Smarty UK Launch New TV Campaign and Cheap 4x Mobile Data Plans | ISPreview UK
Read More Smarty, which is a virtual mobile operator (MVNO) on Three UK’s network, has recently introduced two plans that offer 32GB of mobile broadband data for £7 per month (normally 8GB) and 12GB for £6 (normally 5GB) – available until the end of March 2025 and lasting for 15 consecutive months. The move supports their new “Less Malarkey, More SMARTY” TV campaign. As usual the new plans include all of Smarty’s usual features, such as unlimited UK calls & texts (landlines and mobiles),...
Virgin Media UK Start Making XGS-PON Full Fibre Upgrade Available | ISPreview UK
Read More Last month we reported that broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) were gearing up to start making their new XGS-PON powered full fibre (FTTP) network upgrade available to homes in existing coax (cable) areas (here), which was expected to occur in March 2025. Since then we’ve observed a growing number of areas where the service and symmetric speeds of 2Gbps are now becoming available, albeit with a catch. Just to recap. The change being referenced above is separate from nexfibre’s expansion...
Vodafone Challenges Open Internet Net Neutrality Protections Again | ISPreview UK
Read More The public policy team from broadband and mobile operator Vodafone (UK) has, once again, started a debate over the future of Net Neutrality rules (i.e. protecting the open internet from abuse by network operators) and warned that “telecoms networks are not infinite … [and] … overconsumption of this valuable and finite resource is already putting them at risk of degradation and depletion“. In case anybody has forgotten, the UK and EU have already established guidelines, which tend to...
Verizon business partners with Singtel and Skylo on IoT | Total Telecom
Read More News Verizon Business is expanding its Internet of Things (IoT) services with two new key partnerships Image credit: Verizon Verizon Business has teamed up with Singapore’s Singtel and satellite provider Skylo to offer IoT connectivity in over 200 countries. Customers can now manage services through Verizon’s ThingSpace platform, using a mix of satellite, roaming, and eSIM solutions. Singtel will join Verizon’s Global IoT Orchestration service, which lets businesses activate IoT...
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison Becomes First Mobile Operator in Southeast Asia to Deploy AI-RAN with Nokia and NVIDIA | Total Telecom
Read More Press Release Groundbreaking integration set to accelerate AI-RAN innovation and commercialisation across the globe Barcelona, Spain – March 05, 2025 – Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat or IOH), a frontrunner in AI-driven telecommunications, today announced a landmark initiative to deploy AI-RAN (Artificial Intelligence Radio Access Network) infrastructure across Indonesia, with Nokia and NVIDIA. The integration brings together Nokia’s cutting-edge 5G Cloud RAN solution and the...
Exabeam Partners with CSE Connect to Deliver Cybersecurity Education to UK Students | Total Telecom
Read More London, UK, 4 March 2025 – Exabeam, a global leader in intelligence and automation that powers security operations, has partnered with CSE Connect, a national cybersecurity education network, to provide advanced cybersecurity education to UK students. The partnership will see Exabeam deliver lectures and interactive Exabeam Capture the Flag (CTF) exercises to support cybersecurity talent, promote awareness, and work towards addressing the industry skills gap. Through its...
Madrid leads the development of quantum-safe communications through the MadQuantum-CM project | Total Telecom
Read More The Regional Government of Madrid is strengthening its commitment to quantum communications with an investment of 16 million euros in research projects on quantum communications and cybersecurity within the framework of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technologies declared by UNESCO. Among the initiatives the regional government is promoting stands out MadQuantum-CM, which aims to expand the largest quantum communications network in Europe, MadQCI, positioning itself as...
EY launches suite of AI agents for telcos | Total Telecom
Read More Press Release The EY organization today announced the launch of EY Telecom.ai agentic solution, a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) agents for telecommunication providers that will operate across the critical functions of finance, network, customer service and content life cycle management. Telecom.ai is an AI-powered solution that leverages the full-stack NVIDIA AI platform. EY Telecom.ai is built on NVIDIA AI Enterprise, and includes NVIDIA NIM microservices, NeMo...
FCC is one step closer to auctioning unused 5G-grade spectrum | Total Telecom
Read More News The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously approved an early step towards bringing unused 5G-grade spectrum to market By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities New proposed rules approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) represent the first step towards bringing a slate of unused 5G-grade spectrum licenses to the market. The proposed rules, approved unanimously by FCC commissioners, will update rules around AWS-3 spectrum licenses, the FCC announced...
Deutsche Telekom targets ‘AI phone’ launch in 2026 | Total Telecom
Read More News “We are becoming an AI company,” said Deutsche Telekom board member Claudia Nemat, speaking on stage at MWC If Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has had a theme this year, it’s been mobile operators trying to cram AI into every facet of their operations. Only Deutsche Telekom, however, seems to be pushing that ethos directly down the value chain into hardware creation, revealing plans for their own ‘AI phone’ in partnership with US AI startup Perplexity. A Silicon Valley GenAI...