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• 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

• November 07, 2022 07 Nov'22

  Altnets announces fibre equipment partnership with HellermannTyton

  Supplier to internet service providers inks partnership with custom-built telecoms products manufacturer to distribute broadband products to service providers across the UK

• November 02, 2022 02 Nov'22

  Shadow digital secretary outlines Labour’s tech priorities

  Labour’s digital and technology plans focus on reining in the power of the tech giants, boosting connectivity across the UK, and improving online safety

• November 02, 2022 02 Nov'22

  Truespeed invests £22m into South-West full-fibre roll-out

  With the addition of 12 new areas to its gigabit broadband network, Bath-based UK altnet expands full-fibre network access to parts of home city and regions of South Gloucestershire and North Somerset

• November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

  Report reveals ‘clear gaps’ in UK’s broadband safety net

  Latest update on progress of broadband roll-out guarantees from April to September 2022 shows worrying signs that as the cost-of-living crisis rolls on, swathes of the UK population could be priced out of gaining acceptable broadband

• November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

  CityFibre furthers gigabit in UK Midlands and claims £283m Blackpool boost

  Warwick and Leamington Spa added to growing list of gigabit broadband-enabled communities covered by UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  Freshwave, Clear Channel take 4G connectivity across London

  Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider collaborates with leading UK connectivity provider to deliver connected bus shelters across East London borough

• October 24, 2022 24 Oct'22

  Rural-urban broadband connectivity gap persists in UK

  Research from UK communications regulator finds widespread use of video streaming and other bandwidth-intensive services mean people are demanding more of their broadband connections, but accessibility to ultra-fast connectivity is dependent on ...

• October 21, 2022 21 Oct'22

  Did Truss authorise ‘war risk’ provocation over Black Sea?

  A UK Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint spy plane was ordered to approach Russian territory in a Cold-War-style provocation just days after Liz Truss’s mini-budget collapsed

• October 20, 2022 20 Oct'22

  Broadband majors, altnets respond to cost-of-living crisis

  With latest UK inflation figures set to see comms contracts rise, industry reacts to mitigate against worst effects of price rises for customers and staff

• October 20, 2022 20 Oct'22

  NBN selects Nokia 5G mmWave FWA technology for connectivity refresh

  Much-criticised Australian national broadband infrastructure sees first large-scale, long-reach 5G mmWave FWA deployment in urban, suburban and rural environments

• October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

  BT reveals role of robotics, IoT to transform and automate agriculture

  First fruits revealed of leading UK telco’s dedicated telecoms civil engineering robotics test facility, designed to help fibre network development

• October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

  Vodafone, Altice create a fibre-to-the-home joint venture in Germany

  A 50/50 joint venture partnership aims to build on operator’s next-generation network with broadband firm’s industrial expertise and proven fibre-to-the-home construction capabilities, enabling gigabit connectivity to customers in Germany

• October 17, 2022 17 Oct'22

  Neos Networks announces business-grade managed dedicated internet access

  UK fibre connectivity supplier announces launch of the managed variant of its dedicated internet access service, providing businesses with fully managed, enterprise-grade, fibre-optic internet connectivity

• October 17, 2022 17 Oct'22

  GBI taps Nokia to enhances optical network capacity between Middle East and Europe

  Cloud, connectivity and content enabler undertakes optical network capacity upgrade between key markets to scale wavelength speed by a factor of x4 to offer high-speed connectivity across subsea cable and terrestrial network links

• October 13, 2022 13 Oct'22

  UK government needs to rapidly fulfil full-fibre ambitions

  Review of progress of the government’s Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review identifies 5G and full-fibre roll-out as key factors to achieve nationwide economic growth

• October 13, 2022 13 Oct'22

  UK gigabit broadband expansion rolls on for CityFibre, Hyperoptic

  Deployment in South Yorkshire adds to largest independent provider’s estate as part of £8bn development plan, while fibre provider announces internal and external milestones as it clocks up 11 years in business

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Community Fibre secures £985m finance facility

  London and South East-based gigabit connectivity provider announces massive cash injection

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Small businesses bask in broadband benefits as UK full-fibre reaches 11 million homes

  As more SMEs shift towards hybrid working, better broadband becomes a priority. Studies from research firm and UK comms regulator show full-fibre availability is on the increase, with almost two in five able to access services

• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  UK a broadband laggard as altnets grab share from incumbents

  Ookla overview of UK broadband market reveals that while fibre development is accelerating throughout the country, median fixed broadband download and upload speeds compare badly with global market

• October 03, 2022 03 Oct'22

  Three-quarters of business professionals want to embrace the metaverse

  Study from networking systems, services and software company reveals business professionals’ interest in metaverse pointing to utilising more immersive and connected digital applications in the workplace

• September 30, 2022 30 Sep'22

  Hyperoptic, Community Fibre take gigabit highway to Islington

  Inner London local authority signs deal so that more than 90% of homes and businesses will be connected to gigabit by August 2025, including 50 community hubs

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  UK government rolls out Project Gigabit to rural Teesdale

  £6.6m contract granted in north-east England as part of national programme to upgrade broadband for hard-to-reach premises, with GoFibre engaged as principal contractor for build out

• September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

  Neos Networks to connect Viking Wind Farm to SSE Renewables HQ

  Business connectivity provider constructs communications links between wind farm being built on Scottish island and headquarters on mainland more than 300 miles away with machine-to-machine network to control and monitor performance of wind turbines...

• September 27, 2022 27 Sep'22

  Businesses see fixed broadband charges rise as average bandwidth increases

  Latest roundup of global fixed broadband arena shows residential consumers reaping speed and cost rewards of fibre proliferation, while B2B subscribers see little improvement in bandwidth versus monthly charges

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  Linksys lines up deals with UK gigabit ISPs for Wi-Fi 6 mesh solutions

  Business Wi-Fi networking solutions firm partners with growing UK full-fibre gigabit broadband ISPs to offer mesh wireless network systems claimed to deliver four times faster coverage across the home

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  Smartphone trade-in value rises as average age of devices breaks 3.5-year threshold

  Analysis of mobile trade-ins reveals increasing handset longevity and rising value of used devices, with US$767m returned to US buyers in the second quarter

• September 13, 2022 13 Sep'22

  Nokia boosts business software to enhance time to value

  Leading communications technology provider strengthens software portfolio to focus on security, automation and monetisation, while introducing digital ecosystem programme to accelerate innovation through collaboration with partners and customers