Last week we reported that Three UK had cut the standard charge on their 5G unlimited Three Home Broadband packages and also introduced the more expensive ‘option‘ of a 1-month minimum contract term. But it seems they were a bit premature, since the new monthly term has only now gone live. As previously mentioned, the […]
Devon and Somerset UK Issue July 2022 Airband FTTP Build Update
The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project and UK ISP Airband have today issued a new July 2022 update on their Phase 2 contract to deploy a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the region, which has so far covered 2,500 premises in hard to reach rural areas. The work largely reflects Airband’s ongoing contract […]
Orange and MásMóvil nearing €6.5bn funding for merger
Back in March, Orange Spain and MásMóvil announced their intention to merge, forming a 50:50 joint venture with an enterprise value of roughly €20 billion.
The deal would create a converged operator with around 7.1 million fixed line customers and 20.2 mobile customers, as well as 1.5 million TV customers.
Orange’s tower company, TOTEM, would notably be excluded from the merger…
New Standard De-Couples the ONT and OLT in FTTP Broadband
The Broadband Forum has published a new standard that may help to tackle the issue of vendor lock-in on Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP networks, which can result in the management cycle of optical modems (ONU / ONTs) being tied to a specific vendor’s Optical Line Terminal (OLT). Just to translate this. When you get a […]
Rights Holders Force UK Mobile Operators to Block Piracy Sites
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has announced that its long-running campaign, which uses the High Court to force major UK broadband ISPs into blocking websites that are suspected of facilitating copyright infringement (internet piracy), is being extended to mobile operators – starting with EE (BT). The existing blocking orders (injunctions), which in the UK flow […]
Virgin Media O2 to Expand FTTP Broadband Cover in N.Ireland
Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has confirmed that they intend to continue to expand their gigabit-capable fixed line connectivity – via Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology – to “tens of thousands more premises” across Northern Ireland over the coming years. At present, VMO2’s existing Project Lightning deployment has already covered a total of 15.75m UK homes […]
GoFibre Bring Full Fibre Broadband Build to 2 Locations in Fife
Scottish broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which is partnered with wireless provider Marykirk.com (here), has today added two new locations in Fife to their ongoing rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in Scotland. Founded by CEO, Alex Cacciamani in his hometown of Duns, GoFibre was originally created out of the need to solve […]
5G Mobile via LEO Broadband Satellites Moves a Step Closer
The idea of being able to offer consumers a 5G based mobile handset that gets its service from orbiting broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), as well as a terrestrial mast, is nothing new. But turning it into a commercial product is another thing entirely, yet Ericsson, Qualcomm and Thales appear to be making […]
Wildanet Expand Full Fibre Gigabit Broadband Rollout to Devon UK
Rural broadband ISP Wildanet, which last year began the £50 million rollout of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Cornwall (here), has now begun to expand across the border into several towns across Devon in South West England. At present the operator, which is being backed by […]
French MVNO left crippled by ransomware attack
On July 4th, MVNO LPA was hit with a major ransomware attack, severely limiting the company’s administrative and management capabilities.
Today, one week later, the company’s website is still down, instead replaced with an explanation of the cyber-attack.
“As soon as we became aware of this incident, we took the necessary protective measures by immediately suspending the computer systems concerned…