The Italian government has been experiencing massive upheaval in recent weeks, with internal division seeing Prime Minister Mario Draghi offer his resignation on July 14th. While this initial resignation was subsequently rejected by President Sergio Mattarella, Draghi would resign again on one week later, after a new vote of confidence in the Senate failed to pass with an absolute majority.
This leaves the government facing a snap election on September 25th…
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vipaso – Vienna Payment Solutions – is a start-up dedicated to payments and has developed an end-to-end, independent, complete mobile payments solution “horizon”, to be used anywhere in the world. We are aiming at financial institutions, payment providers, retail chains, telcos, delivery companies, shopping centres…
Three UK Reports Average Data Usage Per Customer Hits 21GB
Mobile operator Three UK has today reported their latest financial results, which among other things revealed that the average 4G / 5G data usage (mobile broadband), per customer, per month on their network had reached 21.3 GigaBytes in June 2022 (up from 19GB in Dec 2021). Otherwise, there wasn’t anything particularly new in this update, […]
South Korean telcos form credit assessment JV
Getting a loan can be an arduous process at the best of times, but for those without a significant financial history, like students, progress can be impossible.
Now, South Korea’s three national mobile operators – SK Telecom, KT, and LG U+ – are joining forces to create a new credit assessment JV…
Linux Kernel Upgrade Release 5.19 Adds LiFi Networking Drivers
Scotland-based pureLiFi, which is developing the new Visible Light Communication (VLC) based networking method called LiFi (Light Fidelity) – using light instead of radio waves to transmit data – has informed us that the latest release of the Linux Kernel (v5.19) includes their LiFi drivers for the first time. The move is important because the […]
Telecel battling regulators to acquire Vodafone Ghana
This week, Vodafone Group has reportedly agreed the sale of its 70% stake in Vodafone Ghana to smaller African player Telecel.
Telecel currently owns and operates a number of mobile operators in African and Europe, as well as providing wholesale, enterprise, and digital security services to other operators and businesses worldwide. The company has already made investments in Ghana as part of the Africa Startup Initiative Program “ASIP”.
While the financial terms of the deal are so far undisclosed…
Broadband ISP Zzoomm Adopt Iskratel’s Full Fibre XGS-PON Kit
UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced that they’ve decided to adopt Iskratel’s XGS-PON based Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) and Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) to help power their UK rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which already covers 50,000 premises. Until now the provider, which aims to reach 1 million premises in 85 […]
Netomnia Publish UK Full Fibre Broadband Rollout Plan to 2023
Full Fibre network builder Netomnia, which is supported by broadband ISP partner YouFibre, has today revealed that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network now covers 210,000 UK premises (up from 130,000 in April 2022) and they’ve also published their rollout plan to 2023. The operator initially aims to cover 1 million premises by […]
Which? and ISPA UK Call on Gov to Cut VAT from Broadband Bills
The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) and consumer magazine Which? have today called on the Government to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis by enabling ISPs to cut Value Added Tax (VAT) on broadband and mobile bills from 20% to 5%, which is naturally a move that will attract wide support. The proposal comes after […]
Plusnet Make Full Fibre Broadband Available to All UK Customers
UK ISP Plusnet will today finally make their new range of cheaper Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) powered home broadband packages – via Openreach’s national network – available to new customers. The packages were first quietly introduced in May 2022 (here), but only to existing customers who were willing to phone up and ask. Customers of the long-awaited […]