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The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today launched a new industry-wide enforcement programme, which will monitor and examine whether in-contract price rises were being set out clearly enough by broadband ISP and phone providers before customers signed up. In an ideal world, the price you’re asked to pay when you first sign-up to a new […]

The Building Digital UK team has published their latest quarterly Winter 2022 update for the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which summarises some good progress, but also reveals that procurements for Lancashire, Surrey and Oxfordshire and West Berkshire have had to be deferred. Just to recap. Project Gigabit aims to extend networks capable […]

Mobile network operator Three UK has confirmed that some of their customers, across different parts of the country, may currently be experiencing problems making and receiving calls (e.g. incoming calls are going straight to voicemail). The issue appears to have started at just after 6am this morning. In a brief statement, the operator said a […]

A couple of months ago Vodafone enhanced their existing range of home broadband (FTTC / FTTP) services by launching a new “Pro Broadband II” plan (here), which saw them become the first UK ISP to bundle a Wi-Fi 6E router (Ultra Hub) and mesh system (Super WiFi). The operator has now expanded this to their […]

Gigabit broadband ISP YouFibre, which sells packages via Netomnia and Cityfibre’s respective Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks, has launched a new pre-Christmas broadband offer that will be available until 12th December. Packages now start at just £19 per month for 150Mbps and £29 for 920Mbps on an 18-month term. As usual each package offers unlimited usage, symmetrical […]

Contributed Article At the 25th AfricaCom (AfricaCom 2022) themed “Driving Inclusive, Sustainable Growth Through Tech Investment”, Openserve and Huawei jointly unveiled the new home networking solution — fiber to the room (FTTR). In addition, Openserve outlined its plan to put FTTR products into commercial use in the near future, aiming to provide optimal fiber broadband experience for users across South Africa. As a subsidiary of Telkom SA, Openserve is the largest fixed network operator in...

The UK Government has today launched a series of new trials that aims to leverage the new generation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in order to deliver faster and more capable broadband connectivity to some of the remotest locations, which full fibre (FTTP) would otherwise struggle to reach. At present the Government’s […]

Network access provider Openreach (BT) is stepping up their preparations for another harsh winter, which last year saw multiple street cabinets and 750 “telephone poles” damaged in storms (example). Such damage can cause significant disruption to broadband and phone services, but the operator aims to do better this year. Naturally, flooding, snow, major power cuts […]

News Current subscribers have until tomorrow to fully register their SIM card with their national identity card or else see the cards deactivated Back in October last year, the Ghanaian government announced new legislation requiring mobile customers to link their SIM cards with their Ghana Card ID, aiming to help increase accountability and crack down on fraud. This left the operators with the unenviable task of encouraging their mobile subscribers ­– collectively totalling over 40 million –...

Press Release Samsung delivers range of O-RAN compliant 5G radios covering comprehensive set of NTT DOCOMO’s 5G spectrum holdings — 3.4GHz, 3.7GHz, 4.5GHz and 28GHz Samsung Electronics today announced the company is supplying a variety of 5G radios to support NTT DOCOMO’s Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) expansion. Samsung will now provide a range of Open RAN-compliant 5G radios covering all of the Time Division Duplex (TDD) spectrum bands held by the operator. This builds upon the two...