CPAT Flex and OpenVault have announced a multi-level relationship with the integration of the two companies’ monitoring and maintenance platforms to optimise performance for broadband network operators and their customers. The partnership will enable the two companies to jointly sell and deploy OpenVault’s AI- and ML-powered Vantage solution, as well as CPAT Flex’s egress monitoring […]

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), a trade body representing ISPs and related comms providers, has published the results of a new nationally representative poll. This found that 72 per cent of people believe it’s important for broadband providers to keep upgrading networks and 62 per cent were willing to accept short-term traffic disruption […]

UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has added a further 21 locations to its Full Fibre rollout – as part of a plan to reach up to five million more homes and businesses during the year to March 2026. The new locations will cover as many as 80,000 rural and urban premises across the country including; […]

As the UK readies for another spell of soaring temperatures, Virgin Media O2 is predicting network traffic to drop as Brits head outside to enjoy the sunshine.   Analysis of network traffic during the heatwave earlier this June shows that traffic dropped by over 7 per cent when the temperature hit 30°, as the nation […]

Broadband service providers (BSPs) can more easily buy certified and tested equipment for their cloud networks as Broadband Forum and Linux Foundation (LF) Broadband join forces. The two organisations have been aligning their respective work to ensure open-source software solutions from LF Broadband comply with the relevant carrier grade requirements and technical reports (TRs) from […]

The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has announced a new, amendment to its MoCA Access 2.5 standard, Enhanced Quality of Service (eQoS) Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Management. The amendment is designed to address escalating demand for reliable, high-performance broadband in Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs). This amendment lets Fibre and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Service Providers deliver superior […]

Airties, a provider of AI-driven software that improves the connectivity experience for ISPs’ subscribers, has announced the launch of Airties Multi, a purpose-built platform designed to provide reliable, optimised and converged managed Wi-Fi connectivity across multifamily dwelling units (MDUs). Airties Multi was created to meet the increasing demand by ISPs to provide enhanced end-to-end connectivity […]

‘Peak day’ business services broadband consumption has more than doubled in both the upstream and the downstream as workplace environments have reopened after the pandemic, according to the latest OpenVault Broadband Insights (OVBI) report. OpenVault’s analysis of data collected by the company’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) network management and monitoring solutions indicates that peak day usage by […]

Broadband service providers (BSPs) will now have more visibility and control of devices and applications connected over a Thread network thanks to the publication of an updated specification from Broadband Forum. The latest update to its TR-181 data model – Device:2.19 – is set to provide support for managed smart home deployments using low-power mesh […]