Paul Rainford

England

Freelance Assistant Editor at LightReading

Lancastrian in exile. Trainee caulkhead. Exposed and uncovered, like a bluebell in the wood when the snow is on the ground.

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CityFibre ups the ante with 5.5Gbit/s broadband offering

5 days ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT International is go; more actual tellys from Sky; mission-critical comms in Germany. UK altnet CityFibre has unveiled a new 5.5Gbit/s wholesale broadband product based on the XGS-PON technology that has already been rolled out across most of the company's network. CityFibre claims its new product is more than three times quicker than the fastest available service from its much larger rival, Openreach (the network access arm of BT).
Vodafone and Three complete UK merger, promise £11B investment

6 days ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Space Norway becomes Starlink reseller; Nokia and friends make quantum leap into space; KPN introduces Real Time Text feature. Vodafone and Three have finally completed their UK merger, bringing the number of UK mobile network operators down to three and creating a new company called, er, VodafoneThree.
Vodafone Qatar upgrades with Nokia

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Fastweb+Vodafone develop GenAI for Italy; Enreach launches new unified comms brand in UK; when Stormzy launched EE's 5G. Nokia has landed a 5G network upgrade deal with Vodafone Qatar in what is an expansion of an existing partnership between the two companies.
OneFiber Interconnect Germany opts for Ciena's optical tech

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia launches Wi-Fi 7 routers; EU wants to be a better place for tech startups; UK CEOs think they're influencers. OneFiber Interconnect Germany has turned to the optical networking chops of US-based Ciena to power its new 1.6Tbit/s network, which spans more than 5,500km and encompasses up to 300 access points.
Nokia feels the G-force with shared-PON breakthrough

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Nokia has come up with what it calls a "co-existence network element" that allows operators to simultaneously run 10G, 25G and 50G passive optical network (PON) services on the same fiber broadband network. The network element, says Nokia, allows operators to easily add different PON technologies running on different wavelengths to a single fiber without messing up the existing services, thus reducing the need for existing infrastructure to be replaced.
Ericsson and friends form Swedish AI supergroup

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: UK plans to tap into EU's supercomputers for AI assist; EE boosts coverage in Westminster with small cells; SITA launches managed satellites service. Ericsson is teaming up with AstraZeneca, Saab, SEB and Wallenberg Investments to develop a Sweden-focused "AI Factory" based on Nvidia's chip technology. Like every other developed country you care to mention, Sweden is hoping to carve out a place for itself in the vanguard of AI.
Nemat to leave Deutsche Telekom in September

2 weeks ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Kyivstar cracks on in the face of war; Telenet bags Bundesliga soccer; and is an end to UK parking-app carnage in sight?
Vodafone, MediaTek up the uplink ante

2 weeks ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Wi-Fi lobby group pens 6GHz begging letter to EU; Telenor, Bineric combine on sovereign AI for Norway; Nokia's private 5G wins plaudits. Vodafone and MediaTek are claiming to have reached a milestone after achieving a speed of 277 Mbit/s in 5G uplink tests. Such speeds, say the companies, will be demanded in the brave new world of ever-growing user-generated content and ubiquitous AI applications.
Former Vodafone franchisees step up fight for justice

2 weeks ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: DNA migrates to cloud with Tata Consultancy Services; Nokia's 5G tech tested in Arctic military exercise; Murtra gets a seat at the bigwigs' (round) table. A group of disgruntled former Vodafone franchisees is stepping up its fight for compensation after an attempt to reach a settlement with the operator through a mediation process apparently ran into the sand.
Eurobites: BT in talks to bale out of TNT Sports joint venture – report

2 weeks ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Openreach bigwig bemoans rivals' lack of cooperation on pole- and duct-sharing; South Africa's Reflex chooses Nokia for onboarding assist; Microsoft offers to unbundle Teams. BT is in talks to sell its 50% stake in broadcaster TNT Sports to Warner Bros. Discovery – its joint-venture partner in TNT – and end its decade-long association with live sports TV, according to a Financial Times report (paywall may apply) citing unnamed insiders.