rural connectivity
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Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) has connected 5,000 additional homes to high-speed internet in Virginia's Shenandoah County, with plans to reach 2,000 more properties by year-end. -
CityFibre has commenced work on the Kent leg of the UK-wide Project Gigabit, installing solutions to connect over 50,000 rural and hard-to-reach premises across the county.
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In today’s increasingly digital world, reliable internet access is no longer just a luxury — it’s a necessity for nearly every aspect of life. From finding a job and working remotely to booking appointments and accessing essential services, almost everything is now done online.
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Africa Mobile Networks unique business has seen strong growth and helped connect Africa’s unconnected
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Three UK has built 100 new cell sites as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) project.
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After US$700 million was announced by the Biden administration to connect people in rural areas in the US, more investment needs to fall into the hands of wireless infrastructure providers.
Forthcoming events
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EE will bring 4G connectivity to a further 1,500 remote countryside communities across the UK, including Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.
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The Kenyan government has started a project to build a 100,000km national fibre network.
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Latin America is the most urbanised region in the world, but its rate of digitisation is low. Cambridge Management Consultants’ Elisabeth Simão tells Alan Burkitt-Gray what challenges operators in the region are facing
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Satellite company OneWeb is to provide Veon with mobile internet connectivity and digital services in emerging markets.
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BT is following its German rival and shareholder Deutsche Telekom in looking at using aircraft to deliver broadband to remote areas.
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The new head of the International Telecommunication Union is putting connectivity at the heart of the world’s sustainability goals.
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The price of internet access is going down, but 2.7 billion people – roughly one-third of the global population – remain unconnected to the internet.
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Liberty Broadband’s Alaskan operation, GCI, is expanding its fibre operations in the Arctic state with the aid of US$73 million in government grants.
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Internet speed monitor Ookla has found that speeds from SpaceX’s broadband satellite service Starlink is slowing down.
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The US government is giving the Alaska Telephone Company US$33 million to expand fibre connectivity in rural south-east Alaska.
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The UK’s 5G providers will face an investment gap of as much as £12-£14 billion as they seek to meet government commitments to provide nationwide coverage.
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Owners of ageing suburban coaxial cable networks are saying they can be good providers of broadband. Others say fixed wireless access is as good as fibre. Alan Burkitt-Gray says they’re both wrong
