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HS2 project could boost rural broadband, new analysis reveals 

Total Telecom

News The railway line could improve the connectivity for thousands of rural households The High-Speed 2 (HS2) railway project could significantly enhance broadband connectivity in rural areas, according to a new analysis released today from High Speed 2 Ltd, a non-departmental public body run by the UK Department for Transport.

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UK govt looks to satellite to solve rural connectivity woes 

Total Telecom

But for too long, many businesses and communities have felt left behind,” said Telecoms Minster Chris Bryant in a press release. “This is why we must do whatever it takes to ensure we harness technological innovation to enrich people’s lives and tackle exclusion, rather than entrench existing inequalities.

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FCC Urged to Include Crowdsourced Data in Broadband Maps

Broadband Breakfast

9, 2024 – With billions in federal broadband funding at stake, Ookla is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to get serious about real-time data, warning that outdated maps could misdirect funds away from communities who need it most. WASHINGTON, Oct.

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How Reliable is Our Nation's – and the World's – Broadband Infrastructure?

Broadband Breakfast

Were readers of this publication to present at a telecom conference on the topic of broadband reliability, outages might not be top of mind.  More pointedly, in today’s technology-centric ecosystems, to not have broadband means the real potential for societal catastrophe. 

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Small Texas City Losing Cable TV, Keeping Internet after Network Sale

Broadband Breakfast

6,000) will soon experience a shift in its media landscape as TDS Telecom plans to discontinue its cable TV service there by Sept. The move comes as part of a broader agreement in which TDS Telecom, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, has sold its cable systems in Alpine and four other Texas locations. Alpine, Texas (pop.

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High-Speed FWA Using mmWave With the Help of Li-Fi

Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

The other approach, championed by pureLiFi is to use Light Based Communications to let the signal pass from outside to inside. One of the interesting and impressive demos at #MWC24 was from pureLiFi ( @purelifi ) and Solace ( @SolacePower ) to send the signal from outdoors to indoors, powered through glass.

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UK Transforming Rural Connectivity with Innovative Satellite Projects

VoIP Review

The UK government has introduced three groundbreaking satellite projects to enhance broadband accessibility for the nation’s remotest regions. It features portable terminals merging LEO and GEO satellite signals to achieve gigabit speeds. Telecoms Minister Chris Bryant emphasized the significance of these projects.