Shaping our digital future – a focus on Asia and the Pacific
VIEWPOINT Asia and the Pacific is the most digitally divided region of the world, and South-East Asia is the most divided subregion. The Covid-19 pandemic detonated a “digital big bang” that spurred people, governments and businesses to become “digital by default;” a sea change that generated vast digital dividends. These benefits that have not been distributed equally, however. New development gaps have emerged as digital transformation reinforces a vicious cycle of socioeconomic...
North Dorset UK Sign First Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contract
The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced that the first subsidy contract under their new £5bn Project Gigabit broadband scheme has today been signed with ISP Wessex Internet, which is a smaller local supplier deal that will aim to reach 7,100 premises in rural parts of North Dorset (England). Just to recap. Project Gigabit […]
Broadband ISPs and Ofcom UK Respond to Winter Blackout Fears
The mainstream news media has recently been full of scare stories that warn of electricity “blackouts” and “energy rationing“, which they claim could potentially last for several days during the depths of winter. But if the worst were to occur, then how would broadband ISPs and mobile operators’ cope. We investigate. According to various reports […]
A Quick Guide to UK Social Tariffs – Getting Broadband for £15
The cost-of-living crisis is having a horrific impact on the UK and forcing many households into poverty, including those that would have previously been considered secure. But the good news is that a growing number of home broadband ISPs and mobile operators have launched a range of cheaper “social tariffs“. Not so long ago, the […]
Lit Fibre CEO Shares His Perspective on the UK’s Full Fibre Market
The CEO and Co-Founder of alternative network ISP Lit Fibre, Tom Williams, has today – as part of an exclusive interview with ISPreview.co.uk – provided a progress update on their UK roll-out of a new gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network and shared his perspective on the current market. The new provider, which began building almost […]
ISP RunFibre Name 3 More Gloucestershire Villages for FTTP Rollout
Bristol-based UK ISP RunFibre, which is busy deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural areas in South Gloucestershire, has this month added the villages of Charfield, Little Badminton and Sopworth to their rollout plan. The move should complement their existing builds in the communities of Hawkesbury Upton, Inglestone Common, Easter Compton, Over, […]
UK ISP Options on Openreach’s FTTP Broadband Network – 2022
We’ve today gone back to summarise most of the key UK consumer ISP choices on Openreach’s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based “ultrafast” (100Mbps+) broadband network, which is currently available to 8 million homes and businesses – rising to 10 million by the end of this year. Today’s market is chocked full of alternative full fibre networks, […]
Altice stung by ransomware group Hive
NEWS Reports suggest that Altice International was the subject of a cyberattack earlier this month, but the scale of the attack has yet to be announced Today, a report from RedPacket Security suggests that France’s second largest operator, Altice, has been hit by a ransomware attack from the cybercriminal gang Hive. RedPacket Security is an InfoSec news site that scrapes information relating to cyberattacks from the dark web, with the site reporting that the attack took place on August 9 this...
STC launch the Red Sea’s first subsea cable
Press Release stc announced the landing of “Saudi Vision Cable”, the first high-speed cable in the Red Sea through its first landing station in Jeddah With the name inspired by the KSA Vision 2030, the Saudi Vision Cable spans 1,160,000 meters and it is fully owned by stc Group. The Saudi Vision cable is the first ever high-capacity submarine cable in the Red Sea region that will provide seamless connectivity up to 18Tbps/fiber pair with a total of 16 fiber pairs through four (04) landings in...
T-Mobile taps SpaceX to plug coverage gaps with satellite connectivity
NEWS The ‘Coverage Above and Beyond’ plan will see the next generation of Starlink satellites provide mobile services directly to T-Mobile customers’ smartphones This week, a highly anticipated deal between Elon Musk’s SpaceX and T-Mobile has been announced, with the new partnership aiming to use the former’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, Starlink, to plug movile coverage gaps across the USA. The ‘Coverage Above and Beyond’ initiative will see customers gain access to Starlink...