Ericsson and Intel team up for Cloud RAN tech hub
Two of the most innovative companies in global ICT – Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Intel – are pooling R&D excellence to create high-performing Cloud RAN solutions. The companies have launched a tech hub in California, USA. It focuses on the benefits that Ericsson Cloud RAN and Intel technology can bring to: improving energy efficiency and network performance, reducing time to market… read more on TotalTele.com...
India targets homemade 6G for end of the decade
This week, the Indian government has outlined plans to see domestically developed 6G deployed by 2030, with Prime Minister Modi saying that the country would accelerate its technological development to match those international rivals. Speaking at Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) event this week, Modi announced that work on 6G was already underway, having created an industry taskforce to focus on the new technology… read more on TotalTele.com...
Zen Internet Sweeten Refer a Friend Scheme with GBP80 Voucher
Broadband ISP Zen Internet UK has once again improved their current Refer-a-Friend scheme, this time by making it so that existing customers who successfully refer somebody they know to the provider will receive an £80 voucher (eGift card), while their referee will get a £20 voucher. According to Zen’s Refer-a-Friend page, the vouchers themselves are […]
Openreach Reveal 56 New UK FTTP Broadband Rollout Areas
In an unexpected move, Openreach (BT) has today added 56 new locations (towns and villages) to their £15bn rollout for a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. The operator’s full fibre network has now covered 7.2 million UK premises (inc. 2.3m in the hardest to reach “final third” of the country). The rollout is […]
Virgin Media O2 Business UK Prep 1Gbps Broadband Package
Small business customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) may be pleased to note that their long wait for the operator to finally launch a 1Gbps (Voom Fibre) package may be about to end. The provider has just started inviting existing subscribers on their slower tiers to take a new gigabit plan. Residential customers […]
Vodafone Hits 1.05 Million UK Fixed Broadband ISP Customers
Vodafone UK has today published their latest results (financial Q4 FY22), which reveals that their fixed broadband base has finally passed the million mark to total 1,050,000 (up by +59k in the quarter vs +29k in Q3 FY22). But it’s unclear whether they’ve managed to achieve national availability across CityFibre’s FTTP network, yet. The big […]
Gigaclear Adds Winchcombe and Cinderford to Gigabit Rollout
Infracapital-backed UK rural broadband ISP Gigaclear has this afternoon announced that the next two towns to benefit from their commercial rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network will be Winchcombe and Cinderford in Gloucestershire, England. The operator’s network, which currently covers over 250,000 premises, is already present in rural communities and market towns across […]
Verizon Business and Visionable accelerate connected healthcare through new technology centre
Verizon Business has teamed up with a leading UK based health technology company, Visionable, alongside support from Capgemini and Juniper Networks to open a technology-led centre dedicated to accelerating the adoption of connected healthcare technology for patient-centric care. Based in Kent, this centre offers the chance for visitors to experience the opportunities technology provides in transforming the patient care journey. The new technologies on display include Verizon’s private 5G...
OneWeb and Telefónica collaborate to extend connectivity across Europe and Latin America
OneWeb, the low Earth orbit satellite communications company, and Telefonica through, Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS), the subsidiary of global telecommunications company Telefónica that manages the international Wholesale, Global Roaming, Multinationals and USA businesses, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve connectivity services across Europe and Latin America. The collaboration arrangement between OneWeb and TGS comes as the need to expand modern, digital infrastructure...
e& buys $4.4bn stake in Vodafone
Today, e&, formally Etisalat, has announced it has invested $4.4 billion into Vodafone, taking a 9.8% stake in the business. Etisalat rebranded as e& back in February, splitting its operations into various arms, including e& Life (consumer services), e& Enterprise (enterprise services), and e& Capital (investment). At the time, the company said the move would allow the company increased agility to capitalise on emerging opportunities and allow it to expand into new markets...