Telecoms
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Telecoms customers can now escalate complaints sooner
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Broadband and landline customers can now escalate complaints to an independent adjudicator much sooner thanks to strengthened rules which come into effect today.
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Ofcom updates Openreach’s full fibre network obligations
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Openreach must continue to offer competitors building their own full fibre broadband networks access to its ducts and poles at regulated “fair, cost-based prices” for the next five years under updated rules unveiled by Ofcom today.
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Openreach turns full fibre network into water leak detector
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A trial of Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) converts Openreach’s fibre optic cables into thousands of sensors that can ‘hear’ and pin-point leaks from surrounding water pipes.
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Three’s 5G broadband is just £11 per month in network’s new sale
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The service offers a truly unlimited connection with an average download speed of 150Mbps.
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Research: Satellite smartphone calls to be worth $12bn by 2030
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Global use of satellite direct-to-device (D2D) services will reach 411 million monthly active users and generate $11.99 billion by 2030 according to the latest forecast from Omdia.
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BT unveils new sovereign cloud calling service for business clients
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The service ensures all call routing remains within UK borders, is hosted entirely in UK data centres and is managed by UK-based staff.