Low internet penetration is particularly acute in the developing countries. While 81% of the population in the developed world are already using the internet, only 45% in the developing countries can do so.
Vodafone has broadened its fibre footprint to Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool after signing a new wholesale agreement with Openreach.
The UK is much less likely to hit ambitious broadband targets if Huawei isn’t involved in the 5G network, Johnson has apparently been told.
At the recent Telecoms.com LIVE event we spoke to CityFibre CEO Greg Mesch to get his perspective on the current state of UK telecoms infrastructure and what could be done to improve it.
Telefonica’s Brazilian brands Vivo and Terra have launched a franchise model for its fibre rollout plans seemingly to ease the financial demands of the digital economy.
Independent UK ISP Zen Internet wants to take on the big operators and has secured £20 million in credit from the NatWest bank to help with that.
Total revenues and profits might have slipped slightly at BT, though it met expectations and it seems the business is lining-up its pieces for an assault on the UK market.
While the investment climate for connectivity infrastructure has certainly been improving in recent years, a proactive and prioritised government is critical to ensure rapid evolution to the digital economy.
Verizon has released its third-quarter financials with the mobile business growing, broadband middling and media dropping.
Sunrise has cancelled an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to secure acquisition funds to acquire UPC Switzerland after investors rejected the move.
Jamie chats to Ray from Light Reading at the recent Broadband World Forum event in Amsterdam as the two of them reflect on the key themes of the show.
One of the more interesting developments in the UK telco field has been the rise to power of the alt-nets, though with more emerging each month, how many can the market tolerate?
Following the initial launch in Southampton, Virgin Media has announced Manchester is the second city in the UK which will be offered ‘gigabit’ speed broadband services.
Pierre’s back, which means the pod is too. Scott once more the filling in a Light Reading sandwich, joined as he is by Iain and Ray. After some extensive plugging they start by reviewing some Q3 earnings numbers, then Iain and Ray report from the recent Broadband World Forum event before they conclude with an ad hoc review of Iain’s new iPhone.
BT has launched its biggest TV advertising campaign for 20 years’ to reinvigorate the brand and hopefully drive towards the convergence dream.
It might be dominating the headlines, demanding the lion’s share of CAPEX and a fresh opportunity to show some sort of innovation, but BT has reiterated the message that the future is more than just 5G.
Australia’s NBN is a company which has taken its fair share of criticism over the last few years, but it is difficult to argue with the concept as well as the progress which is being made.
5G has opened up a whole new channel for Qualcomm to flog its modems through and it seems to have got off to a decent start.
A new report commissioned by fixed line infrastructure provider Openreach has concluded the UK would be £59 billion better off with full FTTP.
Some might suggest this is a knee-jerk reaction to the intentions of an activist investor, though the vulture fund should not be able to claim credit for this one.
UK PM equivocates on eve of Huawei 5G decision https://t.co/BvbN6zPfom #5G #Security
27 January 2020 @ 17:47:32 UTC
The @telecoms podcast returns this week with special guest @paolopescatore on @orange, SVoD and of course @Huawei. hhttps://t.co/IqZj7Gkn6R
27 January 2020 @ 13:01:25 UTC
UK imposes new IoT rules designed to improve safety https://t.co/4haGMZ0gWx #IoT #Regulation
27 January 2020 @ 12:25:02 UTC
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