Openreach (BT) has announced a new round of price increases for UK broadband ISPs and phone providers that take their Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) product, which forms part of their transition to gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines and the plan to stop selling WLR from September 2023 (full withdrawal by Dec 2025). Just to recap. Ofcom’s […]
Vodafone UK Launches its First 5G Mobile Broadband MiFi Device
Vodafone UK has today launched their first 5G based MiFi device, which is essentially a small battery powered (lasting up to 8.5 hours) mobile broadband router that can connect up to 32 devices via the WiFi 6 standard. Customers can select either a fixed term or rolling contract, with unlimited data prices starting from £15 […]
Innovative technology approaches to building a 5Gigaverse Society
“The next ten years are the years of mobile data. New 5G-powered Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) users will be ten times more than wired broadband. By 2030, the cellular network will be transmitting more data than wired networks. More data means more revenue,” says Qiu Zheng, Wireless Marketing Director, Huawei, during a recent webinar on 5Grows Together: Wireless Innovation for a 5Gigaverse Society.
However, more data comes with its own challenges for the service providers. The network architecture needs to change to be able to address this growing data consumption. It is crucial to maximize the value of macro sites to address the problem of the limited spectrum and limited power. This is also important to build a high bandwidth foundation for network coverage.
Several new technology approaches are helping the telcos get the maximum mileage from deploying 5G:
Meta AAU for improved network performance and lower energy consumption
Typically, telcos follow the strategy of adding a new network layer for every new technology. This leads to network complexity. Further, this strategy is not possible with 5G since it uses spectrum from multiple frequency bands…
Hybrid cloud milk: Airtel and IBM deploy solutions for Indian dairy companies
Today, Airtel Business and IBM have announced their collaboration to deploy a hybrid cloud solution for a group of five MPCs in India.
Using Airtel Cloud and IBM Power servers, the transition to the cloud will support the enterprises’ resource planning (ERP) and other crucial applications, as well as accelerating their wider digital transformation…
MTN Launches RCS Business Messaging with Google and Dotgo
Nigeria’s largest mobile network operator (MNO), MTN, is all set to launch RCS Business Messaging (RBM) Services in partnership with Google and Dotgo®, a Gupshup company and a leading cloud communications provider of RBM Solutions.
RBM uses the rich and interactive features of Rich Communication Services (RCS)—the next generation SMS that allows sharing of audio, video, images…
Innovative Technology Approaches to Build a 5Gigaverse Society
“The next ten years are the years of mobile data. New 5G-powered Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) users will be ten times more than wired broadband. By 2030, the cellular network will be transmitting more data than wired networks. More data means more revenue,” says Qiu Zheng, Wireless Marketing Director, Huawei, during a recent webinar on 5Grows Together: Wireless Innovation for a 5Gigaverse Society.
However, more data comes with its own challenges for the service providers. The network architecture needs to change to be able to address this growing data consumption. It is crucial to maximize the value of macro sites to address the problem of the limited spectrum and limited power. This is also important to build a high bandwidth foundation for network coverage.
Several new technology approaches are helping the telcos get the maximum mileage from deploying 5G:
Meta AAU for improved network performance and lower energy consumption
Typically, telcos follow the strategy of adding a new network layer for every new technology. This leads to network complexity. Further, this strategy is not possible with 5G since it uses spectrum from multiple frequency bands…
Ericsson rumoured to be eyeing up Russian manufacturing plant
According to Russian news outlet Kommersant, Ericsson is currently auditing a potential site in Kaliningrad that the company could use to manufacture 4G and 5G equipment.
According to sources, Ericsson could be looking to build a manufacturing plant at the location either alone or with a Russian partner…
Court Forces UK ISPs to Block More Nintendo Switch Piracy Sites
Nintendo has won another injunction in the High Court, which forces most of the largest UK broadband ISPs – Sky Broadband, BT, Plusnet, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and EE – to block two more websites that facilitated copyright infringement (internet piracy) by helping to distribute video games for the Switch console. Such blocking orders, which are […]
BT Advert Banned for Misleading UK Broadband Speed Guarantee
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a website advert for BT’s broadband ISP packages – seen during December 2020 – after they “misleadingly” presented their “Stay Fast Guarantee” on packages as a guaranteed minimum speed for the package, when that was not actually the case. The issue here reflects the packages that BT […]
Telecoms Providers JT and Sure Broke Competition Rules on Guernsey
The Guernsey Competition and Regulatory Authority (GCRA) has ruled that two of the English Channel island’s broadband, phone and mobile providers, JT and Sure, broke competition law by “attempting to illegally control” the provision of mobile networks in Guernsey, including the future introduction of 5G services. Telecoms operators often have legitimate reasons for communicating and […]