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July 14, 2022
14
Jul'22
Cost-of-living crisis drives UK consumers to rethink connectivity needs
EY survey reveals that despite general demands for hybrid and remote working, UK households are concerned by rising home technology costs amid the cost-of-living crisis
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July 12, 2022
12
Jul'22
CityFibre reveals full-fibre economic boost to Swindon, pilots virtualised network service delivery
Full-fibre platform provider trials Edgility Suite for rapid, cost-effective delivery of value-added services for business ISPs
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July 12, 2022
12
Jul'22
Connexin extends gigabit proposition with Wisper Broadband acquisition
As it continues to grow its fibre offering in the region, Hull-based IoT and digital infrastructure specialist undertakes buyout of local internet service provider
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July 11, 2022
11
Jul'22
Nokia deploys passive optical LAN at Orange France, delivers 5G for AT&T Mexico
Leading comms tech provider strikes partnership with French operator to deploy a passive optical LAN service at more than 20 sites across the country
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July 11, 2022
11
Jul'22
Southern Cross announces world’s longest single-span submarine 400GbE net
Supplier of international capacity to carriers and ISPs in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region launches Southern Cross NEXT cable, aiming to pave the way for of 400GbE services across a 15,840km network
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July 08, 2022
08
Jul'22
Vodafone, Virgin Media O2 commit to mobile access across London Underground
Global communications infrastructure provider announces that all four major mobile networks have now committed to high-speed 4G and 5G-ready mobile connectivity across the Tube network
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July 06, 2022
06
Jul'22
Weston-super-Mare projected to enjoy £144m economic boost from full-fibre roll-out
CityFibre releases research showing positive economic impacts of gigabit broadband roll-out to famous seaside resort
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July 04, 2022
04
Jul'22
UK altnets accelerate as fibre forges path to be fixed broadband standard
Research shows how direct fibre connections are lighting up the world of broadband, rapidly deposing copper-based legacy DSL networks
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July 01, 2022
01
Jul'22
Telstra taps Ericsson, Ciena to quadruple optical network service capacity
Leading Australian operator forges partnership with leading comms tech providers to make enhancements to next-generation optical network to increase the service capacity of optical network to 400 Gbps Ethernet
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July 01, 2022
01
Jul'22
UK rural primary schools to receive huge broadband upgrade
Government announces up to 3,000 primary schools across rural England will get gigabit broadband as part of £82m investment designed to encourage roll-out of better broadband
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June 30, 2022
30
Jun'22
WBA sets out how Wi-Fi 6/6E enables Industry 4.0
Report highlights next-gen wireless use cases, including detailed autonomous mobile robots, automatic guided vehicles, augmented and virtual reality, and posts IIoT deployment guidelines
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June 29, 2022
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Jun'22
Brits battered by broadband outages in past year cost UK economy £1.3bn
Almost 11 million UK consumers experienced broadband outages of three or more hours over the past 12 months, representing almost two days offline
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June 28, 2022
28
Jun'22
Hyperoptic aims to address cost of living crisis with Fair Fibre Framework
UK broadband provider announces affordability scheme that it says is part of a duty of care to protect and support customers and aid those struggling with increased financial pressures
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June 24, 2022
24
Jun'22
CityFibre, Toob push the envelope further in UK gigabit broadband
Fibre-to-the premises provider launches full-fibre broadband for small to medium businesses in south of England, while independent full-fibre platform racks up 360km of infrastructure beneath the streets of Inverness
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June 23, 2022
23
Jun'22
BT doubles down on AIOps with Dynatrace for network service gains
Digital innovation division of incumbent telco and monitoring software provider go live on partnership to simplify, add intelligence to and automate service operations using AIOps
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June 21, 2022
21
Jun'22
Altnets advance fibre broadband in East England
Colchester and Norwich get the opportunity to obtain full-fibre gigabit broadband as leading ISP and cable provider promises ability to work from home and connect online better than ever before
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June 15, 2022
15
Jun'22
UK homes and businesses increasingly turn to altnets for connectivity
The UK Independent Network Sector report shows that the independent broadband sector has doubled in size over the previous year
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June 14, 2022
14
Jun'22
Added fibre for Nokia optical network services in US
Global comms tech provider unveils range of optical networking services for US market, including premier of 100G fibre in the country
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June 08, 2022
08
Jun'22
China using top consumer routers to hack Western comms networks
An advisory from US cyber authorities shares details of multiple vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state actors to hack into Western telecoms networks
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June 06, 2022
06
Jun'22
Grain expands fibre network as CityFibre hits gigabit roll-out accelerator
When it comes to UK fibre development, size certainly does not matter, as two full-fibre companies of very different sizes announce major expansion of their gigabit broadband footprints
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June 06, 2022
06
Jun'22
Micron to deploy mmWave in Singapore fab
The US chipmaker is leveraging Singtel’s 5G mmWave connectivity to roll out a range of Industry 4.0 applications at its cleanroom in Singapore
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May 30, 2022
30
May'22
More than 5,000 UK public buildings plugged into high-speed broadband
Some 1,200 schools, 340 libraries and 50 hospitals across UK now connected to gigabit speed broadband as Project Gigabit contracts worth more than £500m open for bids to upgrade up to 380,000 rural premises
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May 27, 2022
27
May'22
Broadband Forum launches app-enabled services network gateway
Communications industry’s open standards development organisation claims forthcoming WT-492 standard will empower service providers with ‘app store-like’ functionality on their subscriber edge platforms
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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
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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
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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%
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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April 25, 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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
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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