Fixed-Wireless Access & Wi-Fi Technology News
Products & Services
Halo officially launched
New offering extends price premium top echelons of Consumer portfolio. BT Plus brand swapped out for Halo 1, while Halo 2 offers latest bells and whistles. Ultrafast Halo being pushed by BT at same price points as superfast offerings.
Products & ServicesVodafoneZiggo launches Wifi Assistant
Dutch OpCo releases tool to track and improve Wi-Fi performance in homes and offices.
- Enterprise (B2B)
Telefónica Brasil signs ‘Golden Arches’ contract
Another major enterprise win for Vivo Empresas’ in 2019. McDonald’s franchise holder will adopt SD‑WAN technology.
- Products & Services
Telekom Deutschland keeps home fires burning at IFA
Commercial smart speaker available. Expansion of smart homes services. Magenta VR on display. Wi‑Fi optimisation at home.
- Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone Ireland joins 5G party; old friend Ericsson in tow
VfIr joins small clutch of Group OpCos that offer commercial 5G.
- Partnerships & Alliances
BT Group hangs up on Fon?
BT Group’s shared Wi-Fi access partner Fon Wireless looks to have been subject to a management buyout. BT is believed to have held a stake in the wireless technology developer, but appears to have now cut ties.
- Network & Infrastructure
BT Technology 5G deployment “no big rush”, and waiting for the iPhone
Watson provided a loose outline for BT Technology’s plans for 5G deployment over the coming two years, with indicators of significant events on the horizon.
- Suppliers & SCM
BT recruits Juniper for Network Cloud
Juniper Networks revealed it will play a significant role in BT Group’s rollout of the Network Cloud initiative, which aims to better support new services including future 5G applications through the creation of a programmable, automated network (BTwatch, #304).
- Innovation (R&D)
Tests underway to offload Vodacom South Africa’s mobile traffic
VdSA reportedly in tests to offload its mobile traffic onto VAST Networks’ open access Wi-Fi network.
- Public Affairs
EU member states reject European Commission's connected cars proposal
Deutsche Telekom (DT) was no doubt cheered by European Union (EU) member states’ rejection of a proposal by the European Commission (EC) that recommended connected cars in Europe should be supported by Wi-Fi standard 802.11p.
- Public Affairs
Höttges wades into EU connected car dispute
Timotheus Höttges, Chief Executive of Deutsche Telekom (DT), waded into the dispute at European Union (EU) level over which technology should be selected to support connected-cars in Europe.
- Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica España 5G pilot taking off
Further information emerged on the 5G trials to be undertaken by Telefónica España and its partners in the Galicia region of the country.
