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One in four UK homes has access to gigabit broadband, while a small but significant number of rural spots still suffer with substandard connections, according to Ofcom. The regulator said around 190,000 premises are unable to receive a decent broadband service, which it defines as offering download speeds of 10 Mbit/s and upload speeds of one Mbit/s. It is also estimated that 43,000 have no access to good mobile connectivity on top of having poor fixed broadband. Good news for broadband customers – 8 million homes can now access faster, reliable gigabit-capable broadband, our Connected Nati...

Also in today's epoch-closing EMEA regional roundup: Swisscom's fiber rollout under investigation; ADVA plays a part in German open RAN trial; Prysmian touts teeny-weeny fiber. In the latest twist to new-broom CEO Pekka Lundmark's corporate reshuffle, Nokia has appointed Nishant Batra as chief strategy and technology officer, effective from January 18, 2021. Batra joins from Veoneer, a Swedish automotive company. Where that leaves the current chief strategy officer, Gabriela Styf Sjöman, is unclear – according to a Nokia spokesperson, she is still in discussions about her future at the ven...

Woman using laptop at home. ‘Life during lockdown would have been even more difficult without reliable broadband to work, learn, play and see loved ones,’ says Lindsey Fussell, of Ofcom. Photograph: LightField Studios Inc./Alamy Stock Photo Almost 200,000 “forgotten homes” across the UK are being left behind in the government’s digital revolution, unable to get broadband speeds deemed the minimum to meet a modern family’s needs. The telecoms regulator Ofcom has said that 190,000 mostly rural homes and offices, about 0.6% of all p...

Mast attacks cost UK operators 170,000 hours - Mobile World Live 17 DEC 2020 UK regulator Ofcom revealed 159 operator masts were attacked so far in 2020 as a result of Covid-19 (coronavirus)-related and general anti-5G conspiracy theories, causing base station downtime adding-up to 170,000 hours. In its annual Connected Nations report assessing the state of the country’s mobile and fixed networks, the authority revealed the scale of vandalism to mobile infrastructure in 2020 attributed to baseless claims. “Over this year, a number of unsubstantiated claims [related to the pandemic] have ...

8m homes can get gigabit connections – offering future-proof, reliable internet UK’s networks remain resilient despite surge in demand during lockdown Eight million UK homes can now access gigabit-speed broadband – fast, reliable connections that are fit for the future – Ofcom has found. The finding is from Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report, which analyses the availability of broadband and mobile services across the UK and each of its nations. This year’s report comes as millions of people continue to work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen a significa...