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• March 22, 2023 22 Mar'23

  CityFibre lands latest Project Gigabit contract

  Latest part of UK government’s project to drive gigabit connectivity to non-urban locations sees broadband provider engaged to roll out full-fibre to 45,000 hard-to-reach homes and business across rural Cambridgeshire

• March 20, 2023 20 Mar'23

  UK altnets advance pace of full-fibre deployment

  One of the fastest-growing altnets in the UK raises £230m in committed debt financing, while country’s leading independent network provider becomes object of takeover as it maintains build-out momentum

• March 20, 2023 20 Mar'23

  Ofcom extends time on BT wholesale broadband tariff probe

  UK comms regulator to take a further two months to assess whether a regulatory green light for new wholesale pricing from ultrafast broadband market leader threatens competitiveness of UK gigabit sector

• March 14, 2023 14 Mar'23

  UK lags in broadband affordability

  Study on broadband pricing from leading price comparison site finds Western Europe as a region expensive more generally, with no country in the region making it into the top 50 cheapest places in the world to get fast connectivity

• March 13, 2023 13 Mar'23

  BAI Communications outlines growth ambitions as it transforms into Boldyn Networks

  Looking to create a global neutral host partner of choice for customers, BAI Communications rebrands to support mobile and fixed network operators and customers in the transit, venue, government, military and enterprise sectors with an integrated ...

• March 03, 2023 03 Mar'23

  MWC 2023: 5.5G to deliver true promise of 5G

  As 5G adoption accelerates, industry leaders are already getting ready for the next-generation of mobile technology, and looking at new 5G innovations that are strengthening the sector's foundations

• February 28, 2023 28 Feb'23

  MWC 23: Beacon Wi-Fi 6E gateway shines for Nokia

  Addressing the widespread roll-out of gigabit fibre powered by XGS-PON, comms tech provider unveils its first gateway supporting Wi-Fi 6E to provide premium, high-performance Wi-Fi in the home using high-capacity mesh networking.

• February 24, 2023 24 Feb'23

  Fujitsu claims sustainable terabit networking with 1FINITY Ultra Optical

  Japanese technology giant launches platform claimed to achieve top-level long-distance transmission capacity of 1.2 Tbps while delivering 60% reduction in CO2 emissions

• February 23, 2023 23 Feb'23

  Ciena claims industry first with 1.6 Tbps coherent optic service

  WaveLogic 6 Extreme and WaveLogic 6 Nano products designed to meet critical network provider capacity and power efficiency needs

• February 22, 2023 22 Feb'23

  Private mobile networks hit accelerator in 2022

  Driven by North America and Europe, but with Asia-Pacific expected to catch up soon, private mobile network market defies tough economic climate and shows robust growth over the course of 2022

• February 20, 2023 20 Feb'23

  Full-fibre internet to reach half of UK homes by March 2023

  Ofcom data shows full-fibre deployment in the UK has maintained pace over the past 12 months and is set to reach a major tipping point in the next few weeks

• February 10, 2023 10 Feb'23

  Average monthly broadband usage nears 600GB

  After a sharp rise in broadband speed clipping, with many subscribers hitting upper-speed limits, research finds year-on-year gigabit tier adoption more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2022

• February 10, 2023 10 Feb'23

  Qualcomm looks to new wave of 5G devices with Snapdragon X35 5G Modem-RF

  Comms tech giant intros world’s first 5G NR-light Modem-RF system with lower cost, reduced complexity, decreased power consumption and smaller form factors

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  SPTel launches Singapore’s first LoRaWAN network

  The LoRaWAN network and its solar-powered gateways will alleviate the need for businesses and IoT service providers to build their own network to hook up sensor devices

• February 07, 2023 07 Feb'23

  UK altnets slam Ofcom BT wholesale tariff approval

  UK’s independent full-fibre providers express fear that likely regulatory green light for new wholesale pricing from market leader threatens competitiveness of UK gigabit sector

• February 03, 2023 03 Feb'23

  Record fibre growth fails to halt mixed Q3 for BT

  Strategy of focus on fibre and 5G vindicated in financial results showing leading UK telco buffeted by inflationary headwinds – but also seeing benefit of growing investment in fixed network infrastructure

• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  Cisco fixes two bugs that could have led to supply chain attacks on users

  Two vulnerabilities uncovered in Cisco hardware could have opened the door to serious supply chain cyber attacks, according to the Trellix researchers who found them

• January 25, 2023 25 Jan'23

  Neos Networks completes full-fibre access promise for key UK cities

  Just over a year after UK business connectivity provider opened its first metro access network to offer last-mile services direct to nearly 10,000 regional businesses, such services are now live in four key UK cities as part of an ongoing expansion ...

