Back in 2020, Google announced plans to invest $10 billion in India over the next five-to-seven years, via the newly created the Google for India Digitization Fund.
At the time, Google noted that the investments would be a mix of equity acquisitions, partnerships, and operational and infrastructure deals, with a focus on helping provide Indian customers with services meeting their unique needs.
Just a few months after launch, the India Digitization Fund made its first major investment…
MagentaGaming fades to black as Deutsche Telekom announces shutdown
Back in August 2020, Deutsche Telekom launched its MagentaGaming service, proclaiming the ambitious goal of scaling up the cloud platform to compete with major players in the gaming industry.
At the time, Deutsche Telekom said that the service will allow uses to access around 100 games, which they can stream directly from the cloud to their computer, mobile, or tablet…
Digital Realty opens first carrier-neutral data center in South Korea
Digital Realty, the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, today announced the official opening of its first data center in South Korea, and the first carrier-neutral facility in the country. Digital Seoul 1 (ICN10) will serve as a gateway to global expansion for enterprises in Korea to scale their digital business into new markets globally, and vice versa.
ICN10 is a multi-story facility spanning 22,000 square feet and is strategically located in the northwest region of Seoul within the Sangam Digital Media City, a newly developed urban planning zone populated with technology and media companies…
FWA to account for 9% of US broadband subs by 2026
FWA, effectively providing fixed broadband services using mobile network connectivity, has been a part of telecoms operators’ repertoires for many years now. For the most part, however, the technology has been viewed as a something of a stopgap, providing connectivity to the relatively small number of customers who are too difficult – or costly – to reach with traditional fixed broadband infrastructure, like fibre.
Until recently, the technical performance of FWA had been considerably below that of fibre and fixed infrastructure, meaning that operators would only deploy it in niche cases. Now, however, with the advent of 5G and recent advances in FWA technology, this is no longer the case, with FWA even able to deliver fibre-like experiences in some situations…
Alternative UK Broadband ISPs Set to Improve Consumer Switching
The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents various alternative broadband networks in the UK (AltNet), has signed a deal with Mediafon Datapro to adopt the company’s new centralized internet service migration solution during the first quarter of this year. At present, migrating between ISPs on Openreach’s (BT) national infrastructure is an easy and largely […]
UK SPF Calls for Changes to Improve Spectrum Sharing for 5G
The UK Spectrum Policy Forum, which acts as an industry sounding board for policymakers, has published a new report on how spectrum sharing could be improved to help provide innovative 5G mobile services. At present there’s a risk that the UK could lag behind other countries that “move faster on the introduction of automated sharing.” […]
BT and BAI Deal to Support Mobile on London Underground
A new multi-million pound data centre deal has today been signed between BT and BAI Communications, which is designed to support last year’s (here) agreement with EE and Three UK to deploy 4G and 5G based mobile (mobile broadband) services across the London Underground by late 2024 (ticket halls, platforms and tunnels). BAI currently holds […]
Gigaclear to Link Buckingham and Outlying Villages to FTTP Broadband
Infracapital-backed UK ISP Gigaclear, which tends to focus on deploying gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks across rural parts of England, has announced that they’ve started work in Buckingham to connect the town and outlying villages of Maids Moreton, Chackmore, Radclive, Gawcott and Padbury. So far the operator’s network, which currently covers around 250,000 premises, is […]
BT announces apprentice hiring spree for 2022
Today, BT has announced its latest drive to hire and develop the next generation of telecoms professionals, with plans to hire over 600 apprentices in 2022 as part of their September intake.
This total represents a significant increase from last year, in which BT hired 428 people in related roles.
The roles available will reportedly span a wide variety of subject areas…
ISP Grain Name Next 8 UK Towns and Cities for 1Gbps Broadband
Alternative broadband ISP Grain has today named the next batch of 8 UK towns and cities where they expect to build their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which includes the likes of Wigan in Greater Manchester and Preston in Lancashire. The provider, which is being supported by an equity investment of £75m from Equitix (here), […]