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Telecoms giant BT has released some new internet traffic statistics from the final UEFA Euro 2024 football match between England and Spain (8pm) on Sunday 14th July 2024, which saw a 142% increase in customers streaming the game compared to England’s semi-final against the Netherlands.
Broadband, communications and managed service providers (MSP) Wavenet, which recently announced a major merger with Daisy Corporate Services to create the UK’s “largest independent IT managed service provider” (here), has today revealed that its existing CEO – Philip Grannum – will lead the combined business following completion of the deal this week.
Business focused broadband ISP Skyline Networks appears to be gearing up for an expansion of their fibre optic and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network, which is already delivering gigabit-capable broadband and Ethernet (leased line) style services to parts of Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Norfolk.
The Western O-RAN Deployment (WORD) project, which is supported by £9.9m of public funding from the UK Government (here), is to begin rolling out a new Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) using 5G Standalone technology to serve parts of the City of Bath in Somerset (England) where demand is at its highest – starting “later this summer“.
Alternative network provider Pulse Fibre, which recently revealed that they’re aiming to complete over 250,000 unique “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband connections into new build dwellings (here), has today announced the launch of their own wholesale platform for retail ISPs to harness.
The Tyne and Wear Metro, which is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system that is operated by Nexus (public body), looks unlikely to see 4G and 5G mobile coverage being expanded from O2 (Virgin Media), Vodafone and Three UK after the operators “turned down the opportunity to install equipment in the tunnels.”