OPTAGE is testing the viability of Local 5G networks to meet business customer demands for use cases such as manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and education.
Local 5G is a Japanese Government initiative that enables organizations, such as enterprises, local government and universities, to deploy private 5G networks in a limited area using spectrum which is different from that used by mobile operators…
Homes in Welsh Hamlet Left Cut-off from FTTP Broadband for 8 Weeks
A number of residents in the small rural North Wales hamlet community of The Nant (Y Nant in Welsh), which is in Holywell, have vented anger at Openreach (BT) after their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network was left disconnected for 8 weeks following Storm Arwen on 26th November 2021. Not unlike the recently covered situation in […]
Eir offloads stake in Tetra Ireland to Digital 9
Eir has announced its intention to sell its stake in Tetra Ireland to Digital 9 Infrastructure for €76 million.
Tetra Ireland owns and operates the National Digital Radio Service (NDRS), which is used by Ireland’s emergency services and public safety organisations. The company was first commissioned to develop the purpose…
Openreach Chairman Tipped to Take on Same Role at Ofcom UK
The long-winded, complex, and sometimes highly controversial attempts to find a new Chairman for the UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, appears to have taken another twist. Reports suggest that Openreach’s experienced Chairman, Mike McTighe, has allegedly become a front-runner to take on the role. AltNets may not be happy. Back in early 2020 it was revealed […]
Facebook faces £2.3bn lawsuit in UK over user exploitation
Facebook, now rebranded as Meta, is set to face its first class action lawsuit in the UK, with the claimants seeking at least £2.3 billion in damages.
The lawsuit, being brought by competition law expert Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, suggests that the social media platform used its dominant market position to force 44 million users to agree to terms and conditions that allowed their data to be exploited…
VIDEO – Freedom Fibre CEO on Why Telegraph Poles are Still Needed
The CEO of alternative UK broadband network provider Freedom Fibre (FF), Neil McArthur, has published a new video where he attempts to explain why it’s sometimes necessary for Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) builders and ISPs to erect a new telegraph pole, as opposed to conducting a more extensive underground dig. At present FF, which is partly backed […]
Freedom Fibre Extend UK FTTP Broadband Rollout into Shropshire
Alternative network builder Freedom Fibre (FF), which is being supported by UK ISP partner TalkTalk (here) and is busy building a new 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across semi-rural parts of North England, has just invested another £5m to help extend their network into Shropshire. FF’s relatively new network has already grown to cover around […]
Reliance set to invest $80bn in green energy projects
Facing pressure from investors, Reliance Industries, owned by India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, has today announced that it will invest over $80 billion in green energy in Gujarat.
The lion’s share of this investment – around $67 billion &ndash…
Backed by Rostec, ER-Telecom acquires majority stake in Akado Telecom
This week sees the Russian telecoms market undertake considerable consolidation, with the dominant independent telecoms operator in Moscow, Akado, being majority purchased by rival ER-Telecom.
ER-Telecom and Rostec have reportedly created a new joint venture, ‘M-Com’, specifically for the purpose of making this acquisition…
CityFibre’s Swindon FTTP Broadband Build Adds 10,000 Social Homes
CityFibre’s existing £40m project to deploy a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the Wiltshire town of Swindon, which began in late 2020 (here), has been boosted by a new deal with the Swindon Borough Council (SBC). As a result, the network will be expanded to include 10,000 council managed homes. The development is […]