Stockholm city fibre head moves on to tourist and business role

3h | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The CEO of Stokab, the city of Stockholm’s wholesale fibre network, is leaving.

T-Mobile US to launch fixed 4G broadband in readiness for future 5G services

22 March 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

T-Mobile US is launching what it calls a “limited home internet pilot”, using its LTE network.

[Whitepaper] Upgrading R&E Networks to Bolster Bandwidth, Operational Efficiency, and Information Security

21 March 2019 |

Research and Education (R&E) organizations are looking for new and better ways to provide network services to campus communities.

Ngena joins the dots between 25 SD-WAN service providers

21 March 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

In three years the global Ngena alliance has expanded from just four carriers to 25, providing SD-WAN access to 200 countries and territories. Its chief, Alessandro Adriani, tells Alan Burkitt-Gray how it is enabling member companies to offer services around the world

LTE still growing fast, but 5G ‘will reach 1.3bn’ in 2023

21 March 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Nearly half of all mobile connections are now LTE 4G and this technology will continue to grow for three more years, despite the arrival of 5G.

Openreach ‘won’t re-install copper’ after moving wholesale customers to fibre

21 March 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

BT’s Openreach last-mile subsidiary says it doesn’t want to re-install copper connections to premises once it’s installed fibre.

EU hits Google with €1.49bn fine as Nigeria says Wifi service is illegal

20 March 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The European Union has fined Google €1.49 billion for illegally blocking advertisers – and Nigerian’s telecoms regulator says the company is providing illegal wireless internet services.

Vodafone and CityFibre raise UK fibre targets to 1m homes

20 March 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Wholesale carrier CityFibre has upgraded the target of its UK fibre roll-out with Vodafone to one million homes.

CEB FiberNet picks ECI for Mauritius fibre-optic backbone network

19 March 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

CEB FiberNet steps up wholesale game after awarding a contract to ECI to design and deploy an enhanced fibre-optic backbone network in Mauritius.

América Móvil to buy Nextel Brazil for $905m

19 March 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

NII Holdings has entered into an agreement to sell its 70% share of Nextel Brazil to América Móvil for $905 million.

Xplornet to invest $500m on 5G wireless mission

18 March 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

Xplornet Communications plans to spend $500 million over the next five years to update its network to provide 5G wireless services and faster internet in rural parts of Canada. 

OneWeb secures $1.25bn funding after successful launch

18 March 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

OneWeb has secured its largest fundraising round to date, which will enable the company to accelerate the development of “the first truly global communications network” by 2021.