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Business broadband, security and managed IT provider Communicate, which is backed by private equity investor Rockpool Investments, has today announced their fifth acquisition by gobbling up Blaze Networks – a similar security-focused MSP with expertise in SD-WAN and advanced networking solutions.
The Scottish Futures Trust has announced that thousands of tourists and travellers in the remote archipelago of Orkney (Northern Scotland) are set to benefit from “complimentary ultra-fast internet access“, which comes after three local ferries were upgraded to harness Starlink’s global LEO satellite broadband network – supporting onboard WiFi.
Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media’s (O2) Pay TV services (delivered via their TV 360, V6 or Stream boxes) have today been informed that the provider has launched ‘Premier Sports Rugby’ on their platform, which is said to be the “UK’s first dedicated 24/7 rugby channel“. But you’ll need to be subscribed to Premier Sports in order to get it.
The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today done as expected by proposing for the UK to become the “first country in Europe” to authorise Direct to Device (D2D) satellite services for use in regular mobile bands, which could be used to help mobile operators improve their 4G and 5G coverage.
The ISPA and INCA have today published new ‘Best Practice Guidance’ for gigabit broadband operators that are building new poles as part of their UK network expansions. The guidance aims to support the Government’s goal of “ending the deployment of unnecessary telegraph poles” (here), not least by requiring providers to engage more closely with communities before they build.
Alternative network provider Wildanet, which has spent the past few years deploying a mix of full fibre and wireless broadband networks across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon in England, has today confirmed to ISPreview that its CEO, Helen Wylde-Archibald, has “left the business“.