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ISP Gigaclear Leave Essex Village Without Broadband for 2 Weeks

A small number of Gigaclear’s rural UK broadband customers on their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in Essex (Area 2) – primarily residents in the village of White Colne – have complained after a service fault resulted in a loss of connectivity that has so far persisted for two long weeks. The area, which was […]

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Community Fibre Launch 5Gbps Broadband for London Firms

London-focused broadband ISP CommunityFibre (CF), which has already covered 500,000 premises with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (aiming for 2.2 million by the end of 2024), today claims to have become the “UK’s first 5Gbps 100% full fibre broadband for businesses” with their new 5GIGAFAST tier. The first thing to clarify here is that CF are […]

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Vodacom gives Tanzanians first taste of 5G

Press release Vodacom Tanzania, part of Vodafone Group, has today launched the first ever 5G mobile network in the country The new non-standalone 5G service offers customers faster speeds, lower latency and will support the development of emerging technologies in Tanzania, such as the Internet of Things. Vodacom Tanzania will deploy various sites in Dar es Salaam with a target to expand 5G technology to approximately 230 locations in the country, including Arusha, Dodoma, Mwanza, Iringa,...

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Ericsson launches new triple-band, tri-sector 5G radio

Press Release Ericsson is once again setting the pace for sustainable networks with the introduction of a new triple-band, tri-sector radio that can do the job of nine radios Radio 6646 cuts energy consumption by 40 percent compared to triple-band single-sector radios and, with reduced weight – including use of aluminum – by 60 percent, minimizes site footprint as well. The new radio extends the multiband capabilities of Ericsson tri-sector products by combining 900, 800, and 700MHz frequency...

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Malaysia’s 5G turmoil continues as operators refuse stakes in DNB

News Sources suggest Maxis and U Mobile will not be taking stakes in the government’s national 5G agency, having argued against the value in becoming minority stakeholders Malaysia’s relatively unique approach to 5G continues to prove disastrous, with sources this week suggesting that two of the nation’s telcos will not buy a stake in Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) after all. The government set up DNB early in 2021, aiming to create a single national 5G operator from which the country’s other...

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Grain Name 3 New Locations for their UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

Broadband ISP and digital infrastructure builder Grain (Grain Connect) has today added three new locations to their ongoing UK rollout of a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which will see them building across Watford (Hertfordshire), Reading (Berkshire) and Northampton (East Midlands). The provider, which is being supported by an investment of around £200m from Equitix and […]

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Connecting America: Tribal Entities big winners in the grant awards

News The latest updates on the drive to deliver a more Connected America Total Telecom are keeping track of the latest news from the USA as billions of dollars pour into developing internet access for all. If you are interested in a more in-depth look at how progress is being made, check out our new Connected America event. 30 July 2022 Biden-Harris Administration Awards More Than $105 Million in Grants to Expand High-Speed Internet Access on Tribal Land in Arizona – Press Release Brightspeed...

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Broadway Partners Give Small Update on Pembrokeshire FTTP Build

Broadway Partners (ISP Broadway Broadband) has today issued a small update on the progress of their part publicly funded effort to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover several rural communities in Pembrokeshire (Wales), which states that they’ve just “connected” 88 premises in Ambleston. At present, Broadway, which last year secured a massive […]

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GoFibre to Start Constructing Full Fibre Network Across Melrose

Scottish broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which is partnered with Marykirk.com (here), has today added the small rural town and civil parish of Melrose in the Scottish Borders area to their ongoing rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in Scotland. GoFibre started building their full fibre network last year and at the time […]

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UK ISP ZYBRE Launches Pay Weekly Broadband and Phone Plan

Cloud gaming ISP ZYBRE has today launched somewhat of a unique (or niche) new broadband and phone tariff to “help manage the cost of household bills“, which charges from just £5.99 per week for a download speed of up to 40Mbps on a “52-week contract” (12-month minimum term). There’s also a 0.5Mbps package coming. The […]

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