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Earlier this month we reported (here) that UK business broadband and I.T solutions provider Inclarity Communications had fallen into administration. The good news is that the company’s administrators, Moorfields Advisory Limited, have sold the company to VanillaIP owners DRD Communications. As previously reported, Inclarity’s last publicly available accounts, which were made up to 31st July […]

Press Release Nokia today announced that it has expanded its partnership with BT in a five-year deal for its AVA Analytics software for fixed networks that will help the UK operator strengthen its network monitoring through AI and machine learning, and improve its subscriber experience. The deal enhances Nokia’s dashboard solution (“Homeview”) for BT to give its call center agents a real-time, full view of the operator’s network, from individual subscribers to devices, in order to quickly...

News The US government is mulling a nationwide ban on one of the world’s largest social media platforms due to national security fears This week, Democrats and Republicans have joined forces to propose a new law that would see TikTok banned in the US. The bipartisan bill would aim to block transactions from any social media company deemed to be under the control of China or Russia. The bill proposes that these foreign governments could use the apps not only to capture personal data from US...

The Powys County Council in Wales has announced that their Digital Powys project, which is supported by the UK and Welsh government’s gigabit voucher schemes, will soon result in three community broadband schemes (Llanfan Fawr & Llanwrthwl, Aberedw & Glascwm, and Dwyriw & Manafon) deploying a new full fibre network. Rural network builder Broadway Partners […]

Customers who take UK ISP Sky Broadband’s cheaper “Basics” social tariff for home broadband and phone connectivity will now also gain the ability to add Sky’s new mobile social tariff, which will provide existing users with unlimited UK calls and texts and 3GB of data per month for 12 months “at no cost at all“. […]

News The Ethiopian incumbent operator is threatening legal action against Safaricom Ethiopia after the latter reportedly damaged their infrastructure At the start of October, Safaricom Ethiopia officially launched commercial mobile services in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, marking the end of one of the world’s last remaining telecoms monopolies. Since then, the company has been rapidly rolling out its own network across the country, as well as extending services to additional customers...

Scotland-based UK business broadband ISP Commsworld has reached a new agreement with Northumberland County Council in England, which will see them take responsibility for rolling out a new gigabit-capable full fibre network to connect 110 schools in the county. The announcement contains very little information or funding details, but we assume that the investment for […]

Alternative network provider Truespeed, which is building a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of South West England, appears to be moving away from their heavily restricted routers of old and have today launched a new WiFi 6 router from Linksys and optional Mesh system. The operator, which has so far covered […]

Join us LIVE at 5pm SGT on 14 December for the Asia Communication Awards virtual ceremony Launched in 2011, the Asia Communication Awards recognise the region’s leading communication service providers and telecom operators as well as OEMs, suppliers, and other service providers based within the region or offering products and solutions specifically targeting the region. For 2022, Total Telecom is delighted to be able to bring back the ACAs with a totally refreshed line-up of awards categories...

Openreach (BT) has today responded to pressure from their ISP customers by unveiling a new round of major discounts (aka – “Equinox 2“) to the wholesale price of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband products, which aims to keep the operator competitive and reduce prices on consumer packages. At present, Openreach are investing up to £15bn […]