Sky has opened a Digital Hub at The BridgeLink Community Centre, close to its group headquarters in Isleworth. Located on the Ivybridge Estate, the community centre provides critical services to more than 3,000 residents, including afterschool homework clubs, youth clubs, holiday clubs for local children, coffee mornings, training and consultation programmes. Sky is enhancing these […]
Vantiva, formerly known as Technicolor, has launched its Falcon 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) customer premises equipment (CPE) at Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona. The integrated solution delivers uncompromised wireless speeds to all corners of the subscriber’s homes. “With Falcon 5G, Vantiva addresses two distinct market opportunities. It is an ideal solution for mobile […]
ADB, a provider of Enterprise and In-home solutions for Video and Telco operators, has announced its first multi-gigabit XGS-PON Wi-Fi 7 gateway, Cheetah. Bringing together all key benefits of Wi-Fi 7, such as 320Mhz ultra-wide channel, 4k-QAM modulation, Preamble Puncturing, and Multi-Link Operation, ADB’s newest broadband solution enables Wi-Fi with extremely high throughput (up to […]
Singapore Airlines, following on from a trial last year, is offering free WiFi broadband connectivity to most of its passengers. First and Business class passengers can access unlimited free WiFi. Premium Economy can also get free access for 3-hours if they are members of the airline’s KrisFlyer club, while club members in Economy can get […]
According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data centre industries, predicts that sales of PON equipment for fibre-to-the-home deployments, cable broadband access equipment, and fixed wireless CPE will all increase from 2022 to 2027, as service providers continue to expand their fibre and DOCSIS […]
Alaska Airlines says it will upgrade its fleet of Embraer E175 regional jets using Intelsat’s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) broadband solution. Intelsat is already supplying Alaska with its IFC equipment on its Boeing 737MAX fleet. Intelsat bought Gogo Commercial Aviation in December 2020. The new contract is worth about $25 million in upgrade costs, and will […]
CommScope, a player in network connectivity solutions, has announced that RUCKUS Networks is introducing a new series of entry-level, scalable edge switches with 25 Gbps uplink ports. This series includes the first entry-level enterprise switch to deliver fiber-to-the-room connectivity. “The ICX 8200 series is a wired platform optimized for wireless service delivery, purposefully designed to […]
South Africa’s media and broadcast regulator ICASA wants to make additional radio frequency spectrum available for WiFi broadband. ICASA is proposing an amendment to current regulations and has issued a draft amendment for stakeholder comments. The key proposal states: “The authority is proposing the incorporation of the key lower 6GHz band (5.925MHz to 6.425MHz) as […]
End users are demanding more video and data, which require more upstream/downstream bandwidth. To remain competitive, broadband service providers need innovative ways to leverage the spectrum their wired/wireless networks can support. Lindsay Broadband’s solutions will enable operators to get more bandwidth per user. Lindsay’s end-to-end solutions for HFC network rebuilds create high performance, cost-effective networks […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media O2 is introducing what it says is the UK’s fastest WiFi guarantee from a major broadband provider, promising customers minimum download speeds of 20Mbps in every room of their home or £100 credit back. Offering broadband download speeds which it says are 22 times faster than the national average, Virgin […]