Broadband
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Salam has teamed up with CDNetworks to deliver enhanced internet services across Saudi Arabia. -
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr has thrown out a Biden administration proposal that would have regulated broadband providers' ability to ‘bulk bill’ — where building owners could negotiate directly with ISPs on services for their entire building.
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Pro-Assad forces sabotaged fibre links in Syria as the former regime's supporters look to target critical infrastructure following December's sudden collapse of the Assad regime.
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CityFibre has commenced work on the Kent leg of the UK-wide Project Gigabit, installing solutions to connect over 50,000 rural and hard-to-reach premises across the county.
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Expereo has become a Starlink authorised reseller, enabling the company to provide Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity to businesses.
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Amazon is looking to take on Starlink with newly unearthed regulatory filings suggesting it plans to launch a satellite broadband service in the UK.
Forthcoming events
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Speaking in a presentation of Nokia’s Q3 2023 financial results, CEO Pekka Lundmark has expanded on a number of announcements made by the Finish company this week.
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Bach is tasked with monitoring and managing revenue growth of Broadband provider, LiveOak Fiber, in his new role.
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Consumer association Which? says the price hikes planned by the likes of BT and Vodafone are “unacceptable” during a cost-of-living crisis.
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Li Zhengmao, former CEO of China Telecom, is the new chairman of the board of the World Broadband Association (WBBA).
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The price of internet access is going down, but 2.7 billion people – roughly one-third of the global population – remain unconnected to the internet.
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that it will auction two lots of 100MHz in the 3.5GHz spectrum band as it looks to accelerate 5G deployment in the country.
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Residents of Aarhus, Denmark’s second biggest city, are about to have their broadband provider switched, after the network ended its contract with Stofa after 44 years.
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Northern Ireland has the fastest broadband in the UK, with a median download speed of 65.21Mbps, faster than the UK’s average of 61.69Mbps.
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Customers of Veon’s Banglalink are to benefit from faster 4G services after the company has started to use the new spectrum it procured in April 2022.
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Japanese telco NTT says it has increased the capacity of optical devices by 50%, so that fibres can carry data at 1.2Tbps.
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Broadband in the UK is slower than in 34 other countries, mainly in Europe, according to a new study out today.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rejected Starlink’s application for US$885 million in federal subsidies that would see it provide satellite internet to rural areas.
Forthcoming events
Datacloud Asia 2025 co-located with ITW Asia
3 DECEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2025 Singapore, Singapore
