Two new for Steico

Steico has appointed two new specifiers, as it seeks to position wood fibre insulation as a way to meet the demands of the Future Homes Standard.

Affinity Water awards contract for roll out of leak detection tech using fibre optic network

Affinity Water has awarded a contract to Lightsonic to roll out distributed fibre optic sensing (DFOS) technology on Openreach’s existing fibre network in a bid to accelerate leak detection across its supply area. The post Affinity Water awards contract for roll out of leak detection tech using fibre optic network appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Sizewell C accelerates fibre broadband rollout and provides town centre with WiFi

Sizewell C has worked with Openreach to accelerate the rollout of fibre broadband connections in the area around Leiston and partially funded public WiFi for the town centre. The post Sizewell C accelerates fibre broadband rollout and provides town centre with WiFi appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Hemp insulation secures Ofgem approval

A whole new market has opened up for natural fibre insulation.

Persimmon sells fibre broadband services to BUUK for £100m

The housebuilder plans to invest the proceeds in its housing growth strategy. The post Persimmon sells fibre broadband services to BUUK for £100m appeared first on Property Week.

FT - Learning to love 5G, and beyond, 06062022

The rollout of 5G - the fifth-generation mobile network, that offers more speed, control and security than older networks - is gathering pace. But as Anna Gross explains, this rollout won’t be cheap, so far business uptake has been slow, and the question of how to monetise 5G applications still looms large. Despite that, some providers are already looking towards 6G