Google completes U-turn on cookies as antitrust pressure looms | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Google will retain third-party cookies and not introduce new opt-out prompts, despite almost five years working to remove the problematic customer tracking tech Back in 2019, Google said it would work towards removing tracking cookies, instead replacing them with a ‘Privacy Sandbox’ that focussed on user privacy while still supporting digital advertisers. By 2021, the internet giant was beginning to test this Privacy Sandbox solution, promising...
Safaricom on the 5G network evolution in Kenya | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Interview At the WinWin studio, Total Telecom was joined by James Maitai, Chief Technology and Information Officer from Safaricom GROUP, and David Li, Vice President of Huawei Wireless Network Product Line to discuss the development of 4G and 5G network evolution. In Kenya currently, the 4G penetration rate is 60%. And, according to external forecasts, the 5G penetration rate will jump to about 30% by 2027. At the same time, the 4G and 5G user...
Storm clouds on the horizon: why people are rethinking the cloud | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article By Rick Byers, Chief Risk Officer at Freedom Fibre With regards to the 21st century’s business organisational data security needs, prudence has never been more important – particularly with the prevalence of cloud computing. The big cloud computing services used by UK public and private organisations such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Oracle all have one thing in common – they are all US-based tech firms. The...
UK government’s data centre strategy drives discussion at Connected North | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Feature Week At this year’s inaugural Data Centre Summit, co-hosted alongside the Connected North conference in Manchester, discussions focussed heavily on the government’s emerging strategy around digital infrastructure and AI. In September last year, the UK government announced that it would officially class data centres as critical national infrastructure, ensuring they receive heightened levels of protection against cyber threats and IT...
Aprecomm Upends the CX Industry with Appointment of Philippe Alcaras to its Advisory Board | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Bangalore, India – April 30, 2025: Today, Aprecomm, the intuitive network and customer experience platform provider, announced a major coup by appointing former Airties CEO and highly experienced telecom leader Philippe Alcaras as an advisor. Presiding over Airties during a time of substantial growth, when the company expanded its footprint into new markets, Philippe brings the experience and business acumen necessary to support and advise Aprecomm’s...
Zelim saves lives at sea with Pulsant | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Edinburgh, UK, 30th April, 2025 – Pulsant today announced it has been chosen by Edinburgh-based, maritime search and rescue innovator Zelim, as its digital infrastructure partner. As part of a vision is to deliver the world’s first unmanned search and rescue capability, Zelim launched ZOE Intelligent Detection in 2024. ZOE applies inference artificial intelligence (AI) to video feeds, to deliver real-time detection and alert of passengers or crew who...
Revolut to launch mobile plans | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The launch positions Revolut as one of the first digital finance companies to expand into mobile connectivity Mobile bank Revolut has announced the launch of a new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services in the UK and Germany, with more markets to follow. The London-based fintech company, best known for its digital banking services, announced today that it will roll out mobile subscriptions with unlimited calls, texts, and data. The...
Bosses of B4RN, MS3 and Quickline Give Update on UK Broadband Builds | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The CEO of ISP Zen Internet, Richard Tang, has today shared three recent interviews with the bosses of several alternative network providers, including B4RN (Tom Rigg), MS3 (Guy Miller) and Quickline (Sean Royce). Each provides a useful progress update on their efforts to deploy full fibre (FTTP) broadband across different parts of the UK. The first interview is one that combines both MS3’s Guy Miller and Quickline’s Sean Royce. Just to recap, Hull-based...
Primary UK Mobile Operators Beat Virtual MVNOs for Broadband Speed | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published the result of a new study that analyses the performance of Mobile Network Operators (MNOs like EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK) and then compares that with their many virtual operators (MVNOs like Sky Mobile, iD Mobile, Smarty etc.). Overall, the primary operators deliver faster data speeds than virtual providers. On the surface, you might think that virtual (MVNO) operators should perform about the...
Signify and Cornerstone to deploy city-wide multi-operator wireless network through street lighting | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release The partnership will enhance urban connectivity across three major cities in the UK this year, with Oxford as the first city of deployment, enabled by Dense Air’s neutral host platform London, United Kingdom – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, has partnered with Cornerstone, the UK’s leading mobile infrastructure services company, and Dense Air, a leading neutral host platform-as-a-service provider, to transform...