Nigerian newcomer Mafab launches 5G services
News The launch comes after roughly four months of delays related to licencing issues This week, relative newcomer to the Nigeran mobile market, Mafab Communications, has announced the commercial launch of its 5G network. For now, the network is only available in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, but with additional locations, including Lagos, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kano, and Kaduna, expected to be added in the coming months. Founded in the summer of 2020, Mafab Communications was quickly licenced...
Apollo and Claure in talks for $10bn Millicom takeover bid
News Private equity firm Apollo Global Management, alongside, former SoftBank CEO Marcelo Claure, have reportedly entered into discussions with Latin American operator group Millicom International Cellular This week, Millicom has confirmed that it is engaged in ongoing discussions with investment firm Apollo Global Management and Claure Group for the sale of all its outstanding shares. Apollo and Claure are reportedly considering an offer of around $19 per share, a move that would value the...
Shell Energy Still Attracting Most UK Broadband Gripes in Q3 2022
The latest Q3 2022 Ofcom survey of UK consumer complaints has, once again, named ISP Shell Energy as attracting the most consumer gripes for both fixed line broadband and landline phone services, while BT and Virgin Mobile did the same for Pay Monthly Mobile services and Virgin Media for Pay TV. The regulator’s report only […]
Virgin Mobile UK Confirm Price Hikes for Broadband, TV and Phone
Customers of UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) – specifically those that take their fixed line broadband, phone and pay TV services – are today being informed about the operator’s annual price hikes, which “on average” are set to increase by 13.8% on either 1st April or 1st May 2023 (price changes will vary according to […]
Hampshire County Council Slashes Rural Broadband Funding
The Hampshire County Council (HCC) in England appears set to slash its spending on rural broadband upgrades for the coming year, which will see it falling sharply from £130,000 in 2022/23 to just £5,000 in 2023/24. But this change perhaps isn’t as surprising as it might first appear. Just to give this some context. Last […]
Salmon Farming Helps HebNet Extend Faster Broadband in West Scotland
Back in 2018 we reported (here) on how community ISP HebNet CIC had worked with Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) to extend a 30Mbps+ capable Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband network to serve homes near to two Salmon farms on the Isle of Skye and Knoydart in rural Scotland (Highlands). The good news is that this […]
Smart appliances: To connect or not to connect?
News The smart home device market is set to boom over the coming years, but just how many customers will actually connect these devices to the internet? From Ring doorbells to intelligent fridges, smart devices are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in homes around the world. Last year alone, three quarters of Americans purchased a smart home device, with the average number of home devices continuing to climb steadily year-on-year. This growth has led to attractive market forecasts, with most...
Spark completes 5G standalone trial
Press Release Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services provider, together with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Red Hat today announced the successful completion of a 5G Standalone (5G SA) trial in New Zealand. The trial was delivered within an impressive three-month timeframe, demonstrating the ease with which standalone cloud-native solutions can be deployed. The 5G SA trial was underpinned by Ericsson’s cloud-native 5G Core running on Red Hat OpenShift, integrated...
Broadband in the driving seat
STARTUP STORIES t3 Broadband are one of the companies you can meet at Connected America, making place in Dallas this March. Find out more here Tell us about your start up t3 Broadband is a company that specializes in providing engineering services and products for broadband access solutions. Our offerings include RF engineering, wireless engineering, fixed and mobile wireless products, optical products, and GIS. We work closely with our operator customers to effectively solve their business...
A new frontier for data privacy by design: Ten ways to utilise CSP weblogs
Viewpoint Article By Bill Danner, EVP Americas, Intent HQ Telecommunication companies sometimes veer away from an incredibly rich, yet underutilised dataset – data already in their possession – weblog data. Concerns about privacy, scalability challenges, and fears of potential misuse have created significant hesitation. This has been stopping Communication Service Providers (CSPs) from leveraging their weblogs to offer more relevant marketing and from monetising this Internet traffic data that...