Colt combines LEO satellite and 5G in latest offering
Press Release Colt Technology Services (Colt), the global digital infrastructure company, today announced an expansion to its technology portfolio with Managed LEO+, a new managed service which integrates Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity with cellular 4G/5G. Managed LEO+, now available to Colt customers across 65 countries, brings a greater choice of networking technologies to businesses with operations – such as production facilities, manufacturing sites and retail locations – in...
Netgem TV to Deliver Free FIFA+ Content via Supporting UK Broadband ISPs
Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV has today announced that their IPTV box and service, which is typically bundled by broadband ISPs like Brsk, TalkTalk, Connect Fibre, CommunityFibre and others, will benefit from a new collaboration with the FIFA+ streaming platform that will bring “unparalleled access to free, high-quality football content” to users of the service. The agreement will see FIFA+ support being added to their platform, starting with the UK and Ireland “this month“,...
Transforming telecoms workflows: How Vitrifi is driving scalable innovation
Contributed Article This is part 1 of a two-part series exploring how Vitrifi leverages NATS in building its Workflow Automation Platform. Building on concepts discussed in its Synadia Guest Blog which explores the technical underpinnings of NATS, this blog examines how Vitrifi’s platform transforms telecoms workflows, highlighting how advanced automation enables agility, resilience, and scalability in an increasingly complex industry landscape. The future of workflow automation in telecoms...
Rural UK Full Fibre Altnet ISP Truespeed Ponders More Job Cuts
Sources have indicated to ISPreview that UK ISP Truespeed, which has deployed their alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to over 105,000 rural premises (inc. over 21,000 customers) in parts of Devon, Wiltshire and Somerset in England, may have recently put more workers on notice of future redundancies. The operator, which originally held an “ambitious” overall target of reaching 500,000 properties by 2025, previously suffered a build slowdown and job losses in the latter half of...
EXA Infrastructure Partners with IOEMA to Strengthen Northern Europe’s Connectivity
London, 18th February 2025 – EXA Infrastructure, the critical digital infrastructure platform provider, has been chosen by IOEMA as the landing partner for its new submarine cable in Leiston, UK. From the cable landing station EXA will also provide critical backhaul connectivity to major data centers, including London Telehouse and Equinix. Launched in May 2024, IOEMA is a 1,600 km repeated high-capacity submarine fiber optic network linking five key Northern European markets: the UK,...
Automating telecom network operations with specialized language models for enhanced efficiency and performance
BubbleRAN, a leader in intelligent network solutions, and Khalifa University’s 6G Research Center, renowned for cutting-edge telecommunications research, today announced a pioneering collaboration to demonstrate SLM-driven RAN Intelligence at Mobile World Congress 2025 (Barcelona, March 03-06). This first-of-its-kind showcase will highlight how Small Language Models (SLMs) are redefining the role of GenAI in telecom network automation accelerating telecom network operations. This initiative is...
Virgin Media O2 Sees UK FTTP Broadband Builds Surge and NetCo On Track
The latest Q4 2024 results from Virgin Media and O2 have been published, which saw their fixed broadband base grow by +12,000 in the quarter (vs 16.2k in Q3) to total 5,738,900. The provider’s full fibre (FTTP) network also built to another 485,500 premises, primarily via nexfibre (up from 281k in Q3), while mobile connections grew to total 45.7 million. The combined Virgin Media and nexfibre fixed broadband network now reaches a total of 18,255,600 Homes Serviceable (up from 17,770,100 in Q3)...
LightSpeed Broadband Expand Staffordshire FTTP Rollout to Kidsgrove and Scholar Green
Network operator and UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which has already built their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 250,000 premises across the East of England and West Midlands, has today revealed that their new network has started to launch “in the Staffordshire region” with the town of Kidsgrove and village of Scholar Green (the latter is more in Cheshire). The announcement states that approximately 5,400 premises (homes and businesses) have already been covered in both...
Virgin Media UK Bring Full Fibre to 14,000 Homes in Filey and Pickering
Network operator nexfibre and retail ISP partner Virgin Media (O2) have today confirmed that they’ve made their symmetric 2Gbps speed capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network available to more than 14,000 homes in the North Yorkshire (England) towns of Filey and Pickering for the first time. Until now, the most widely available gigabit broadband networks in Filey had come from Swish Fibre (aka – AllPoints Fibre) and Quickline, although Openreach had a few sporadic patches of FTTP...
Boldyn Networks deploys private 5G at Oulu University Hospital, Finland
News The Hola 5G Oulu project is thrilled to announce the successful launch of its private 5G standalone (SA) network at Oulu University Hospital. Marking Europe’s first private 5G network in a functioning hospital, this achievement has the potential to revolutionise healthcare with advanced technology. Through meticulous design, rigorous lab testing and comprehensive deployment, experts at Boldyn Networks have demonstrated the robust and reliable performance of their solutions in the...