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15th June, 2023 (0 Comments)
Manchester-based network operator and ISP Telcom Group (ClearFibre, WeFibre, HyperCity etc.), which via its sub-brands is building various 10Gbps capable “full fibre” broadband and Ethernet networks across the Midlands and North West of England, has chosen solutions from IP Infusion to help upgrade their network.
13th June, 2023 (7 Comments)
Colt Technology Services has confirmed the completion of a new multi-Terabit speed capable Dark Fibre (G.652D/G.657) cable along the Channel Tunnel, which runs between the UK (Folkestone, Kent) and France (Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais) under the English Channel sea.
9th June, 2023 (12 Comments)
The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), which is an arm’s length body of the UK government that exists to tackle unfair import practices and unforeseen surges of imports, has today recommend the introduction of new trade remedies to protect the country’s optical fibre industry from “harm caused by low-priced imports from China“.
1st June, 2023 (12 Comments)
The Shetland Islands Council (Scotland) has given the green light for Shetland Telecom, which is the arms-length network operator that the council set up some years ago, to apply for Code Powers – ahead of a possible move to expand their full fibre broadband network to reach the remotest homes and businesses.
31st May, 2023 (11 Comments)
Back in April 2017 the UK Government allowed broadband networks in England and Wales to claim 100% business rates relief on new fibre infrastructure for a period of 5-years, which is a change that Openreach and other FTTP builders had long sought. So it may come as a surprise to learn that BT has never claimed this benefit.
24th May, 2023 (0 Comments)
Network and data centre operator ServerHouse, which already serves over 300 residential and business customers in Hampshire (England) using a hybrid network of “full fibre” and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) connectivity – across both urban and rural areas, has revealed tentative plans to upgrade and expand their coverage.
18th May, 2023 (0 Comments)
The wholesale division of broadband ISP TalkTalk – TT Wholesale Services – has today agreed to a new strategic business-to-business (B2B) partnership with full fibre network builder CityFibre, which will see the internet provider’s wholesale customers (often including rival ISPs) being offered more choice.
16th May, 2023 (0 Comments)
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published a new technical report that could form the basis of a roadmap toward setting standards for the adoption of Space-Division Multiplexing (SDM) transmission into fibre optic broadband cables, which could in turn deliver a big data capacity boost for some future links.
12th May, 2023 (43 Comments)
CityFibre has confirmed that they’ve started the national UK rollout programme for the XGS-PON technology upgrade to their existing GPON based full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which among other things will enable them to support symmetric broadband speeds of up to 10Gbps (9.953Gbps to be exact).
26th April, 2023 (0 Comments)
UK ISP Glide Group, which is currently extending their full fibre broadband network (leased lines and FTTP etc.) to serve more homes and businesses, has announced that they’ve completed a network upgrade of their London datacentre ring – pushing its capability to 9.6Tbps (Terabits) using Juniper PTX series routers.
25th April, 2023 (9 Comments)
Data centre provider Proximity Data Centres has today announced the launch of the “first regional internet exchange in the heart of the West Midlands” of England – IX Birmingham, which could increase network resilience, reduce latency and long distance IP traffic for those local networks, CDNs and broadband ISPs that harness it.
24th April, 2023 (38 Comments)
The Scottish Government (SG) and NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) have today awarded BT (EE) with a contract worth up to £350m over the next 6-years, which will see the UK telecoms giant become the sole provider to deliver public sector connectivity across Scotland via the Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN).
20th April, 2023 (5 Comments)
UK ISP Glide Group, which is busy extending their full fibre broadband network (leased lines and FTTP etc.), has announced that they’re upgrading more of their “legacy network” kit in BT exchanges across the country to “improve hardware, reduce electricity consumption and enable their network to support [10-100Gbps speeds]“.
19th April, 2023 (1 Comment)
Network operator Neos Networks, which runs one of the fastest growing, high capacity business fibre networks in the UK – spanning 34,000km and 550 exchanges, has today announced that its existing CEO, Colin Sempill, is to be replaced by Lee Myall, who joins the business from Kao Data where he is the CEO.
19th April, 2023 (11 Comments)
The FTTH Council Europe has today released their 2023 ranking of the European countries with the strongest take-up and annual growth of gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP/H/B) broadband ISP networks. Once again, the United Kingdom continues to see exceptional growth (42% in homes passed) over the past year.
13th April, 2023 (9 Comments)
The Zayo Group, which operates a large metro and long-haul fibre optic network in the UK and globally, has launched the “fastest direct network route” connecting Manchester to New York with its new transatlantic subsea fibre. The link provides a direct route to North America that “avoids backhauling to global internet hubs in London and Paris” (i.e. reducing transatlantic latency).
12th April, 2023 (2 Comments)
Slovenia-based ICT provider Iskratel, which only last year opened a new branch in the United Kingdom to supply ISPs (e.g. Zzoomm) deploying Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks with various types of optical fibre kit, today claims to have unveiled the “world’s fastest” Passive Optical Network (PON) Optical Line Terminals (OLT).
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