ITP Approved to Deliver Telecoms Apprenticeship Training, Backed by Industry Support from Vodafone and Cornerstone | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More ITP Approved to Deliver Telecoms Apprenticeship Training, Backed by Industry Support from Vodafone and Cornerstone The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP) has officially been approved as a registered training provider for the Level 4 Cellular Network Field Engineer (CNFE) apprenticeship — a move that directly responds to the UK’s growing need for skilled telecoms engineers. After more than a decade of supporting apprenticeships across...
US rescinds AI chip export controls | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The US Department of Commerce (DOC) under Donald Trump will instead pursue dealmaking on a country-by-country basis This week, the DOC has announced it will cancel the so-called ‘AI Diffusion Rule’, a policy related to the export of AI semiconductor technology, just two days before it was due to come into effect. The policy, drafted during the last month of the Biden administration, would see countries categorised into three tiers based on numerous...
NTT buying up land to support global data centre expansion | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The company says the acquisitions are designed to support long-term demand for digital infrastructure, as AI adoption and cloud growth accelerate NTT DATA has announced an expansion of its global data centre footprint, acquiring land across seven markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, to support nearly one gigawatt of future capacity. The land deals form part of the company’s previously announced $10 billion global investment plan running...
New Project Helps ISPs to Test Customers Real Broadband Experience | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Broadband Forum, which is an industry-driven global standards development organisation, has begun a new project that aims to help broadband ISPs improve their customer satisfaction, both in the UK and around the world, by providing them with the tools to “more accurately assess the end-user experience with the applications they use“. At present, Internet Service Providers can already use a variety of known performance metrics to spot issues, such as...
Openreach Connect UK First Homes Under Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has this morning announced that they’ve connected, as part of their state aid funded contracts via the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit scheme, the first remote rural premises in 38 different locations across the UK to their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. Just to recap. Last year saw Openreach being awarded a new Single Supplier Framework agreement (here), which meant they’d...
The Top 15 UK National Parks for Full Fibre Broadband Coverage | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report has revealed how much Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband coverage exists across the top 15 National Parks in England, Scotland and Wales. Overall the top performing park was found to be the Yorkshire Dales (57.05%), while on the flip side Loch Lomond and The Trossachs (28.23%) delivered the weakest coverage. The latest independent data from Thinkbroadband notes that some 87.45% of UK premises can now access a gigabit-capable broadband...
Wireless Broadband Alliance Services Launches Commercial AFC Service | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Wireless Broadband Alliance Services (WBA Services), a subsidiary of the Wireless Broadband Alliance, has today announced the commercial launch of WBA Services AFC, its Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) service. The cloud-based platform is fully certified by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and enables the deployment of standard power Wi-Fi devices in the 6 GHz band (5.925–7.125 GHz) while ensuring they do not cause interference to...
AllPoints Fibre Networks unveils aquila | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN) has officially launched aquila, a transformative new wholesale fibre platform designed to give Communication Service Providers (CSPs) seamless, scalable access to full-fibre broadband across the UK. aquila currently integrates Openreach, BT Wholesale, CityFibre, and APFN’s own infrastructure into a single, easy-to-manage platform, unlocking connectivity to around 19 million premises — and counting. By...
Persimmon Sells UK Full Fibre Broadband ISP FibreNest to BUUK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Property developer Persimmon Homes (Persimmon Plc) has this morning announced that they’ve sold their sibling broadband ISP, FibreNest, which offered internet packages to homeowners on the developments where they’d deployed their own “full fibre” (FTTP) lines, to alternative network provider BUUK Infrastructure (aka – GTC, OFNL – Open Fibre Networks Limited). Much like Persimmon’s approach with FibreNest, OFNL provides open access Fibre-to-the-Premise...
AllPointsFibre Launch New UK Aquila Wholesale Full Fibre Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband operator All Points Fibre Networks (APFN) will today formally launch its new Aquila wholesale platform into the wider UK market, which aims to make it simpler and easier for UK ISPs and resellers to gain access to Openreach, BTWholesale, CityFibre and APFN’s combined full fibre (FTTP) network footprints (c. 19 million premises). Using a “no code / low code” approach, APFN claims it can help ISPs launch additional services, products...