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Event | 22 Jul 2024

The Great Telco Debate 2024: Let’s get ready to rumble!

The telecom industry’s end-of-year wrap-up returns to London on Thursday 5 December, for a day of boisterous discussion and debate on the big issues and topics that are shaping the future of telecoms. 

Debates proposed so far include:

Resource | 30 May 2024

Glasgow City Region: Smart & Connected Social Places Presentation

Presentation outlining Glasgow City Region strategic context and properties

Resource | 30 May 2024

UKTIN Clusters Coventry City Council Digital Innovation Presentation

Presentation outlining digital innovation undertaken by Coventry City Council

Event | 04 Oct 2023

Network X

Network X brings together global leaders across Fixed Networks, Mobile Networks and Telco software to offer the world’s most comprehensive B2B telecommunications industry event.

News | 22 May 2023

Many UK consumers ‘priced out’ of broadband

Written by Mary Lennighan for Telecoms.com

Resource | 11 Mar 2023

NEOS Networks | Our UK-wide network

Our 34,000km private telecoms network spans the UK providing a range of high capacity connectivity and collaboration solutions.

National network maps

News | 04 Sep 2024

CityFibre partners with Sky to expand network reach

CityFibre has announced a long-term partnership with Sky to expand its network reach.

As a result, Sky’s Full Fibre Broadband is expected to launch on CityFibre’s network starting next year.

News | 30 Aug 2024

UK altnets ‘keeping pace’ on FTTP, says Point Topic

  • Research firm reports that fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) subs growth in UK is faster among altnets than major ISPs
  • Altnets accounted for nearly 30% of retail UK FTTP connections at the end of Q2 2024; market leader BT had a 37% share
  • Stinging rebuke for Virgin Media O2’s “premium pric

News | 23 Aug 2024

DDoS Attacks Surge 106% from H2 2023 to H1 2024, Reveals New Zayo Data

Report highlights the alarming need for businesses to strengthen defenses as AI fuels cyber threats

News | 20 Aug 2024

Prysmian Awarded More Than $96 Million By Jury in Trade Secrets Lawsuit Against Sterlite

Prysmian, a leader in the energy transition and digital transformation, and a major employer in the Lexington, South Carolina area, has won its trade secrets case against its competitor Sterlite Technologies, Inc. and Prysmian’s former executive, Stephen Szymanski.

News | 08 Aug 2024

UK Infrastructure Bank gives fibre sector another financial leg-up

Quickline, a rural fibre and wireless broadband altnet, has bagged £250m in fresh funding from the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) and NatWest to support its network rollout in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

The debt package comprises a £125m term loan and £100m debt guarantee from UKIB along with a £25m term loan from NatWest.

News | 24 Jul 2024

Gov-backed UK Infrastructure Bank provides funding to another rural FibreCo

Cornish Wildanet attracts £35m investment from UKIB, days after the bank ploughed £150m into Hyperoptic.

Southwest fibre altnet Wildanet has become the latest UK challenger to attract investment from UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB), and has secured a revolving credit facility from Santander to boot.

News | 11 Jul 2024

Nokia buys Infinera for $2.3 billion to boost US optical division

Nokia is splashing the cash in hopes of capitalising on the burgeoning US fibre market.

News | 10 Jul 2024

Cable ops are lab-testing 'enhanced' DOCSIS 3.1, CommScope says

CommScope says operators are using new software to fuel lab tests of an upgraded, enhanced form of DOCSIS 3.1 that beefs up downstream speeds. Field trials are expected to begin later this year.

News | 28 Jun 2024

TAL acquires gigabit networks’ residential CityFibre customers

News provided by Frontline Agencies Limited on Monday 17th Jun 2024

News | 27 Jun 2024

NEC develops compact millimeter-wave distributed antenna for Beyond 5G/6G through the development of a radio-over-fiber system enabling low power consumption

~ Contributing to the stabilisation of millimetre-wave communications in obstacle-laden environments ~

News | 19 Jun 2024

New submarine fibre optic project will connect five European countries

Written by Andrew Wooden for Telecoms.com

News | 13 Jun 2024

Optical transport equipment market dips 13% in Q1 – Dell'Oro reports

Written by Kelsey Ziser, Senior Editor for LightReading.com

News | 30 May 2024

Nokia deploys subaquatic fibre in the Amazon Rainforest

Nokia has deployed a new subaquatic and future-proof Optical, IP and fibre broadband network in the Amazon Rainforest alongside Global Fiber Peru.

The network connects over 400 communities to multi-gigabit broadband access that Nokia says is critical in today’s digital economy,

News | 17 May 2024

CityFibre completes its acquisition of Lit Fibre

CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, has now completed its acquisition of Lit Fibre (Lit) from Newlight Partners.

News | 16 May 2024

Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Emma Philpott

Hello, I’m Emma Philpott, a principal technical consultant at FarrPoint: I work  on various connectivity projects involving 4G, 5G, IoT, fixed wireless access and fibre networks aimed at improving digital connectivity across the UK.

News | 10 May 2024

Gigabit infrastructure act: Council gives final green light to faster deployment of high-speed networks in the EU

To ensure faster deployment of digital network infrastructure across Europe, today the Council adopted the gigabit infrastructure act, which will replace the 2014 broadband cost reduction directive (BCRD).

News | 08 May 2024

China Mobile tops telco-to-techco ranking

China Mobile is currently the most advanced operator in terms of shifting from telco to techco, according to a new report from research house Omdia