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Coastguard’s emergency network gets an upgrade from Telent

Total Telecom

Press Release A £175 million communications network connecting 163 remote radio sites across 11,000 miles of UK coastline is now operational ensuring His Majesty’s (HM) Coastguard’s effective frontline emergency response continues for thousands of distress calls from the UK’s waters.

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Can Telecoms Stop Fixed Wireless Fraud and Bandwidth Abuse?

Broadband Breakfast

Considering that FWA subscribers already use anywhere from 20 to 50 times more bandwidth than mobile users, it’s not hard to imagine how fraud can cause a host of problems for FWA operators, including but not limited to network strain, increased operational costs, and revenue loss.

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GCI Customers In Sitka, Alaska to Lose Service for Days Amid Fiber Maintenance

Broadband Breakfast

The company said it will provide alternate, third-party connectivity for low-bandwidth services via satellite and radio wave during the 8-day maintenance period.    “Home internet service will be available in a very limited capacity and will only support very low bandwidth activities like email.

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Ericsson and SoftBank Unite for NextWave Tech Innovations

VoIP Review

” This initiative encompasses sophisticated technologies such as AI , Cloud Radio Access Network (RAN), Extended Reality (XR), and the emerging 6G technology. Adapting network architectures to handle high bandwidth and low latency demands of immersive experiences is a key focus.

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VMO2 deploys more small cells in Birmingham with Ontix

Total Telecom

Small cells are an effective way of increasing local network bandwidth and play an important role in allowing us to keep up with rising customer demand.

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VMO2 and Ontix partner on 4G small cells in Reading

Total Telecom

Steven Verigotta, Director of Radio & Mobile Backhaul Delivery at Virgin Media O2, said: “Small cells are an effective way of increasing local network bandwidth in busy areas and play an important role in allowing us to keep up with customer demand.”

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FCC Space Bureau Chief Highlights Role of LEO Satellites in Broadband Expansion

Broadband Breakfast

Radio astronomy concerns and solutions Chris De Pree , deputy spectrum manager for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, explained how LEO constellations present unique challenges for radio astronomy. "The . "Our U.S.