The Scotland 5G Centre and Vodafone have delivered two new 5G Mobile Private Networks (MPNs) to develop new uses cases and accelerate the adoption of 5G technology across industry in Scotland.
The 5G MPNs are in The Scotland 5G Centre’s Aberdeen and HALO Kilmarnock innovation hubs. The hubs will help organisations to deliver new applications and services using Vodafone 5G connectivity. Specialist staff will help companies to develop…
CWU Sets Timetable for 2 Day National BT and Openreach Strike
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has this afternoon formally served notice for strike action against UK telecoms and broadband ISP giant BT (inc. Openreach), which will take place on Friday 29th July and Monday 1st August 2022. Up to around 38,000 workers could potentially go on strike, although exact figures may be less. Just to […]
Virgin Media O2 offers £3bn for TalkTalk
Today, a report from Sky News suggests that Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has approached TalkTalk with an off of £3 billion to takeover the UK ISP.
Sources suggest that the indicative bid was submitted over the last few weeks…
South African shakeup: MTN in talks to buy Telkom
Today, MTN Group has announced it has entered into negotiations to acquire Telkom South Africa, telling shareholders to ‘exercise caution’ when dealing with the company’s securities until further announcements have been made.
Financial details of the potential takeover have not been announced…
FACTCO Complete Large Gigabit Broadband Voucher Build to Cambois
UK ISP FACTCO has today finished its rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to the rural village of Cambois, which they claim is the “largest completed [gigabit voucher] project to date” in Northumberland (England). Back in September 2020 we reported that FACTCO had entered into a new partnership with the council-run iNorthumberland […]
Hyperoptic Connect 100,000 UK New Build Homes to Full Fibre
City-focused gigabit broadband ISP Hyperoptic has today announced a key milestone after their “full fibre” (FTTP/B) network connected over 100,000 new build UK homes, with agreements in place to connect a further 100,000 new build properties over the next 12-months. The operator has now covered a total of over 900,000 premises. The figure of over […]
ISP Sky Broadband UK Discount Ultrafast and Gigafast FTTP Plans
UK ISP Sky Broadband will today introduce a few new discounts on the monthly price of their fastest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based Ultrafast and Gigafast broadband packages on Openreach’s national network, which shaves a few extra pounds off the previous pricing. As usual, new customers can expect to receive the Sky Hub (SR203 / Hub 4.2) […]
CityFibre Lose Appeal vs Ofcom’s Approval of Openreach FTTP Price Cut UPDATE
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has today “dismissed” CityFibre’s attempt to challenge Ofcom’s approval of Openreach’s (BT) “Equinox” offer (here), which introduced a “major” price cut (details) at wholesale to their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband products for UK ISPs. But the operator is far from giving up. Just to recap. The “Equinox” discount was introduced last year […]
Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear Secure Openreach Path to Collaboration Status
Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which is building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 500,000 premises in England by the end of 2023 (300,000 completed), has been awarded Path to Collaboration (PTC) by Openreach (BT) – a move that should help to boost their rollout. PTC is an important status under Openreach’s Physical Infrastructure Access […]
Kaliningrad could pose a problem for Lithuanian 5G
This week, the Lithuanian Communications Regulatory Authority (Rysiu Reguliavimo Tarnyba, RRT) has announced the launch of the country’s second 5G spectrum auction, this time in the 3.5 GHz band.
The sale will make three 100MHz blocks of spectrum in the 3.4–3.7 GHz band available to the operators, with a reserve price set at €3 million per lot.
Winners will be subject to various conditions imposed by the regulator, including rolling out 5G to at least one city in 2023, to all major cities by 2024, and all towns and urban areas by 2030.
This will be the second 5G auction for Lithuania…