The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today begun to enforce a number of new consumer protection measures on mobile operators, which in practice means that they can no longer supply locked phones and are now limited to a maximum contract term of 24-months on bundles (mobile plans and handsets). In addition to the term limits, […]
Cable Theft Knocks Out Broadband for 1,000 Premises Around Ely
Around 1,000 premises in the Witchford and Ely area of Cambridgeshire (England) have been left without a fully working broadband ISP and phone connection after criminals ripped up and stole some of Openreach’s underground copper cables. Local residents have been told that the damage could take up to 14 days to fix. The price of […]
Irish government looks to Taskforce to deliver on sustainable social and economic development
The government of Ireland has committed to reintroducing The Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce originally created in 2016 ahead of the National Broadband Plan to identify areas with poor connectivity and address barriers to it’s improvement…
Telekom Malaysia leases fibre network to DNB but mobile players stay silent
This week see’s Malaysia’s DNB sign a deal with Telekom Malaysia for the lease of the latter’s national fibre network, using it to support its burgeoning 5G network.
Telekom Malaysia’s fibre network spans some 640,000km across the country and will be used by DNB to provide fronthaul and backhaul services for the 5G mobile sites soon to be deployed around the country.
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Standardised framework agreements ease 5G deployment in Germany
An agreement signed between 1 & 1 Versatel and BUGLAS, the German Fiber Optic Association, will enable around 70 local operators to participate in 5G expansion in Germany…
The CMA could force Cellnex to divest portion of UK towers to green light Hutchison deal
In November 2020, Spanish infrastructure giant Cellnex signed a €10 billion deal to purchase all of CK Hutchison’s European mobile tower assets. In total, this deal spanned around 24,600 towers in various markets across the continent, including around 6,000 in the UK.
But while the acquisition of Hutchison’s towers in markets like Italy, Austria, Denmark, and Ireland were closed with little delay, the UK is proving something of a headache…
Verizon completes public cloud triple with Google Cloud deal
Throughout much of the telecoms world, there is a major debate surrounding the shift to public or private cloud. Those that choose to pursue the public cloud typically then have a choice between the three major cloud players – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud – with other players like Oracle…
Virgin Media O2 Update on Rural UK 4G and 5G Progress in 2021
Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has today informed us that they’ve upgraded 2,876 locations in small towns and hamlets with 4G this year, and increased 4G network capacity in 178,500 postcodes across the UK. The network provider has also rolled out 5G in a total of 53 smaller towns and hamlets, in addition to urban areas. […]
Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Pilot Low Bandwidth Smart Home Service
City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has deployed gigabit-capable FTTP/B networks across parts of 43 UK towns and cities (e.g. large residential buildings / MDUs), has today launched a new “low-bandwidth” Proof of Concept (PoC) pilot to help connect “smart home equipment“. But homeowners won’t be able to harness the extra line. Under the partnership with […]
Telefónica Global Solutions signs up Intelsat to help support 4G in rural Germany
Telefónica Germany is now using the Intelsat CellBackhaul managed service through Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS) to bring 4G LTE mobile coverage rapidly, cost-efficiently, and reliably to customers in some of its most rural coverage areas.
Telefónica Germany is always working to strengthen and expand its national network coverage…