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August 13, 2024
13
Aug'24
BT Group sees share spike as Bharti buys out Altice holding
Just a few months after Mexican business magnate takes 3.2% stake in UK’s leading telco, Indian multinational conglomerate to buy 24.5% holding in a deal valued at £3.2bn
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August 13, 2024
13
Aug'24
Openreach to light up 312,000 rural UK premises in Project Gigabit next phase
UK’s leading broadband provider engaged in latest step of £5bn gigabit access programme to improve broadband for more than 300,000 homes and business across UK
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August 09, 2024
09
Aug'24
UK altnets’ fibre optic overbuild risking rural connectivity
Report suggests UK’s independent broadband providers are at risk of more unnecessary overbuild as new entrants rush to deploy infrastructure without considering the long-term sustainability of their business models
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August 07, 2024
07
Aug'24
Rocketing AI demand sees Lumen light up custom networks division
Connectivity provider shakes up corporate structure in response to artificial intelligence economy changing business operations and companies recognising need for powerful network to manage unprecedented data flows and demand
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August 02, 2024
02
Aug'24
UK broadband altnets unite to push for fairer access regulation, pricing
Five of the UK’s largest alternative fibre network operators have come together to create an alliance and call on UK comms regulator to ensure fair and equal access for all users of nation’s physical infrastructure
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July 30, 2024
30
Jul'24
Wildanet accelerates Cornwall full-fibre deployment
Cornish altnet teams with Nokia and Xantaro to transform connectivity for rural and hard-to-reach areas in south-west England
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July 29, 2024
29
Jul'24
Q2 revenues slip as Virgin Media O2 hits financial headwinds
UK’s second-largest network provider shows results for tough quarter for consumer fixed and mobile and B2B fixed business lines, but forecast advances in network evolution as targeted investments in future growth drivers continue
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July 26, 2024
26
Jul'24
Nexfibre nears 1.3 million premises passed, reveals future build locations
Quarterly report from joint venture fibre network operator shows just under 1.3 million premises passed by end of June 2024, and next stage of roll-out in 2025 and early 2026 to see high volumes of build
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July 26, 2024
26
Jul'24
T-Mobile, KKR form fibre joint venture to acquire Metronet
US 4G LTE and 5G network teams with global investment firm to take control of ISP, serving more than 300 communities across 17 states with multi-gigabit products to businesses
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July 26, 2024
26
Jul'24
Frontier claims North American first with 100G broadband
US pure-play fibre provider teams with global comms tech firm to become first in region to trial record-breaking broadband speeds of 100G, 50G, 25G and 10G PON technologies simultaneously
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July 26, 2024
26
Jul'24
Revenues slip but BT claims solid Q1 2024
UK’s leading telco reports financial quarter with full-fibre roll-out at pace with more than a million households covered and total coverage now reaching 15 million premises
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July 25, 2024
25
Jul'24
Project Gigabit continues pace with £190m broadband build contracts
UK network provider secures two contracts under UK government’s £5bn gigabit broadband scheme to connect around 108,000 hard-to-reach premises in East and North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
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July 25, 2024
25
Jul'24
Nokia launches FWA devices, streamlines fibre connectivity
Raft of launches from comms tech provider sees subscription-based service based on AI and cloud-based to automate and optimise fibre connection process
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July 24, 2024
24
Jul'24
Vodafone Spain, MasOrange agree terms to create joint venture
Leading Spanish fixed operators propose deal to create joint venture to deliver ‘highly efficient’ fibre infrastructure for broadband customers
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July 24, 2024
24
Jul'24
New tech could help 18.6 million more NHS patients get better treatment
Study from a leading UK operator calculates that almost two-fifths of NHS staff believe new digital tools could help the health service reach 3% to 5% more patients, potentially benefiting at least 51,000 more people daily
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July 24, 2024
24
Jul'24
UK altnets celebrate further full-fibre milestones
North of England gigabit deployments see Brsk rolling out full-fibre broadband to approximately 30,000 homes and businesses in Runcorn, Cheshire
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July 23, 2024
