It should go without saying that the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February this year has had severe implications for the Russian telecoms industry.
From the enormous international sanctions rapidly applied to the broader Russian economy to the withdrawal of key Western players from the Russian market, the country’s telecoms operators are beginning to feel the strain.
The country’s largest mobile operator, MTS is a prime example. Just last week, MTS announced a 76…
Orange announces new CEOs for B2B and Africa & Middle East operations
The following changes will be implemented:
Aliette Mousnier-Lompré is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Orange Business Services
This appointment follows the departure of Helmut Reisinger in January 2022 and the interim period overseen with considerable commitment by Aliette. She will join the Group’s Executive Committee…
Open RAN players selected for NTIA’s 5G Challenge
For a number of years now, the US has been a huge proponent of Open RAN technology, arguing that open interfaces and interoperable subsystems will be key features of mobile networks of the future, ensuring greater vendor diversity and increased security.
Despite major breakthroughs in the technology in recent years, however, Open RAN remains in its infancy, with much work to be done to see adoption take place on a national or international scale…
BT Launch Hybrid 4G Speed Boost for SME Copper Broadband Lines
UK ISP BT has today launched a new product for their small business customers – ‘Hybrid Speed Boost‘, which is specifically aimed at those still stuck on slower copper broadband lines. The service attempts to “fuse” fixed line and 4G based mobile broadband connections together to produce a faster connection. The idea of boosting performance […]
Ofcom and BT Reportedly Prep Contingency Plans for AltNet Flops
A new newspaper report claims that “runaway inflation” is threatening to cause a “wave of bankruptcies” among the new generation of alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP networks, which is said to have triggered Ofcom into drawing up contingency plans with BT for how to handle the fallout, should smaller players start to fail. Over […]
Starlink for RVs Product Launched on LEO Satellite Broadband Service
SpaceX has informed customers that they’ve launched a new Starlink for RVs (Recreational Vehicles) product via their constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast broadband ISP satellites, which is more than just a combination of their regular package with the new Portability Add-on attached by default. Starlink currently has around 2,400 LEOs in orbit […]
CityFibre UK Scoops FTTH Council Europe’s Operator Award
The FTTH Council Europe, which is currently holding its annual conference in Vienna (Austria) this week, has today announced the winners of three awards that reflect those who have made “outstanding contributions” to the acceleration of FTTP/B deployment in Europe. One of the headline ‘Operator Award‘ winners was CityFibre. By now our readers will be […]
Virgin Media O2 UK Sees Record Mobile Data Traffic on Sunday
Customers on the VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) mobile network are said to have seen the operator’s “highest ever data traffic peak” (mobile broadband) on Sunday afternoon, which was driven by the frenetic final showdown matches of the football Premier League. Sadly, VMO2 hasn’t provided much in the way of solid data or statistics, but […]
RootMetrics Study Finds Improvement in UK Mobile Call Quality
Mobile testing firm RootMetrics, which is owned by Ookla (here), has today published the results from their new research into UK mobile calling (voice) performance and trends, which claims that consumers are experiencing “outstanding mobile call performance that’s continued to improve over time“. Using a mobile phone for calling is expected to become increasingly important […]
RouteThis Claims Device Overload Overwhelming UK Bandwidth
A new study of live data from nearly 3,000 ISPs around the world, which was conducted by remote Wi-Fi diagnostics firm RouteThis, has claimed that broadband users in the UK and Ireland are facing “significant connectivity issues“, despite increases in connection speeds, due to “device overload overwhelming bandwidth“. The limited analysis notes that upstream speeds […]