Colt and STL successfully trials multi-core fibre cable in London Metro network
23 January 2026
Colt Technology Services (COLT) has partnered with connectivity solutions company STL (Sterlite Technologies) to conduct a successful trial of a new Multi-Core Fibre (MCF) cable — specifically STL’s Multiverse™ Multi-Core 4-core Fibre — across Colt’s metro optical network in London.
Designed to deliver high-capacity data transmission in a cost-effective backbone, the new cable was built with the same cladding diameter as standard Single-Mode Fibre (SMF) cables—keeping coating sizes at 250/200 micrometres. The trial, which took place within Colt’s London Metro network between two Points of Presence (PoPs), covered distances of approximately 9km and 63km.
Find out more Commsworld secures £8 million contract to upgrade West Lothian Council’s digital infrastructure
23 January 2026
Commsworld, a prominent UK provider of networking and connectivity solutions, has announced the signing of a 15-year contract valued at over £8 million to design, deliver, and maintain a new Wide Area Network (WAN) for West Lothian Council.
This long-term partnership will replace the council’s existing network infrastructure with a state-of-the-art system offering ten times more bandwidth and delivering faster, more reliable, and resilient connectivity.
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TCCA sets out new Broadband Callout specifications
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21 January 2026
Around the world, first responders rely heavily on paging and callout services to quickly alert emergency services personnel on call to incidents, provide them with short and precise information about the incident at hand, and to find out who is able to respond.
Callout is a defined specification developed by TCCA for TETRA networks for critical two-way alerting, but to date there has been no parallel specification for 3GPP 4G and 5G broadband networks. Now, TCCA has published new Broadband Callout specifications for 3GPP-enabled mission critical networks using broadband MCX functionality – Mission Critical Push-to-Talk Voice (MCPTT), Mission Critical Video (MCVideo) and Mission Critical Data (MC Data).
Find out more BT’s EE Network secures major contract with easyJet
20 January 2026
BT’s EE mobile network has secured a significant new contract with easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, to provide thousands of mobile connections across Europe, supporting flight crews, aircraft, and airports in 35 countries and over 150 airports including Gatwick and Gran Canaria.
Under this agreement, EE will deliver a total of 23,000 mobile connections to facilitate seamless communication and real-time information sharing for easyJet’s operations.
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