Rocket man – Synspective founder celebrates StriX-1 orbit
NEWS Japanese SAR satellite data and solutions provider, Synspective, has successfully reached target orbit with its third SAR satellite, StriX-1. StriX-1 was launched from New Zealand by Rocket Lab, an end-to-end space company who offer a range of services including launch and satellite manufacture. The satellite was put into its target orbit, a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), with an altitude of 561km with the purpose of providing observation and data acquisition to monitor cities and...
Levelling up the connectivity playing field for UK businesses
Contributed Article Gigabit Britain will level up SME access to highspeed connectivity from ‘north to south, country to coast’ boosting local economies according to Dave Hudson, Head of Partnerships & Alliances at wholesale full fibre provider ITS Technology Group The benefits of a high-speed internet connection are well documented and understood. Futureproof full fibre is essential to underpin technologies and communications, and the drive to rollout this infrastructure is vital for the...
LG Push TeraHertz Based 6G Mobile Data Signal to 320 Metres
A new experimental test of early 6G mobile broadband technology, which was conducted by LG Electronics (LG) at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) in Germany, has demonstrated a wireless signal working over the TeraHertz (THz) band that could reach a distance of 320 metres (significant, given the spectrum). At present existing 5G networks are […]
ISP start-up XtndNet features innovative solution that delivers 50 Mb broadband to underserved UK and Irish users
PRESS RELEASE Powered by Arabsat’s BADR-7 high-throughput satellite and based on Forsway’s Xtend platform, XtndNet offers users 50 Mb download speeds. Many consumers in under- connected locations – more than 100,000 in the UK according to OFCOM – have under 3 Mb and no other options for an affordable, fast, and reliable broadband connection. The XtndNet service is available now in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and will expand to Germany, Scandinavia, the Baltics, and Africa in the next year....
Starlink Offers High Performance Broadband Dish to Homes
SpaceX’s global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast satellite broadband service – Starlink – has made it possible for residential customers to optionally take their “High Performance” dish (antenna) instead of the “Standard” one, which could result in better service performance (speeds). But you’ll need deep pockets. Starlink’s mega constellation currently has around 3,023 LEO […]
BT and ATOS strike computer vision partnership
News The joint proposition will provide customers with a powerful AI-based analytics tool to extract value from their digital images and videos As part of a multi-million pound partnership, BT and Atos today launch Digital Vision — a new computer vision solution that will help revolutionise industries, including manufacturing and logistics among others. Computer vision is a field of artificial intelligence (AI) that enables computers and systems to interpret information from digital images,...
Frustration in Bournemouth and Poole Over CityFibre’s Delays
Residents in parts of the Bournemouth and Poole area on the South Coast of Dorset (England) have expressed frustration over ongoing delays in CityFibre’s local deployment of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which was due to go live in some areas several months ago. At present the operator is investing a total […]
South West ISP, Truespeed appoints non-exec to accelerate rollout
NEWS Truespeed were founded in 2014 and are based in Bath in the South West of England. They deliver full fibre broadband to hard to reach homes and businesses connecting direct to premises. To drive growth they have secured two rounds of funding totalling £175 million from Aviva Investors, the most recent in January 2022. They have now appointed ex-BT executive, Lisa Harrington as a Non-Executive Director to help drive the rollout of ultrafast, ultra-reliable broadband across the South West...
Nothing changes, if nothing changes: The UK’s full fibre rollout cannot rely solely on central government
Contributed Article by VX Fiber Fast, reliable broadband is vital to the UK’s ‘Levelling Up’ strategy. And its importance is increasing exponentially. The UK is facing economic uncertainty, and as a potential recession looms the cost of living squeeze is having an impact on citizens from John O’Groats to Land’s End. However, even in this climate, internet connectivity is an absolute priority – and a necessity – for UK households. In a recent poll, more than 1,600 members of the public had...
ISP Zzoomm Adds 8 New Towns to UK FTTP Broadband Rollout
Network operator and UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced a further £44 million expansion of their effort to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which will add another 8 market towns across parts of Yorkshire and the Midlands this Autumn. Until now the provider, which launch in 2020 and aims to reach 1 […]