Farice and Far North Digital (FND) have signed a memorandum of understanding for a joint marketing and sales agreement for fibre optic connectivity between Japan and Iceland. Farice’s new IRIS submarine cable will provide connectivity between Iceland and Ireland, and FND’s new Arctic cable spans between Japan and Ireland…
CityFibre appoints new CDIO to its executive team
Earlier this week, UK full fibre builder CityFibre announced the appointment of Vicky Higgin as Chief Digital and Information Officer and Executive Director. Vicky joins CityFibre from National Highways where she has been working as CDIO until now.
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ISP BT Discounts UK FTTC and FTTP Home Broadband Packages
UK ISP BT has updated their existing range of discounts, not least by boosting the value on some of their included reward vouchers (preloaded MasterCards) and also shaving an extra pound or two off the existing offer prices for their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) packages. Some FTTP plans also include a 1-month free speed boost. New customers […]
Three UK Discounts 5G Unlimited Home Broadband to £20
Mobile operator Three UK has informed us that they’ve slightly lowered the standard charge on their 5G based unlimited Home Broadband packages from £21 to £20 per month on a 24-month term. But on the flip side those in 4G-only areas will now be paying the same price (earlier this year it was just £14). […]
Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 Put 4G and 5G on London Underground
Mobile and broadband providers Vodafone and O2 (VMO2) have today become the last two major UK network operators to reach a special deal with infrastructure firm BAI Communications (BAI), which will enable them to deploy 4G and 5G based mobile services across the entire London Underground (stations and tunnels). At present, BAI holds a 20-year […]
India cracking down on Chinese smartphone makers with Vivo raids
This week, the Indian government has conducted searches at more than 40 of Vivo’s locations in India, following allegations that the Chinese smartphone maker was participating in money laundering.
As part of the raids, roughly $60 million has been seized and 199 of Vivo’s bank accounts have been frozen.
The investigations have been taking place since at least April, when reports noted that India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) was seeking to probe the company&rsquo…
Rogers–Shaw merger hits antitrust impasse
Back in March last year, Rogers Communications announced that it had agreed to buy its rival, Shaw Communications, for C$21 billion (roughly $15 billion).
The deal was immediately controversial, with detractors claiming that the deal would be bad for consumers and competition, driving up prices and reducing the number of mobile operators in Canada from four to three. The operators themselves, meanwhile, said that the deal would greatly enhance their ability to rollout 5G services across the country, as well as generating more than a billion dollars in synergies.
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2022 H1 – UK Coverage of Gigabit Broadband Nears 70 Percent
The latest independent biannual summary of UK broadband coverage for H1 2022 has estimated that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have boosted their reach to 37.61% of premises (up from 30.23% in H2 2021) and 69.24% are within reach of “gigabit” speeds (up from 65.22%). But the results vary around England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland. […]
Lebanese telcos hike prices to stay afloat amid ongoing economic crisis
Lebanon has been going through a major financial crisis since 2019, the effects of which have only been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. The value of the Lebanese pound has collapsed by around 90%, bankrupting the government and crippling the country’s electric grid, which is largely reliant on importing fuel and energy from neighbouring countries.
Naturally, this economic catastrophe has had enormous effects for the country’s telecoms industry, which have rapidly transformed from government-backed cash cows to skeleton operations struggling to keep their networks operational…
Court Orders UK ISP Jurassic Fibre to Pay £13k in Street Works Fines
The North Somerset Magistrates Court has found broadband ISP and UK network builder Jurassic Fibre guilty of three offences related to their street works, which stems from their roll-out of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 500,000 premises (30 towns and villages) in South West England by 2025. The operator, which is currently […]