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With over 30 years of experience spanning five industry sectors and a deep expertise in telecommunications and digital infrastructure, Nick will provide strategic guidance to support nLighten’s growth and innovation efforts in digital infrastructure. Nick has spent more than 16 years operating at board level, holding leadership positions across global businesses in telecoms, infrastructure, and technology. He currently holds a portfolio of board positions focused on digital infrastructure...

BubbleRAN and Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) are thrilled to announce their collaboration to demonstrate Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), a foundational technology for 6G networks, at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona.  This joint effort highlights the transformative potential of ISAC, merging sensing and communication capabilities, effectively creating new business opportunities and redefining the role of cellular networks in future industry....

Contributed Article Thailand’s AIS reports that 180,000 users have adopted its “5G Mode” acceleration add-on packages, showcasing a new approach to mobile revenue growth through targeted offerings.  Thailand’s AIS has racked up over 180,000 users for its “5G Mode” add-ons that supercharge network performance with faster speeds, quicker responses, and better uploads exactly when customers need the extra oomph.  The add-ons, launched in December 2023, have turned heads across the industry. It’s...

Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited (DMSL), which represents the four major UK mobile operators (EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK), has today confirmed that 10 more government-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have just gone live in Scotland as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project. The SRN – supported by £501m of public funding and £532m of private investment from operators – involves both the reciprocal sharing of existing masts in certain areas and the...

Network technology firm Adtran has revealed that their Software-Defined (SD), open and disaggregated SDX Optical Line Terminal (OLT) platform now powers 8.6 million UK premises passed on Openreach’s (BT) new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, managed by Mosaic CP. This is said to reflect about 30% of their national full fibre network. Openreach’s full fibre network has so far covered over 17 million premises (there are around 32.5m across the UK), but they aim to reach 25 million by...

The UK government has today set out its plan for increasing digital skills to help “deliver growth and opportunity for all“, which among other things includes various pledges from key ISPs and mobile operators (e.g. BT, CityFibre, Vodafone etc.) to help support the initiative and break down the digital divide that still exists for many people. Research typically shows that people who are digitally excluded can face higher costs for things like home insurance, train travel and food – often...

Exeter-based broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is now part of the wider AllPointsFibre network that delivers FTTP broadband across various locations, has recently informed existing customers of a price increase to their service. The news has come as a surprise to some users, including those who previously benefitted from a 50% “Forever” discount. A spokesperson for Jurassic Fibre told ISPreview: “Like many of our competitors, as our own costs have risen we have made the difficult decision to...

Internet provider Sky Broadband has promised customers of their service, specifically those connecting via the latest ‘Sky Max Hub‘ router, that a fix is on the way for a long-running bug that appears to be preventing users from being able to use Wi-Fi Calling when on their home network. Most people probably already know this, but Wi-Fi Calling (aka – VoWiFi) enables consumers with a supporting Smartphone and mobile operator to harness their home broadband connection or other WiFi service to...

Internet connection benchmarking firm Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net broadband and mobile testing service, has published an interesting new study that looks at the adoption of different WiFi standards and performance across the world. But the study also highlights the performance impact of EE’s (BT) new Wi-Fi 7 capable routers in the UK. Before we get started, it’s important to understand that the data being used in this research is coming from web-based speedtests conducted...

News  Telefónica has announced the sale of its Argentina to Telecom Argentina for $1.25 billion. In a short statement released yesterday, the company said that it has “reached an agreement with Telecom Argentina to sell all of its shares in the share capital of Telefónica Argentina.   The deal, the company said, is “part of the Group’s strategy to reduce its exposure to the region and continue operating in a sustainable manner to build value for its shareholders.”  Telecom Argentina has said...