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China Unicom, Ericsson offer Gigabit LTE
Companies claim to have launched China’s first commercial LTE broadcast service.
Verizon, vendors record Gigabit LTE in the lab
U.S. operator reaches 1.07 Gbps download speed working with Ericsson and Qualcomm.
Gigabit LTE to account for 30% of global LTE connections by 2026
ABI Research predicts Gigabit LTE subscriptions will reach almost 2 million this year.
Samsung Galaxy S8 kicks off Gigabit LTE smartphone era
Device maker hopes to consign Note 7 woes to history with new flagship handset.
Sprint in live Gigabit LTE demo
Operator claims U.S. first in partnership with Qualcomm, Motorola.
Telstra nears Gigabit LTE launch
Qualcomm, Netgear complete development of cat 16 WiFi router.
EU passes Gigabit Infrastructure Act
The European Council has passed the Gigabit Infrastructure Act (GIA), which aims to simplify and accelerate the roll out of high speed networks like fibre and 5G to meet Europe’s connectivity objectives.
UK govt awards £165m in new Project Gigabit contracts
Today, the UK government has released its Spring update for Project Gigabit, its £5 billion plan to upgrade digital connectivity in hard-to-reach areas across the country.
Quickline wins £60m Project Gigabit contract
The UK government has awarded East Yorkshire-based ISP Quickline Communications £60 million in funding as part of the Government’s £5 billion Project Gigabit scheme. The contract covers the rollout of full fibre to over 28,000 rural homes and businesses, primarily in West Yorkshire but also reaching some communities in North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
CityFibre awarded nearly £400m in latest round of Project Gigabit contracts
News The five new contracts will help subsidise the rollout of full fibre broadband infrastructure to ovr 202,000 rural premises Today, the UK’s largest altnet CityFibre has been awarded five new contracts related to the UK’s £5 billion broadband subsidy programme,...
EU telcos join forces against Gigabit Infrastructure Act
Industry groups representing European telecoms operators have warned that the European Commission’s proposed Gigabit Infrastructure Act (GIA) could penalise companies and damage the sector. Industry associations representing the operators argue that operators would rather keep the existing legislation than implement the proposed framework.
Faster Britain goes on tour! Taking gigabit full fibre on the road
Launching at its headquarters in Daresbury, ITS has introduced the Faster Britain bus. Its branded double-decker will be travelling the length and breadth of the country promoting the company’s gigabit-capable full-fibre network, built specifically for UK business use.
German telecom sector warns of bottleneck if extensive gigabit rollout funding continues
The German telecoms associations ANGA, Bitkom, BREKO, BUGLAS, and VATM called on the German government for fibre-optic funding to be reduced, due to the German Gigabit funding programme being too heavily subscribed.
Scotland to receive £450m in Gigabit Broadband Upgrade
News The UK government has revealed that Scotland will receive a £450 million share of the £5 billion Project Gigabit rollout scheme Project Gigabit is the UK government’s commitment to deliver fast and reliable broadband to the entire UK. It targets homes and...
Procurement begins on Project Gigabit’s Cross Regional Contracts
News Procurement for Type C contracts launched on 27th July, with two contracts currently on offer Building Digital UK (BDUK) – the government’s executive agency set up to deliver the £5 billion Project Gigabit has begun the procurement phase for the award for the...
CityFibre wins trio of Project Gigabit contracts worth £318m
News The UK’s largest altnet has secured £318 million in government to rollout fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) to areas of Hampshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk The UK government has announced its latest allocations for its flagship broadband funding initiative Project...
“Little tangible progress”: DCMS slammed over unclear gigabit broadband progress
The report suggests the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is overly reliant on commercial operators to meet the national broadband goals
Cambium Networks Announces 28 GHz cnWave™ Multi-Gigabit 5G Fixed Wireless Solution
Service providers can profitably expand into new markets with 5G based fixed wireless leveraging Cambium Networks’ wireless fabric portfolio
Virgin Media O2 within touching distance of upgrading entire network to gigabit speeds
More than 90 per cent of Virgin Media O2’s network now gigabit ready, with 14.3 million homes across the UK able to access average download speeds of 1,130Mbps – 22 times faster than the national average
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