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UK Telecoms Industry Procurement Research Report by ISPA & Others
A report authored collaboratively by telecoms experts, Altnets (Telecoms Infrastructure Specialists) and the Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK) has been released looking at the challenges and opportunities faced by ISPs in rolling our broadband to the UK population.
BT Group powering first EV chargers from street cabinets in Scotland
BT Group's Etc Digital innovation unit has announced its first pilot EV charging hub from a street cabinets in East Lothian in Scotland.
ISPA Awards 2023 – Winners
The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA UK) have announced the winners of their 2023 annual awards, the 25th anniversary of the gala event in London.
BT publishes regional schedule for Digital Voice roll-out
The world has not ended due to the PSTN switch-off and therefore the migration from analogue voice to an all IP voice service in the UK continues.
5th September arrives so no more new analogue phone lines
The 5th September was a deadline Openreach set and after that date no new analogue phone lines will be activated in the UK. While you may think well it does not affect me since I am not buying a new house, for those switching to an Openreach based broadband/phone service this will see things change.
First apprentices start training at Viberoptix academy in Newton Rigg
Fibrus and Viberoptix are working together on an apprenticeship scheme running from the recently created train academy in Newton Rigg, Penrith. Those training at the centre will end up working in Cumbria building the commercial and Project Gigabit contract across the county and maybe elsewhere in future years.
Silver Voices withdraws its support for Digital Voice roll-out
Digital voice, aka the PSTN switch-off, is in the headlines again with a non-profit membership association for the over-sixties withdrawing its support for the switch from traditional voice services to voice-over broadband.
ISPA searching for its 2023 Internet Hero
The ISPA Awards are in their 25th year and awards evening on 9th November 2023 is looming and that means it time to get your nominations in for the Internet Hero category.
Taxpayers Alliance wants councils to stop paying for workers broadband connections
The lobbying group TaxPayers Alliance is taking aim at councils for pay for broadband for home workers in what seems like a push to stop people working from home.
Want to adopt a BT phone box for a £1?
Public payphones are vanishing, but 7,200 have been adopted and are put to many varied purposes around the UK. As part of the 100th anniversary of the iconic red BT phone box design another 1,000 boxes are up for adoption.