Mobile network operator Lebara, which harnesses Vodafone’s Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) platform, has begun contacting their existing customers to inform them that they’ve finally started rolling out two popular service features – Wi-Fi Calling and 4G Calling (VoLTE). The 4G Calling service is just a marketing term for Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) technology, which simply means […]
Fibre ISP Zzoomm Get Silver ERS Award as Forces-Friendly Employer
Broadband ISP Zzoomm, which is busy building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach 1 million UK premises in 85 towns by the end of 2025, has been awarded the Silver ERS (Employment Recognition Scheme) award on National Reserves Day 2022 to recognise them as a forces-friendly (army etc.) employer. At present, the operator already […]
Uswitch Claims 11 Million UK People Hit by Major Broadband Outages
A new Opinium survey of 4,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch, has claimed that almost 11 million consumers experienced “broadband outages” of 3 or more hours over the last year – stopping 16% of respondents from doing their work at home. As a result, the economy took a £1.28bn hit due to outages. […]
Devon and Somerset Expand FTTP Rollout with Wessex Internet
The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has announced that their existing full fibre broadband rollout contract with rural UK ISP Wessex Internet is to be extended, which will see a further 1,110 homes and businesses in South Somerset gaining access to their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. Just to recap. The original Phase 2 […]
Broadband Stakeholder Group Replaced by UK Digital Connectivity Forum
The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), which is a think-tank that advises the UK Government on various related areas of telecommunications policy, is no more and has been replaced by the Digital Connectivity Forum (DCF). The new group touts a “redefined mission and vision” that has been crafted with industry stakeholders. The BSG, which was housed […]
Ericsson’s $6.2bn Vonage acquisition delayed by security investigation
Back in November 2021, Ericsson announced that it had agreed to purchase cloud specialist Vonage for $6.2 billion. At the time, Ericsson said that the purchase of US-based Vonage would help them broaden their 5G portfolio for enterprise customers and would build on an earlier purchase of networking equipment firm Cradlepoint in 2020…
5G in the UK: Public nonplussed but businesses optimistic
Late last week, a new study from YouGov was announced that showed the British public to be largely sceptical about the benefits of 5G, with just one in five UK respondents saying that 5G would benefit their life. In fact, with 44% of respondents saying the technology would not benefit them (the remaining 36% were unsure), the UK ranked 26th out of the 28 nations surveyed when it came to 5G optimism.
The study also showed that UK fell far below the global average in terms of acknowledging 5G&rsquo…
UK telcos agree to increase support for vulnerable customers during cost of living crisis
Yesterday, the Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries and Cost of Living Business Tsar David Buttress chaired a consultation with the UK telecoms industry, encouraging them to do more to support customers struggling with bills due to the worsening cost of living crisis.
The meeting, which was reportedly attended my representatives from BT Group, Openreach, Virgin Media O2, Vodafone, Three, TalkTalk, Sky, and others, saw the telecoms industry agree to the adoption of various measures to make accessing connectivity services easier for financially vulnerable customers…
Gearing up to Monetise IoT Roaming
In addition, the ongoing expansion of the 5G ecosystem is further propelling IoT growth across all markets. With the total number of IoT connections worldwide expected to increase from 1.8 billion at the end of 2020 to 6.2 billion in 2030, according to an Analysys Mason report, the outlook for IoT is promising.
Ensuring seamless roaming across networks is a crucial requirement for the IoT ecosystem to work efficiently. Kaleido Intelligence’s recent IoT Roaming: Market Strategies & Forecasts 2022 report forecasts 27% average annual growth in roaming IoT connections between 2021 and 2026, as demand skyrockets for sensing, monitoring and telemetry applications.
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CityFibre and O’Connor Utilities Launch Engineer Training Centre
The shortage of skilled UK fibre broadband engineers is quite a well-known problem, which has resulted in a number of network buildings and ISPs establishing their own training centres. CityFibre has now moved to do the same in South Yorkshire, which is being done in co-operation with civil engineering partner O’Connor Utilities. At present CityFibre […]