• January 25, 2023 25 Jan'23

  Virgin Media O2 taps Juniper to upgrade core IP backbone for 800G readiness

  Need for increased data capacity and flexible scalability highlighted by 32% traffic growth on its mobile network,16% growth in broadband data downloads and a peak traffic load of 22TB over the past year

• January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

  UK government reveals Cornwall as next port of call for Project Gigabit

  Latest contract in UK government’s Project Gigabit programme given to Wildanet to deliver ultra-fast broadband in south-west and mid-Cornwall connecting nearly 20,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  Yorkshire Water taps Connexin for smart water delivery framework

  Leading north of England water provider reveals partners for its advanced customer metering programme to reduce leakage, improve services and help customers save money on their bills

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  Nokia, Telefónica successfully test 25G PON technology in Spain

  Noting ever-increasing consumer bandwidth demands and the need to support applications such as the metaverse, operator announces demo of new FTTH technology to offer new business services on same network as home connectivity

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  How Aruba is tapping opportunities in networking

  Aruba is planning to expand its product portfolio, make deeper inroads into datacentres and drive adoption of network as a service, among other efforts to tap opportunities in the networking market

• January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

  CityFibre continues gigabit roll-out to non-metro south of England

  UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform begins work on £50m digital transformation project in Kent

• January 11, 2023 11 Jan'23

  Internet shutdowns cost global economy $24bn in 2022

  Deliberate disruption of people’s access to the internet by governments is having a substantial economic impact and contributing to a range of human rights abuses, primarily against protestors

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  Cloudflare unveils suite to maximise remote work collaboration and productivity

  Internet application acceleration and infrastructure provider introduces digital experience monitoring system to provide visibility and insights to businesses in the age of remote work

• January 06, 2023 06 Jan'23

  New UK laws to see homeowners, tenants get better access to fast broadband

  UK government mandates that almost all new homes in England must be built with gigabit broadband connections during construction, making it easier for homebuyers, renters and some leaseholders to upgrade to ultrafast services

• January 04, 2023 04 Jan'23

  CityFibre and Vodafone complete first UK 2Gbps residential trial

  Leading UK independent full-fibre broadband provider teams with comms operator and leading anchor tenant for trial of 2Gbps services, with scope to scale for introduction of services up to 10Gbps, made possible by recent upgrade to XGS-PON

• December 29, 2022 29 Dec'22

  Top 10 networking stories of 2022

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 networking stories of 2022

• December 22, 2022 22 Dec'22

  UK operators brace for broadband surge

  UK infrastructure operators see year of massive traffic driven by major events such as the Queen’s funeral, live sport and online gaming, and get ready for further network peaks across the Christmas period

• December 19, 2022 19 Dec'22

  BT C-RAN 5G architecture pilot scheme live in Leeds

  BT takes next-gen mobile connectivity a stage further with a 5G pilot scheme to enhance coverage and connectivity in key UK city enabling local customers to access faster, more reliable speeds

• December 15, 2022 15 Dec'22

  UK gigabit access breaks barrier but take-up remains slow

  Ofcom’s latest investigation of connectivity across the country finds full-fibre broadband now available to more than 12 million homes and 5G reaching seven in ten properties, while the number of households without access to decent broadband has ...

• December 15, 2022 15 Dec'22

  BT boosts network monitoring to improve customer experience

  Comms tech provider’s analytics software selected by leading UK network provider in five-year deal to improve operators’ fixed access customer experience

• December 14, 2022 14 Dec'22

  Telstra tunes up with orchestration to enhance automation, customer experience

  Leading Australian operator taps global comms tech provider to support network-as-a-service (NaaS) strategies, enabling an enhanced experience for business customers through reusable and shared platform for improved network management and ...

