Interviews At this year's Connected North conference, we caught up with Willy Pelhate, ACOME Group's UK marketing manager, to discuss how the company is helping the UK fulfil its full fibre and Net Zero ambitions The UK is pursuing two very big challenges with an...
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The impact of the 2Africa subsea cable project on economic growth and intercontinental communication
Contributed Article by center3 Connecting continents: The 2Africa subsea cable The world is becoming more interconnected than ever before. And this is being made possible through the deployment of subsea cables networks, which provide reliable connectivity and...
Watchdog hits Eir with €2.45m fine for overcharging customers
News The regulator says tens of thousands of customers are owed compensation This week, the Irish Commission For Communications Regulation (ComReg) has ordered mobile Eir’s owner Eircom to pay a fine of almost €2.5 million for overcharging its customers. The news...
Tamares Telecom and Grid Telecom partner for ANDROMEDA submarine cable
Tamares Telecom, a subsidiary of Aluma Infrastructure Fund and Grid Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary, and the telecommunications vehicle of the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) of Greece, agreed to build ANDROMEDA, a subsea optical fiber cable system interconnecting Greece, Cyprus, Israel and beyond, providing an alternative bridge between Europe and the Middle East, extending through additional terrestrial and subsea links westwards to the Balkans and important destinations in Central and Western Europe, and eastwards to the Arabian Peninsula and other destinations.
Freedom Fibre: A customer-centric approach to boosting full-fibre uptake
Interview For the past two years, Freedom Fibre has been working tirelessly to bring a full-fibre network to both rural and urban areas of the North West. Through this time, they’ve seen the Alt-Net Sector shift the focus from increasing build numbers to the...
A more sustainable future: How telcos can improve energy use
Contributed Article By David Wilson, global offering director for solar and telecom energy solutions at Vertiv It’s no surprise that telecoms operators around the world are prioritising sustainability initiatives. The GSMA estimates that they account for up to 3% of...
SENSE: Nokia and Citymesh launch national drone network in Belgium
News The drones will support emergency services across the country, supported by Citymesh’s 5G network Today, Nokia and Citymesh have announced their latest partnership, which will see the operator use 70 Drone-in-a-Box units from Nokia to help bolster Belgium’s...
ETSI report hints at the potential of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
News From improved coverage to beam forming and energy savings, the emergent technology is one that could come to define the future of wireless network deployment As we look towards the future and the 6G era, one of the most anticipated emerging technologies is surely...
EllaLink and EXA Infrastructure sign strategic partnership
Press Release EllaLink, the high-capacity fibre-optic submarine cable directly connecting Europe with South America, and EXA Infrastructure, the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platform connecting Europe and North America, today announce a unique joint...
CDP to bow out of bidding war over TIM’s NetCo
News State-lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA (CDP) will reportedly withdraw its bid for ownership of TIM’s network infrastructure unit, leaving the path unopposed for private equity fund KKR This week, anonymous sources speaking to Bloomberg suggest that CDP is...
“Vodafone must change”: New boss Della Valle plans 11,000 job cuts
News The operator said it will make the job cuts across its international footprint over the coming three years Today, Vodafone’s new CEO Margherita Della Valle has unveiled a new strategic plan to revitalise the operator group’s finances, including the loss of...
Sparkle lands BlueMed cable system in Palermo, Sicily
News The landing further cements Sicily as a cornerstone of Mediterranean connectivity, as well being a milestone for Google’s larger Blue–Raman cable project Italian wholesale connectivity specialist Sparkle has announced that it has landed its BlueMed cable at its...
The neutral host model and shrinking the urban digital divide with ZenFi Networks
News We caught up with Victoria Lamberth, Chief Revenue Officer at ZenFi Networks, at this year’s Connected America conference to discuss the company’s neutral host model, their mission to connect the unconnected in urban environments, and their recent acquisition by...
Zain and Omantel team up for wholesale JV
News The newly formed Zain Omantel International will offer global wholesale services, providing services to Middle Eastern operators, data centres, international carriers, and hyperscalers Today, Kuwaiti telecoms group Zain and Oman-based Omantel have announced the...
AT&T signs up to use Frontier’s fibre to connect mobile towers
Press Release Frontier’s fiber infrastructure will allow AT&T to add fiber connectivity to its wireless infrastructure in areas where AT&T doesn’t currently own fiber Frontier and AT&T today announced a deal that will enable AT&T to deploy wireless...
UScellular urges customers to put down their phones in latest initiative
Press Release UScellular, the fourth-largest full service wireless carrier in the country, this week announced “Let’s Find US,” its goal is to inspire people, who on average spend more than five hours a day staring at their phone screen, to reset their relationship...
VMO2 and Vodafone give rural Scotland a 4G boost
Press Release Traquair in Peeblesshire and Balmacara in Ross-shire have benefited from a partnership between Vodafone, Virgin Media O2, the Shared Rural Network and the Scottish Government Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone have expanded their 4G networks to two rural...
BT launches nationwide IoT roaming
Press Release BT today switched on its IoT National Roaming SIMs for businesses across the UK, allowing them to keep smart devices connected wherever they are IoT national roaming SIMs allow smart devices to connect to mobile networks ensuring they stay connected...
Elisa to turn network into Europe’s largest virtual power plant
News The Finnish government has allocated Elisa €3.9 million to roll out the operator’s Distributed Energy Storage (DES) solution across its network One of the major challenges associated with renewable energy sources like wind and solar is their intermittent nature....
Neos Networks named preferred partner for Network Rail’s Project Reach
News The fibre operator has entered into exclusive discussions for the infrastructure upgrade contract that could be worth around £1 billion Network Rail’s Project Reach was first announced back in 2021, with the rail network operator seeking £1 billion in private...
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