Alternative UK network ISP Lightning Fibre, which aims to cover over 100,000 premises across parts of East Sussex with their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband infrastructure, has today announced the appointment of two senior telecommunications and infrastructure executives to its Board. The operator, which is being backed by private equity firm Foresight (here), first began […]
ITS Technology lands £100m extra funding from Aviva
Wholesale full fibre provider, ITS Technology Group (ITS) has secured a further £100m investment from current backer, Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva PLC, to continue to accelerate the rollout of its Faster Britain full fibre networks which is on track to pass 25% of UK business premises by the end of this year.
Since securing the first round of funding from Aviva Investors in early 2020, ITS has significantly increased its network footprint…
Northern Mayors talk Levelling Up frustration at Connected North
When discussing connectivity projects and investment in the North, the topic of a North–South Divide is never far away.
The government’s Levelling Up agenda, announced earlier this year, is the latest initiative to attempt to address this regional disparity, but just how successful will this be?
At this year’s first ever Connected North event, held in Manchester Central as part of Manchester Tech week, a discussion panel featuring local Mayors saw them air their frustration about previous government projects and outline what needs to change to bring serious benefits to the North…
Report Claims CityFibre’s FTTP Rollout to Deliver GBP38bn in UK Economic Benefits
A new report from consultancy firm Hatch claims to have identified over £38bn in potential economic benefits – derived over a 15-year period – that could stem from CityFibre’s ongoing UK rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. Naturally, the report was commissioned by CityFibre. Since 2018 CityFibre has been busy working […]
ITS Technology Get GBP100m Funding for UK Full Fibre Rollout
The ITS Technology Group (its.) has this morning announced that they’ve secured a further investment of £100m from existing backers at Aviva Investors, which will be used to continue and “accelerate” their existing rollout of “full fibre” broadband and Ethernet services (FTTP, Leased Lines etc.) across more of the United Kingdom. At present ITS, which […]
ISP Freedom Fibre Warns of Fake UK FTTP Broadband Engineers
Network builder Freedom Fibre (FF), which is supported by UK ISP partner TalkTalk (here) and is busy deploying a new 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across semi-rural parts of North England, has warned residents in some of their network patches to be on the lookout for individuals posing as FF engineers. The operator told customers […]
Smarty Named the Best UK Mobile Operator in Which? Survey
Consumer magazine Which? has just published the results of its latest survey, which claims to reveal the best and worst UK mobile operators. Overall the four primary operators – O2 (VMO2), EE (BT), Vodafone and Three UK – were “outperformed” by smaller virtual networks, such as Smarty, Giffgaff, Tesco Mobile and Sky Mobile etc. The […]
Openreach May Stop Selling FTTP on Demand Broadband Products
In an unexpected development, Openreach (BT) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they are currently consulting with UK broadband ISPs on a proposal that could see a “stop sell” being placed on their sometimes troublesome FTTP on Demand (FTTPoD or FoD) product, which could potentially be introduced in late 2022. Firstly, it’s important not to confuse […]
Nokia to supply data center switching for Microsoft’s data centres
Nokia has announced it will provide its data center switching solutions for Microsoft’s data center facilities to support the bandwidth growth to Microsoft Azure as part of a multi-faceted deal.
With the significant growth of cloud services and cloud computing and the move to 400GE, Nokia has been selected to supply its 7250 IXR chassis…
Ethiopian newcomer Safaricom to share Ethio Telecom’s infrastructure
In May last year, a consortium led by Safaricom won a telecoms operating licence in Ethiopia for roughly $850 million, intending to break up the monopoly of existing state-backed operator Ethio Telecom for the first time.
Building out a mobile network from scratch is not something that can be done quickly. The company has already begun work on rolling out infrastructure in major cities, with a wider deployment to follow…