Poverty Alliance Claims Millions in UK Choosing Between Broadband and Food
The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) has highlighted new data from Point Topic’s UK broadband affordability tracker as helping to show that the “cost-of-living crisis isn’t getting any easier“, with a digital divide still existing that is allegedly “forcing millions to choose between broadband and food.” First things first, most of our readers will no doubt already be familiar with the fact that you can often access cheaper and faster broadband services in areas of greater physical network...
Netomnia to Build FTTP Broadband into Peabody’s UK Homes
Broadband network operator Netomnia (inc. Brsk and YouFibre) has today announced that they’ve signed a deal to expand their 10Gbps full fibre network into properties managed and owned by Peabody (inc. subsidiaries). This is a not-for-profit housing association that serves thousands of residents across their housing stock in Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Kent (England). The new deal reflects a “non-exclusive framework wayleave agreement” (i.e. a legal land/property access agreement), which...
One cable to rule them all: Meta’s $10bn plan to build global subsea cable
News The company currently has shared ownership of 16 subsea cables worldwide Meta is planning a $10 billion subsea cable project spanning 40,000 kilometres around the world, according to a new report from TechCrunch, citing two confirmed sources close to the company. Known for now as “W” in reference to its shape, this new system will be Meta’s first fully owned global subsea cable, connecting the east coast of the US to South Africa, India, Australia, and ultimately the west coast of...
eSIM Go Partners with Vodafone UK to Remove MVNO Barriers
Mobile network operator Vodafone UK has today announced that they’ve signed a new partnership with eSIM Go, which will allow the latter to offer connectivity on Vodafone’s network in the UK to their business customers and thus remove MVNO (virtual operator) barriers to entry for organisations of all sizes. In case you haven’t heard of them, eSIM Go enables organisations of any scale, or sector – including alternative broadband networks, fintechs, energy utilities, retailers, charities and...
Toob Extend FTTP Broadband Availability to 6 New UK Cities and Towns
Hampshire-based network builder and ISP toob, which has deployed a gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of South England, have today announced that they’ve expanded the availability of their services – under a strategic partnership with CityFibre – to include Lincoln, Loughborough, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Peterborough and Derby. Just to recap. Toob is currently being financed through equity from funds managed and advised by the Amber Infrastructure Group, as well as a huge...
du launches Innovation Centre in Dubai, pioneering in 5G-A development
Insight The operator says the new 5G-A Innovation Centre will allow the company to develop “innovative applications that meet the diverse needs of customer The UAE-based operator du has announced the launch of a new 5G-Advanced (5G-A) Commercial Innovation Centre, aimed at exploring how the capabilities of 5G-A can create innovative new services. The Innovation Centre, based in Dubai, will work to develop new services in the consumer, home, and enterprise segments, leveraging 5G-A’s improved...
Pulse Fibre Offer Blue Light Broadband Discount to Emergency Services Workers
London-based alternative broadband ISP Pulse Fibre, which over the next few years aspires to complete over 250,000 unique UK “full fibre” (FTTP) connections into new build homes and MDUs (here), has today announced that holders of the Blue Light Card (i.e. price cuts for workers in the emergency services and veterans) will be able to get a special discount. Essentially, Pulse Fibre have launched a new tariff (Blue Light Discount) for holders of the card. Eligible customers will now be able to...
CityFibre Complete Primary FTTP Broadband Rollout in Hartlepool
Network operator CityFibre, which has so far extended their 2.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover around 4 million UK premises, have today confirmed the completion of their “primary” £21m build in the large port town of Hartlepool in County Durham (England). The original network deployment, which began with the help of civil engineering contractor Granemore Group, first entered the construction phase around September 2022 (here) and was due to complete by...
Ookla Name the Top 10 Global and European Internet Outages of 2024
Internet benchmarking firm Ookla, which runs the popular broadband ISP performance testing service Speedtest.net and the real-time outage monitoring Downdetector site, has used data gathered from the latter to reveal which online services suffered the largest outages during 2024 – Facebook’s outage on 5th March tops the table. The Downdetector service typically identifies and monitors when various popular online websites and mobile or broadband ISPs are suffering from network problems, which...
Sparkle Opens an IP Node in Genoa for Internet Connectivity Between Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia
Rome, 26 November 2024 Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the opening of an IP node in Genoa to meet the growing demand for internet transit driven by new technologies, multimedia platforms, and cloud-based services requiring highly efficient internet connectivity. The IP node is located at Sparkle’s Genoa Landing Hub data center in Lagaccio, an open and neutral colocation facility serving as an interconnection point for...