Openreach (BT) has kindly provided ISPreview.co.uk with some new network traffic data, which shows the average monthly UK data consumption of broadband users across their network for the past 13-months – from September 2020 to October 2021. Interestingly, traffic actually declined through the spring and summer. The network access provider typically supplies numerous broadband ISPs […]
2021 vs 2015 Netflix UK Video Streaming Broadband ISP Speed Index
Once again, we’ve taken our annual look back to see how video streaming speeds via different broadband ISPs have changed for UK users of Netflix’s popular internet movie and TV service. Once again, the top spot continues to be held by Virgin Media (VMO2), but this doesn’t mean what you might think. Overall, the performance […]
Smarty Plans Early 2022 Launch for 5G Mobile Service
Mobile operator Smarty has this week started to inform their UK customers that they’ll finally get around to switching-on an ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) service during the “early 2022” period, although an exact date has yet to be revealed. Smarty, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on Three UK’s platform, has made […]
Open Fibre Networks Ltd Boosting FTTP Speeds to 1Gbps in 2022
Open Fibre Networks Limited (OFNL – formerly IFNL), which deploys Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based ultrafast broadband ISP networks to UK new build home developments, finally looks likely to boost the download speeds of their top residential packages to 1Gbps (1000Mbps) during 2022. The open access fibre infrastructure that OFNL builds is usually ordered by consumers through […]
Shropshire Council in GBP1m Boost to Gigabit Broadband Vouchers
The Shropshire County Council (SCC) in England has this week allocated another £1 million (total so far of £2m) to help boost the value of the Government’s local rural gigabit broadband vouchers, which now offers grants worth up to £4,000 (homes) or £7,000 (small businesses) to cover the costs of installing such a network. The […]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Total Telecom
After almost a full year spent in lockdown in 2020, 2021 brought with it the heady expectations of live events once again and at Total Telecom we rose to the challenge.
Despite initial uncertainty, it quickly became clear to us that the appetite to see each other face…
Etisalat launches healthcare platform to enhance hospitals
The platform provides seamless, secure and practical solutions to enhance day-to-day operations in all business phases of the various departments.
This falls in line with UAE’s leadership’s vision and the Department of Health’s (DoH) overall objectives of enabling the use of digital health supporting clinics utilising digital technologies to improve health, care delivery, and informed decision-making for a better patient experience…
AIS strikes 5G partnerships to help fuel Industry 4.0
This week, Thailand’s largest mobile operator, AIS, announced that it had launched a range of industrial 5G solutions and services, teaming up with a number of public and private Thai companies to bolster their manufacturing processes.
The new deals include a collaboration with the TARA, with AIS hoping to leverage the partnership to encourage national industrial players to adopt 5G industrial solutions, a move which AIS says will help them &ldquo…
Svella Connect Takes Over CityFibre’s FTTP Rollout in Barnsley
CityFibre UK has today confirmed that their £32m rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in the South Yorkshire town of Barnsley, which was disrupted after the collapse of their previous contractor NMCN (here), will now be conducted by Svella Connect. We previously speculated that this might be the outcome after the […]
Customers of Sky’s UK TV Service Struggling to Download Shows
Customers of the Sky Q TV platform have, for the past few weeks, been reporting sporadic problems when attempting to download programs to their set-top-box (e.g. intermittent failed downloads with their On Demand content), which seems to occur regardless of whether users are on a Sky Broadband connection or a different ISP. Experiences tend to […]