Category: Fibreoptics & Broadband

Cloud calling data sovereignty secures business operations

Ensuring data sovereignty for cloud calling secures business operations by keeping sensitive conversations within national borders. Sovereignty discussions often focus on database hosting and data facilities. Yet, the audio infrastructure handling exec…

Google plans $15B subsea cable to boost AI infrastructure

Google has announced a $15 billion dollar subsea cable to establish new digital routes and boost infrastructure for AI. The America-India Connect initiative is a five-year plan extending across four continents. The company intends to establish new digi…

Taara targets carrier-grade uptime with optical switching

Google moonshot factory graduate Taara aims for carrier-grade uptime with optical switching to fix high-speed wireless backhaul reliability. Operators often face a logistical conflict: bandwidth demands require fibre speeds, but trenching in dense citi…

AT&T integrates AWS cloud with fiber and satellite networks

AT&T and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are combining their fiber, satellite, and cloud infrastructure to boost enterprise connectivity coverage and performance. The deal will focus on modernising the operator’s internal network and establishing a…

6 GHz spectrum to be split between mobile and Wi-Fi services

Telecoms regulator Ofcom aims to split the 6 GHz band between mobile and Wi-Fi services to enable the first shared spectrum model in Europe. The regulator’s publication offers a roadmap for managing increasingly dense wireless environments. By adopting…

Global connectivity slows as enterprise infrastructure gaps widen

As global connectivity growth slows and enterprise infrastructure gaps widen, the latest data from the ITU presents a reality check. Released alongside the conclusion of the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-25) in Baku, the Global C…

Urgent digital migration could save UK services billions

Migrating the UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) from ageing analogue networks to modern digital services could generate a net economic benefit of over £3 billion by 2040.  A study – conducted by Assembly Research and released today by BT…

UK full fibre adoption surges despite stagnant broadband market

While the overall UK broadband market is stagnating, the transition to full fibre technology is accelerating. Data from Point Topic suggests the UK’s fixed broadband market has officially hit a wall, recording a net loss of 14,000 subscribers in …

UK full fibre adoption surges despite stagnant broadband market

While the overall UK broadband market is stagnating, the transition to full fibre technology is accelerating. Data from Point Topic suggests the UK’s fixed broadband market has officially hit a wall, recording a net loss of 14,000 subscribers in …

Telcos want future-ready disaggregated networks but can’t deliver

There’s a telecoms sector-wide ambition to build future-ready disaggregated networks, yet an inability to execute on that vision. It’s not due to a lack of technology or investment, but the result of a human failure of leadership and a fear of change. …