British-registered satellite company OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK Government, has today announced a global, multi-year Distribution Partnership Agreement (DPA) with Eutelsat to help commercialise the company’s broadband services for key sectors including Maritime, Aviation, Enterprise, Telcos and Government. The agreement shouldn’t come as much of a surprise because Eutelsat, which is a […]
Openreach Discounts on Faster FTTP Broadband Migrations Trial
Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today announced a new 6-month special offer to support UK trials of “accelerated migrations” for their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband service, which is focused on making it quicker for ISPs to move existing customers from copper to full fibre lines. Openreach’s national network is currently going through a major […]
New UK Telecoms Innovation Network targets Open RAN and other ‘disruptive tech’
Today, the UK government has announced the launch of the UK Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN), an organisation dedicated to expanding innovation in the UK telecoms sector and diversifying the country’s supply chain.
Part of the UKTIN’s role will be to compile a database of both private and public R&D funding, helping to make the UK’s telecoms tech landscape more transparent…
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Government Seeks Views and Experiences of UK Rural Broadband
The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE), which is collaborating with the UK Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) team within DCMS, has launched a new survey that seeks views and experiences of rural broadband connectivity from small and medium-sized businesses (SME) present in such areas. The survey aims to learn more about current digital […]
Iskratel Starts Supplying FTTP Broadband Kit for the UK Market
Slovenia-headquartered ICT provider Iskratel has today announced that they’ve opened a new branch in the United Kingdom, which aims to supply those ISPs currently deploying Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband networks with various types of optical fibre kit to help complete their services. The company, which is already present in Western European countries such as Germany, […]
Netomnia Adds Maidstone in Kent to UK FTTP Broadband Rollout
Network operator Netomnia has today confirmed their intention to invest up to £21 million in order to extend their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP – XGS-PON) broadband ISP network to serve around 72,000 premises across the town of Maidstone in Kent (England). The operator, which last year secured £123m of funding (here) and has so far […]
Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Joins Broadband Stakeholder Group
Broadband ISP Hyperoptic has today joined the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), which is a think-tank that advises the UK Government on various related areas of policy. The operator is currently working to extend their “full fibre” (FTTP/B) network to 2 million UK premises by the end of 2023 (currently at 750,000). The BSG is already […]
New Body Setup to Support UK Broadband and Mobile Research
The Government has today announced the proposed launch of a new body called the ‘UK Telecoms Innovation Network‘ (UKTIN), which will help to guide mobile network operators and broadband ISPs that seek funding for key telecoms related research and development projects (e.g. OpenRAN technologies). Over the past few years’, we’ve seen the Government’s Department for […]
Newly rebranded e& deepens ties with Microsoft
Last month, UAE telecom group Etisalat announced a major rebrand, renaming itself ‘e&’ to reflect its increasing desire to evolve beyond the traditional telco space and target verticals directly through technological innovation and strategic investments. As part of the rebrand, the company restructured several of its divisions…