Broadband ISP and TV provider Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has announced that an additional 10,000 homes across West Yorkshire, including in Otley, Menston, Burley-in-Wharfedale and Guiseley, have now gained access to their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. Across the UK, Virgin’s Project Lightning network build has already extended their network to cover almost 2.7 million extra […]
PLEASE Put Those Exposed “WiFi Cables” in a Proper Conduit
A number of residents in several parts of Edinburgh (e.g. Bonnington, Newhaven and Great Junction Street) have been left without a working broadband ISP or phone service for up to a week, which occurred after vandals cut through the exposed “WiFi cables” that ran outside their homes and flats. As one local resident told Edinburgh […]
The Hidden Frustration and Impact of UK Data Centre Closures
At the end of last year Equinix suddenly informed clients of their MA2 IBX data centre in Manchester that they intended to close the facility. Such moves typically create an unwanted extra expense for UK broadband ISPs and full fibre (FTTP) builders, among others. Not that consumers would notice. The closure of a data centre, […]
Telia and Polarium partner to optimise network energy usage
As part of Telia Company’s purpose to reinvent better connected living, the company is looking at how to reinvent its energy consumption and strengthen its network infrastructure. During 2022, Telia will conduct several pilots of Smart Battery Energy Storage Systems with selected partners with the aim to optimize its network energy usage and contribute to balance the electricity grid…
China Unicom loses licence to operate in the US
When Joe Biden first took over the US Presidency from Donald Trump, some Chinese onlookers were hopeful that the new administration would act more favourably towards the activities of Chinese enterprise in the US.
The reality, however, has been much starker, with Biden largely continuing with his predecessor’s tough stance on China.
Today, in the latest of a long line of blows related to national security…
Christel Heydemann to replace Stephane Richard as Orange CEO
Late last year, Orange CEO Stephane Richard was convicted of misuse of public funds following a legal dispute dating all the way back to 2008, when he served as the chief of staff to then French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde.
Though Richard maintains his innocence, he nonetheless immediately offered his resignation to Orange’s Board of Directors, which the Board accepted.
Richard was scheduled to step down from the role of CEO by the end of January…
Nokia Achieve New 5G Mobile Broadband Speed Record of 3Gbps
A joint trial conducted by Nokia, China Mobile (CMCC) and MediaTek has successfully achieved a new Standalone 5G (SA) download speed record of 2.94Gbps (Gigabits per second), which isn’t as fast as some previous tests but, crucially, it was achieved using modest amounts of spectrum within the common 700MHz and 2.6GHz bands. Most of the […]
ISP Vodafone UK Discount Openreach and CityFibre FTTP Prices
Mobile operator and fixed line ISP Vodafone UK has today further reduced the already discounted prices of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) powered home broadband packages for new customers, which are available on both Openreach and CityFibre’s respective national full fibre networks. The slower FTTC plans have also been cut. At present Openreach’s gigabit-capable FTTP network already […]
ISP Giganet Boosts its UK Full Fibre Rollout with Anixter Deal
UK ISP Giganet (M12 Solutions), which is currently investing £250m to deploy a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to 300,000 premises across South England (here), has today moved to boost this by contracting Anixter to support them with logistics services and supply chain solutions. Building major new full fibre networks at scale isn’t […]
Svella Connect Takes Over NMCN’s Virgin Media Rollout Contract
CityFibre wasn’t the only fibre broadband operator to be impacted by last year’s collapse of UK civil engineering firm NMCN (here), with ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) also being impacted. The good news is that Svella Connect, which acquired NMCN’s old business, has now completed the transfer of related contracts with Virgin. Included in today’s deal […]