Some 238,000 homes and businesses will be connected to fiber
U.K. broadband provider Virgin Media announced an investment program to deploy fiber-to the-premise in Scotland.
Under the program, Virgin Media committed to connect at least two-thirds of the 360,000 additional homes and businesses being added to...
Fiber-to-the-home network supports speeds up to 1 Gbps; fiber-to-the-premises infrastructure reaches 327,000 homes and business in the U.K.
U.K. telecommunications operator BT’s network business unit Openreach confirmed plans to more than double the speeds available over its fiber-to-the-premises network, boosting the maximum download speeds available...
Huawei is showcasing four safe city solutions at GITEX event
Chinese ICT services provider Huawei has signed a long-term collaboration agreement with the Dubai Police to develop and deploy a Safe City Innovation Center for Dubai’s security forces.
Dubai Police and Huawei are exhibiting four advanced safe city solutions on...
The cloud deal aims to connect over 3,500 sites across 37 markets
British Telecom signed a contract with global human resources services provider Randstad Group to deploy a new global information technology infrastructure providing cloud connectivity to more than 3,500 sites across 37 countries in Europe, North...
A conversation about densification with Andy Sutton, principal network architect at BT
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the full report “Massively densified networks. Why we need them and how we can build them.” them.”
Andy Sutton, principal network architect at BT,...
The UK telco plans to offer LTE-Advanced services in the largest cities during 2017
U.K. mobile operator EE, part of the BT Group, said it has added a third carrier to its LTE-Advanced network at Wembley Stadium, London, increasing the peak speed to up to...
Nokia is already testing 5G radio equipment at BT Labs in Suffolk
U.K. telecommunications company BT and Finnish vendor Nokia have signed a research collaboration agreement on 5G technologies.
Under the terms of the agreement, the two firms will work together on potential customer use cases for...
Volvo and Uber have entered a partnership to co-develop the next generation of self-driving cars, marking the start of a longer term industrial partnership.
While most automakers expect to have self-driving cars on the road by 2021, car-hailing service provider Uber is actually planning to let customers...
Peter Cochrane also doesn't think 5G will supplant Wi-Fi
In a new piece published by Computing, Peter Cochrane, the former CTO and head of research for BT, upends predominant industry discourse around 5G.
Cochrane is skeptical the telecom industry will be able to deliver on the...
5 things to know today...
1. Mitel's agreement to buy Polycom has been derailed by a private equity firm with a higher offer. Siris Capital said its $2 billion offer represents a 13.6% premium to Mitel's offer, which was announced in April. Mitel's offer was...
BT 4G, fiber expansion comes as telco records $1.65 billion net profit in fiscal Q4
Including its Openreach broadband unit and EE mobile business, BT said its "4G" and fiber expansion plans will cost a projected 6 billion pounds ($8.7 billion) over the next three...
DT ended March with 40.6 million mobile customers in Germany
Deutsche Telekom posted a net profit of 3.1 billion euros ($3.54 billion) in the first quarter of 2016, up from 787 million euros in the same period last year. DT said the increase was mainly driven...
The UK telco’s LTE infrastructure reaches 95% of overall population
U.K. operator EE ended the fourth quarter of 2015 with more than 14 million LTE subscribers, following a net addition of 141,000 postpaid subscribers during the period, the company said in its earnings statement.
The operator...
The UK telco is collaborating with US firm Cavium on G.fast tests
UK telecoms operator BT has successfully used G.fast technology to deliver a Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) cellular network service over copper, the telco said in a statement.
C-RAN is a network architecture used...
Newly acquired EE to operate as new business unit
British telecom group BT announced a new organizational structure following the acquisition of compatriot mobile operator EE. The new business structure will take effect beginning in April.
Under the new structure, BT will have six lines of...
Deutsche Telecom and Orange received shares, £3.46 billion in cash
BT confirmed the completion of its £12.5 billion ($17.8 billion) acquisition of U.K. mobile operator EE, which was previously controlled by Deutsche Telekom and Orange.
In return for their stakes in EE, Deutsche Telekom and Orange...
5 things to know today ...
1. The small cell opportunity for commercial property owners continues to grow. Vertical Bridge has made a deal to manage wireless sites at 250 real estate investment trust-owned health care facilities. Welltower is a REIT that funds real...
Openet’s BSS to allow the launch of new mobile services
Irish company Openet, a provider of real-time business support systems, today announced U.K. operator BT installed its network functions virtualization-ready Evolved Charging solution to monetize its consumer mobile service.
With its new mobile virtual network operator...
BT aims to complete the deal in the coming weeks
The United Kingdom's Competition and Consumer Authority cleared the way for BT to acquire mobile operator EE, the regulator said in a statement. The decision follows CMA’s provisional decision to clear the acquisition in October...
The four-year cloud contracts have a total value of more than $26 million
U.K. telecommunications group BT won two contracts with the European Commission for the provisioning of public and private cloud services across 52 major European institutions, agencies and bodies.
Some of the agencies included...
LAS VEGAS – Broadband Forum Chairman Kevin Foster told opening day attendees at CES 2016 the G.fast technology is key to quickly delivering innovative new services that require lots of bandwidth.
Foster, also GM for access and CPE innovation at BT, said 4K video, location-based services,...
CMA doesn't think BT/EE deal will hurt competition in mobile sector
The U.K.'s competition and consumer authority, CMA, has provisionally cleared BT’s anticipated acquisition of mobile operator EE.
After looking in detail at different markets – including the supply of retail mobile, wholesale mobile, mobile backhaul,...
Plans to beat government goal of extending fiber to 96% of population
While 90% of UK residents already have access to fiber-based broadband Internet service, BT CEO Gavin Patterson this week laid out plans to continue pushing for what he called "Britain's digital future."
Speaking at...
TBR report predicts U.S. and European operators to lead way in NFV and SDN investments
Spending on network virtualization technology including software-defined networking and network functions virtualization is expected to hit $157 billion by 2020, driven by telecom operators based in the U.S. and Europe.
In...