23
Jul'24
Global broadband reliability gets consistently higher
Latest study from Opensignal places UK among the top countries for broadband reliability, reaching third out of 18 markets surveyed, behind only Sweden and Norway
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July 22, 2024
22
Jul'24
Apollo takes off for Converge to break optical networking terabit barrier
Philippines fibre broadband and technology provider taps technology firm to deploy optical network system to enhance network capacity from 800Gbps to 1.2Tbps per channel
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July 22, 2024
22
Jul'24
NCA cracks digitalstress DDoS-for-hire operation
The UK authorities have taken down a major component of the multinational DDoS cyber attack-for-hire ecosystem, hacking into the digitalstress.su service and exfiltrating data on its users, who now face arrest
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July 22, 2024
22
Jul'24
Openreach accelerates copper broadband Stop Sell
UK’s largest telco continues network transformation making full-fibre network available to more than 14 million homes and businesses, with more than four million premises currently taking a service
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July 19, 2024
19
Jul'24
UK fibre forges forward, but further altnet consolidation likely
Moody's research finds UK roll-out of fibre broadband continues to progress, although take-up remains low compared with Europe
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July 19, 2024
19
Jul'24
Brightspeed cuts Ribbon on network transformation
US fibre builder modernises network infrastructure using real-time comms provider’s network transformation service, with aim of efficiently managing and upgrading legacy assets while enhancing scalability and innovation
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July 19, 2024
19
Jul'24
LG integrates artificial intelligence into smart factory services
After officially entering the market earlier this year, LG advances smart factory services business by integrating manufacturing data and assets with artificial intelligence and digital transformation
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July 17, 2024
17
Jul'24
Viavi enhances sensing for fibre-enabled critical infrastructure
As the use of fibre optic cables increases across various industries to enable accurate, resilient monitoring while complying with security regulations, network monitoring firm unveils sensing offering for critical infrastructure systems
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July 17, 2024
17
Jul'24
Norfolk County Council looks to the skies to provide ultra-fast broadband
Complement to £5bn full-fibre broadband initiative sees IT and business consultancy collaborate with County Council using satellite infrastructure to successfully accelerate delivery across several industrial sites
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July 16, 2024
16
Jul'24
Sita gains higher altitude for connectivity with Heathrow Airport
Leading provider of IT to the air transport industry wins longest contract extension to date, with UK’s largest and Europe’s busiest airport to bolster network infrastructure services in expansive estate
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July 16, 2024
16
Jul'24
Virgin Media O2, EE top GWS UK connectivity experience study
Real-life testing of UK mobile and fixed connectivity services shine light on connectivity experiences as consumers spend nearly third of waking time on their phones
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July 15, 2024
15
Jul'24
Ericsson, Oppo ink global patent cross-licence agreement
Global comms tech firm teams with leading Asian smartphone provider on multi-year global cross licence covering cellular technology, including business cooperation on 5G-related projects such as device testing and customer engagements
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July 12, 2024
12
Jul'24
VMO2, MS3, Brsk report gigabit gains
UK full-fibre broadband boom continues as major provider allows 20,000 more homes in Milton Keynes to gain access to 2Gbps connectivity, while leading altnets record deployment landmarks
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July 11, 2024
11
Jul'24
Wireless Broadband Alliance reveals Wi-Fi HaLow phase two
Global industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi standards and services releases results of its phase two trials of real-world use cases for Wi-Fi HaLow
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July 11, 2024
11
Jul'24
Sodvin launches broadband services with XGS-PON
Trøndelag county-based utility broadband provider looks to transform residential connectivity services with increased network performance and scale for future upgrades, with high-speed 10 Gbps passive optical network
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July 10, 2024
10
Jul'24
Pusan National University proposes backscatter comms for low-power IoT
Researchers at Korean university develop backscatter IoT device connectivity and efficiency communication system said to be 40% more energy-efficient than conventional methods potentially transforming smart homes, industrial automation.
