Budget UK ISP TalkTalk, which back in October 2021 signed a contract to harness Netgem‘s pay TV platform (here), has begun to offer a related “TV 4K Box” device for certain customers as part of a “test“. But it’s currently only available to those on their “Future Fibre” (FTTP) broadband plans (Openreach, CityFibre etc.). The […]
Charter Communications showcases public-private partnership as a model for expanding rural broadband access across the USA
Cherokee County in the US state of Georgia doesn’t strike you as a hotbed of innovation. The county seat is Canton which lies some forty miles north of Atlanta and has a population of around 30,000 people out of a county total of a little over 200,000 people. If you look for things to do or famous residents you find little beyond it being home of actors Josh Holloway and Blair Redford or the Ball Ground Burger Bus…
Private 5G will become the standard network choice claims new report
Companies leveraging private 5G will have an unprecedented competitive advantage, says Shahid Ahmed, Group EVP, New Ventures and Innovation at NTT Ltd., pointing to research showing that “adoption of private 5G is happening now”
His comments tie in with a new report compiled by Economist Impact…
Uncertainty Looms Over CityFibre’s Build in Halifax and Barnsley
Uncertainty continues to cloud CityFibre’s planned UK rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in the large towns of Halifax and Barnsley in Yorkshire (England), which were recently disrupted after the operator’s chosen contractor – NMCN – fell into administration. CityFibre first revealed that they’d picked NMCN (formerly North Midland Construction) to […]
Orange partners with Mirova to launch €50 million carbon fund
The fund will invest, both directly and indirectly, in global carbon sequestration projects such as afforestation, reforestation, and the restoration of natural ecosystems (mangroves or agroforestry projects)…
LightSpeed Broadband’s UK FTTP Rollout Gets GBP60m Funding Boost
UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which is busy building a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the East of England, has managed to secure another significant funding boost of £60 million. The additional investment comes from specialist investor, Sequoia, and takes their total confirmed pot to £115m. The operator currently aims to cover an initial 100,000 premises (homes […]
Dorset Council Pilot’s Training Programme for UK Fibre Engineers
The Dorset Council (DCC) in England has secured £20,000 of funding from the Local Government Association’s (LGA) Digital Pathfinders programme in order to help it develop a local pilot training programme for fibre engineers, which could help to boost gigabit broadband provision in the county. At present there remains a general shortage of skilled fibre […]
OneWeb to Start Building LEO Broadband Satellites in the UK
Space firm OneWeb, which is owned by a consortium of the UK Government and working to build a new global mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has confirmed earlier speculation by announcing that the company will invest £2.2bn ($3bn) to shift manufacturing from the USA to UK. At present OneWeb […]
Colt expands UK metro network with CityFibre partnership
Colt Technology Services has partnered with CityFibre to expand the reach of its metro network to eight new cities in the UK. The partnership will see Colt gain presence in Bristol, Leeds, Slough, Bracknell, Reading, Milton Keynes, Edinburgh, and Glasgow…
Startup Stories: tales from the show floor
At Connected Britain in September the Startup Zone was sponsored by Huawei in conjunction with Cambridge Wireless. The team from The Tech Podcast were onsite throughout the event and produced two episodes…