Comcast and Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) have announced launch of new Digital Navigator programme. This will utilise trained students to get more Baltimore-area residents including CCBC students connected to the Internet at home, while also teaching digital literacy skills and how to use devices. The programme is supported by a $150,000 (€139792.50) grant from Comcast that will be used to hire and train nearly a dozen CCBC students. (more…)
September 11, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
The latest Connected Nations report shines a light on mobile coverage and broadband availability across the UK, revealing that full-fibre broadband is now available to the majority of UK homes, says Ofcom.
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) has announced its board chair, Joseph Jones “JJ,” presented the 2023 chairman’s award to Gary Bolton, president and CEO of FBA. Bolton received this year’s award for his management in fibre broadband advocacy and championing FBA members’ ability to advance fibre deployments across North America. His work is helping to close the digital equity gap so that every community can access the benefits of reliable, high-quality internet. (more…)
August 30, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Nokia has announced the launch of Corteca, a new end-to-end home connectivity software for broadband devices. This will enable service providers to enhance customer experiences, generate new revenues and reduce operational costs. (more…)
August 23, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) has announced a suite of Broadbandtoolkit.com geospatial planning tools for FBA members to visualise existing broadband deployments and areas of opportunity. Members now have the capability to access several tools through FBA’s Research and Resources library. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Shadow secretary of state for Wales, Jo Stevens and Shadow Wales minister Gerald Jones MP recently visited Openreach’s National Learning Centre for Wales to learn more about the strides being made to bring full fibre broadband to Wales. Based in Newport, the multi-million pound learning centre gives trainee Openreach engineers the opportunity to learn the ropes and test their skills in a replica street, built from scratch to recreate the real network in the outside world. (more…)
August 22, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Homes and businesses across much of Bracknell are now able to future-proof their homes and access fast broadband to get a new digital network roll out by CityFibre. Among the parts of the town to be finished to date are Easthampstead, Harmans Water, Binfield, Birch Hill, Crown Wood, Great Hollands and Jennetts Park. (more…)
August 11, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Fay Jones MP recently joined up with some of the Openreach engineers that have been busy building a new fast fibre broadband network across her Brecon and Radnorshire constituency. She was given a tour of the work, which is making faster ‘full fibre’ broadband available to homes and businesses in the local area. (more…)
August 7, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Adtran has announced that Interphone is leveraging its Mosaic platform to bring multigigabit broadband to Australia’s residential market. Apartments and lifestyle villages throughout Western Australia now have access to some of the country’s fast internet speeds. Adtran’s open and programmable broadband solution enables Interphone to streamline operations and activate new services. What’s more, because Adtran’s disaggregated XGS-PON (10 Gigabit Symmetrical passive optical network) is more efficient than legacy alternatives, networks built using the technology are more cost-effective and sustainable. Interphone is also deploying Adtran’s service delivery gateways (SDGs) to provide secure and intelligent in-home Wi-Fi services. (more…)
August 3, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Adtran has announced that Strada Communications is leveraging its Mosaic One solution to roll out high-speed broadband services across Western Illinois. The new network streamlines operations while enabling the service provider to deliver an enhanced and tailored Wi-Fi experience to homes and businesses. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar