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SpaceX Ships 100,000 Starlink Terminals
Elon Musk reveals Starlink shipped 100,000 terminals and is now available in 14 countries, including UK, US, France and others
FCC To Investigate T-Mobile Data Breach
Data breach that impacted more than 40 million former, prospective, and current customers will be investigated by US regulator
Man Admits Arson After Destroying 5G Mast
Conspiracy theorist David Patterson caused between £100,000 to £150,000 of damages when he set fire to a 5G mobile mast last year
Facebook, Google Reveal Apricot Undersea Cable For Asia
New undersea cable from Facebook and Google to connect Japan with south east Asia, to increase capacity, redundancy and reliability
T-Mobile Confirms Data Breach Of ‘Some Data’
US mobile operator T-Mobile confirms “unauthorised access” to its systems after customer data appeared for sale on forum
UK Government £4m Trial For Fibre Cables In Water Pipes
Government trial to install fibre cables in water pipes to accelerate rollout of broadband and mobile signals in hard to reach areas
Ofcom: Telecom Firms Must Do More To Help Struggling Customers
Despite falling average telecom prices, two million UK homes are struggling to afford internet access, comms regulator finds
Keep Virgin Media O2 Routers Out Of Direct Sunlight
Hot hot hot. Virgin Media O2 warns customers to keep their home broadband routers out of sun during the UK's summer heatwave
Japan Sets Data Transfer Speed Record Of 319Tbps
Researchers in Japan have set a stunning data transmission speed record of 319Tbps, over a long distance of 3,001km or 1,864 miles
Amazon Acquires Facebook’s Satellite Internet Team
Amazon pays Facebook an undisclosed sum of money to acquire the social networking giant's satellite Internet team of specialists
BT Confirms 3G Service Will Be ‘Retired’ In 2023
BT 3G connectivity will be retired in 2023, as carrier pledges to make 5G connectivity available in 90 percent of the UK by 2028
BT Reaches Union Agreement Over Modernisation
Threat of strike action removed, after BT Group reaches agreement with its largest union, the Communication Workers Union
OneWeb Gains Additional $500m Funding From Bharti
Busy period for OneWeb with additional funding, launch of more satellites, and signing deal with BT for rural broadband provision
Tim Berners-Lee’s NFT Source Code Sells For $5.4m
Auction of an NFT of Tim Berners-Lee's original source code for the World Wide Web sells for $5.4 million at Sotheby’s this week
Shared Rural Network Update Issued By Government
Progress report on £1 billion Shared Rural Network shows Scotland, Wales, North East England benefiting from 4G rural coverage
Mobile World Congress Returns To Barcelona With ‘Hybrid’ Event
Mobile World Congress returns to Barcelona for Europe's first major tech conference since beginning of Covid-19 pandemic, with talks from Elon Musk and Samsung
EE First Operator To Reinstate European Roaming Charge
EE has become the first UK mobile operator to reinstate roaming charges for customers in Europe, but only for new and upgrading customers
Starlink Will Go Public When Cash Flow Stabilises – Elon Musk
SpaceX's Elon Musk confirms the Starlink broadband satellite venture will eventually apply for an initial public offering (IPO)
SpaceX Starlink To Provide Global Coverage By September
SpaceX's Starlink fleet of satellites is to deliver continuous global coverage by around September, its president has revealed
US Regulator Proposes More Restrictions For Huawei
Federal Communications Commission grants initial approval for rules banning new Huawei and ZTE equipment, and requiring carriers to 'rip and replace'
Sir Tim Berners-Lee To Auction Web Source Code As NFT
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is to auction off the original source code for World Wide Web as a NFT later this month, to raise funds for good causes
Biden Urged To Appoint FCC Commissioner To Speed Net Neutrality Return
US President Biden has been urged to appoint a fifth commissioner to “ensure a fully functional Federal Communications Commission"
Vodafone Chooses Samsung For 5G, Open RAN
Watch out Nokia, Ericsson? Samsung gains 5G foothold in Europe after Vodafone UK opts for equipment from South Korean giant
French Telecoms Giant Altice Acquires Stake In BT
France's second largest telecoms firm Altice purchases 12 percent stake in British carrier BT, but denies takeover intentions
US Senate Passes Bill To Counter China Tech Threat
US Senate passes $250bn US Innovation and Competition Act that seeks to counter global influence of Chinese technology, and encourage US innovation
Major Websites Down After Global Outage
Major internet outage knocks oflline big name websites such as UK Government, Amazon, CNN, Bloomberg, Financial Times offline
Openreach Doubles Rural Full Fibre Deployment Target
Good new for rural broadband as Openreach doubles its target for 1Gbps full fibre to 6.2 million rural homes and premises
Virgin Media, O2 Merger Achieves Final Clearance By CMA
CMA gives its official blessing to merger of O2 and Virgin Media, after being 'reassured that competition … will remain strong'
BT Targets Hull To Begin Removal Of Huawei Kit – Report
BT begins program to remove Huawei equipment from its 4G and 5G mobile network, with Hull in East Yorkshire being the first location