Companies with fewer ICT facilities or younger IT managers are up to twice as likely to prioritise energy efficiency, while less affluent vertical sectors seem unaware of the impact of energy efficiency on Total Cost of Ownership February 7th 2023 – London, UK – Despite the consumption by data centres of around 1% of the world’s electricity production[1], the dramatic rise in energy prices over the last 12 months and ever-more-frequent warnings from environment agencies, UK organisations with large numbers of servers are still unlikely to prioritise energy efficiency in…
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Broadband operators urged to use existing infrastructure to connect flats after new UK law passed
Broadband operators have been advised to use existing infrastructure when installing ultra-fast broadband to flats following a change to UK Law. According to InCoax Networks, this is a crucial opportunity to use existing coaxial infrastructure when responding to a tenant’s request to upgrade their broadband connection. Millions of UK tenants will no longer be prevented from receiving a broadband upgrade due to the silence of their landlords, following the enforcement of the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Act (TILPA). The law allows operators to gain access to a block of flats…
Read MoreSigned, sealed, not delivered: 73% of customers lose faith as cost-of-living crisis sees porch poacher problem
London, 18th January 2023: 73% of consumers think more parcels are going missing since the cost-of-living crisis, with the UK potentially seeing a porch poacher phenomenon. That’s according to new data from Delivery Experience Platform Sorted, which found that consumers are losing trust that online deliveries will arrive on time – if at all – amidst the current chaotic climate. Delivery drama: delays, damages, and doubt The survey, consisting of 1,000 UK consumers, found that 63% have experienced a delayed order in the past six months, while over two fifths…
Read MoreConsiderable majority of UK operators expect their equipment vendors to use energy-efficiency labelling
11 January 2023 According to a new report published today, the vast majority of respondents (97%) favour publishing data about energy efficiency of products and solutions, and operators are more likely to work with vendors that use energy-efficiency labels (84%). An S&T Iskratel funded CensusWide survey revealed that while there is overwhelming support for industry-wide energy-efficiency labelling, a third (29%) of UK broadband leaders are not prepared to adopt this now or in the future despite calls for increased transparency and environmental sustainability. This significant minority are not willing to…
Read MoreAegiq kicks off development of the world’s first deployable quantum light source with the support of UK’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund scheme
Quantum technology start-up Aegiq receives grant from Innovate UK to develop field-deployable quantum light source The system will underpin scalable applications in quantum computing and quantum communications and is part of a £500,000 project in collaboration with Fraunhofer CAP Sheffield, UK; 15th September 2022: Aegiq, a start-up developing solutions to enable wide-scale adoption of quantum technologies around the world, today announces that it has received grant funding from Innovate UK, part of UK Research & Innovation, to develop a field-deployable high-performance quantum light source integrated solution in partnership with Fraunhofer…
Read MoreIskratel fuels Zzoomm’s ambitious FTTP expansion across the UK
Zzoomm and Iskratel partner to provide future-ready, multi-gigabit full fibre connectivity to residents and businesses across the UK Oxford, UK, and Kranj, Slovenia, 4 August 2022 – Zzoomm, the rapidly growing UK full fibre operator has announced Iskratel – a leading European broadband solutions provider – as its latest technology partner in delivering the most advanced and reliable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband to millions of UK residents. In ramping up their fibre roll-out to hundreds of communities across the UK, broadband ISP Zzoomm will benefit from Iskratel’s complete XGS-PON access solution…
Read MoreNew research: Fashion shoppers’ post-purchase selfies are key to cutting the rising volume of online returns
61% of US and UK consumers say seeing visual user-generated content (UGC) from other customers can reduce the growing number of fashion ecommerce returns which is hitting retailers’ profitability and sustainability goals. And around half of consumers now accept that returning online fashion purchases is bad for the environment NEW YORK and LONDON (July 14, 2022) – 61%[1] of consumers questioned in a new poll think fashion retailers can cut rapidly rising ecommerce product return rates by including more post-purchase photos and videos from other customers—to help shoppers see how…
Read MoreOne Million UK Mobile Numbers Activated by x-Mobility
Three UK’s largest CPaaS enabler continues growth London, 7th June, 2022: x-Mobility (www.x-mobility.com), a leading provider to the CPaaS sector and the pioneers of the digital MVNO, has today announced that it has supplied its one millionth UK mobile number. Thanks to its long partnership with Three UK, x-Mobility is one of the leading providers of UK mobile numbers to the CPaaS sector. All the numbers x-Mobility provides are powered by Three UK and are enabled for voice and SMS as well as being fully portable in and out via…
Read MoreWaiting in GP queues could be a thing of the past with 61% of people preferring to manage health at home
But almost half of UK consumers (43%) don’t know their vital signs, and 1 in 3 don’t know their ideal body temperature Kinetik Wellbeing launches health campaign to help educate the nation Redhill, UK; 29th March 2022: A survey of 2,000 consumers by Kinetik Wellbeing has revealed that the majority of people prefer to measure their health at home (61%) rather than a healthcare setting. However, when asked about ideal blood sugar and blood oxygen levels, 43% don’t know the answers. More concerningly, a third of us (35%) don’t know…
Read MoreNew research: digital self-service now more popular than calling customer service
60% of UK household water and energy customers prefer not to call customer service if they can use online tools to solve their problems, according to Macro 4 research Crawley, UK, March 22, 2022 – Most consumers are ready to swap customer service calls for digital self-service in the wake of their experience during the pandemic, according to new survey findings released by Macro 4. The research, which examines UK consumer attitudes to household energy and water suppliers, suggests that 61 per cent of customers have become more comfortable interacting…
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