UK ISP Plusnet has today introduced new “Black Friday” focused discounts on their Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband and phone packages, which further reduce their monthly prices for the first 18 months of service and boost the bundled “Reward Card” (pre-paid Mastercard) to £75. As usual these offers are only available to new customers, […]
Startup Stories: How an award winning startup is making construction safer
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PLINX is a safety system designed to make construction sites safer. The system protects construction workers and employers by restricting access based on role and purpose to areas of hazardous activity. We create reliable and easy to deploy network infrastructure that connects people, plant and places without reliance on third parties. We deliver this data to you to positively Affect the safety, security and quality…
Swish Fibre Complain to ASA Over BT’s Use of Fibre Broadband Terminology
Alternative UK ISP Swish Fibre has continued their “fake fibre” related advertising feud with BT today after they lodged a retaliatory complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which objected to the “confusing” use of the term “fibre broadband” in the incumbents marketing for their “part-fibre” (FTTC) products. The situation began in July 2021, after […]
The growing relevance of 6GHz for 5G
“In the future we will target the 6GHz band as we see it very important for our future capacity needs and growth in Europe. The upper part of the 6GHz band is available which we believe is ideal for network operators to evolve network capacity beyond 2028 and 2030. In the future we do believe that 6GHz will complement our 3.5GHz spectrum asset,” says Nadia Benabdallah, Network Strategy and Engineering Director, Vodafone at the recently concluded Mobile Broadband Forum 2021.
Vodafone, one of the world’s largest service providers, has publicly supported using the 6GHz spectrum for growing the 5G ecosystem. In the past, Vodafone Chief Technology Officer Johann Wibergh referred to the sub…
Time to benefit: The metric at the heart of successful BSS in the 5G era
In the past few years, telcos’ shift to the cloud has been increasingly steadily, but is it moving fast enough?
For Optiva CEO John Giere, there is still a long way to go for the telecoms industry, with operators taking the process step by step.
“Typically no more than 15% of them have done greater than 25% of their workloads to move to the cloud…
Startup Stories: HAPS and creating a digital twin of the Earth
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VAAL Airships OÜ is a deep-tech startup, working on creating a physical High Altitude Pseudo Satellite platform in order to offer radically improved Earth observability and special connectivity services. The High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) that VAAL develops have the potential to replace satellites – enabling many climate monitoring solutions and connectivity while significantly reducing ecological footprint doing so. A digital twin of the earth can be built based on our data, with much higher pixel density, refresh rate and a smaller footprint…
Ericsson to acquire Vonage for $6.2bn to leverage cloud platform
Today, Ericsson has announced its intention to purchase US cloud-platform company Vonage in a transaction worth around $6.2 billon.
The move represents Ericsson’s increasing efforts to shift into the enterprise business space, aiming to help these customers benefit from additional services on top of the high speeds being unlocked by 5G networks.
“Imagine putting the power and capabilities of 5G, the biggest global innovation platform, at the fingertips of developers. Then back it with Vonage&rsquo…
Zen Internet Set to Extend CityFibre FTTP Availability Nationwide
The Founder and Chairman of UK broadband ISP Zen Internet, Richard Tang, appears to have largely confirmed that their network will be able to connect into 100% of the locally connected on-net footprint for CityFibre by the end of this financial year (September 2022) – expanding the availability of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) products. Just to […]
KKR targets TIM takeover for €10.8bn
In recent years, TIM has faced something of an uphill battle in its home market, with the company facing increasingly stiff domestic competition and expensive rollout costs for 5G and fibre networks. Combined, these factors have seen the company’s share price decline significantly, with the company recently forced to issue profit warnings for the second quarter in a row.
As a result, CEO Luigi Gubitosi has found himself under siege from the company’s largest single shareholder…
ONS Finds 2021 R&D Spending on UK Telecoms Has Grown
The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the telecoms industry has gone from last year’s report, when spending on research and development grew by just 0.95% to total £956m, to this year when such spending has risen by 4.5% (£44m) to reach a 9-year high of £1.028bn. The latest annual report actually […]