Shetland Islands Council Seeks Strategy for Shetland Telecom
Shetland Telecom, which is the arms-length network operator that was originally set up by the Shetland Islands Council (Scotland) to develop local fibre optic infrastructure, is facing a review by the local authority after councillors found that the company lacked a clear strategy and could potentially do more to improve broadband. The operator was originally […]
Three UK Build First Shared Rural 4G Mast Site with O2 and Vodafone
Mobile operator Three UK has today announced that they’ve started construction of the UK’s first joint mast site in Scotland under the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which is expected to go live in early 2023 and supply 4G (mobile broadband) connectivity to customers on the Isle of Mull. The SRN is an industry-led […]
Apple Enables Emergency SOS via Satellite in UK on iPhone 14
Apple has announced that their new Emergency SOS via Satellite feature, which enables users to message (SMS) with emergency services while roaming outside of regular cellular (mobile) and Wi-Fi coverage, has finally launched across all iPhone 14 models in the United Kingdom, as well as France, Germany and Ireland. The new feature connects directly to […]
EXA announces investment in Iberian Peninsula
News EXA Infrastructure announces second route across the Iberian Peninsula. EXA Infrastructure has announced that it will build a second terrestrial transport route between Spain and Lisbon. This new diverse route will connect to EXA’s Spanish backbone network. In the 15 months since EXA Infrastructure’s launch, the company has already made strategic investments in Southern Europe by partnering with Islalink on the IONIAN submarine cable. Additionally, EXA announced in October that it would...
University of Surrey receives £12m for telecom network innovation research
News The University of Surrey has secured a £12 million grant to research the development of greener and more resilient telecommunications networks. Funded by the UK government, the TUDOR project (*Towards Ubiquitous 3D Open Resilient Network) will be led by the 5/6G Innovation Centre based at the University of Surrey. Other contributors to the TUDOR consortium will include: Amazon Web Service, AWTG, BAE Systems, BT, Ericsson, ETSI, InterDigital Europe, Mavenir, Nokia, National Physical...
UK Telecoms Lab to deliver communications technology innovation
PRESS RELEASE The new state-of-the-art UK Telecoms Lab based in Solihull will be the first of its kind in the UK. With funding of £80 million from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and under NPL’s leadership, it will boost the security, resilience and performance of the UK’s telecommunication networks, on which we are all increasingly dependent. This world leading national facility, located at the heart of the fast-growing Midlands technology hub will provide a test...
How rural America is looking to close the digital divide
VIEWPOINT This article is written by Steve Alexander, Chief Technology Officer, Ciena Corporation For regional and rural households across America, the digital divide has been a way of life for decades now. Since the dawn of the internet those in rural areas have suffered through lower speeds more so than their urban counterparts. A 2019 study from The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies shows how access in rural areas is still severely limited: rural households with school-age kids...
72 countries have now launched private mobile networks
PRESS RELEASE The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) today confirmed that it has identified at least 955 organisations deploying LTE or 5G private mobile networks in 72 countries around the globe. GSA also announced that its Private Mobile Networks Special Interest Group (SIG), formed in 2021 to define the space and track adoption globally, has continued to expand its membership of industry players with the latest addition of Airspan Networks. Data from GSA’s new Private Mobile...
Netgem TV Adds 15 New Channels to Broadband IPTV Service
Users of the NetgemTV service, which usually ships to UK consumers as part of a set-to-box based Pay TV bundle from their broadband ISP, may be pleased to learn that they’ve added 15 additional channels to their platform “at no extra cost“. In addition, they’ve added 10 new games to their recently launched video game […]
ISP Airband Make Progress on Full Fibre Build in Cheshire East
The Cheshire East Council in England has announced that UK ISP Airband has so far covered 3,000 extra premises with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which forms part of a £4.5m state aid supported contract that was signed back in January 2021 (here) under the Digital Cheshire programme. According to the original announcement, Airband’s contract […]