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Startup Stories - Go West
2022-07-01 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Tell us about your start up RunFibre is an internet service provider in the West of UK that is rolling out fibre infrastructure and partnering with other fibre operators to reduce the digital divide. What is your USP? We work collaboratively with communities…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category: Telecommunications
MTN turns to crowdsourcing to overcome South African energy crisis
2022-07-01 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Widespread power outages have been commonplace in South Africa for over a decade, with the national energy supplier Eksom having struggled to meet the national demand for electricity during peak times since 2007. Now, however, this energy crisis is deepening further still due to strike action from Eksom workers, forcing one of the country’s largest mobile networks operators, MTN, to turn to the public for help in keeping their network up and running. This week, MTN has announced that it is seeking new partnerships from businesses throughout the country…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category: Telecommunications
FTTH lessons for the UK market from French and German experience
2022-07-01 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Between 2021 and 2026, the FFTH Council Europe estimates that fibre homes passed will grow from 7 million in 2021 to 25 million by 2026. This places a major onus on the whole industry, from operators to suppliers. By 2021, France already had 21 million homes passed with FTTH. Omelcom has been a key stakeholder in France’s FTTH rollout strategy, selling several hundreds of thousand Aerial subscriber nodes, several million FTTH outlets, …read more on TotalTele.com »
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Proximus scraps plans for US subsidiary Telesign's IPO
2022-07-01 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
This decision, which is a result of the high volatility in market trading linked to the external macro-economic environment, implies that the intended public listing of Telesign through a deSPAC transaction with NAAC will not take place. Proximus remains fully committed to further supporting Telesign’s future growth. Since the announcement of the envisioned business combination in December 2021…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category: Telecommunications
Connecting America: the Total Telecom roundup of broadband development
2022-06-30 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in the USA promises to see billions invested in broadband and bridging the digital divide. Total Telecom are keeping track of events by pulling together a timeline from multiple news sources, here, in one location. If you are interested in a more in…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category: Telecommunications
Samsung wins the race to 3nm - but can it take on TSMC?
2022-06-30 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Today, Samsung Electronics has announced that it has begun mass production of 3nm semiconductors, becoming the first foundry company to do so worldwide. The breakthrough to 3nm comes as a result of Samsung switching to GAAFET (gate-all-around field-effect transistor) technology for the new chips – more specifically, to the company’s own nanosheet innovation known as Multi-Bridge-Channel FET (MBCFET™). The new technology makes use of nanosheets with wider channels, rather than the nanowires and narrower channels of older GAA technologies, allowing for significant improvements in crucial power…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category: Telecommunications
INWIT, Vodafone & TIM win 346 govt contract for rural 5G
2022-06-30 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Back in March, Infratel, an agency within Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development, announced that it would launch two major tenders, one aimed at deploying 5G sites in 2,000 underserved areas of the country, the other at connecting around 10,000 existing mobile sites with fibre. The contracts were worth a combined €2 billion, derived from the government's post…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Proximus prepares 4 billion fibre investment plan
2022-06-30 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
At the start of this week, Belgian operator Proximus announced that it had passed one million buildings with fibre, the final building being Brussel’s iconic Atomium. Now, the operator has revealed even greater ambitions when it comes to providing fibre connectivity throughout the country, suggesting that its massive fibre drive is only just beginning. This week, Proximus has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with a consortium of Belgian financial partners called I4B (The Belgian Infrastructure Fund)…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Game set and match - connected strawberries
2022-06-29 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
In a classic Wimbledon upset, Serena Williams has been knocked out by little know French contender Harmony Tan, but imagine an even bigger disaster. Imagine Wimbledon with no strawberries…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category: Telecommunications
Snoop no more: Court rules against UK security services free access to telecoms data
2022-06-29 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Back in 2016, the UK government introduced the IPA, defining and in many cases expanding the electronic surveillance powers of the British intelligence agencies, including Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6), the Security Service (MI5), the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence Intelligence. Quickly nicknamed the Snoopers’ Charter by the media, the IPA allowed the state security agencies to monitor the publics’ private communications and personal information…read more on TotalTele.com »
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