Netomnia has just confirmed that they’ll invest £15m to deploy their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 51,000 premises in the Kent (England) town of Gravesend, which will be built by the operator’s civil engineering partner KN Circet. The operator, which last year secured £123 million of funding (here) and has so far […]
Sutton to Boost Mobile Coverage with New Open Access Deals
Residents, visitors and businesses in the South London Borough of Sutton (England) could soon see an improvement in the area’s 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage after the Sutton Council signed two new open access agreements – one with Freshwave and the other with Ontix – as part of their Digital Strategy. The goal […]
Virgin Media O2 UK Scraps Exit Charges for Off-Net Home Movers
Customers of gigabit-capable broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) will be pleased to know that the operator has today finally moved to scrap one of their most irritating policies, which charged early exit fees when subscribers moved house into a location that was outside the operator’s existing network area (off-net). The operator’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and […]
Netomnia Invest GBP8m to Rollout FTTP Broadband in Barry
Netomnia has today confirmed their second deployment location in Wales (after 55,000 premises in Bridgend), which will see them invest £8m to extend their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to serve around 29,000 premises in the coastal town of Barry (Vale of Glamorgan). The operator, which last year secured £123m of funding (here) […]
Airband’s Pole Erections Failed to Follow Correct Procedure in Totnes
Worcestershire-based UK broadband ISP Airband has reportedly admitted that it failed to follow the correct procedure when installing several new telegraph poles in the Devon town of Totnes, which caused upset among some local residents. The local erection of further poles is now said to be on-hold, at least temporarily. At present the operator, which […]
Opensignal Compares Global Impact of 5G on Mobile Data Speeds
A new study from crowdsourced mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has examined how mobile broadband download speeds have changed, across 100 countries, since 5G networks were introduced. For example, average 4G and 5G download speeds in the UK were 39.7Mbps at the end of 2021, up from 21.7Mbps at the start of 2019. The new report […]
Telefonica debuts its new OpenRAN 5G standalone small cell
Telefónica is announcing the successful validation of its new Open RAN all-in-one 5G Standalone small cell. With this ORAN-compliant solution Telefonica targets to increase the small cell ecosystem by delivering an innovative product that enables a wide range of use cases for different vertical markets.
The all-in-one 5G small cell, developed by Askey, is powered by the Qualcomm® FSM100 5G RAN Platform; a high performance and low power solution for small cells, and with Node-H’s scalable radio access…
NTT partners with ServiceNow for workflow automation with private 5G
NTT Ltd., a world-leading global technology services provider, today announced a partnership with ServiceNow to simplify and accelerate the adoption of private 5G through an AI-enabled end-to-end workflow automation platform.
To extract value from private 5G, customers need to digitize new and existing business processes to bridge the gap between their workflows and private 5G network…
Plans to save TIM from KKR takeover could include major job cuts
Back in November, US investment firm KKR approached Italian incumbent operator TIM, offering €10.8 billion to take control of the business.
The offer came following the latest profit warnings issued by the operator, which has found itself battling for slim profits in a highly competitive domestic market while also rolling out expensive 5G and fibre networks in recent years.
The offer from KKR was quickly followed by the stepping down of TIM&rsquo…
Verizon spends latest $1bn green bond on renewable energy
Verizon has fully allocated its latest $1 billion green bond, using the funds to sign numerous renewable energy purchase agreements (REPAs) in a bid to make their operations more environmentally friendly.
Combined, these REPAs cover roughly 910 megawatts of new renewable energy generating capacity across seven states…