News

The City of London (CoL) is already home to a smell cell based Wi-Fi and 4G network that claims to offer broadband speeds of up to 200Mbps across the Square Mile, but now Freshwave has been chosen to help deliver on the plan for a “city-wide deployment” that will push 5G coverage across the Square […]

BT is undertaking a trial of new antenna technology that has the potential boost the range of 5G networks. The receiver technology works by utilising a quantum effect called “electromagnetically induced transparency&quot… read more on TotalTele.com »

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, have today proposed to update certain licences held by mobile operators Vodafone and O2 (VMO2) – including for the 900MHz, 1800MHz, 2100MHz and 2.6GHz bands. The move is designed to enable the deployment of newer technologies, such as ultrafast 5G broadband services, into the bands. The aforementioned bands are currently […]

Internet provider Lothian Broadband, which is extending their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 70,000 premises across rural parts of East and Mid Lothian, has announced that they’ve exceeded 2,000 active customers for the first time across their fibre and fixed wireless networks in Scotland. Until recently the ISP was predominantly still a Fixed Wireless […]

Ofcom’s latest Spring 2022 report into fixed broadband and mobile coverage has revealed that “full fibre” (FTTP) now reaches 33% of the UK (up from 28% in Sept 2021), while 19.3 million homes (66%) are within reach of a gigabit-capable network (up from 47%). Geographic 5G coverage has also improved. The regulator’s latest report is […]

Sasho Veselinski, Chief Executive and co-founder of the London based Full Fibre provider G.Network has decided to step down from the business for personal reasons 6 years after founding the company. Sasho has led G.Network from the initial concept of wishing to improve the poor state of London’s broadband connectivity to the company being one of the leading Full Fibre networks in UK… read more on TotalTele.com...

Network provider Freedom Fibre (FF), which is currently working to roll out a new 10Gbps capable FTTP broadband service – supported by investment from UK ISP partner TalkTalk – across semi-rural parts of North England, are today celebrating the successful connection of their 1,000th customer. At present the operator, which is supported by a capital […]

Iqbal Singh Bedi hosted a panel discussion at Connected North that explored the future case of 5G networks with Jessica Ellis of the Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS), Rosemary Kay of Liverpool’s eHealth Cluster and Paul Coffey of the Scotland 5G Centre. According to Iqbal, a key discussion point was the Government&rsquo… read more on TotalTele.com...

Scientists have found a way to further improve the detection of earthquakes by harnessing the unique properties of existing subsea fibre optic cables – specifically their repeaters, which straddle the ocean floors between countries and are used to carry vast amounts of data. The study used the 5,860km EXAI cable between the UK and Canada. […]

Created in collaboration with STL Partners, the 5G-aliser began its life back in 2020, aiming to provide a useful graphic through which to measure the ebbs and flows of 5G development and the individual factors having the greatest impact on this process. Since then, the graphic has become a springboard for the discussion of key issues affecting the wider telecoms industry, with 5G the focal point. In this instalment of the 5G-aliser, two topics stood out as having risen to prominence, not only...