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BT urges SMEs to go digital  

Total Telecom

The UKs analogue copper telephone network has a proud history, but its no longer up to the task for businesses. Keep up to date with the latest telecoms news by subscribing to our newsletter! Ofcoms latest Connected Nations report highlights an increase in network incidents on the ageing infrastructure, rising by 45% in the past year.

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BT pushes for accelerated withdrawal from “outdated” copper landline network as faults rise 

Total Telecom

With the ageing copper landline network becoming increasingly fragile, its simply too risky to run the UKs essential public services on outdated networks. However, 60% of the operators CNI customers have yet to develop a transition plan. Is the UKs rollout of next-generation moving quickly enough to support the UKs digital economy?

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BT Urges UK SMEs to Go Digital by 2025 Deadline

VoIP Review

The countdown is due to the impending retirement of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which has been key but is now outdated technology. Recent research highlights that 22% of SMEs still use traditional systems like landlines and fax machines. This reliance could lead to constant disruptions as the older network phases out.

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AT&T chief: BEAD goal should be universal service -- but not "devolve" to universal FTTP

EldoTelecom

But while universal landline service was achieved for copper delivered voice telephone service in the 20th century, the program goal should not be to modernize it with fiber for the 21st as prioritized by the BEAD Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) as the best and highest use of public funds. telecom policy.

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Technology adoption and affordability in Canada

Mark Goldberg

.” While we know that the mobile phone has become a substitute for wireline phone service, CMI says “it is not unreasonable to state that the smartphone has substitution effects for landlines, photographic services, newspapers, and magazines and periodicals.” Photographic services -42.8% Newspapers -27.3%

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Telecom Industry Summit Puts Focus on Harms from Copper Theft

Broadband Breakfast

While the rising global demand for copper has driven much of this theft, with prices increasing by more than 60% over the past four years, the issue extends to 5G small cells, wireless towers, fiber-optic lines, and even landline telephones, industry experts said.    Cantu cited an example in Denver, Colo.,

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To Achieve Universal Service, It’s Time for a Change

AT&T Connects

For most of the 20 th century, this meant access to landline telephones.