Press Releases

CityFibre builds fibre network in Wath upon Dearne with £31.2mn full fibre investment

Work to upgrade Wath upon Dearne’s digital foundations with future-proof full fibre network connectivity is now underway after CityFibre started construction works in the town’s Swinton area. CityFibre is investing £31.2 million (€36.49 million) in bringing this new technology to local homes and businesses, providing them with access to a network that has been designed to serve their growing data needs for decades to come. (more…)

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August 18, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

CityFibre deploys full fibre in Bracknell for fast broadband

Homes and businesses across much of Bracknell are now able to future-proof their homes and access fast broadband to get a new digital network roll out by CityFibre. Among the parts of the town to be finished to date are Easthampstead, Harmans Water, Binfield, Birch Hill, Crown Wood, Great Hollands and Jennetts Park. (more…)

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August 11, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

UK government meets mobile, broadband firms to work on supporting users facing cost of living issues

The UK’s biggest broadband and mobile operators have today met with the government to follow up on commitments agreed in the summer to support customers with the cost of living. (more…)

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December 2, 2022

Posted by: Shriya Raban

Volaris acquires MDS Global adding a cloud-based BSS platform to their communications and media portfolio

MDS Global Ltd, a BSS-as-a-Service provider, announced that the company has been acquired by Volaris Group (“Volaris”). An operating group of Constellation Software Inc., Volaris is committed to strengthening and growing vertical market technology companies. In acquiring MDS Global Ltd, they will be adding a twelfth acquisition to their Communications and Media vertical. (more…)

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July 19, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Selected UK TalkTalk customers to be offered new smart home service bundle from Plume

A new membership and service bundle is said to be making home Wi-Fi faster, safer and more reliable for selected TalkTalk customers. Plume, a creator of self-optimising Adaptive Wi-Fi, reports it is now available in the UK through an invitation-only offering with the telecoms provider. (more…)

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February 15, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Huawei CFO arrested in Canada ‘at US request’, while Ericsson is blamed for O2 UK and Japan network fails

WEEK IN TELCO IT – Mainstream media outlets have been dominated in the last 24 hours by two telecoms-related news stories. As Jeremy Cowan reports, the China-based network systems giant, Huawei is demanding the release from detention in Canada of its CFO. Meanwhile, network operator O2, (more…)

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December 7, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

When nudging is not enough to entrench security best practices in IoT

Richard Thaler’s win of the Nobel Economic Prize last month for his behaviour economics theory reminds us of the important role of psychology in everyday decision making. He states that individuals make decisions not solely based on hard evidence but a combination of evidence and “irrational” inputs. (more…)

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November 9, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Scale brings complexity as IoT connected devices set to triple by 2021, exceeding 46bn units

New data from Juniper Research has found that the number of connected IoT (Internet of Things) devices, sensors and actuators will reach over 46 billion in 2021. (more…)

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December 13, 2016

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil