Vodafone expands 4G coverage for rural areas in the UK
News Vodafone announced last week that it had rolled out “reliable 4G” to more than 50 locations across the four nations of the UK The announcement, is a welcome step to reducing coverage black spots, and is the latest rollout within the UK’s Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme, which was launched three years ago by the UK government and mobile operators with the aim of increasing coverage for hard-to-reach areas, including bringing 95% 4G coverage across the UK by 2025. Ofcom’s Connected...
Fibre overtakes cable in the Netherlands
News Cable has long seen the Netherlands as a stronghold but now things are starting to change. In Q4 of 2022, the market share of fibre overtook cable for the first time, taking a 38.4 percent share of a residential fibre broadband market, worth a reported €873 million. Cable share fell to 37.6 percent of revenues, down from 39.7 percent a year earlier. The shift is not so much a fall in the popularity of cable, but more the growth of fibre with a significant factor being KPN initiating the...
A step in the right direction for greener telecommunications systems
Startup Story KoalaTech is a Portuguese startup, spunoff from Nova University of Lisbon and focuses on reducing wasted energy in wireless communications, hence reducing operational costs and enhancing eco-sustainability in telecommunications. Tell us about your start up Koala Tech is focused on the solution for the problem of power consumption and energy efficiency in telecommunication systems. Koala Tech’s holistic design engineers created disruptive technology that reduces the huge amount of...
Awaretag calculates mould risk, heating and insulation performance of homes and buildings in animated 3D
Startup Story Awaretag built its sensor technology and AI driven online software, to make it easy for anyone to understand where they can save money, live in a damp free home and plan for a net zero future. Tell us about your startup? Our technology is for Housing Associations, Councils, Retrofit teams, Surveyors, Energy Advisors and residents, looking to understand how the fabric of the building and habits will make a home better. You only need 8 sensors in a house (one in each room), and our...
LilaConnect launches new business gigabit full fibre packages for SMEs
Press Release Specialist gigabit full fibre company LilaConnect is underlining its commitment to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with the launch of its business full fibre packages. The brand new B2B offering will focus on providing SMEs with a better internet experience, including purpose-built business products, exceptional service, and simple pricing with no hidden fees. The two packages available will include speeds of 500Mbps at a cost of £37.98 and 1Gbit at £39.98 as...
Ericsson IoT Accelerator to manage the connectivity for Lyft e-bikes and scooters
News Ericsson and Lyft have announced a partnership to enhance the connected micromobility ecosystem across key U.S. hubs. The partnership will utilise the Ericsson IoT Accelerator platform so that Lyft can manage the connectivity for tens of thousands of connected e-bikes and scooters, regardless of location. This delivers on Lyft’s promise to provide a micromobility service with scalability and reliability and on its mission to build cities around people and not cars. Deutsche Telekom,...
Full fibre could deliver a £4.5 billion boost to Scotland
News Openreach isn’t alone in supporting the Scottish economy through ultrafast full fibre, but maybe supporting customers that others overlook Openreach have announced that their FTTP network now covers over 800,000 premises across Scotland and also showcased research from the Centre for Economics & Business Research suggesting that connecting everyone in Scotland to full fibre broadband could deliver a £4.5 billion boost to the economy. Funding the rollout has been achieved via an...
Three UK Sees Average Mobile Data Usage Per User Hit 25GB
Mobile operator Three UK has published their latest financial results, which reveals that over 4,250 sites (up from 2,200 last year) are now live with 5G – reflecting 60% UK outdoor population coverage. The average data (mobile broadband) usage per customer has also reached 25.1 GigaBytes per month (up from 19GB). At present, the operator’s […]
UK ISP TalkTalk Considers Options After Management Shake-up
Budget-focused broadband ISP TalkTalk appears to be going through somewhat of a management shake-up after Virgin Media (VMO2) reportedly went cold on the idea of reaching a £3bn merger deal with the provider last year (here), which has left them with some decisions to make about the future. The ISP, which is still home to […]
CityFibre Face Trouble in Edinburgh After Full Fibre Build Breaks Bridge
Locals living near to the Shandon Place and Ashley Terrace bridge in Edinburgh (Scotland), which passes over a former railway line, have vented fury at CityFibre after the operator’s rollout of a new full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network broke the bridge during unauthorised work – leaving it closed since January. Just to recap. CityFibre […]