Nokia and Orange announced today the completion of a network trial using the Nokia PSE-Vs, its fifth generation super coherent optics.
With this field trial, Orange has successfully validated a planned upgrade of its long-haul backbone networks to support new high-bandwidth 400 Gbps services, and the ability to scale fiber capacity up to 600Gbps…
BT Granted Permission to Appeal Landline Overcharging Ruling
The UK Court of Appeal (CoA) has granted broadband ISP BT permission to try to appeal the Competition Appeals Tribunal‘s (CAT) judgement, which last month rejected the operator’s attempt to stop a £600m class action claim against them – related to the alleged overcharging of 2.3 million landline-only phone customers. The class action claim – […]
INWIT and Enel team up for a greener Italy
Today, Enel Italia and INWIT have announced the signing of a memorandum of intent, pledging to collaborate with one another to jointly reduce their CO2 emissions and become more sustainable.
For INWIT, the deal could include the development of photovoltaic systems (i.e., solar panels) combined with storage systems at INWIT sites, as well as other energy efficiency initiatives…
Startup Stories: gaining a firm footing in the IoT world
Tell us about your start up
Sensor IT is a technology provider operating in the Internet of Things (IoT) space. We create technology based on specific requirements, covering verticals that include Smart Cities, Smart Buildings, Smart Agriculture, Smart Healthcare, Smart Mobility and Smart Industry. Our products are developed from the ground up and we own 100% of the Intellectual Property we create.
What is your USP?
Since we create the technology, both hardware or software…
MTN agrees to sell and leaseback 5,700 towers to HIS Towers
This week, South Africa’s MTN has further monetised its passive assets, agreeing to sell and leaseback over 5,000 of its mobile towers to African infrastructure giant IHS Towers.
The deal, worth $412 million, will make IHS the largest independent tower operator in South Africa…
Startup Stories: The right tool for the job
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The ManUp Key is a unique product. It’s patented slide hammer technology uses momentum and the hammer action to release stuck manhole covers. It is infinitely safer and much more successful than current methods of trying to release stuck covers.
Our customers feedback has told us that they are releasing up to 95% of stuck covers which they couldn’t beforehand, so cutting down on expensive and time consuming dig out and replacements of manhole covers…
Telenor’s $7.5 billion tie-up in Thailand
In a statement, Telenor have today announced that they are in discussions to merger their Thai unit, Total Access Communication (Dtac) with Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group)’s True Corporation.
Combined, the value of the two companies is estimated to be around $7.5 billion.
The move would be an enormous shakeup for Thailand, reducing the number of major mobile operators from three to two, creating a new market…
Sky Broadband UK Took 18 Months to Fix Router Security Flaws
Sky Broadband has been embarrassed this morning after Pen Test Partners revealed that it had taken the ISP a whopping 18-months to fix a serious security flaw in their consumer routers, which affected the vast majority of their UK customer base and could have enabled a hacker to compromise home networks. The vulnerability itself reflected […]
EE UK Discount Full Fibre Broadband Packages for Black Friday
Mobile operator and UK ISP EE has recently discounted some of their Home Broadband packages as part of the usual Black Friday offers, which for example has seen the price of their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) plan on Openreach’s network fall to £49 per month for 24-months (£57 thereafter). Setup is also free. New customers […]
TalkTalk UK Quietly Adds Cheap 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Package
Low-cost UK ISP TalkTalk appears to have quietly launched a new “Fibre 1Gbps” broadband service as part of their CityFibre and Openreach based Future Fibre packages, but at present it only seems to be available in Openreach’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) areas (CF areas are still limited to 500Mbps) and costs just £49. The new product isn’t […]