The Hawaiki Nui cable will span approximately 22,000km and will connect three major hubs in the Pacific Region: Singapore in South-East Asia, Sydney in Australasia, and Los Angeles in North America. Landings are also planned in Indonesia and New Zealand…
Firing on all cylinders – Virgin Media O2 release results for first full quarter as a joint business
Commenting on the first 150 days as a combined company Virgin Media O2 CEO, Lutz Schüler, said “We have real commercial momentum with the launch of new converged bundles…
PIA Innovation – A key enabler in accelerating fibre rollouts in the UK
Blocked ducts, congestion within access chambers and dealing with legacy cable systems are the most common drawbacks Altnets have to face whilst deploying apparatus in a 3rd parties’ network. It shouldn’t have to be that way any longer as we see more innovative products coming into the market from the likes of Emtelle where Altnets can deploy their networks when they need the fibre rather than spend all their capital upfront…
Italian government launches €4 billion investment scheme for fibre and 5G
Italy’s Minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition, Vittorio Colao, has announced a €4 billion investment scheme to connect a further 6.2 million people with fibre and 5G…
CityFibre celebrates passing 1 million UK homes with full fibre
CityFibre’s full fibre rollout has reached a new milestone today with the announcement that its network now covers over 1 million UK homes. The announcement marks an important landmark in CityFibre’s £4 billion nationwide investment which is aimed at reaching up to 8 million homes by 2025…
BT partners with OneWeb to offer satellite services to customers
OneWeb has agreed a new Distribution Partner Agreement to provide Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communication services across BT Group. The deal covers BT’s Enterprise, Consumer and Global units and follows on from the initial Memorandum of Understanding which was signed in July.
BT has already begun testing how LEO satellite technology integrates with its existing terrestrial capabilities and with existing services…
Mobile and broadband upgrades could drive more than 500,000 UK jobs by 2026
New research from Virgin Media O2 and economic modelling experts Oxford Analytica has resulted in the creation of the first ever Digital Connectivity Index (DCI), using OECD datapoints to measure how individuals and organisations can connect with one another and the rest of the world through high…
Building a simplified, intelligent and open campus private network
With the wider adoption of 5G networks, new products and new business models in the B2B field continuously emerge, aiming to meet the diverse and personalized requirements of industry users.
ZTE NodeEngine solution, a base-station-built-in MEC solution , is exactly designed to address this need. It aims to provide cost-efficient and multi-function 5G private network construction solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, so that they can enjoy the bonus brought by 5G and further meet the real user requirements of “available to use”, “good to use” and “flexible to use"…
Major advance in satellite connectivity revolutionises quality of service and experience
Field tests conducted at SES’s Manassas, Virginia teleport have demonstrated how satellite connectivity could genuinely deliver better connectivity on land, in the air and at sea for both civil and defense communications…
Pandemic policy risks accountability of Biden broadband investment
$42.5 billion of American public funds allocated to improving internet access in underserved communities in the USA could be used without public scrutiny after being given exemption from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act.
A story in the Washington Examiner reveals that the funds…