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Startup Stories Tell us about your start up Poutanet is the forerunner of small consumerized private mobile networks. We have our roots in the Nokia Kuha project where we turned an LTE small cell base station into a consumer product. After founding Poutanet 2020 we have taken that approach to the next level and turned the whole LTE network into a solution that can be easily deployed and operated by non telco people. Today we are a clear leader in temporary networks powering commerce at...

Asterion-backed operator MS3, which aims to build a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband ISP network to cover 500,000 premises across the North of England by the end of 2025 (here), has today announced 22 new build locations for Yorkshire. Some 100,000 premises have already been covered. Just to recap. MS3 started deploying their […]

The UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has today launched a new “Smart Data Council“, which aims to help cut consumer bills, such as by finding ways to make it easier for consumers and businesses to find the tariffs best suited to their needs, or reduce the “loyalty penalty” that customers face when switching […]

Broadband and mobile giant O2 (VMO2) has today chosen Mavenir to supply its UK rollout of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) technology. The supplier will also act as the prime integrator, providing its Open virtualised Radio Access Network (Open vRAN) solution for sites on VMO2’s mobile network. O-RAN technology seeks to standardise the design […]

New customers who take one of Shell Energy’s full fibre (FTTP) broadband plans, which are based off Openreach’s UK network, may like to know that the ISP has just cut another £5 off the monthly price for their first 18 month minimum contract term. The new promotion is expected to be available to order until […]

Network operators CityFibre and Openreach, both of which are deploying full fibre broadband ISP networks at pace across the United Kingdom, have today secured a series of wins at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Awards 2023. Firstly, CityFibre has been recognised for the third year running by demonstrating its dedication to […]

Startup Stories Tell us about your startup At NATIX, we recognized that privacy was not the only hurdle preventing widespread camera use in public spaces. Another major barrier was the high cost of infrastructure. Installing, operating, and maintaining the 1 billion public and commercial CCTV cameras worldwide has cost more than $6 trillion. In addition, hardware or software maintenance can lead to downtime, resulting in costly or significant data gaps. To address these challenges, we...

CityFibre has spent the past few years building their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to 2.6 million premises (2.3m Ready for Service) and slowly solidifying their position as the UK’s third-largest infrastructure player after Openreach (BT) and Virgin Media. Suffice to say, it’s time for a summary of ISP choices on their network. At present […]

London-focused UK gigabit-broadband ISP G.Network, which claims to be investing around £1bn to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the city, has become the latest internet provider to “successfully demonstrate” Nokia’s 25G PON technology running on their network. The provider, which last year claimed to have already covered 400,000 premises across London (we haven’t […]

The Zayo Group, which operates a large metro and long-haul fibre optic network in the UK and globally, has launched the “fastest direct network route” connecting Manchester to New York with its new transatlantic subsea fibre. The link provides a direct route to North America that “avoids backhauling to global internet hubs in London and […]