The Berkshire (England) towns of Sandhurst and Crowthorne have just become the latest to start going live on Zzoomm’s new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which should eventually reach over 10,500 premises in the two locations. The UK ISP has also frozen their prices. The operator, which is being fuelled by an investment […]
Meta and Telefonica partner to create a Metaverse Innovation Hub
At MWC 2022 this week, Meta and Telefonica have announced a new partnership to build a Metaverse Innovation Hub in Madrid. The Hub will offer local startups and developers access to a 5G laboratory enabling them to use a metaverse end-to…
NTT DOCOMO, AWS and NEC collaborate on evolution of networks
A proof of concept (PoC) launched by NTT DOCOMO, NEC, and AWS is expected to prove the viability of cloud-native mobile networks leveraging a public cloud for network function virtualization (NFV). The PoC utilises NEC’s 5G core network (5GC) service in a hybrid cloud environment that involves AWS cloud using end…
European telecom operators move to support Ukraine
The European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO) have published an internal survey of European telecom operator members to assess how they are supporting the Ukrainian people…
Cornwall Focused ISP Wildanet Keeps Broadband Prices Frozen
Rural UK ISP Wildanet, which last year began the £50m rollout of a new gigabit-capable broadband (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network in Cornwall (here), has today confirmed that they “have no plans to put our prices up” like many of the market’s largest providers (most of those recently hit consumers with huge price hikes). […]
Orange taking leisurely approach to shut down of 2G & 3G
At MWC2022, Orange has announced that the company is now aiming to shut down 3G in its European markets, excluding France, by 2025. Furthermore, between 2028 and 2030, Orange plans to have shut down both 2G and 3G networks throughout Europe, migrating all its customers to 4G and 5G services.
France is an exception to this wider strategy, where instead the 2G network will be shut down first by 2025, with 3G to follow by the end of the decade. This is because in France, unlike the other markets, 3G is actually more prolific than 2G, with Trabbia explaining that Orange&rsquo…
ISP Ogi Unbundles 20 Exchanges in Wales to Aid FTTP Broadband
Broadband ISP Ogi has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they’ve just managed to unbundle and backhaul their 20th handover exchange in South Wales, which gives them more control to offer cost-effective Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) packages on Openreach’s UK network (i.e. in areas where they aren’t building their own fibre.. yet). At present Ogi, which is being backed […]
Verizon Business and BlackRock partner to deploy private 5G network
BlackRock, a US investment management fund, will feature Verizon’s 5G private network at its new global headquarters in New York.
Private 5G and its benefits has been the talk of the town at MWC 2022 as operators around the world look to enable the transformation of their enterprise customers…
Netomnia Add Guildford, Carlisle and Darlington to UK Full Fibre Rollout
Broadband network builder Netomnia has today added the UK towns and cities of Guildford (Surrey), Carlisle (Cumbria) and Darlington (Durham) to their build plan for a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which once live will be sold to consumers via ISP partner YouFibre. The operator, which recently secured £123 million of funding (here), has […]
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