Fastr Broadband brings high-speed services to York with Adtran fiber access technology

  • Service provider required compact, energy-efficient solution to meet commercial and residential Wi-Fi needs of historic UK city
  • Adtran’s open and programmable Combo PON technology empowers Fastr Broadband to offer high-speed symmetrical services
  • Flexible, AI-driven solution managed by Mosaic Cloud Platform provides efficient, sustainable and cost-effective scalability

YORK, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Adtran today announced that Fastr Broadband is leveraging its open and intelligent fiber access technology to deliver full-fiber connectivity to customers in th

PXC to Partner with Netomnia and Brsk

PXC to partner with fastest-growing alternative network in bid to become the UK’s go-to alt net aggregator.

PlatformX Communications (PXC) is delighted to announce its intention to partner with alternative network provider Netomnia and Brsk. The proposed partnership will further advance PXC’s positioning as the leading wholesale platform for connectivity services and the go-to alternative networks aggregator.

Everything you need to know about the UKTIN Academic Future Networks Strategic Group’s Paper

The UKTIN Strategic Groups bring together academic and industry leaders and experts, governmental and regulatory specialists, and representative bodies to cohesively communicate the needs of the broader ecosystem and propose a shared public and private sector strategic vision for UK telecoms. 

Read the Strategic Working Group Report: Future Networks here

Intel carves out foundry unit in strategic overhaul

  • Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger has outlined a strategic overhaul at the chip giant
  • The Intel Foundry chip manufacturing unit is to become a separate subsidiary that could attract external investment
  • Intel has also put its chip manufacturing investment plans in Germany and Poland on ice
  • And it’s looking to sell a stake in its Altera subsidiary 

Intel is carving out its chip-making business into a separate subsidiary and putting so

SoftBank, Intelsat hatch ‘ubiquitous’ 5G plan

  • The two companies announce a bold plan to build “seamless 5G connections” between mobile and satellite networks to provide connectivity worldwide
  • Development of new 3GPP 5G standards for non-terrestrial networks lays the foundation for the “ubiquitous network”
  • SoftBank and Intelsat are to “jointly lead” the R&D on design, development, field testing and commercialisation of new hybrid network products

Japan’s SoftBank and US-headquartered Intelsat

BT & Toshiba team with Equinix for quantum-safe connectivity

  • BT and Toshiba have already deployed a quantum-safe metro network in the London area
  • Now they have teamed up with datacentre operator Equinix
  • Its facilities in Canary Wharf, London, and Slough will be connected by data links protected using quantum key distribution

BT, already one of the telecom sector’s leaders in the development of quantum-safe networking services, has taken its post-quantum strategy to the next level: Together with existing partner Toshiba, it has teamed up with Equinix to enable quantum-

T-Mobile US sends first smartphone emergency alert via LEO satellites

  • Operator claims a US direct-to-cell first in partnership with Starlink
  • Beta testing of the wireless emergency alert messaging service is still to be carried out and there is no timeframe for commercial launch
  • T-Mobile says satellite-to-smartphone tech paves way to providing critical emergency alerts in large swathes of areas unreachable with earth-based cell towers
  • Would-be satellite-to-smartphone rivals, AT&T and Verizon – which are backing LEO player AST SpaceMobile – are still grounded but perhaps