Alternative Full Fibre ISP BeFibre Refreshes its Branding
Broadband ISP BeFibre, which alongside UK network partner Digital Infrastructure is deploying a new gigabit speed full fibre network across towns in several counties (e.g. Essex, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire etc.), has today launched somewhat of a brand refresh and new simplified logo. The new branding, which has been pieced together by The […]
Southeast Asian telcos team up for $300m Asia Link Cable
NEWS The new submarine cable network will span from Hong Kong to Singapore, with branches to China, Brunei, and the Philippines Today, a consortium of Southeast Asian telecoms operators has announced its intention to build the Asia Link Cable (ALC), a new submarine cable system to provide the region with improved connectivity and greater data route diversity. The $300 million ALC system will be roughly will be roughly 6,000km long, stretching between Hong Kong and Singapore, with branches...
ISP Cambridge Fibre Build FTTP Broadband to Wilbraham Village
The rural Wilbraham (Great Wilbraham and Little Wilbraham) community in Cambridgeshire (England) is celebrating today after an alternative network ISP, Cambridge Fibre, was able to successfully rollout a multi-gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the village. We haven’t heard much from Cambridge Fibre since they deployed a new full fibre network across parts of […]
Consumers Want End to Mid-Contract Broadband and Mobile Price Hikes
A new Opinium survey of 2,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch during October 2022, has unsurprisingly found that 81% of respondents think mid-contract price increases by broadband ISPs and mobile operators are “unfair” and 80% want more providers to offer fixed price contracts. The UK communications regular, Ofcom, recently warned that providers should […]
4G Mobile Cover Across Main Transport Routes in North Wales
Ambition North Wales, which is a partnership comprising the six Local Authorities in the region and several Universities, has worked with UK consultancy firm FarrPoint to conduct a survey that measured 4G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage across the region’s main transport routes. Suffice to say, there are some problem areas. The survey follows a 2021 […]
Openreach Launch Buy 3 Get 1 Free Offer on 10Gbps Cablelinks
Openreach (BT) has today announced the launch of an unusual supermarket style offer for UK ISPs that make use of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and other fibre-based broadband products, which involves selling their 10Gbps Cablelinks on a “Buy Three Get One Free” basis at wholesale. The Cablelink (Ethernet) solutions are how Openreach provide data capacity for […]
ISP Andrews and Arnold Soft Launch CityFibre Based FTTP Plans
UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) has today soft launched their first Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband packages over Cityfibre’s network, which marks the first time that they’ve offered products on an alternative platform to Openreach’s national infrastructure. In case anybody has been living under a rock for the past few years. Cityfibre is a large […]
MTN finally offloads Afghan unit to M1
NEWS The Lebanese telecoms group has been unveiled as the buyer of MTN’s Afghan unit, three months after the deal was struck MTN Group has announced that the buyer of their Afghanistan unit is M1 New Ventures, with deal being valued at $35 million. MTN announced it would be exiting the Middle East back in 2020, saying that the company would focus instead on its core markets in Africa. Since then, the operator group has gradually withdrawn from its holdings in the region, including Syria and...
SK Telecom seeks AI supremacy for future growth
NEWS In a town hall meeting this morning, SK Telecom (SKT)’s CEO, Ryu Young-sang told employees that AI will be integral to the company’s growth, targeting a market capitalisation of roughly $28.46 billion by 2026 In the telecoms industry’s never-ending quest for improved efficiency and new revenue streams, AI capabilities and integration are quickly emerging as major catalysts for telco transformation. For SKT, however, it appears that AI is becoming more than just a useful tool in the...
Three UK Adopts Huge Inflation Linked Mobile Price Hikes Policy
Three UK appears to have shunned Ofcom’s recent pleas for broadband ISPs and mobile operators to consider whether “large price rises can be justified at time of exceptional financial hardship” (here). Instead, the operator has adopted the same CPI (inflation) linked policy of huge hikes on their Pay Monthly plans as other operators. First, a […]