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July 09, 2024
09
Jul'24
Chinese spies target vulnerable home office kit to run cyber attacks
China’s APT40 is ramping up targeting of victims using vulnerable small and home office networking kit as command and control infrastructure, according to an international alert
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July 09, 2024
09
Jul'24
ENet, Heights Telecom team to deliver advanced Wi-Fi in Guyana
Telecommunications solutions provider announces strategic partnership with Guyana’s only locally owned comms firm introducing internet service offering ultra-fast internet and advanced Wi-Fi connectivity to customers
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July 08, 2024
08
Jul'24
Nokia, Google Fiber claim 50G PON first in live fibre trial in US
Tech giant’s development hub for transforming the internet experience expands relationship with comms tech provider on 50G passive optical network trial
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July 08, 2024
08
Jul'24
Singtel, SK Telecom gear up for 6G future
Both telcos will work together to develop advanced network slicing, telco APIs and edge AI infrastructure, among other capabilities, to pave way for 6G deployments
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July 08, 2024
08
Jul'24
Motorola Solutions to open global R&D centre in Ireland
Comms tech giant announces opening of research and development centre in Cork to focus on designing software for established land mobile radio portfolio
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July 05, 2024
05
Jul'24
Virgin Media adds to Yeovil gigabit broadband estate
Full-fibre broadband with top speeds of 2Gbps, up to 38 times faster than the current local average, now available to more than 20,000 additional homes in key town in country of Somerset
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July 04, 2024
04
Jul'24
LG acquires Athom to advance AI-enabled smart home
Electronics giant takes large majority stake in smart home platform company to gain deeper insights into customers’ lifestyle and usage patterns and accelerate AI home business
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July 03, 2024
03
Jul'24
BT tops UK fixed broadband customer experience rankings
Research from network quality of experience testing and monitoring firm pinpoints UK’s largest leading broadband provider as offering best quality of experience
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July 02, 2024
02
Jul'24
EXA Infrastructure, SOCAR Fiber plan for Red Sea route diversity
European dedicated digital infrastructure platform provider, connecting North America and Asia via the Middle East, inks deal with secure electronic communication infrastructure company for terrestrial fibre optic route
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July 01, 2024
01
Jul'24
CityFibre, nexfibre gain further gigabit ground in southern England
UK’s leading independent provider makes full-fibre available to majority of homes and businesses in West Sussex county town, while growing gigabit broadband wholesaler reveals plans to deliver it to more than 15,000 premises in Buckinghamshire
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July 01, 2024
01
Jul'24
Nokia to acquire Infinera in $2.3bn deal
Nokia sees acquisition of open optical networking solutions provider to increase scale in optical networks business
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June 27, 2024
27
Jun'24
Neos Networks advances Oxfordshire GigaHubs project
More than 180 public service sites, from local GP practices to schools, community centres and the authority’s own IT estate, are now connected with full-fibre connectivity as part of a County Council programme
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June 21, 2024
21
Jun'24
UK fibre firms continue reach expansion
Virgin Media O2-backed growing fibre firm Nexfibre takes XGS PON network to Canterbury while south of England local full-fibre broadband provider Toob celebrates expansion ahead of fifth anniversary
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June 19, 2024
19
Jun'24
HPE Discover 2024: HPE, Nvidia team to accelerate GenAI revolution
Partnership on product and sales channels to feature what is described as first-of-its-kind turnkey, private-cloud AI service including sustainable accelerated computing with full lifecycle services to streamline time to value with AI
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June 18, 2024
18
Jun'24
Altnets Netomnia, brsk announce merger
Merger of broadband indies described as transformative step for UK telecoms industry, establishing what companies say will be only scaled and capital-efficient retail, wholesale and consolidation platform
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June 12, 2024
12
Jun'24
NTT upgrades JUNO submarine cable
Largest trans-Pacific submarine cable system boosts network capacity to support delivery of ubiquitous high-capacity 800Gb, 400Gb and 100Gb services, claiming to hit service delivery targets as soon as it launches
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June 12, 2024
12
Jun'24
Nokia maintains 25G PON momentum with HKBN and Chorus
Comms tech provider closes more deals for 25Gbps passive optical network technology with Hong Kong fibre network provider and New Zealand’s largest open-access internet infrastructure company on behalf of leading retail service provider
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June 11, 2024
11
Jun'24
Altnet full-fibre firms hit the north
Independent UK broadband providers continue programmes of network expansion to light up premises in Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Humberside with gigabit connectivity