 75,000 premises (up from 70k in April 2023) and are continuing to ramp-up. Put another way, Truespeed says they’ve extended […]
Sparkle lands BlueMed cable system in Palermo, Sicily
News The landing further cements Sicily as a cornerstone of Mediterranean connectivity, as well being a milestone for Google’s larger Blue–Raman cable project Italian wholesale connectivity specialist Sparkle has announced that it has landed its BlueMed cable at its data centre in Palermo, Sicily. This landing completes the BlueMed’s primary Genoa-Golfo Aranci-Pomezia-Palermo Tyrrhenian route, with the system expected to be operational by the end of May. Further expansion to Bastia in Corsica...
The neutral host model and shrinking the urban digital divide with ZenFi Networks
News We caught up with Victoria Lamberth, Chief Revenue Officer at ZenFi Networks, at this year’s Connected America conference to discuss the company’s neutral host model, their mission to connect the unconnected in urban environments, and their recent acquisition by BAI Communications At this year’s Connected America conference, bridging the digital divide was one of the hottest topics, with discussions spanning the latest technologies to how best to make use of the wealth of public funding...
Zain and Omantel team up for wholesale JV
News The newly formed Zain Omantel International will offer global wholesale services, providing services to Middle Eastern operators, data centres, international carriers, and hyperscalers Today, Kuwaiti telecoms group Zain and Oman-based Omantel have announced the formation of a new wholesale joint venture (JV), Zain Omantel International (ZOI). According to a filing, Zain will own 74% of the combined wholesale business, with Omantel owning the remaining 26%. The new company will manage the...
Zain KSA: Championing 5G success with the right strategy and partner
VIEWPOINT Communications service providers across the world need help to monetize their 5G investments. In fact, many operators strive to find the right framework to monetize their network while delivering great value to customers. However, some telcos, like Saudi Arabia’s leading ICT and digital services provider Zain KSA, have achieved 5G success in record time, proving that with the right strategy and partners, it is possible to deliver customer delight and quickly monetize your...