UK vows to protect undersea networks amid rising threats from Russia and China | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News In a statement to the House of Commons, Minister Al Carns declared that the United Kingdom is committed to defending “every inch” of its territory, including its critical undersea networks and coastal security. The comments came after the Russian spy ship Yantar entered UK waters earlier this week and was accused of shining lasers at military pilots. The vessel is being closely monitored by the Royal Navy, having previously been accused of...
Giffgaff Finally Expands UK eSIM Support to All Mobile Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Consumer mobile provider giffgaff, which is a virtual mobile operator (MVNO) on O2’s national 4G / 5G network that is also owned by Telefónica UK, has this afternoon finally expanded the availability of their eSIM (Embedded SIM) support to all customers – both new and existing subscribers alike. Just to recap. The eSIM standard is an alternative to physical SIM cards, which works by essentially embedding a digital SIM into your device (Smartphone) that...
Extinction facing telcos that don’t adopt AI transformation | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Podcasts AI is here to stay. Telecoms need to adapt, says Abhishek Sandhir, the managing director of telecommunications at Sand Technologies By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities The telecommunications industry sometimes gets a reputation as being slow to adapt new technologies. It’s one that Abhishek Sandhir, the managing director of Sand Technologies‘ telecommunications division, says is not wholly earned. There’s a lag between other industries...
Rural UK Broadband Network Provider Truespeed Appoints New CEO | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband provider and UK ISP Truespeed, which is in the process of merging with County Broadband to create a single full fibre operator covering 177,000 premises (RFS) and 41,000 customers (here), has announced that existing CEO James Lowther is to be replaced by the company’s current CCO, Nelson Missier, by the end of this year. At present Truespeed is mostly focused upon serving rural premises in parts of Devon, Wiltshire, Somerset...
Government Invests £6.9m in Next Gen UK Satellite Optical Links and 5G NTN | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s UK Space Agency has announced a £6.9 million investment in next generation satellite communications technology, which will be distributed between five UK-led projects through the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) programme. The projects themselves represent a mix of different technologies, some of which relate to satellite refuelling and others of which delve more into developing 5G...
Vodafone and Three UK Deploy Joint Network Sharing to 8,000 Mast Sites | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has revealed that 8,000 mast sites have now been upgraded to implement their new Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN). This is one of the first big benefits of the recent merger (here and here) – allowing customers to roam across both networks at no extra cost (whichever one provides the best signal). As previously reported, it could take a total of 8 years to fully complete the roll-out of these...
Netgem Launch New Freely Supporting UK TV Streaming Box – PLEIO | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV has this morning announced the launch of their next generation IPTV box and service – PLEIO, which is also set to be bundled by broadband ISPs including WightFibre, Connect Fibre and Brsk. The new kit is both more powerful and features support for the new broadband-based live TV streaming service – Freely. The set-top-boxes that Netgem have provided in the past – like the Netbox 4K (inc. HDR, Bluetooth pairing,...
ISP Vodafone Expand Streaming Add-ons to UK Fixed Home Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of Vodafone’s home broadband packages, which harness gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) lines from a mix of different networks (Openreach, CityFibre and CommunityFibre), may like to know that the internet provider has just expanded the availability of their ‘Add to Plan’ service from mobile to fixed line packages. The ‘Add to Plan‘ service essentially enables customers of Vodafone’s mobile packages, and now also broadband, to add a variety of...
The fibre fork in the road: Securing long-term competition for the UK’s digital infrastructure | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed article by Giles Rowbotham, General Counsel & CDO, nexfibre Our digital infrastructure has never been more critical to supporting our modern economy. Digital connectivity is our growth engine and bedrock: how students learn, companies scale, services are provided, and opportunities shared. In a competitive world, we need to be digital leaders, not laggards. In just a few years, a telecoms revolution has taken place in the UK, with...
UK ISP Yayzi Move CityFibre Broadband Customers to Zen Internet | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Retail internet provider Yayzi Broadband has today suddenly started informing their residential broadband customers, specifically those served using CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, that they’re being “transferred” to UK ISP Zen Internet. We’ve also had this confirmed by one of Zen’s support reps. In a brief email to customers, which took some of them by surprise, Yayzi claims that the “change is part of our commitment to...