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Rochdale-based UK ISP Zen Internet has today announced somewhat of a reverse after the provider’s current CEO, Paul Stobart, announced his intention to retire at the end of March 2023, after five years in the role. Replacing him will be the company’s original CEO, and current Founder and Chairman, Richard Tang. Stobart has overseen a […]

CityFibre has today announced the completion of their £25m “primary build” in the West Midlands (England) town of Solihull, which has expanded their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 44,000 premises (around 85% of residential properties), including most businesses. The town-wide deployment – delivered via civil engineering firm Callan Connect – originally began […]

News The Finnish vendor will be providing private wireless connectivity, network edge equipment, and analytics to support The Ocean Cleanup’s conservation operations Pollution of the world’s oceans, particularly with discarded plastic, has been a growing problem for over half a century. The scale of this challenge cannot be underestimated. UNESCO suggests that plastic waste comprises 80% of all marine pollution, with 8–10 metric tons of plastic arriving in the world’s oceans each year. Indeed,...

News Streetwave creates mobile network performance maps to continuously monitor and check the quality of the UK’s 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G networks Tell us about your start up? Streetwave is the market leader in providing independent mobile coverage surveys. They set themselves apart by focusing on user experience and ensuring that their online web application (digital map & analytics) is incredibly easy to use, ensuring everyone can understand the information presented e.g. identifying if a user...

Contributed Article by RouteThis Fast and reliable broadband has become the lifeline to millions of homeowners for work, education, and entertainment. Service Providers are now expected to deliver new levels of connectivity to their customers, and WiFi is at the center stage of that effort. In today’s competitive landscape, speed and price alone are no longer feasible strategies for Service Providers to retain market share. Reducing churn and its associated costs requires maintaining customer...

Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) appears to have launched a tariff refresh of their Pay Monthly (SIM-Only and Phone) plans today, which sees some prices rise (others stay the same), tweaks to data allowances and possibly a few additional changes that we’ve yet to fully identify. As usual, all of O2’s Pay Monthly plans continue […]

Press Release Nationwide coverage now surpasses 2.91 million square miles, with tribal land coverage increasing by 40% over the past two years From Fiber to 5G, AT&T* has hit significant network milestones that are aggressively expanding coverage, increasing capacity and strengthening network resiliency. Over the past 5 years (2018–2022), AT&T invested more than $140 billion primarily in our U.S. wireless and wireline networks, including capital investments and acquisitions of wireless...

News The Italian operator has reportedly reached an agreement with unions that 2,000 staff will take voluntary early retirement as part of ongoing cost-cutting measures At the start of last year, Italian incumbent operator TIM announced that the company would seek to save €1 billion by 2024 through various cost-saving measures, including cutting jobs. At the time, reports suggested that the operator was looking to reduce its domestic workforce of roughly 42,500 staff by up to 20% by 2030. By...

VIEWPOINT [Barcelona, Spain, March 22, 2023] During the Mobile World Congress 2023 (MWC 2023), Oi SA, the second largest broadband service provider in Brazil with more than 4 million subscribers,  signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Huawei on commercializing fiber to the room (FTTR) services after the two parties reached a strategic cooperation agreement on FTTR products and solutions. The MoU aims to help Oi to build fiber broadband and FTTR networks, shift from bandwidth...

Network builder FullFibre Limited, which is deploying a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP network that aims to cover “at least” 500,000 premises by 2025, has today launched a new Community Investment Fund to promote digital connectivity in over 80 of its build towns. The fund – APPLY HERE – will be open to […]