Telecommunications

Should Big Tech pay telco network costs? Opposition grows to Europe’s ‘fair share’ plan

A trade association for internet infrastructure providers has told the EU that proposals to pass network costs on to Big…

Openreach Equinox 2 discount scheme poses ‘market risk’

Equinox 2, the new wholesale discount scheme for fibre-to-the-premises products run by Openreach has been criticised by other network providers…

UK telecom companies face tough new cybersecurity rules

UK telecom companies face fines of up to 10% of their turnover if they don’t follow industry best practice when…

Investment urgently needed as UK internet infrastructure transitions to fibre

Existing UK internet infrastructure will not be able to support future demand for connectivity, new research says. Though higher bandwidths…

Will new telecoms innovation network help make the UK a 5G leader?

A new network to encourage innovation in the UK telecoms sector has been launched by the government, with funding of…

Five Questions with… Angela Logothetis, CTO, Amdocs

Every Monday morning we fire five questions at a senior technology sector leader. Today we’re pleased to be joined by…

Utilities Team Up on Plans to Run Fibre Through the Sewers

Five water utilities have teamed up with infrastructure firm SSE Telecoms on plans to lay fibre optic cables in the…

5G Rollout Burns Nokia: Shares Plummet on “Risks Materialising”

The road to 5G is a winding one, and it may yet turn out to be one of the shibboleths…

10 Major Global Telcos “Completely Penetrated” by Chinese APT

Chinese hackers have breached and occupied the networks of 10 major telecommunications companies operating around the world, using their sustained…

Openreach Chooses Nokia and Huawei to Deliver Fibre Rollout

Openreach has chosen two tech giants to help deliver their national rollout of Fibre-to-the-Premises technology. Nokia and Huawei have been…