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• May 26, 2022 26 May'22

  BT beefs up broadband speeds for small businesses on copper lines

  Telco targets small firms with technology claimed to be able to double download speeds and make upload speeds 10 times faster, on average, on slower copper broadband connections, as well as a low-frills fibre package

• May 23, 2022 23 May'22

  AT&T Business launches managed wireless WAN

  Telco unveils wireless wide area network designed to allow enterprises to untether locations, assets and people with a solution managed and monitored by network experts

• May 20, 2022 20 May'22

  Fibre claims more than three-fifths of global total fixed broadband subscribers

  Study of 130 countries shows that by the end of Q4 2021, the number of global fixed broadband connections stood at more than a billion, with fixed broadband subscriber figures growing by 89%

• May 20, 2022 20 May'22

  Two-thirds of UK homes can now sign up to gigabit broadband

  UK broadband roll-out gathers pace over the first three months of 2020, with ability to sign up for gigabit access open to 66% of households.

• May 18, 2022 18 May'22

  Openreach, CityFibre further full-fibre roll-out pace

  As part of its regular programme of build updates, BT-owned broadband provision firm adds just under half a million homes and businesses, including both rural and urban areas, to its fibre network

• May 18, 2022 18 May'22

  Virgin Media O2 Business launches tech fund for medium businesses

  UK-based cableco launches tech fund for new and existing medium business customers, as well as a free digital review to ensure businesses are set up for the future of hybrid working

• May 11, 2022 11 May'22

  GTT announces 400G upgrade of global IP network

  New IP infrastructure designed to improve scalability and performance for enhanced internet services as IP traffic continues to increase, with initial phase of deployment expected to complete in the second half of 2023 

• May 10, 2022 10 May'22

  NCSC pins Viasat cyber attack on Russia

  UK authorities have attributed the 24 February cyber attack on the network of satellite comms company Viasat to Russia

• May 05, 2022 05 May'22

  How PB Traffic is preventing traffic light theft

  New Zealand’s PB Traffic has deployed an IoT-based tracking system to gain oversight of its portable traffic light systems and prevent theft

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Inside UnaBiz’s bid for Sigfox

  Singapore-based UnaBiz has made a successful bid for the French low-power wide area network technology supplier, in a deal that will advance its vision of a unified IoT world

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Community Fibre hits full-fibre benchmark as Giganet increases CityFibre commitment

  Company claiming to be London’s fastest full-fibre broadband provider now taking orders from 500,000 London homes and 116,000 businesses, while former altnet and now the UK’s third-largest full-fibre provider extends partnership with key ISP

• April 26, 2022 26 Apr'22

  SES, SnT test MeluXina supercomputer to boost satellite broadband

  Grand Duchy’s leading satellite operator and supercomputer site begin project to enable research partners to perform advanced optimisation tests for steadily growing broadband sector

• April 25, 2022 25 Apr'22

  C-suite regards adapting to remote working as key challenge

  Senior management survey finds significant numbers noting remote working or flexi-working will be a long-term change for their business, with half seeing the switch to remote as one of their top three disruptions

• April 25, 2022 25 Apr'22

  CityFibre study identifies £38bn economic benefits from full-fibre roll-out

  Independent provider’s roll-out of full-fibre networks to 285 cities, towns and villages claimed to bring £22bn in productivity benefits, £4.8bn from a widened workforce and £1.2bn from flexible working, as well as creating 16,000 jobs

• April 22, 2022 22 Apr'22

  ‘Postcode lottery’ for UK gigabit broadband affordability

  UK gigabit connectivity roll-out continues apace with total fibre-to-the premises coverage hitting 9.8 million at the end of February 2022, but pricing of basic tariffs and installation costs vary across the country

• April 14, 2022 14 Apr'22

  Openreach accelerates UK full-fibre build

  BT broadband provision division claims significant milestone in its full-fibre build programme, revealing it is more than a quarter of the way to reaching 25 million homes by December 2026

• April 14, 2022 14 Apr'22

  Edge computing is critical enabler of transition to digital-first connected operations

  Research reveals drivers of edge computing deployments, challenges and solutions for maintaining resilience, connectivity and supporting digital-first connected operations that are secure, reliable, resilient and sustainable

