As part of its ongoing programme to upgrade the UK’s old analogue phone network to new digital products and services, UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has announced a further 79 exchanges where it is planning to stop selling its legacy analogue services and instead focus on providing people with a modern, futureproof Full Fibre connection […]
Telco TV specialist Netgem is to supply Netgem TV, its multi-screen operated entertainment platform, to UK multiplay telco TalkTalk Group for the launch of the operator’s next generation TalkTalk 4K TV service. TalkTalk intends to be at the heart of Britain’s plans for Full Fibre, offering the best user experience for connected TV and streaming […]
Telecom cable systems specialist Prysmian Group has extended its partnership with UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach with a new three-year contract. Prysmian Group will provide innovation and expertise to support Openreach’s updated Full Fibre broadband build plan which will be fundamental to the UK Government achieving its target of delivering ‘gigabit capable broadband’ to 85 […]
Around one in four UK homes can now get faster full-fibre Internet, as broadband companies have extended their networks at rapid pace during the pandemic, according to findings from comms regulator Ofcom. New figures published in Ofcom’s Connected Nations summer update show that just under seven million (24 per cent) of all UK homes can […]
UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach and network technologist Nokia have conducted what they say is the UK’s first ever tests of a new ‘Full Fibre’ technology, which could deliver ultra-reliable broadband services that are ten times faster than today’s UK standard deployments. The so-called ‘25G PON’ technology, pioneered by Nokia, can deliver download speeds of […]
UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has outlined plans to build ultrafast, ultra-reliable Full Fibre broadband to 551 further towns and cities – covering some 5 million homes and businesses – as part of its £15 billion (€12.56bn) programme to reach 25 million premises all over the UK. The company is making the new gigabit-capable technology […]
More than one in five UK homes can now access faster, full-fibre broadband, according to new figures published by comms regulator Ofcom. Ofcom’s latest Connected Nations data highlights broadband and mobile coverage across the UK and its nations. As of January 2021, around six million UK homes (21 per cent) could get full-fibre broadband – […]
Increasing the speed of roll-out of fibre broadband across member states is a vital component to drive a greener, more competitive economy as Europe gears up for a post pandemic recovery, according to Michel Van Bellinghen, Chairman 2021 of BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications). Delivering a keynote speech during the online ‘A […]
As part of its programme to upgrade the UK’s analogue phone network to new digital products, network infrastructure provider Openreach has announced a further 77 exchange locations – covering around 700,000 homes and businesses – where it plans to stop selling copper-based services in 12 months’ time (coming into effect on April 29th, 2022). These are […]
UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach is claiming to have bucked the prevailing economic trend by creating 5,300 new UK-based engineering jobs, to be filled during 2021. The new roles, located in communities throughout the country, will enable the company to continue improving service levels across its existing networks, whilst building and connecting customers to its […]