Vodafone UK Gifts Free Global Roaming to all UK Armed Forces Personnel | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator Vodafone has today become the “sole UK telecommunications provider” offering complimentary global roaming for armed forces personnel, which will allow troops to call, message and use data (mobile broadband) abroad “at no extra cost” in 83 countries. The “ground-breaking offer“, which is announced in the run-up to Remembrance Day, works like this: Those who take out a new Vodafone Global Roam Airtime Plan with a mobile device, with...
Digital Catapult draws in more vendors for Open RAN testing | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Digital Catapult has admitted six international Open RAN vendors to the next phase of its advanced connectivity programme, aiming to accelerate trials and commercial deployment of Open RAN in the UK The organisations – Accelleran, Antevia Networks, Benetel, G REIGNS, IS‑Wireless, and Pegatron 5G – will use Digital Catapult’s SONIC Labs for interoperability and end‑to‑end testing. The facility, backed by Ofcom and funded by the Department for...
FiberCop partners with FMC GlobalSat for Italian hybrid terrestrial-satellite network | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release FiberCop, the company running Italy’s most advanced, extensive and widespread digital network infrastructure has signed a strategic partnership with FMC GlobalSat and its 100% owned subsidiary MTNSat “MTN”, a world-class satellite network operator, to develop cutting-edge hybrid terrestrial-satellite solutions to deliver stable connectivity in remote areas across Italy. This agreement represents one of the first architectures of its kind...
BT cuts 5,000 jobs as Openreach bleeds customers | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The company’s streamlining efforts continue amid revenue decline BT has released its latest quarterly figures, revealing the extent of job cuts that have taken place over the first half of the financial year. The figures show that the company’s headcount has been reduced by around 6% in this financial year to date, representing around 5,000 jobs, bringing the company’s total headcount to roughly 111,000. These job cuts contributed significantly to...
BLACK FRIDAY – UK ISP Virgin Media Offers First 3 Months Free Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More New customers looking to join Virgin Media may like to know that they’ve kicked off their Black Friday sale this week, which is offering the first three months of service for free across many of their broadband packages, including some major TV and TV + O2 SIM bundles. This is on top of the discounted monthly rental prices they were already running. For example, the provider’s 264Mbps broadband-only package is now free for the first 3 months of service...
Ofcom to Boost UK Telecoms Security by Working with Key Countries | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK communications, internet and media regulator, Ofcom, has today announced that they’ve agreed to work “more closely” with their counterparts in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The move aims to “strengthen the security and resilience of telecoms networks” and tackle consumer-facing risks from scams and fraud. The position has been reflected in a new Joint Statement, which was agreed this week at a meeting of international partners hosted...
Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Extend Full Fibre to 6,000 Homes in Widnes | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) and network partner nexfibre, which enjoy some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network to add more than 6,000 additional homes in the industrial Cheshire (England) town of Widnes. The town, which sits in the Borough of Halton, now has almost complete coverage from Virgin Media after the latest expansion. But they’re not the only...
London Internet Exchange Launch New Bandwidth Options for Peering | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The not-for-profit London Internet Exchange, which handles a large chunk of UK and global data traffic through their switches via around 900+ members (broadband ISPs, mobile and CDN providers etc.), has announced that networks with multiple 100GE ports (lagged ports) will now be able to access new peering bandwidths of 130Gbps and 150Gbps for “increased flexibility and value“. The change has been introduced after some of LINX’s member networks...
London ISP Vorboss Launch New Connectivity Product for Smart Public Services | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More London-focused ISP Vorboss, which has built and operates a 100Gbps speed fibre optic network for businesses in the UK’s capital city, has today announced the launch of a connectivity product that’s “built to enable essential public services across the capital“. Just to recap. The operator has so far completed the deployment of a 700km long dedicated point-to-point fibre optic network across Central London (covering most of zones 1 and 2), which we’re...
ISP Lightning Fibre Launch UK Business Broadband Services via CityFibre | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Eastbourne-based broadband ISP Lightning Fibre, which is building a new multi-gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Sussex + Kent in England (140,000 premises) and also holds a partnership to harness CityFibre’s wider UK network (here), has today launched a new range of business packages via the CF side of their service (off-net). The announcement doesn’t provide any details or pricing information about the new packages,...