Nokia, Telia, and Finnish military demo 5G network slicing across borders | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Nokia, Telia and the Finnish Defense Forces have successfully conducted the world’s first seamless 5G standalone slice handover between multiple countries in a live network. This groundbreaking trial, carried out in Finland in March, represents a significant milestone in advancing critical 5G capabilities for defense and other mission critical industries. The test, conducted as part of a Nordic exercise with the Finnish Defense Forces,...
Anatel approves expansion of Starlink satellite operations in Brazil | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has approved changes to Starlink’s licence, allowing it to launch 7,500 more satellites The decision significantly broadens Starlink’s footprint in Brazil, building on its existing licence granted in 2022, which covered 4,408 satellites. Starlink currently operates around 6,750 low Earth orbit satellites, which provide global coverage of satellite internet services.. Following this latest...
Mobile operators quibble with Ofcom over spectrum fees | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News All four of the UK’s mobile players have found fault with Ofcom’s proposed adjustments to spectrum annual licence fees (ALFs) for spectrum, arguing the prices are too high This week, Ofcom has published statements from the UK’s four national mobile network operators, all of whom are unhappy with proposed spectrum pricing remedies. The comments come following an Ofcom review into ALF pricing launched last summer, the results of which were published...
CommScope and Altnets Join Forces to Boost UK FTTP Broadband Builds | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network infrastructure provider CommScope has today announced that they’ve started a new collaboration with Brighton-based Altnets (the company, not the sector), the telecoms procurement specialist. The aim of this is to “accelerate the UK’s full-fibre rollout, supporting Project Gigabit and the nation’s digital infrastructure“. According to the announcement, Altnets and CommScope will accelerate UK fibre rollouts, improve network resilience, and support...
Elevate Put New £7m Full Fibre Broadband Network Live in Cardiff | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network operator Elevate (formerly Telcom and Luminet) has today announced that they’ve completed the deployment of a new full fibre “Hypercity” network across the city of Cardiff in Wales. The new network gives over 5,000 businesses access to dedicated internet speeds up to 10Gbps and over 4,000 homes access to speeds of up to 1Gbps. Just to recap. The Cardiff Council (Gyngor Caerdydd) has long been aware that patches of the city still lack...
New Map Shows Broadband and Mobile Related Streetworks in England | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A useful new interactive map has today been published by Thinkbroadband, which rather handily provides a visual overview of broadband related roadworks across the whole of England and thus helps to see who is building near to your home. Plans are also afoot to expand the map’s coverage beyond England. Figuring out who is building new broadband networks nearby has always been a bit of a hassle. Services like Causeway’s One.Network can help, but its recent...
Highland Broadband Extends FTTP Network to Halkirk in Scotland | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative ISP Highland Broadband (Lothian Broadband), which is building a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network across rural parts of the Scottish Highlands, has confirmed that they’ve worked with network partner ADTRAN to cover the Caithness village of Halkirk. The community, which is home to a population of almost 1,000, previously didn’t have access to any gigabit-capable broadband networks, until Highland Broadband completed...
FarrPoint Study 4G Mobile Network Performance on Orkney in Scotland | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Consultancy firm FarrPoint has today published the results of a new study, which saw them working with the Orkney Islands Council to investigate 4G mobile coverage and network performance (mobile broadband) across Orkney. Vodafone and O2 were found to have the best coverage in the main areas surveyed, while Three UK and EE have the “worse coverage overall“. The Orkney study also looked at the impact on local businesses from increased numbers of people...
Some Customers of UK ISP Virgin Media Suffering Email Problems | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media, specifically those with one of their legacy addresses that use the ntlworld.com domain, are having trouble sending and receiving email today. The issue appears to be rooted in the fact that the domain has stopped resolving. But the provider is working on a fix. According to Thinkbroadband, which spotted the issue, the registry whois information for ntlworld.com indicates that the domain is currently in a...
Openreach Offers Free Proactive FTTP Broadband Upgrades to UK ISPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach (BT) has informed ISPs that they’ll be able to take advantage of free (connection charge) “Proactive FTTP Upgrades” for migrations to Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband speeds of 80Mbps (20Mbps upload) and above from 7th May 2025. This may or may not get passed on to related consumers. As Openreach told us in 2023 (here): “Proactive migrations arise where a Communications Provider [ISP] proposes an upgrade to FTTP to its...