At the end of January, TIM announced that it had appointed previous head of Tim Brasil, Pietro Labriola, as its new CEO, replacing the outgoing Luigi Gubitosi who stepped down late last year.
With struggling financials and facing a €10.8 billion takeover offer from KKR…
WHO taps T-Systems to build a global Covid vaccine app
The WHO is setting up a gateway for this purpose. It enables QR codes on electronic vaccination certificates to be checked across national borders. It is intended to serve as a standard procedure for other vaccinations such as polio or yellow fever after COVID-19. The WHO has selected T-Systems as an industry partner to develop the vaccination validation services.
Garrett Mehl, Unit Head, WHO Department of Digital Health and Innovation…
Hyperoptic Appoints New Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs
Full fibre ISP Hyperoptic, which is building a gigabit-capable broadband (FTTP/B) network across parts of 57 UK towns and cities (mostly large residential buildings and office blocks), has announced the appointment of industry vet James Fredrickson to be its new Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs. James is a familiar name around these parts as […]
UK Jumps to 4th out of 164 Countries for 2022 Internet Accessibility
The 2022 Internet Accessibility Index has just been published by comparison site Broadband Choices, which ranks 164 countries and territories on the quality of their broadband and mobile infrastructure to find the world’s most connected countries. Overall, the United Kingdom managed to jump from 6th to 4th place this year. The accessibility index attempts to […]
Wiltshire UK Council Accidentally Cuts Local Broadband Cables
The Wiltshire County Council (WCC) in England has apologised to residents of around 100 homes in the rural villages of Ablington and Figheldean after their contractors accidentally cut one of Openreach’s (BT) core broadband and phone cables, which has left locals disconnected for much of the past week. Most of today’s modern communication services, both […]
Verizon partners with Audi for 5G vehicles
This week, Audi of America and Verizon have announced a new partnership, aiming to use Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband connectivity within Audi vehicles to enable augmented mobile services and new driving-assistance features, paving the way for the automated vehicles of the future.
According to Verizon, embedding 5G connectivity capabilities within the vehicles should allow for a variety of novel and improved services for customers…
CityFibre Sign GBP100m Hexatronic Deal to Supply UK Full Fibre Rollout
Fibre optic network builder CityFibre, which is currently deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover around 8 million UK premises by the end of 2025 (here), has signed a new £100m agreement to extend their existing supply deal for passive fibre optic solutions with Hexatronic. The new 3-year framework supply agreement […]
Vodafone UK Encourage More Recycling of Old Mobiles and Routers
Mobile operator and broadband ISP Vodafone UK has today unveiled new changes that aim to encourage customers to repair, trade-in and recycle their old mobiles. In addition, the operator’s programme of refurbishing and reusing fixed line routers and TV boxes in Germany, Portugal and Spain will be “expanded to further markets.” At present Vodafone already […]
Ofcom Crackdown on Number Spoofing to Tackle UK SPAM Calls
Last year the national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, estimated that 44.6 million UK people may have received scam calls and text messages during just the three months of summer (here), with 2% of recipients being duped by them. In response, the regulator has today proposed changes to tackle the use of fake phone numbers. Most of […]
South African spectrum bidders announced
Back in December last year, South Africa’s telecoms regulator ICASA invited telcos to apply for the right to bid in the upcoming mid-band spectrum auction.
Now, over two months later, the regulator has revealed that all six applications it received were successful, meaning the delayed spectrum will be fought over by MTN, Vodacom, Telkom, Cell C, Rain Networks, and Liquid Telecoms.
The auction process is now set to officially begin from the 8th of March…