BT announces apprentice recruitment drive despite looming cost cuts
News The operator says it plans to hire over 400 apprentice and graduates in its September 2023 intake This week, UK incumbent operator BT has announced that it is looking to foster the next generation of telecoms talent by bringing on board over 400 new recruits in the coming year. The new apprentices and graduates will be recruited to work in a variety of areas within the business, including engineering, customer service, and cybersecurity. These jobs will be made available at a variety of...
Colt connects to Barcelona Cable Landing Station
Press Release This agreement between AFR-IX and Colt will enable the multinational to strengthen its connections to the main European routes Barcelona (Spain), 26th January 2023. Colt Technology Services (Colt), the digital infrastructure company, today announced the connection of its award-winning intelligent Colt IQ Network to the Barcelona Cable Landing Station (Barcelona CLS). Colt becomes first carrier to link to Barcelona CLS of AFR-IX telecom. The new CLS has been built by African...
Shell Energy Ponders Exit from the UK Broadband ISP Market
Customers of Shell Energy, which is a retail provider of energy and broadband services to UK consumers, could be facing an uncertain future after Shell launched a “strategic review” of the business due to “tough market conditions“. Shell is known to be considering several options, including an exit from the sector. The move may come […]
BT to Recruit 400 More UK Apprentices and Graduates
Broadband ISP and telecoms giant BT has tonight announced that they intend to recruit another 400 apprentices and graduates this year (down from 600 in 2022), which will form part of their usual September 2023 intake. This will reflect roles spanning areas such as engineering (5G and FTTP etc.), customer service, research and security. As […]
FarrPoint Highlights Broadband Priorities and Challenges for UK Councils
Technical UK consultancy firm FarrPoint has today published a new report, which surveyed 100 digital leaders at local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales to discover the priorities and challenges they face in upgrading digital infrastructure (e.g. gigabit broadband, 5G mobile etc.). The report – FarrPoint Digital Connectivity Survey 2023 (PDF) – found that around […]
Devon and Somerset UK Issue Jan 2023 Airband FTTP Build Update
The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme in England and UK ISP Airband have today issued a new January 2023 update on their Phase 2 contract to deploy a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the region, which reveals some of the next areas to benefit. The work reflects Airband’s existing deal with CDS, which […]
Fern Trading Fuels Vitrifi’s Wholesale Platform for Full Fibre AltNets
Fern Trading, which is part of Octopus Investments’ portfolio and backs a number of UK full fibre broadband projects from Giganet, Jurassic Fibre, Swish Fibre, AllPoints Fibre and Vorboss, is also supporting another company called Vitrifi that has just launched a new technology to help AltNets offer wholesale products. The new system being introduced by […]
BT to offload German fibre assets to 1&1 Versatel
News The UK incumbent operator will part ways with its fibre infrastructure in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, and Stuttgart, all of which will be added to Versatel’s network This week, 1&1 Versatel has announced that it has signed an agreement with BT to acquire the latter’s fibre networks in four cities as part of its ongoing “fibre optic offensive”. These networks, situated in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, and Stuttgart account for a combined 1,590km of fibre, which Versatel will now...
Total Telecom takes highly successful Connected event series to the US
Press Release Connected America will bring the entire connectivity ecosystem together to discuss the challenges and opportunities of enabling next-generation broadband Dallas, Texas, January 26, 2023 – How to deliver America’s connected future will be the focus of Connected America – a brand new conference featuring a prestigious line-up of speakers from national, state and local service providers, the public sector, enterprises and suppliers. Taking place at the Irving Convention Center, in...
Grayshott Gigabit’s Community Wi-Fi Is About Connecting People, Not Just Networks
VIEWPOINT Aleksandra Ciric, Director, International Marketing at Calix The biggest change to the telecom industry since Alexander Graham Bell is happening now—and Grayshott & Hindhead, villages in the United Kingdom with a population of 7,355, are taking a community-minded approach to networking with Grayshott Gigabit and Calix. Project Gigabit is a £5 billion program initiated by the U.K. government to provide hard-to-reach communities with lightning-fast, gigabit-capable broadband....