Today, Latin American operator group Millicom has announced that it will buy out its joint venture partner, Miffin Associates, to gain full control of Tigo Guatemala.
The deal will see Millicom pay $2.2 billion in an all-cash transaction to acquire Miffin Associates’ 45% stake in the company.
According to the Financial Times, the move marks the largest ever single foreign investment in Guatemala…
CityFibre Set GBP32m Full Fibre Rollout for Redcar and Hartlepool
CityFibre has today committed £32m to support the rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across both the North Yorkshire (England) seaside town of Redcar and the large port town of Hartlepool in County Durham. The move should complement their existing Tees Valley build in Middlesbrough. Construction work on the new network […]
Sky Broadband Discount Superfast Package and WiFi Guarantee
UK ISP Sky Broadband has today kicked off their “Black Friday” discounts by further reducing the price of their “Superfast Broadband” (59Mbps down – FTTC/P) package to just £25 per month and introducing free setup (normally £19.95). On top of that, their optional WiFi Guarantee add-on is now £3 instead of £5 per month. New […]
ISP BT Bundles Netflix into Entertainment and VIP TV Packages
UK broadband ISP BT has announced that their “flexible” Pay TV packages – specifically Entertainment, Big Entertainment, and VIP TV – will now include the popular Netflix internet video streaming servuce for one monthly payment and on one bill. In addition, the aforementioned TV packages will all be half price for 3 months. The plans […]
Ofcom Fine Met Technologies and Guaranteed Telecom for SLAMMING
Ofcom has today fined two little-known UK broadband ISPs – Met Technologies (Met Plus Telecom and Millenium Talk) and Guaranteed Telecom (Zoom Telecom) – a total of £35,000 after they were found to have switched 110 consumers to their service without permission (SLAMMING). The practice of SLAMMING is a mis-selling tactic that can occur when […]
Starlink Launch New Dish for LEO Satellite Broadband Service
SpaceX’s Starlink ISP, which delivers ultrafast low latency broadband across the world and the UK via a mega constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has introduced a new rectangular dish and router that aims to put right some of the problems with their older equipment. But it’s not all good news. At […]
Telefonica cost cutting continues with 4,000 voluntary redundancies
Earlier this month Telefonica Group reported its latest quarterly results, posting a net profit of €706 million, compared to a €160 million loss at the same time last year.
These latest results are in fact just a fraction of the profitable year that Telefonica is having, declaring a record €9.34 billion in net profit over the last nine months…
Vodafone becomes UK’s largest full fibre ISP with nationwide CityFibre deal
Today, Vodafone has announced that it has expanded its existing partnership with CityFibre to encapsulate the fibre operator’s entire UK network.
According to the operator, the expansion of this partnership will make Vodafone the UK’s largest full fibre broadband provider, able to offer services to over eight million homes by spring 2022, making use of both Openreach and CityFibre’s growing networks.
“Consumers need competition in the broadband space…
Vodafone becomes UK’s largest fibre ISP with nationwide CityFibre deal
Today, Vodafone has announced that it has expanded its existing partnership with CityFibre to encapsulate the fibre operator’s entire UK network.
According to the operator, the expansion of this partnership will make Vodafone the UK’s largest full fibre broadband provider, able to offer services to over eight million homes by spring 2022, making use of both Openreach and CityFibre’s growing networks.
“Consumers need competition in the broadband space…
Orange talks European tech sovereignty at Open RAN lab launch
Europe’s major operators’ growing interest in Open RAN technology has been clear for quite some time now.
At the start of the year, TIM, Orange, Vodafone, Telefonica, and Vodafone signed a Memorandum of Understanding, vowing to collaborate to develop the new technology, from creating unified standards to testing solutions. Since then, various operators, have launched their own Open RAN-focussed laboratories across the continent, offering vendor partners the opportunity to test the interoperability of their RAN technology.
Now, Orange has done the same, launching their Open RAN Integration Center in Paris, France, hoping to provide the perfect testing ground for the wider European vendor ecosystem.
The launch itself, which saw reporters invited to take a peek inside the new facility…