In August last year, reports were beginning to come to light that Canada’s Shaw Communications was building a submarine cable landing station in Port Alberni, on the country’s West coast, despite no new cable systems being formally announced at the time.
Now, it seems that Google has solved the riddle of the mysterious cable project…
Broadband ISP Plusnet UK Sweeps the 2022 Expert Reviews Awards
Consumer site Expert Reviews has posted the winners of their annual ‘Best Broadband Awards 2022‘ event, which surveyed consumers in an effort to identify the top UK Internet Service Providers (ISP) across a range of different categories. The overall winner this year was Plusnet. The results stemmed from an online and YouGov commissioned survey of […]
Zen Internet Boosts Network and Internet Security for Businesses
Broadband ISP Zen Internet has today announced a new strategic partnership with risk assessment firm Kroll, which is home to various analysts, threat hunters and incident response experts, to help enhance their online protection services for businesses across the UK. As part of this, Zen will offer access to the Kroll Responder managed detection and […]
Vodafone UK Relaunches 5G Ready VOXI For Now Social Tariff
Contract-free UK mobile operator VOXI, a brand of Vodafone, has today relaunched their cheaper £10 VOXI For Now “social tariff” for anyone claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, Disability Allowance, Personal Independent Payment, Employment and Support Allowance, or employment-based Universal Credit. The original tariff, which “usually costs £35 per month” and was the only one of its type […]
Sky UK to Make TV Streaming via Broadband Boxes Standalone
Last year’s launch of Sky Glass, which made it possible to stream Sky’s TV channels and content over a UK home broadband ISP connection (here), received a mixed reception because customers could only do this by adopting a special Sky branded TV. But the good news is that you’ll soon be able to do this […]
Peak Time Latency Strikes Part of Virgin Media’s UK Network
Some broadband customers on UK ISP Virgin Media’s (VMO2) fixed line network are reporting a noticeable increase in peak time latency – usually between around 5:30pm and 11pm, which appears to have begun at around the end of last week. This can see latency times become very slow (double or more vs the usual baseline). […]
Openreach UK to Pilot New FTTP Broadband Advanced Installs
Openreach has today announced that they will soon pilot a new “Advanced Install” service for those taking one of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP products, which is designed to address situations where an installation might be more complex than usual (e.g. business and public sector users). The “Advanced” installations are a fairly recent and premium […]
Telekom Srbija eyes acquisitions as it issues €500m bond
Today, Telekom Srbija has announced that it will issue a new €500 million Eurobond, likely in Luxembourg or Frankfurt.
According to company CEO, Vladimir Lucic, the bond will be used primarily to fund future acquisitions within the Balkans, with a smaller portion of the funds dedicated to expanding the company’s network infrastructure rollout.
“This will open possibility for a quick reaction in case of any new acquisition opportunities in the region…
Orange talks flattening the energy curve
Sustainability was undeniably one of the hottest topics at this year’s Mobile World Congress, with operators and equipment vendors alike keen to show off their ever-improving green credentials. But while the telecoms industry is making a largely concerted effort to reduce their carbon emissions and, indeed, to help their customers and partners do the same, there is still much work to be done.
Orange, like many of the world’s largest network operators, including Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, BT, and Telefonica, has set the ambitious goal of reaching carbon neutrality throughout their entire value chain by 2040. To achieve this, the Orange has been implementing Group-wide changes over the past two years, including appointing Hervé Suquet as the Group’s dedicated VP of Energy to oversee these changes.
Speaking to Suquet at this year’s MWC, it became clear that Orange’s strategy towards going green and reaching their net-zero carbon emissions goals revolves around three key focuses…
Nokia pulls out of Russia entirely
Today, Finnish mobile network equipment vendor Nokia has announced that it will exit the Russian market, saying that continued presence in the country “would not be possible”.
“Over the last weeks we have suspended deliveries, stopped new business and are moving our limited R&…