British-registered OneWeb, which busy building a global constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast low-latency broadband satellites, has agreed to a global distribution partnership agreement with rival satellite services provider Intelsat in order to offer airlines better inflight broadband. OneWeb has already managed to launch 428 of their small c.150kg Low Earth Orbit (LEO) […]
Nigeria nears 85 million broadband subscriptions
Latest figures from the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) report that broadband subscriptions have reached 84,950,984 in July, giving a penetration rate of 44.5%. This represents a considerable rate of growth as broadband penetration was only 40.91% in February 2022 but is still a long from from the goal of achieving 70% penetration by 2025…
Storm Ruby rips through Sunford City in digital twin drama
The National Digital Twin programme, part of Centre for Digital Built Britain, wanted to create an interactive demonstrator tool to help show how connected digital twins can make telecoms, water and energy infrastructure more resilient to flooding due to climate change.
Part of the National Digital Twin’s (NDTp) Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) project, the demonstrator was needed as a key communication tool to help show that more resilience is needed within existing utility systems and that collaboration and data sharing is the key to success.
Aimed at non-technical and diverse audiences, including the public, industry and government…
CWU Backed UK BT Workers to Strike Again on Aug 30th and 31st
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has today announced that up to 38,000 of BT and Openreach’s unionised workers, as part of their ongoing pay dispute with the telecoms and broadband provider, will go on a second major national strike this month – this time occurring on Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st August. As we reported […]
BeFibre’s FTTP Broadband Network Goes Live in Ingatestone
Gigabit broadband ISP BeFibre has announced that their new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which is being rolled out across various parts of England with support from partner Digital Infrastructure, has just gone live for customers in the Essex village of Ingatestone. The operator began their UK deployment last year with a plan to cover 1 million […]
US Broadband News: GRID Broadband Act advances affordable broadband to underserved urban, rural, and tribal communities
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.
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’ Hands – Forbes
10 August 2022
New York’s MTA announces wireless connectivity plan for entire subway – telecompaper
9 August 2022
America’s Two Biggest Cable Broadband Monopolies Failed To Add Any New Customers Last Quarter …
Global data centre provider launches charging facilities – enabling partners to deploy and operate EVs at scale.
EdgeConneX® announces the launch of Voltera. Rising from the EdgeConnex history of space and power innovations, Voltera builds, owns, and operates charging facilities that enable electric vehicle (EV) deployment and operation at scale. Voltera has equity backing from EQT Infrastructure, which plans to invest several billion to address the challenges around fleet EV charging that include delivering scalable power in strategic locations…
ISP Jurassic Fibre Reports 2,500 Users on their UK Full Fibre Network
Exeter-based broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is rolling out a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the South West of England (Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset), has revealed via social media that they now have a total of 2,500 customers on their service. The operator itself is currently being supported by an investment of £250m […]
Global data centre provider launches charging facilities – enabling our partners to deploy and operate EVs at scale.
EdgeConneX® announces the launch of Voltera. Rising from the EdgeConnex history of space and power innovations, Voltera builds, owns, and operates charging facilities that enable electric vehicle (EV) deployment and operation at scale. Voltera has equity backing from EQT Infrastructure, which plans to invest several billion to address the challenges around fleet EV charging that include delivering scalable power in strategic locations…
AT&T Contributes $1M to new Dallas Innovation Alliance program
As part of AT&T’s $2 billion nationwide commitment to help bridge the digital divide, AT&T is supporting a digital equity initiative led by the Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA). DIA is a coalition of stakeholders from the City of Dallas, corporations, civic and other organizations, academia and private individuals who are invested in Dallas’ continued evolution as a forward-thinking, innovative, ‘smart’ global city. This contribution will enable DIA to target 10…