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NEWS The most recent survey of American internet usage by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has shown almost 20 percent of US households remain offline – and most do not see why this should change. The NTIA conduct the Internet Use Survey every two years, and whilst the latest results have shown that over 108 million households now have access to the Internet at home, there are still over 24 million households that do not use the internet at home. Of these...

Broadband ISP Lit Fibre, which aims to cover 500,000 UK homes by 2026 with their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has today added three new towns in England to their rollout programme – Chipping Sodbury and Yate in South Gloucestershire and Warminster in Wiltshire. The provider, which began their rollout last year and is being […]

Broadband ISP Fibrus has issued a progress update on both their commercial and state aid fuelled deployments of gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks across both Northern Ireland and the North of England. The operator’s medium-term goal is to deliver 500,000 premises by March 2024 and to enter Scotland. Overall, the operator’s FTTP broadband rollout has, up […]

The global internet video streaming giant, Netflix, has announced that it will launch a cheaper ‘Basic with Adverts‘ plan that costs just £4.99 per month on 3rd November 2022 at 4pm GMT. On top of that, those who take their existing £6.99 ‘Basic‘ plan will gain access to higher resolution video content (720p instead of […]

Mobile network operator O2 UK (VMO2) has today announced the launch of their new ‘Rolling Plan’, which they say will give customers who need added flexibility the ability to pay monthly for their data (mobile broadband), minutes, and texts, without committing to a long-term contract. At this point some people might start to become a […]

Network operator Giganet has today joined forces with its recent consumer ISP acquisition of Cuckoo to announce that the newly merged pair plan to create 250 new jobs to support future growth, as well as the ongoing rollout of their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across England. Giganet, which gobbled rival ISP Cuckoo last […]

Press Release The companies say the multi-year strategic partnership will help expand mobile service availability across the continent American Tower Corporation’s (American Tower) African operations (ATC Africa) and Airtel Africa plc (Airtel Africa, or the Group) today announced that they have entered into a multi-year, multi-product agreement, leveraging ATC Africa’s vast portfolio of communications sites and new site and product development capabilities across its footprint in Kenya, Niger,...

NEWS The new Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm, situated off the Yorkshire coast, is the largest in the world This week, Vodafone and Vilicom have announced the deployment of a private LTE network at the world’s largest operational wind farm, Hornsea 2. The windfarm itself, built by Danish firm Ørsted, became operational at the end of August and spans around 300 square miles of the North Sea, roughly 90km east of the Yorkshire coast. It will provide 1.3GW of renewable energy to the UK, enough to...

Broadband ISP toob has today announced that they’ve added the Hampshire (England) town and district of Gosport and Lee-on-the-Solent, respectively, to their rollout plan for a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which is expected to cost them around £18m and cover 45,000 premises. The provider, which is supported by an investment of £162.5m from the […]

INTERVIEW AS THE FIBRE TO THE HOME MARKET EXPLODES BOTH IN THE UK AND GLOBALLY, UK MANUFACTURER HELLERMANNTYTON CONNECTIVITY HAVE NEEDED TO BE RESPONSIVE AND AGILE TO KEEP PACE WITH DEMAND. In 2017, HellermannTyton moved to a larger purpose built facility, having outgrown their previous factory. Continuous growth has led to high levels of recruitment across the business and expansion to a second facility in Northampton. The 2019 acquisition of gabocom, a German duct manufacturer, has driven...