Zen Internet has appointed Paul North as Managing Director of its Partner division. He takes over from Stephen Warburton, who has successfully run Zen’s Partner division for over 20 years, but more recently had responsibility for both Zen’s Partner and Consumer divisions. Warburton will now concentrate fully on Zen’s Consumer business, while North steps in […]
InCoax Networks has announced the launch of a new broadband access solution that delivers 5 Gbps symmetrical speeds over coaxial networks. The achievement is based on InCoax’s patented Link Aggregation (LAG) technology, which combines two MoCA Access 2.5 channels into one seamless, high-performance link. The new InCoax Access 5 Gbps solution, featuring the InCoax A5 […]
Buffering internet has been ranked among the most annoying everyday delays in an ‘impatient nation’ study. A poll of 3,000 adults uncovered that a fifth – the equivalent to 10.7 million Brits – consider themselves impatient. This comes as almost two in ten (19 per cent) blame social media for their lack of patience, with […]
According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, total global revenue for the Broadband access equipment market increased to $4.7 billion (€4bn) in Q2 2025, up 7 per cent Q/Q and 1 per cent Y/Y. Despite the high level of macroeconomic uncertainty, […]
According to the Indian government, the total number of broadband connections in the country at the end of 2024 stood at 944.96 million (cellular 903.78 million, wireline 41.19 million) and the market is growing. It is commonplace for millions of Indian consumers to own multiple handsets (one for work, for family, etc). But the market […]
Achieving universal, meaningful Internet connectivity by 2030 could require an investment of $2.6 trillion (€2.2tn) to £2.8 trillion at current prices, according to the Connecting Humanity Action Blueprint released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – the UN agency for digital technologies – and the Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST) of the Kingdom of […]
Netomnia, the UK’s second-largest alternative network provider (Alt-Net), has completed its £300 million (€345.1m) junior debt raise. This includes £160 million from existing investors I Squared Capital and Palistar Capital, originally part of the May 2025 funding, and an additional £140 million subscribed through increased commitments from I Squared Capital and Palistar Capital alongside new […]
Carnival Internet, a new broadband provider under parent company Dotlines UK, has selected bank payment company GoCardless to offer its customers a simpler way to pay their broadband bills. Through the collaboration, Carnival Internet customers will use GoCardless’ Direct Debit function to seamlessly manage and automate their monthly payments. Carnival Internet will benefit from enhanced cash flow […]
According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, the Optical Transport equipment market grew 14 per cent year-over-year in Q2 2025. This high growth rate was primarily attributed to the rising demand for disaggregated WDM and data center interconnect (DCI). “Following six […]
A small-but-historic shift in growth rates is signaling an acceleration of broadband consumption, according to the latest edition of the OpenVault Broadband Insights (OVBI) report. Data collected by OpenVault’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) network management and monitoring solutions showed that average per-subscriber usage for the second quarter of 2025 was 664.2 GB – an increase of 1 […]