Openreach’s (BT) Director of Corporate Affairs, Catherine Colloms, has told a UK committee for the new Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) that the proposed law doesn’t do enough to help them bring gigabit broadband ISP network upgrades to large residential buildings (MDUs) and telegraph poles. The government has already done a fair bit […]
Ericsson and Vodafone announce UK’s first on-demand 5G network slice
In a joint pilot, Vodafone and Ericsson demonstrated an on-demand 5G network slice which was delivered using Ericsson’s containerized core architecture and 5G RAN slicing. The trial enabled the two partners to demonstrate both the low latency and high bandwidth required for the virtual reality use case…
Wales to Close Top Up Scheme for Gigabit Broadband Vouchers
The Welsh Government (WG) has confirmed that its top-up funding for the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS), which offers grants to help rural homes install gigabit-capable internet connections, will end on 31st March 2022 because “budget pressures” mean they can no longer afford to continue to “underwrite the UK Government“. The UK GBVS scheme normally […]
ISP Gigaclear Starts FTTP Broadband Rollout in Blandford Forum
Infracapital-backed UK ISP Gigaclear has begun street works in the rural Dorset (England) market town of Blandford Forum, which is also expected to cover parts of Blandford St. Mary. Over 6,000 local homes and business premises are due to gain access to their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network. The work forms part of the provider’s […]
MP Jamie Stone welcomes multimillion pound digital infrastructure investment in the far north
The Liberal Democrat MP told the John O’Groat Journal “It is an issue which I have raised again and again ever since then. Now, fingers crossed, I believe we may see the light at the end of the tunnel…
CityFibre’s 100th Fibre Exchange deployed in Glasgow
CityFibre’s Fibre Exchanges (FEX) are a network of purpose built, power-efficient, micro-edge data centres, each about the size of a shipping container, used to deliver, manage and monitor live services and data across their network…
Vodafone UK appoints two new board members amid group-wide restructure
A restructuring at Vodafone Group will see the creation of a European Digital & IT team as well as an integrated European network. From a UK perspective, there will be three major changes.
Firstly, Scott Petty, who currently holds the position of UK CTO will become Group Director of Digital &…
Vodafone UK Trial Creates First On-Demand 5G Network Slice
Mobile operator Vodafone and their strategic supplier Ericsson have today announced having created the UK’s “first on-demand 5G network slice” in a successful lab trial, which could pave the way for future mobile broadband networks that can be created to serve different types of use with relative ease. Older mobile networks (3G, 4G) have tended […]
Ofcom UK Sets Out Approach to LEO Broadband Satellites
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published their proposals for a new ‘Space Spectrum Strategy’, which among other things sets out their approach to supporting the growth of satellite broadband services, such as via the new mega constellations of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) platforms from SpaceX (Starlink) and OneWeb. Until recently, most broadband internet […]
Three UK Preparing to Launch Apple Watch and eSIM in Q2 2022
Mobile operator Three UK has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that, after years of waiting and more than a few false starts (here), they will finally aim to launch eSIM support for 4G and 5G handsets during Q2 2022. The Apple Watch is also due to launch on their network during the same period. Just to recap. […]