Local Authorities, tackling the deepening digital divide, and the question of investment: A tell-all with VX Fiber’s Mikael Sandberg
INTERVIEW Local Authorities in the UK play a pivotal role in delivering the government’s target, and promise, to get Britain ‘ubiquitously’ connected by 2030. In order to achieve this, forward-thinking Local Authorities are looking for sources of information and/or blueprints to help, and support them, achieve this task successfully and efficiently. In Sweden, Local Authorities have been instrumental in delivering the third-highest FTTH/ B penetration rating in Europe (64.4%). This is thanks...
Orange launches 5G in Botswana
News On Friday, Orange launched 5G in Botswana – the Group’s first commercial 5G launch in Africa. In a briefing last week, Orange Botswana’s CEO, Nene Maiga, outlined details of the launch announcing that 30% of the population would be covered with 5G available in 2 major cities including Gaborone and Francistown. Further cities will be covered by the network in due course. Orange is planning launches in approximately 6 additional countries in the MEA region in 2023. Regulatory agreements are...
Poor Broadband Among Homeworkers Costs UK Economy £60bn
A new report from Actual Experience, which has a vested interest in that it operates a hybrid workplace management system, has claimed homes that suffer from a “poor broadband” ISP connection have led to the loss of £1,000 per average worker – or £60bn across the whole UK economy – per year. According to a […]
Questioning the Stability of Static IP Addresses from UK ISPs
When is a Static IP (Internet Protocol) address, not a Static IP address? The answer to this question should be simple (i.e. when it changes), but a recent consumer complaint against popular broadband ISP Hyperoptic has helped to highlight how the market appears to lack a common position on how to manage them. First, a […]
The solution for smart cities goes beyond the internet itself
VIEWPOINT Maria Lema is the Co-Founder of Weaver Labs, an open and shared marketplace of connectivity assets. Many things have been said about smart cities in the last few years. In fact, we can find various definitions of it just by looking into different perspectives such as applications and infrastructure. The reality is that this concept keeps changing and evolving as well as the problems to tackle and the technology to do so. The definition that may be more suitable for this matter is the...
Tele2 sues Ericsson over Russian exit
News The Russian operator says the Swedish vendor has refused to honour their commitments to provide equipment related to deals struck before the invasion of Ukraine This week, Tele2 has launched a legal challenge against Ericsson, accusing the latter of failing to fulfil its contractual obligations. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 saw immediate condemnation from the international community, who quickly drew up enormous economic sanctions against Russian businesses. Over the...
Countdown begins for EU satellite internet constellation
News With a telecoms space race seemingly underway, the EU may be days away from agreeing to create its own satellite communications system This week, a report from Reuters suggests that various EU governments and lawmakers are set to plans to create a €6 billion European satellite internet constellation as early as next week. Sources suggest that the European constellation could require the launch of up to 170 low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites between 2025 and 2027, allowing for satellite...
New Free Public WiFi Network Goes Live in Peterborough City UK
The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) has today announced that they’ve launched a free public WiFi network across the Peterborough city centre streets and open spaces to support local businesses, keep residents connected and allow shoppers and visitors to make the most of the area. The local Connecting Cambridgeshire project has been working to […]
We zig when others zag…
INTERVIEW David Tudehope, Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Telecom chatted with Angel Dobardziev, Senior Consulting Director at IDC during this years Total Telecom Congress in London. Macquarie Telecom position themselves as #SoUnTelco which Angel explored as he asked about: how you take your NPS from +14 to +72 what Macquarie’s innovation focus and customer experience obsession means in reality and why hyperscalers don’t like telco’s He also learnt the importance of Noah’s Ark to the...
Mobile Operator VOXI UK Adds Unlimited Music Streaming
Contract-free UK mobile operator VOXI, a sub-brand of Vodafone, will today introduce a new ‘Unlimited Music Pass‘ add-on for their various Pay Monthly packages, which when taken will give customers access to stream content from Spotify, Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Prime Music, Amazon Music Unlimited and Napster. The new music add-on, which is available to […]