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Openreach (BT) has today announced the addition of a further 51 UK exchanges under ‘Tranche 11‘ of their project to move away from copper-based analogue phone (PSTN / WLR etc.) services and on to a new all-IP network, which can also occur once over 75% of premises in each area are able to get FTTP […]

Contributed Article By Veego Today’s telcos are failing at segmentation. Instead of slicing and dicing their data to form meaningful user segments, they are relying on a one-size-fits-all approach that leaves value on the table Here’s how Communication Service Providers (CSPs) can turn those tables and achieve true audience segmentation, and critically – why it matters. CSPs know very little about their subscribers… and it’s hurting them So, what do we mean by customer segmentation? Customer...

A new study from CityFibre, which is building a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network across the UK, has claimed that consumers switching to entry-level broadband plans from ISPs on their network could save as much as £119 in 12 months (rising up to £458 for those requiring 1Gbps speeds). Plus, you can now get […]

News The system, being built by Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), will have an initial capacity of around 190 Tbps This week, America Movil and Telxius have announced their latest collaboration in the form of a submarine cable system they respectively call AMX3 and Tikal. The AMX3/Tikal system will span from Puerto Barrios, Guatemala across the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico to Boca Raton, Florida in the US. According to the operators, this roughly 1,500km route will provide a...

Network builder and UK ISP Vorboss, which is investing £250 million to deploy a 100Gbps capable dedicated full fibre broadband and Ethernet network for businesses in London (mostly around the central areas), has today appointed John Browett as their new Chairman. The operator, which is being backed by investment from the Fern Trading Group (advised […]

The fifth contract awarded under the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme – worth £36 million – has today been handed to UK ISP Wildanet, which will upgrade connectivity for more than 19,250 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across rural parts of Cornwall in South West England. At present, Wildanet is already in the process […]

One of the country’s fastest growing edge colocation data centre providers, Proximity Data Centres, has announced that they’re planning to roll-out of a new network of regional internet exchanges across the United Kingdom and Europe. Better network latency will be one of the key outcomes. Work is expected to get underway during Q1 2023, with […]

News Vodafone investors withdrawing over the last year has opened the door for the Emirati operator group to increase its stake in the business It is no secret that Vodafone has been facing serious financial pressures recent years, with investors squeezing the multinational operator to implement major changes and turn its fortunes around. Indeed, for many years Vodafone has been relying on the prospect of consolidation in its most competitive markets ­­– including Spain, Italy, and the UK – to...

BT’s consumer division (inc. EE and Plusnet) has today set out their approach to this year’s annual price hikes, which will see them increase their broadband, phone and other prices by the contracted CPI of 10.5% plus 3.9% – for a total of 14.4% – for the “majority” of their customers from 31st March. But […]

News Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the mergers of Taiwan Mobile with Taiwan Star Telecom and Far EasTone with Asia Pacific Telecom (APTG) For many years now, Taiwan has been a highly competitive mobile market, with five national mobile players vying for dominance. Now, however, this is poised to change, with the NCC today approving two mergers that would see the market shrink from five to three players. At the end of 2021, Taiwan Mobile announced that it had...