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London-focused UK ISP CommunityFibre (CF), which has already covered 500,000 homes with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network and aims to reach 2.2 million homes in the city by the end of 2024, has discounted the price of their top symmetric speed 3Gbps plan to just £50 per month for 24-months (normally £99). The new deal […]

Prince Charles has today carried out the State Opening of Parliament event – formally still referred to as the “Queen’s Speech“, which sets out the UK Government’s agenda for the coming session. The speech contained no real surprises, but it did include and reiterate some bills that will impact broadband infrastructure and internet safety. The […]

Today, state-owned Ethiopian operator Ethio Telecom has announced that it has launched 5G services for the first time. The pre-commercial launch took place in the capital, Addis Ababa, with the operator suggesting that the rollout would be extended to other regions of the country later this year.  “The 5G service is launched in selected places in Addis Ababa,” said Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamru. “In the coming 12 months, we will have 150 5G sites in Addis Ababa and outside...

The Mobile UK trade body, which represents operators including Three UK, EE (BT), O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone, has today published a new report that calls on the Government to put funding behind the establishment of Digital Champions at local authority level to help coordinate the mobile and broadband infrastructure rollout. All of this is important […]

Hull-based ISP KCOM, which serves 250,000 premises across East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire in England with their full fibre (FTTP) network, has today announced that they’re making it “easier and quicker” for struggling families to access its low-cost “Flex” social tariff by moving the application online and reducing the price. The operator states that customers […]

EE (BT) today claims to have become the first mobile operator to have expanded its ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) network to cover more than 50% of the UK’s population, which it added had been achieved “five years ahead of government’s ambition” – despite the challenge of needing to replace Huawei as a key supplier. On […]

Two investment groups – one including Neos Networks (bidding alongside Cellnex) and the other Virgin Media (bidding alongside Nokia and Jacobs) – have reportedly been approved to bid on the £1bn auction of 10,000 miles worth of Network Rail‘s trackside cable network. The winner could use this to improve gigabit broadband and 5G cover. The […]

This week, Deutsche Telekom (DT) and SKT have announced that they have struck a partnership aiming to bring South Korea’s burgeoning metaverse platform, Ifland, to German customers.  The deal will see the pair carry out a live trial of the metaverse platform before the end of the year, with the ultimate goal of co-creating virtual content for the European market. The test will reportedly include the creation of a virtual space within Ifland modelled on a specific German city… read more on...

A new report based on research conducted by Censuswide on behalf of IoT connectivity specialists Wireless Logic highlights that service providers can help retailers stay competitive by recommending the right IoT solutions backed by ultra-resilient cellular connectivity.    Conducted last month amongst a sample of 1… read more on TotalTele.com...

Mobile operator Three UK has begun offering new customers “up to” £250 cashback when they switch to their network, which will come in the form of a pre-paid Mastercard. The offer is available, until 7th July 2022, across both their top handset bundles and selected SIM Only mobile plans via their 4G and 5G network. […]