Back in 2020, President Donald Trump signed the Secure and Trusted Communications Network Act, essentially mandating US telcos to replace networking provided by vendors that the government deemed untrustworthy with regards to national security, such as China’s Huawei and ZTE.
Of course, ripping and replacing networking equipment, especially on a large scale, does not come cheap. Many US telcos were quick to point out that they would struggle to comply with the new rules without significant subsidies from the government…
Telefonica and Ericsson demo 5G network slicing for diverse use cases
The proof-of-concept shows end-to-end orchestration for full slicing life cycle support and radio resources partitioning, offering a key differential user experience to customers.
The proof-of-concept covered different use cases including a 360-video production in motion in collaboration with technology start-up YBVR, remote control of an automated guided vehicle (AGV), and gesture recognition in collaboration with Spanish SME Fivecomm.
The lab test was carried out at 5TONIC, a Madrid-based open research and innovation laboratory focused on 5G technologies, founded by Telefó…
Full Fibre Builder Connexin Acquires UK ISP Pure Broadband
Network builder and ISP Connexin, which is investing £80m to roll-out Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband infrastructure across parts of Hull and East Yorkshire (here and here), has today announced yet another acquisition as they gobble up Hull-based UK ISP Pure Broadband for an undisclosed sum. At present Pure Broadband tends to deliver its internet connectivity services […]
UK drone ‘superhighway’ cleared for take-off
Today, the UK government has announced that it has given the greenlight to ‘Project Skyway’, a plan to create a ‘drone superhighway’ between the Midlands and the Southeast.
The proposed drone corridor will be the longest in the world, spanning around 165 miles and connecting Reading, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Coventry, and Rugby. It will be built and developed over the coming two years, with plans to extend the corridor all the way to Ipswich and Southampton if early trials prove successful…
Openreach Engineer Swaps Full Fibre for Wood Chopping Competition
Speaking as somebody who just spent Saturday chopping down a dangerous tree, I can attest that it’s not an easy task. So spare a thought for Openreach engineer Justine Narusa, whose skills at pulling heavy core fibre optic broadband cables through ducts have been converted to a place at today’s Royal Wood Chopping Competition. Justine […]
Tips for Keeping Your Broadband ISP Router Cool in a Heatwave
It’s going to get hot today in the United Kingdom. Really hot. The current heatwave is, in some parts of the country, potentially predicted to peak at 40c. The interesting thing about 40c is it’s also the maximum ambient working temperature for some routers, computers and other network devices. But how to keep them cool? […]
Freedom Fibre’s Neil Mcarthur on the Future of the FTTP Altnet Community
The Founder and CEO of UK broadband ISP and fibre optic network builder Freedom Fibre, Neil Mcarthur, discusses the future of the full fibre alternative network (AltNet) community, with five thoughts on Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband. The following article is a special Guest Editorial for ISPreview.co.uk, which has been written by Neil Mcarthur. The views of […]
Virgin Media O2 UK Allegedly Offer £3bn for TalkTalk Broadband Merger
Multiple newspaper reports are this afternoon claiming that mobile and broadband giant Virgin Media (VMO2) is in early talks to merge with low-cost conscious UK ISP TalkTalk and take on its fixed line customer base of 4.2 million (VMO2 is home to 5.6 million). The proposed deal is said to value the company at around […]
Sky UK Coy on Delay and Future Release of Sky Go for Apple TV
Last October Sky (Sky TV, Sky Broadband) announced that customers in the UK would be able to access their popular Sky Go video streaming app on Apple TV devices during the “first half of 2022“, yet it’s now July and the operator has declined to say when it will launch or why they’ve delayed it. […]
Airtel deploys India’s first private 5G network with Bosch
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider today announced successful trial of India’s first 5G Private Network at Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt Ltd (RBAI) facility in Bengaluru.
Airtel’s on-premise 5G Captive Private Network was built over the trial 5G spectrum allocated by the Department of Telecom (DoT). Airtel has implemented two Industrial grade use cases for quality improvement and operational efficiency at Bosch&rsquo…