Nokia has announced that it has extended its partnership with Hill Air Force Base and the National Spectrum Consortium to ensure that incumbent radar and 5G networks operating can co-exist seamlessly in shared spectrum by controlling the behavior in real time of the 5G system when the incumbent radar is present. Hill Air Force Base is using Nokia’s O-RAN solutions for the testbed and Phase 1 of the project has been successfully completed…
ISP Vfast Connect First Full Fibre Broadband Customer in Medway
Kent-based UK ISP Vfast (Orbital Net) has announced that they’ve finally connected their first customer – Paul from Gillingham – to CityFibre’s new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Medway, which follows last year’s announcement (here) of their plan to join the platform. CityFibre – supported by Vfast and other ISPs – is currently investing […]
Telstra completes govt-backed acquisition of Digicel Pacific
Back in October last year, Telstra announced that it had agreed to purchase Digicel’s Pacific operations for $1.6 billion.
The deal was heavily subsidised by the Australian government, who agreed to provide around $1.3 billion to facilitate the move, with analysts suggesting this was largely to stop the Pacific region’s critical communications infrastructure falling under Chinese control.
The acquisition covered all of Digicel Pacific&rsquo…
TalkTalk and Virgin Media Block Penny Mordaunt’s “unsuitable” Website
The endless debate over the UK government’s bloated and incoherent Online Safety Bill (OSB) took another twist today after the Open Rights Group (ORG) pointed out that two of the largest broadband ISPs, Virgin Media (VMO2) and TalkTalk, were blocking access to MP Penny Mordaunt’s website as “unsuitable for children“. At present, all of the […]
Last minute Brookfield bid wins DT’s towers
Today, Deutsche Telekom has announced that it has agreed to sell a majority stake in its tower unit to Brookfield and DigitalBridge, after the pair submitted a late bid of €17.5 billion.
The duo will subsequently own 51% of the tower unit, with Deutsche Telekom retaining the remaining 49%.
“We crystalise the value of our tower assets…
New Record as YouFibre Put Tewkesbury Full Fibre Live in 22 Days
Broadband ISP YouFibre has revealed that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the Gloucestershire town of Tewkesbury, which is being built by network partner Netomnia, has set a new record for the operator by going live just 22 days after the rollout was first formally announced. Just to recap. Netomnia, which is being supported […]
New Exploit Attacks UK Routers and Runs Up Mobile Data Bills
Some customers of business-focused UK mobile data (broadband) operator Anvil Mobile have been hit by a new exploit, which hijacks end-user routers and then proceeds to spew out cyber-attacks. The result is a compromised network and large data bill, but customers on other operators may also be affected. Anvil is an operator that typically offers […]
Svella Rescues UK Fibre Infrastructure Business Aberla Utilities and Energy
Investment company Svella Plc, which owns and operates civil infrastructure firm Svella Connect, has today acquired two Aberla Group business operations from administrators – Aberla Energy and Aberla Utilities, safeguarding 19 jobs in Warrington (Cheshire, England). The name Svella Connect should be familiar to some of our readers. The business gobbled up UK civil engineering […]
Up to 38k BT and Openreach Staff May Strike as Last Minute Talk Attempt Fails
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has today, after BT rejected this week’s last minute talks proposal to reach a compromise agreement over pay, said they will formally serve notice on the UK telecoms and broadband ISP giant (inc. Openreach) of their intention to launch the first national strike in 35 years. Just to recap. BT […]
Scottish National Investment Bank thinks LiFi is a bright idea
The concept of LiFi – Light Fidelity, or using visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light to convey data wirelessly – has been around for at least a decade. However, practical solutions using the technology have been few and far between, largely due to a lack of effective standards.
In recent years, however, following the creation of LiFi standard 802.11bb in 2019, significant technical progress has started to be made, with solutions becoming more and more commercially viable…