• April 13, 2022 13 Apr'22

  Virgin Media O2, Samsung deploy multiple live 4G, 5G sites across UK

  UK mobile operator announces successful completion of multiple live site deployments in its 4G and 5G estates

• April 13, 2022 13 Apr'22

  Alef announces mobile enterprise network in 60 minutes without 5G

  Mobile network-as-a-service provider claims a new category in wireless networking, allowing enterprises to create a private mobile network inside a firewall within an hour without 5G or knowledge of 3GPP standards

• April 12, 2022 12 Apr'22

  PassiveLogic to get more active in smart building tech with $15m funding

  Global alternative asset manager partners with provider of autonomous building systems and foundation technology for smart cities to bring the first general-purpose autonomous platform to the building market

• April 12, 2022 12 Apr'22

  Netomnia, YouFibre secure further funding for fibre roll-out

  As it works towards its target of a million premises passed in the next two years, growing altnet and ISP partner secure significant cash injection to support rapid scaling of multi-gigabit fibre broadband network

• April 11, 2022 11 Apr'22

  UK altnet demands regulatory probe into broadband mid-contract price hikes

  UK full-fibre broadband provider ‘startled’ to see majority of broadband customers are unaware of being locked into large-scale price rises

• April 07, 2022 07 Apr'22

  UK government backs trial of full-fibre broadband delivery through water pipes

  Novel means to advance national gigabit connectivity roll-out sees Yorkshire test of full-fibre broadband deployment via drinking water mains

• April 01, 2022 01 Apr'22

  AIS, ZTE, Qualcomm claim first for 5G NR-DC at 2.6GHz, 26GHz in Thailand 

  Thai operator teams with comms tech providers for a ‘milestone’ in enhancing the capabilities of 5G network and ecosystem, showcasing 5G New Radio Dual Connectivity in the field achieving 8.5Gbps peak downlink speed and 2.17Gbps peak uplink speed ...

• March 30, 2022 30 Mar'22

  Undersea cable market steams ahead in Africa and Middle East

  Twofold capacity increase supports East Africa’s digital transformation as work continues on Equiano subsea cable linking Africa to Europe

• March 29, 2022 29 Mar'22

  Revenues tumble but Huawei builds up profitability in 2021

  Chinese comms tech provider feels the strain from tech bans and Covid, but returns solid operations and looks for future investments as it releases annual report

• March 28, 2022 28 Mar'22

  Vodafone selects Nokia software-defined tech for fixed access network

  Mobile operator signs exclusive deal with comms tech provider on the evolution of software-defined network manager and controller (SDN-M&C) services for multi-access fixed network technology

• March 28, 2022 28 Mar'22

  FullFibre expands reach in East and West Midlands

  Boost to altnet’s goal of reaching 500,000 premises by 2025 as rising expectations from consumers, and demands such as increased homeworking, drive expansion in key central England belt

• March 28, 2022 28 Mar'22

  Verizon adds to adapter portfolio to boost 5G fixed wireless access

  Leading comms tech provider certifies C-band 5G adapter to provide connectivity across Ultra Wideband Network to give enterprise and business customers speed, capacity, coverage and performance

• March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22

  UK full fibre flourishes from local, European gigabit broadband providers

  Slovenia-headquartered ICT provider is intensifying its activities in Western Europe, and is now offering fibre-to-the-home services from a newly opened branch in the UK

• March 23, 2022 23 Mar'22

  UK government promises high-speed internet for all schools by 2025

  Hot on the heels of announcing upgrades to UK mobile networks in hard-to-reach places, and as part of its latest plans to roll out gigabit broadband across the country, government turns connectivity focus on educational establishments

• March 23, 2022 23 Mar'22

  Virgin Media Business Wholesale brings dark fibre, managed services capacity to south Wales

  Major fibre upgrade by wholesale arm of UK cable provider more than doubles capacity across Wales to support demand from wholesale partners, ensuring shorter delivery times for customer projects

• March 22, 2022 22 Mar'22

  Vodafone targets UK small business with full-fibre broadband offer

  With the impending shutdown of ISDN and PSTN phone lines in 2025, UK operator unveils full-fibre broadband offer specifically for the small office/home office sector