• December 14, 2022 14 Dec'22

  Medusa Submarine Cable to land on Orange infrastructure in Marseille

  Orange will give users of Mediterranean submarine cable system the ability to access datacentres in French city and interconnect through fully redundant infrastructure

• December 12, 2022 12 Dec'22

  Openreach announces 12 new full-fibre build locations

  London calling for BT-owned broadband provision division as it makes next step in plan to reach 25 million homes with full fibre by December 2026 and launches simplified online map showing when and where full-fibre network is being built

• December 12, 2022 12 Dec'22

  CityFibre extends reach across southern England as it files Openreach competition complaint

  Just as it carries build-out momentum of 2022 to key towns in Suffolk and Berkshire, UK’s largest independent full-fibre provider protests to UK regulatory authorities about behaviour of arch-rival in gigabit broadband

• December 08, 2022 08 Dec'22

  Need emerges for sustainable network infrastructure transformation

  Survey of IT decision-makers and 1,200 office workers across EMEA region reveals that infrastructure users are committed to change but demand more positive action and greater understanding from leadership

• December 01, 2022 01 Dec'22

  MI6 chief’s hacked emails attacked MI5 and betrayed British spy operations in China

  Former UK spy boss Richard Dearlove leaked names of MI6 secret agent recruiters in China to back an aggressive right-wing US campaign against tech company Huawei. His emails were hacked and then leaked – probably by Russian intelligence

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  STC Kuwait and BICS complete world’s first live 5G standalone roaming connection

  Mobile connectivity enabler teams with MENA region telecoms provider for successful test of what is claimed to be the first of its kind to be completed in a non-lab environment and a major milestone for global 5G adoption

• November 25, 2022 25 Nov'22

  CityFibre identifies massive economic gains for Cheltenham, Portsmouth areas through full fibre

  Leading independent gigabit broadband provider reveals positive economic and productivity impacts in Gloucestershire and south-coast cities where it has introduced full fibre, running to £145m and £335m respectively

• November 24, 2022 24 Nov'22

  Equinix makes added £179m investment in UK digital infrastructure

  Global digital infrastructure company announces cash injection in support of increasing customer demand in the UK

• November 22, 2022 22 Nov'22

  CityFibre inks strategic relationship with Toob

  Terms agreed to give rapidly growing full-fibre platform’s wholesale customers access to growing network footprints of south of England fibre-to-the-premise network provider

• November 22, 2022 22 Nov'22

  Ultrafast broadband quickens pace across UK

  Analyst’s bi-monthly update on broadband infrastructure deployments in the UK highlights uptick in progress of fibre-to-the-premises and gigabit infrastructure in the UK in the months from August to October 2022

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  GBI adds to optical network capacity to deal with World Cup traffic spike

  Middle East-based smart and fully managed network provider deploys optical network engine ahead of expected increase in demand on infrastructure

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  Virgin Media Business Wholesale launches new National High Capacity Services core network

  Enhanced high-bandwidth, ultra-low-latency core platform launched for National High Capacity Services network to enable simpler, faster delivery of services and improve customer experience

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Agility, business more important than cost, network management for IT teams

  Cisco report finds new rules applying in a multicloud world, with IT decision-makers regarding security as the top networking challenge when managing distributed and hybrid workloads

• November 11, 2022 11 Nov'22

  CityFibre celebrates Dundee anniversary, makes splash in Brighton & Hove

  Full-fibre platform makes mark at both ends of the UK, racking up two-year presence in growing gaming hub in North East Scotland and arriving on shore of South of England’s leading coastal resort

• November 08, 2022 08 Nov'22

  Nokia, Optus unveil ultra-low-latency Sydney to Melbourne network

  Australian operator takes on comms tech provider’s network infrastructure offering to upgrade its existing long-haul network and address growing market demands for bandwidth

• November 07, 2022 07 Nov'22

  Singtel, China Telecom Global to lead undersea cable consortium

  New Asia Link Cable system will connect Hong Kong and Singapore with the Philippines, Brunei, and Hainan in China