The Scottish National Investment Bank has awarded £10m to help Edinburgh-based pureLiFi, which has spent years developing a new Visible Light Communication (VLC) based networking method called LiFi, to support a global rollout of their revolutionary technology. VLC networks, at least the newer type that pureLiFi is talking about, essentially turn Light-Emitting Diode (LED) based […]
BT Digital bolsters workforce while existing staff mull strike action
Today, BT has announced that its BT Digital unit will hire an additional 2,800 staff between April 2022 and April 2024.
The hiring spree aims to bring more of the company’s “core digital expertise” in-house, according to the announcement, with roles spanning product management, software engineering, cloud, design, data, AI and machine learning.
The company says that it does not expect the recruitment efforts to impact their financial outlook for the 2023 financial year, since the expense will be offset by the reduced reliance on subcontracted labour…
Ofcom Name UK Broadband ISPs with Most Complaints in Q1 2022 UPDATE
Ofcom’s latest Q1 2022 study of UK consumer complaints has revealed that ISP Shell Energy attracted the most moans for both fixed line broadband and landline phone services, while Virgin Mobile did the same for Pay Monthly mobile services and Virgin Media were also on the naughty step for Pay TV. As usual, this report […]
BT Set to Create 2,800 New Jobs in Digital, But Mostly in India
Telecoms and UK broadband giant BT has today announced that it plans to grow its “in-house Digital talent” resource to 6,300 people (up from 3,500 at 1st April 2022). The majority will be brought on board by April 2024, but only around 1,000 of the new colleagues will come from the UK and the rest […]
Broadband ISP Glide Acquires Full Fibre Provider Velocity1
Business and residential ISP Glide Group, which is currently working to extend their UK full fibre broadband network (leased lines and FTTP etc.), has today announced that they’ve acquired 100% of the shares of London-focused full fibre and smart city provider Velocity1 Ltd from Quintain. Velocity1 currently operates fibre optic broadband networks across Wembley Park […]
North Yorkshire UK Gets More Funding for Rural Broadband
The North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) has been allocated £16.89 million over three years – April 2022 to March 2025 – from the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF), which they say will be spent on everything from “a lack of broadband coverage to poor rural transport links“. The SPF was established in the wake […]
Virtual1 and ITS Technology to Combine UK Full Fibre Networks
The ITS Technology Group (its.), which operates 35 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across urban areas of the UK, has today announced a significant new partnership with high bandwidth wholesaler Virtual1 (TalkTalk) that appears set to combine their respective network reach. The move is significant for a number of reasons, not least of […]
Cellnex drops bid for Deutsche Telekom towers
This week, Cellnex has announced that it will no longer bid for a stake in Deutsche Funkturm, leaving KKR the last remaining suitor for the German towers unit, valued at around €18 billion.
Deutsche Telekom first began hinting at its desire to sell off a stake in its tower unit late last year, aiming to follow in the footstep of numerous mobile operators worldwide, including European rivals Vodafone and Orange…
Sparkle and Italian Navy partner for protect subsea cables
This week, the Italian Navy have announced a new partnership with Telecom Italia’s submarine cable subsidiary, Sparkle, pledging to jointly improve the protection of national subsea infrastructure.
As part of the partnership, the duo plans to work together on shared operating procedures and potentially joint reconnaissance and monitoring activities in the areas surrounding Sparkle&rsquo…
NTT forms Seren Juno Network to launch new transatlantic cable
NTT Ltd. Japan Corporation, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., PC Landing Corp, and JA Mitsui Leasing, Ltd. today announced the launch of a new company, Seren Juno Network Co., Ltd. (“Seren”) which has been founded to construct and operate “JUNO”, the new and largest trans-Pacific submarine cable system (providing the maximum capacity of 350Tbps) that will run between Japan and the US.
According to leading telecommunications industry analyst firm…