ISP Virgin Media UK Discount 1Gb Broadband to £30 for 6 Months
UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) last launched a new promotion today that discounts the price of their standalone “Gig1 Fibre Broadband” package – offering average speeds of 1130Mbps down and 52Mbps up – to just £30 per month for the first 6 months of service (£50 thereafter) on a 24-month term. Plus, the setup is […]
Virgin Media O2 UK Finally Deploys 5G on London Underground
O2 (VMO2) has just become the last of the four primary mobile providers to start deploying their ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) service on the London Underground (tube trains), which have been deployed on the Central Line between Queensway and Holland Park, and on the Northern Line between Kentish Town and Archway. On the Central Line, […]
VIDEO – Airband Tackles Most Challenging FTTP Broadband Build Ever
Rural broadband ISP Airband has announced that they’re currently tackling one of the “most challenging installations” of full fibre technology that they’ve “ever seen” in the historic North Devon (England) village of Clovelly, which sits perched on a cliff-top, complete with steep, narrow cobbled streets and 300 residents. The build appears to form part of […]
Putting users in charge of online privacy
Startup Story Enthusiast founded Dutch startup, Usafe, is setting out to reclaim online privacy from tech giants and give it back to the user Tell us about your startup Usafe is a tech startup that focuses on managing digital identities to restore privacy to individuals from the grip of technology companies. The company intends to achieve this by providing individuals with a clear view of the flow of their data. Usafe’s approach is based on three fundamental concepts: zero-knowledge proof,...
Aitelecom/APCO Networks enhances 4G cellular backhaul and enterprise services across Mexico
Press Release ST Engineering iDirect’s leading Mx-DMA® MRC waveform technology will enable Mexican connectivity service provider Aitelecom/APCO Networks (Aitelecom) to support services on its new MicroGEO satellites that will be built by satellite manufacturer, Astranis Space Technologies (Astranis). The satellites and ground infrastructure will deliver critical connectivity for 4G cellular backhaul and enterprise services across Mexico and part of Central America. Deployed on Aitelecom’s...
Ofcom UK Delay Start of Openreach FTTP Broadband Price Cuts
Ofcom has this morning announced that they will need “an additional two months” to undertake further analysis of Openreach’s “Equinox 2” discount scheme, which will delay the operator’s planned 1st April 2023 launch of cheaper wholesale prices on their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP products. In case anybody has forgotten, Openreach were preparing to introduce another […]
The Fastest UK Cities and Regions for 5G Mobile Data Speeds
Mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has published the results of their latest study, which reveals that the fastest UK city for 5G (mobile broadband) internet download speeds is Birmingham (162.7Mbps), while the West Midlands in England tops the table for fastest UK regions on 151.4Mbps. The report is based off crowdsourced data gathered from users on […]
Lightpath announces enhanced national long-haul network
Press Release Lightpath, an all-fiber, infrastructure-based connectivity provider that is revolutionizing how organizations connect to their digital destinations, announced today the launch of an enhanced national long-haul network that will offer high bandwidth wavelength and Ethernet services between Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Ashburn, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, and Miami. Lightpath customers can choose bandwidth options up to 100 Gbps, in the form of a wavelength service or switched...
Huawei takes on 5G antenna efficiency challenge with innovative solutions
VIEWPOINT With 5G making its way into the mainstream, telcos need superior antenna efficiencies to improve the user experience and leverage new revenue opportunities. In addition, telecom services are using more energy than ever before as more and more devices are connected and 5G offers extraordinary possibilities to drive new use cases from technologies like IoT, Edge, and Cloud. Telcos not only have a social responsibility to save energy and reduce emissions, but they also need to do so in...
Connected America – the reality of delivering Internet for All
News Two weeks today Total Telecom’s first foray across the Atlantic becomes a reality as Connected America kicks off in Dallas. Building on a similar model to the award-winning Connected Britain, the event will draw together the entire US connectivity ecosystem to explore the whys and hows of delivering a better connected experience for more than 334 million people. Ever since President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – the so-called Bipartisan...