Although a relatively niche section of the wider telecom industry, the submarine cable market is one of the most important global industries. With an estimated 98% of global internet traffic travelling via subsea cables, the industry plays a crucial role in keeping the world connected. Pretty impressive, right? With that in mind, surely everyone should want to work in the submarine cable industry…
Startup Stories: delivering the benefits of Industry 4.0 without scrapping existing equipment
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Osmium connects automated equipment of all makes and models – PLCs, variable-speed drives, sensors, monitors and HMIs – to users and to the cloud, enabling businesses to get the productivity benefits of Industry 4.0 while preserving their existing supply chain relationships and without having to invest in costly new internet…
Joby and SK Telecom plan to introduce aerial ride-sharing in South Korea
The agreement supports the Korean Urban Air Mobility Roadmap, introduced by the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport in 2020, in which South Korea expects to establish fixed corridors for initial operations…
Openreach Create 4000 New UK Jobs to Fuel FTTP Broadband Build
Openreach (BT) has this morning announced that they will create 4,000 new jobs during 2022 – including around 3,000 apprenticeships – to help support their ongoing deployment of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which aims to reach 25 million premises by December 2026. At present the operator’s “full fibre” network has already […]
Full Fibre UK ISP YouFibre Sees Growth Surge to 5000 Customers
ISP YouFibre has announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which is being built by network partner Netomnia across various UK towns, has now surged again to attract a total of 5,000 customers (up from 2,500 in October 2021 and just 1,000 in June 2021). At present Netomnia, which recently secured £123m of […]
Broadband ISP Plusnet UK Struck by Email and Website Woes
Customers of broadband ISP Plusnet have informed us that the provider is currently suffering from a “major outage” of their website. At the same time their email platform is rejecting attempts to login, which is probably related to the first issue and means that users cannot access their messages. Both issues appear to have started […]
Ofcom Sets Initial Views on Future of UK Mobile and Spectrum
The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published two new discussion papers that set out their “initial thinking” on how UK mobile markets might develop and how networks may need to evolve to meet future demand. But they do not currently propose any major new regulatory interventions or new consumer pricing rules. At present the UK […]
BT Group Plans to Outsource UK Supply Chain Operation to GXO
The BT Group has this morning outlined new plans to outsource their supply chain operation to logistics firm GXO Logistics, including supporting the Group’s fixed broadband and mobile network build activities by transporting stock and replenishing supply stores, helping to keep 15 million customers connected. The new partnership reflects BT’s ongoing efforts to cut costs […]
Grid Telecom brings the myth of Minoa up to date
The newly named but already operational MINOAS-EAST and MINOAS-WEST cables connect Crete with the Peloponnese region of the Greek mainland in parallel with the subsea electrical connections.
Grid Telecom Greece, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Independent Power Transmission Operator of Greece…
Study of 5G Broadband Speeds and Availability in 16 UK Cities
Mobile testing firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has today published a new H2 2021 summary of 5G based mobile broadband performance and availability across the United Kingdom, which reveals how each of the primary network operators – EE (BT), Vodafone, Three UK and O2 (VMO2) – performed across 16 of the biggest metro cities. As usual, this […]