• March 22, 2022 22 Mar'22

  Edge computing implementations still in their infancy

  It’s still early days for enterprise implementations of edge computing, with one analyst likening it to the early days of cloud

• March 21, 2022 21 Mar'22

  Schneider Electric, NTT team to trial private wireless network in IoT environments

  Combined capabilities from global technology services firm and energy management and automation tech provider aim to enable a secure and on-premise end-to-end digital platform that supports different industries with the benefits of private 5G

• March 21, 2022 21 Mar'22

  CityFibre gains £300m funding as it passes Portsmouth full-fibre milestone

  New investment increases network provider’s recent financing round to over £1.4bn to enable participation in Project Gigabit rural programme and support continued roll-out acceleration

• March 16, 2022 16 Mar'22

  UK government warned of ‘slow progress’ on infrastructure plans

  Annual report from UK’s official independent infrastructure adviser warns that progress on gigabit roll-out may be at risk, and sets out infrastructure priorities for 2022

• March 16, 2022 16 Mar'22

  SmarTone, Ericsson team to empower businesses with industry-first connectivity boost app

  What is said to be a world-first smartphone app will enable 4G and 5G business mobile users to dynamically boost cellular connectivity

• March 15, 2022 15 Mar'22

  FullFibre furthers reach in Midlands and goes live with Droitwich Spa cabinet

  Boost to altnet’s goal of reaching 500,000 premises by 2025 as wholesale customer lights up first cabinet in Droitwich Spa, allowing residents to access an ultrafast, full-fibre network, as Midlands South team makes gain

• March 15, 2022 15 Mar'22

  Fibre, 5G form future for AT&T

  Leading US comms provider reveals near-term growth strategy following pending close of WarnerMedia transaction

• March 11, 2022 11 Mar'22

  Nokia and Hrvatski Telekom conduct first 25G PON fibre broadband trial in Croatia

  Following earlier deployments in Belgium and the UK, comms tech provider’s cutting-edge optical network technology gets trialled in Croatia with subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom Group

• March 11, 2022 11 Mar'22

  600 public buildings in Wales get full-fibre broadband

  Completion of the largest public sector broadband project in Wales, funded by the UK government, sees gigabit connectivity delivered to buildings including hospitals, GP surgeries, care homes, libraries and youth centres

• March 10, 2022 10 Mar'22

  Telefónica Vivo launches 5G-ready IP transport network across Brazil

  Brazilian operator teams with Cisco and NEC to deploy a flexible and scalable 5G-ready IP transport network for its converged mobile and fixed networks as it prepares to launch a next-generation communications network infrastructure

• March 10, 2022 10 Mar'22

  CityFibre deploys 100th fibre exchange to power full-fibre roll-out

  Century up for fibre exchange (FEX) deployments for UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform, enabling the delivery of live gigabit broadband services to the first 4.8 million premises of its eight million roll-out

• March 09, 2022 09 Mar'22

  Glide connects Proximity Edge 8 datacentre to Birmingham dark fibre ring

  Second-city initiative with infrastructure and utilities business designed to bring increased diversity and additional low-latency connectivity options to edge colocation customers

• March 08, 2022 08 Mar'22

  Limelight gains large CDN scale with Edgecast acquisition

  Leading CDN provider gains extra scale with strategic purchase, claiming to have created global leader in edge-enabled software services with diversified revenue across products, clients, geographies and channels

• March 08, 2022 08 Mar'22

  Accelerating full-fibre gigabit growth sees UK altnet association start 2022 on strong note

  Independent Networks Cooperative Association enjoys continued membership boom as altnets maintain momentum in UK after several years of record investment

• February 27, 2022 27 Feb'22

  MWC 2022: Huawei hones hybrid offer with fibre to the room

  Aiming to address the new world of work, tech giant Huawei has launched a fibre-to-the-room gigabit all-optical room offering

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  Dell makes push to simplify and accelerate modern, open telco deployments

  IT giant announces validated designs for telecommunications edge and core to offer more choice and speed for network modernisation

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  KDDI further extends 5G Open RAN network with Wind River virtualised base station

  Japanese operator advances base stations within next-generation infrastructure, delivering open radio network access in commercial deployment