Broadband ISP Trooli has announced that their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which aims to reach at least 1 million UK premises by the end of 2024, has now extended to cover a total of 275,000 premises (up from 220k in May 2022) – nearly triple the coverage they had a year ago. They’re also entering […]
Cloud Gaming ISP ZYBRE Offers Discounts on Restaurants and UK Attractions
Cloud gaming ISP ZYBRE has announced that customers of their broadband packages, which are available to those taking FTTP services via Openreach or MS3’s platforms, are now able to receive a reward card that entitles them to discounts on eating out, cinema and money off top UK attractions. Jonathan Harding, CMO of ZYBRE, said: “With […]
China funding Huawei mobile tower build in the Solomon Islands
This week, the Solomon Islands’s government has announced that it has a secured considerable loan from the Exim Bank of China, with the funds being used to deploy 161 new mobile towers across the country.
The loan of roughly $94 million will be repaid over 20 years, with an annual interest rate of 1%.
The government said that the towers will be gradually deployed over the next three years, aiming to have half of the total deployed before the Pacific Games take place in the nation&rsquo…
Helios Towers eyes further acquisitions as new African towers boost revenue
This week, Helios Towers have announced its latest financial results, showing a revenue increase of 25% from $212.4 million in HY1 2022 to $265.4 million in H2.
Helios attributes this significant bump to the strong performance of its newly acquired towers in Africa in recent years…
AI Firewall Helps EE UK Block 1 Million International Scam Calls a Day
Mobile operator EE – including broadband ISPs BT and Plusnet – have today revealed that they’ve blocked 11 million international scam calls since July, with the rate rising to 1 million a day. This comes after they launched a new AI powered firewall to filter out callers from international locations posing to be from UK-based […]
Three UK Appoints New Chief Network Officer, Iain Milligan
Mobile operator Three UK has announced that their existing Chief Network Officer (CNO), Carlo Melis, is to be replaced by Iain Milligan next month. Carlo is understood to be returning to his native Italy to become Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Three’s sister company, Wind Tre. Iain is certainly no stranger to the operator and […]
Newark to Benefit from CityFibre’s £10m FTTP Broadband Rollout
CityFibre UK has today confirmed that they’ll invest £10m to cover almost all of the premises in the Nottinghamshire (England) market town of Newark (Newark-on-Trent) with their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. Construction work is planned to begin this November 2022. The new build forms part of CityFibre’s wider £4.9bn investment programme to […]
US Broadband News: New names and new initiatives to drive affordable, reliable, high-speed internet services across America
Total Telecom are keeping track of the latest news from the USA as billions of dollars pour into developing internet access for all. If you are interested in a more in-depth look at how progress is being made, check out our new Connected America event.
16 August 2022
Fort Worth partners with Cisco to promote digital equity – SmartCitiesWorld
15 August 2022
Propelled by New Name, Fastwyre Delivers High-Speed Connectivity & Premiere Broadband Services – GlobeNewswire
12 August 2022
Cantwell, Capito Propose Broadband Buildout Along America’s Electricity Grid – Press Release
11 August 2022
Village of Sherburne Cuts Fiber Deployment Time from Four Years to End of this Year – OPTICS
The Future Of Broadband Is In The States&rsquo…
AT&T contributes $1.1m to library-based digital literacy programmes
As part of $6 million in contributions, AT&T is bringing bilingual, in-person digital literacy workshops to more than 400 libraries and community centers across the country. These contributions are part of our $2 billion commitment from 2021 to 2023 to help bridge the digital divide.
AT&T’s digital literacy initiatives aim to help more than 65,000 people learn to use computers and mobile devices, navigate the internet and commonly used apps, and participate safely and responsibly in today’s increasingly connected world. These are crucial skills for people who are new to using the internet and computers…
Scientists Find Way to Help WiFi Network Signals Go Through Walls
Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology and the University of Rennes in Austria have found an interesting solution that could help WiFi signals from your local wireless network to more effectively penetrate through walls and boost coverage, which can be thought of as being similar to an anti-reflective coating on glasses. At present if […]