2021 was an exciting year for the Germany telecoms sector, a year which saw the rollouts of the latest mobile and fixed broadband technologies accelerate rapidly. Indeed, when it comes to fibre, for example, Germany achieved record network expansions in 2021, according to German fibre optic association BREKO.
But building out infrastructure is just a small part of ensuring the digitalisation of society at large, where both individuals and organisations are often slow to take advantage of new technologies.
This is where the public sector has a critical role to play. From increasing digital education throughout the community to providing improved access to services, the public sector must first undertake their own digital transformation before they can begin delivering benefits to society. …
Telenor looks to go “beyond connectivity” with new AWS partnership
Telenor has today announced that it has expanded its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), aiming to extend its cloud footprint and develop additional 5G and edge services for industry customers.
The agreement builds on Telenor’s existing work with AWS, which includes various explorations of private 5G in both Europe and Asia. Perhaps the most notable development of the companies’ collaboration so far is the development of Telenor’s “network on wheels (NOW)&rdquo…
Netomnia UK Add Wakefield and Pontefract to Gigabit Fibre Plan
Netomnia, which is busy deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 1 million UK premises by the end of 2023 (here), has today officially announced that they’ve added Wakefield and Pontefract in West Yorkshire to their rollout plans. At present the operator, which recently secured £123m of funding (here), has so […]
Report Recommends Changes to Boost UK 5G and Gigabit Broadband
A new report produced by property consultants Cluttons and polling firm YouGov, which surveyed 103 UK MPs, 577 councillors, 101 IT decision markets and 1,996 citizens, has highlighted various problems that could obstruct the move to adopt 5G mobile and gigabit-capable (1Gbps+) broadband ISP connections. For example, only 25% of citizens believe gigabit broadband “provides […]
Schools Broadband Secures Hampshire Future Network Contract
A specialist ISP for the UK education market, Schools Broadband (Talk Straight Ltd.), has secured a new 4-year framework contract from the Hampshire County Council (HCC) – this will see them supply Managed Internet Access Services for Schools, Academies and Educational Establishments in the county. The new Hampshire Future Network for Schools (FN4S) contract, which […]
“Little tangible progress”: DCMS slammed over unclear gigabit broadband progress
Back in 2019, DCMS announced that it would seek to achieve nationwide gigabit-capable broadband coverage by 2025. This announcement was met with broad scepticism by the UK telecoms community, who suggested that this target would be difficult to achieve, even with a high level of government support and industry collaboration. As a result, in 2020 DCMS revised their target, lowering it from 100% coverage to a more reasonable 85% of UK premises.
To help deliver on these targets, in 2019, the government pledged £5 billion in public funding to help connect the most difficult-to-reach 20% of households with gigabit…
CityFibre to Start GBP42m FTTP Broadband Rollout in Gateshead
CityFibre has today announced that they’ve appointed civil engineering contractor GCU UK Ltd to lead the £42m rollout of a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the large North East England town of Gateshead (Tyne and Wear), which sits just over the River Tyne from Newcastle. Construction work on the full fibre […]
Reliance Jio overtakes BSNL to become Indian fixed broadband leader
To say that Reliance Jio, the telecoms arm of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries conglomerate, has disrupted the Indian market would be a gross understatement.
When the company launched commercial mobile services in 2016, the low cost of its mobile plans initiated a brutal price war, ultimately leading to broad market consolidation, including the creation of Vodafone Idea (now Vi)…
ISP Ogi Reveals Next Areas in Wales for FTTP Broadband Rollout
The next three areas to benefit from Ogi’s £200m project (here), which aims to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 150,000 premises in South Wales by 2025, have today been named – Dinas Powys, Milford Haven and Johnston and Monmouth. The rollout, which is backed by Infracapital and last year started […]
Vodafone Switches On UK’s First Scaled 5G Mobile OpenRAN Site
Mobile operator Vodafone, which last year announced plans to rollout OpenRAN (O-RAN) across around 2,600 sites in rural parts of Wales and South West England by 2027 (here), has today switched-on the UK and Europe’s first live – at scale – commercial 5G and 4G deployment of the new technology in the city of Bath […]