(Image Credit: Robert Scoble) If any company benefits from getting more people online, it’s Google. The company understands this better than most and has already launched its high-speed ISP service in select US markets where demand is strong. According to telecommunications experts reviewing regulatory filings, Google appears to be testing technology that could replace physical … Read more

T-Mobile has asked for modifications to several conditions tied to the approval of its merger with Sprint. The company has submitted a request to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) seeking relief from three specific obligations that were part of the merger approval. A central argument T-Mobile used to justify the merger was that combining … Read more

Uswitch warns that Ofcom’s failure to enforce the One Touch Switch deadline could cost around 11 million UK broadband customers an estimated £1.85 billion a year in unnecessary overpayments. The warning coincided with the date the One Touch Switch standard was due to take effect. The new standard is intended to simplify and speed up … Read more

By 2022, viewers are expected to spend more hours watching linear streaming over-the-top (OTT) video than traditional broadcast television, according to a recent study by Level 3 Communications. Surveying nearly 500 media professionals, the study found that more than two-thirds believe traditional TV will be in serious decline within five years. About half of respondents … Read more

Mobile networks are now the backbone of our digital lives, but as their complexity increases, so do the security challenges they present. In a detailed interview with Telecoms, Alex Leadbeater, Technical Security Director at the GSMA, explained how classifying mobile infrastructure as critical national infrastructure has influenced security strategies, how new technologies affect risk, and … Read more

Taara, a graduate of Google’s moonshot factory X, has introduced Lightbridge Pro — an optical wireless solution designed to deliver carrier-grade uptime and reliability for high-speed wireless backhaul. Network operators often face a trade-off: demand for fiber-like bandwidth clashes with the cost and difficulty of trenching fiber in dense urban areas or challenging terrain. Free … Read more

A hacker who stole the data of 54 million T-Mobile customers has described the carrier’s security as “awful.” John Binns, a 21-year-old American now living in Turkey, told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday that he was behind the breach. Binns says he gained access to customer information by finding a publicly exposed router. “I … Read more

The mobile landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Traditional voice and messaging services continue to lose ground to over-the-top (OTT) apps like WhatsApp and Snapchat, while operators worldwide are preparing for the high-bandwidth, low-latency demands of 5G. Customers now expect fast, seamless, real-time mobile experiences. Operators that fail to deliver risk losing customers to … Read more

Saudi Arabia has launched its first 25G PON network through a partnership between ACES-NH and Nokia. This new fibre infrastructure will strengthen connectivity across the Kingdom while supporting the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030. Using Nokia’s advanced fibre technology, the deployment enables multiple service providers to deliver services over a single shared network. This neutral … Read more

The internet is an essential part of everyday life—whether for work, learning or leisure—and losing a reliable connection can be deeply frustrating. For most people, outages are temporary. But for a significant number of households, an internet connection exists yet remains barely usable. Independent comparison site uSwitch.com analysed almost two million broadband speed tests and … Read more