Alphabet to stop Loon, which used balloon alternative to cell towers
Google parent Alphabet is shutting down its internet balloon business Loon, which aimed to provide a less expensive alternative to cell towers, saying on...
How to keep yourself safe when using public Wi-Fi?
Nowadays, hotspots are everywhere and everyone loves them. Free public Wi-Fi sounds too good to be true, but wait! It is not really!
Authorities report...
RailTel plans broadband and WiFi in remote villages
RailTel, which has provided fibre optic connectivity at over 5,900 stations across the country and mostly in rural areas, is planning to provide broadband...
Airtel Xstream Fiber broadband offers free 1 Gbps Wi-Fi router
Airtel, India’s largest private sector broadband service provider with presence in over 150 cities, said its Airtel Xstream Fiber Rs 3999 plan comes with...
WeLink raises $185 mn investment from Digital Alpha Advisors
WeLink, a fixed-wireless broadband provider, has raised $185 million investment from Digital Alpha Advisors to expand to new markets across the United States.
WeLink provides...
Online calling on WhatsApp surged by 50% on Jan 1
The online calling on WhatsApp has increased by 50 percent on January 1, 2021 as compared to New Year’s Eve in 2020.
Messaging app WhatsApp...
NEC completes optical submarine cable for BSNL
NEC India announced the completion of the optical submarine cable system connecting Chennai, India and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A&N Islands) for Bharat...
Fibre broadband reaches 5 million homes in UK: Ofcom
Ofcom’s Connected Nations report said eight million UK homes can access gigabit-speed broadband across the country.
The report analyses the availability of broadband and mobile services across...
Swisscom faces probe for optical fiber expansion
Swisscom has revealed that the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) has opened an investigation into Swisscom’s optical fibre network in Switzerland and ordered precautionary measures.
Swisscom...
Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone ink contract for sharing broadband network
Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone have signed a ten-year contract for cooperation in the fixed line network segment.
Deutsche Telekom will continue to grant Vodafone access...
Are Opensignal, Root Metrics, Tutela useless mobile network apps?
Many mobile apps claim to measure the quality of mobile networks. Strand Consult explains why these measurements are useless.
Opensignal, Root Metrics, Tutela, among others,...
BT fined £6.3 mn for breaking Ofcom rules in Northern Ireland tender
Ofcom has fined BT £6.3 million after its network division failed to give Eir, a rival company, the same information as BT’s own bid team during...
India approves proposal for public Wi-Fi networks for broadband
India Cabinet has approved the proposal for setting up public Wi-Fi networks for broadband services across the country.
TRAI’s latest report indicates that the number...
How to start collecting public data online
As data became the world's most valuable commodity, even surpassing the overall value of the world's oil reserves, there is no doubt that we’ve...
FCC reveals winners of $9.2 bn broadband project
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that it was awarding $9.2 billion to provide high-speed broadband internet service to 5.22 million unserved homes...
Four ways to gather consumer insights
Consumer insights are an effective way of listening to what people say about a company or a brand. Market forecasting based on trends may...