Proximus and partners to spend €4 billion on fibre
Belgian operator Proximus is working with investment partners that it hopes will help it spend €4 billion on the roll out of new fibre to premises not covered by its existing plans.
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£1.3 billion a year lost thanks to broadband outages – survey
Broadband outages effecting home workers have cost the UK economy £1.3 billion over the past year, according to a report by Uswitch.com.
UK telcos to help customers cope with cost of living crisis
Customers in the UK who are struggling to pay their broadband and mobile bills are to get help under a new deal agreed between the government and operators.
Virgin Media, CommScope and WBA demo proper public wifi in Dublin
OpenRoaming, a standard managed by the Wireless Broadband Alliance, promises to take the hassle out of using public wifi hotspots.
The Telecoms.com Podcast: Giganet, edge and India
Our run of special guests continues as we’re delighted to welcome Jarlath Finnegan, CEO of UK fibreco Giganet. Jarlath treated the whole pod team to a selection of Irish whiskies so, before finding out all about Giganet and the UK fibre market they were compelled to have a taste of all of them. They eventually meander onto a recent mobile edge event that Iain attended before concluding with the latest on the chaotic Indian telecoms scene.
Chancellor Sunak pays timely visit to Honiton fibre builder
West-country broadband internet network developer Jurassic Fibre got a visit from the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of a crucial local by election.
UK foreign worker red tape slowing fibre rollout – Openreach
In an interview with the FT Clive Selley, CEO of UK fixed line wholesaler Openreach, said the UK government is making it too hard to recruit foreign workers.
Nokia inches forward with its 100G PON tech
Finland’s Nokia has hit the heady heights of 100-Gbps broadband using its latest passive optical networking (PON) technology.
Vodafone says it’s now the number one full fibre provider in the UK
UK operator Vodafone says its full fibre broadband offering now reaches 8 million homes and that it has overtaken BT by that metric.
Fibre builders keep building, but customers can’t pay
Consumers in the UK are struggling to pay for Internet access, according to a new study shared by London fibre builder Community Fibre.
Millicom to plough $700m into Central America networks
Latin American operator Millicom will spend $700 million over the next two years to maintain and expand its fixed and mobile networks in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Maximizing Broadband’s Global Potential
For broadband service providers, fast digital access speeds have long been a defining feature.
Telefónica jostles for position in the metaverse
Telefónica Chairman José María Álvarez-Pallete says ‘the metaverse will be the most profound change the Internet has undergone’ – but is it time the telecoms sector got specific as to what its place is in all this?
WBBA – Maximizing Broadband’s Global Potential
Martin Creaner, Director General, World Broadband Association (WBBA), speaks to Telecoms.com on the introduction of WBBA, its vision and mission, as well as its top priority action items.
‘Quality of Experience’ is a Major Focus for ETSI F5G Group
Luca Pesando, Chairman of ETSI ISG F5G, talks to Telecoms.com about the changes that F5G is bringing to the industry and society and also its future perspective as Advanced F5G.
CityFibre raises a further £4.9 billion to fully finance its full fibre ambitions
UK fibre infrastructure player CityFibre has managed to borrow almost 5 billion quid, which means its full fibre rollout is now fully financed.
Ravenous VMO2 customers used 39 billion gigabytes of data in a year
One year to the day since the merger which created it, UK telco group Virgin Media O2 reveals what the 39 billion GB of data its customers have gobbled up was used on.
TIM signs MoU to merge fibre network with Open Fiber
Italian telco TIM and Open Fiber – as well as investors CDP, Macquarie and KKR – have signed a document designed to bring the two fibre networks under one roof.
TIM and Open Fiber pick up €3.4 billion in broadband funding
Italian telcos TIM and Open Fiber have won government funding worth a total of €3.4 billion to roll out high-speed fixed broadband to uneconomic areas of the country.
BT fuses fixed and mobile connections to boost copper speeds
UK telco group BT says it’s new technology can double download speeds and make upload speeds ten times faster on average for businesses which are not able to upgrade to fibre broadband.
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