The Chief Technology Officer for UK telecoms giant BT (EE), Howard Watson, has revealed that the operator is seeking more time from the Government for it to remove Huawei’s kit from the sensitive core of their national broadband and mobile network (this is due to be replaced by similar kit from Ericsson). Back in 2020 […]
Vodafone Claims 5G May Boost UK Economy by £7bn Per Year
Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today published a new Digital Ambition 2030 study, which among other things claims that investment in 5G could be worth up to £7bn per year to the UK economy by 2030 and that failing to attract such investment may “undermine” the Levelling Up agenda, with “towns and smaller cities having […]
BT: We need more time to excise Huawei from our network
Facing increasing pressure from the US over national security fears, back in January 2020 the UK government initially ruled that Huawei’s market share in the UK’s mobile networks would need to be reduced to just 35%.
At the time, BT said that the process of removing and replacing the Huawei equipment in its networks would take years and cost them roughly £500 million.
Later that same year, however, the UK government took the decision to ban Huawei more broadly…
Snoop no more: Court rules against UK security services free access to telecoms data
Back in 2016, the UK government introduced the IPA, defining and in many cases expanding the electronic surveillance powers of the British intelligence agencies, including Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6), the Security Service (MI5), the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence Intelligence.
Quickly nicknamed the Snoopers’ Charter by the media, the IPA allowed the state security agencies to monitor the publics’ private communications and personal information…
Zzoomm Adds Sandbach in Cheshire to UK FTTP Broadband Build
UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has added the Cheshire East (England) town of Sandbach to their rollout plan, which is eventually expected to reach 7,000 premises in the community. The provider, which aims to reach 1 million UK premises in 85 towns by the end of […]
Full Fibre ISP YouFibre Hits 10,000 UK Customers and Offers 6 Months Free
Broadband ISP YouFibre has revealed that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which is being built by network partner Netomnia across various UK towns (live in 22), has just connected their 10,000th customer (up from 5,000 in Feb 2022). To celebrate, they’re offering new users up to 6 months free. At present Netomnia has so […]
Game set and match – connected strawberries
In a classic Wimbledon upset, Serena Williams has been knocked out by little know French contender Harmony Tan, but imagine an even bigger disaster. Imagine Wimbledon with no strawberries…
Mobile Operator Lebara UK Add WiFi Calling and 4G Calling
Mobile network operator Lebara, which harnesses Vodafone’s Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) platform, has begun contacting their existing customers to inform them that they’ve finally started rolling out two popular service features – Wi-Fi Calling and 4G Calling (VoLTE). The 4G Calling service is just a marketing term for Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) technology, which simply means […]
Fibre ISP Zzoomm Get Silver ERS Award as Forces-Friendly Employer
Broadband ISP Zzoomm, which is busy building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach 1 million UK premises in 85 towns by the end of 2025, has been awarded the Silver ERS (Employment Recognition Scheme) award on National Reserves Day 2022 to recognise them as a forces-friendly (army etc.) employer. At present, the operator already […]
Uswitch Claims 11 Million UK People Hit by Major Broadband Outages
A new Opinium survey of 4,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch, has claimed that almost 11 million consumers experienced “broadband outages” of 3 or more hours over the last year – stopping 16% of respondents from doing their work at home. As a result, the economy took a £1.28bn hit due to outages. […]