A new Uswitch (Opinium) survey of 2,000 UK adults, which was conducted last October 2021, has estimated that there are now 22 million “redundant” broadband ISP routers sitting in British homes, while 76% of respondents want a “universal router” (i.e. one that can be used by any ISP) to help cut e-waste. According to the […]
Internet Censorship Beckons as UK Online Safety Bill Hits Parliament
The UK Government’s controversial Online Safety Bill, which will task Ofcom with clamping down on “harmful” online content (hate speech, bullying, terrorism, conspiracy theories etc.) by threatening such providers with web-blocks, fines and possibly even jail – if they don’t enforce the rules, has today been introduced to parliament. At present much of the internet […]
NTT & Schneider Electric collaborate on private 5G network trial
Building on their existing partnership, NTT and Schneider Electric’s latest collaboration will seek to enable a secure and on-premises end-to-end digital platform which will enable different industries to reap the benefits of private 5G.
NTT’s private 5G solution will be trialled in Schneider&rsquo…
LightSpeed Broadband Add 7 East England Towns to FTTP Rollout
UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which is deploying a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the East of England, has today celebrated their first anniversary by announcing that they’ve managed to cover 30,000 premises and have expanded their build to include a total of 32 towns across the region. The operator currently aims to cover an initial […]
Ookla Publish Q4 2021 UK Starlink Satellite Broadband Speeds
Ookla, which runs the popular Speedtest.net service, has today published their latest Q4 2021 report into the internet download, upload and latency speeds for UK customers on SpaceX’s new Starlink constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast broadband satellites. At present Starlink has over 2,000 LEOs in orbit (2,034 are “working“) and their initial […]
Turkey now left with one privately owned operator following Türk Telekom buyout
TWF, which already owns 6.68 percent of the operator, had been negotiation the deal with LYY Telekomünikasyon &ndash…
AltNets Brightstar and Urbanfibre Plan UK FTTP Broadband Rollout
Two new Alternative Network (altnet) builders – Brightstar Limited and Urbanfibre Limited – have today revealed some tentative details about their proposed plans to build or expand an existing Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across some parts of the country. The details came to light after both operators made a request for Code Powers from […]
Mobile Broadband Speeds on Different iPhone Models Compared
New data from crowdsourced mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has compared how the 4G and 5G based UK mobile broadband download and upload speeds compared across Apple’s various iPhone generations (up to the iPhone 13). Unsurprisingly, the latest 5G equipped iPhone 12 and 13 delivered significantly faster performance. Admittedly, there aren’t any particularly earth-shattering revelations to […]
Skills shortages are holding back industrial IoT adoption
A study of 450 leaders across agriculture, utilities, mining, oil and gas, and transport and logistics has identified that business lack skills to to develop…
Remembering Crissi Williams
The loss of Crissi is unfathomable and deeply felt by all of us here at the ITP. Crissi was our straight-talking and down to earth CEO, and not only have we lost an inspirational leader, but a mentor and friend.
For many, Crissi was a role model; living and breathing the values she so passionately promoted. She openly discussed the fact she left school without any qualifications but demonstrated that with hard work and determination anything was possible.
Crissi originally joined the ITP in 2008 as Office Manager having worked in various recruitment roles before that…