Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has, over the past couple of weeks, begun to issue a new firmware update (v4.41) for their Virgin TV 360 service (platform), which introduces a number of cosmetic “improvements” to the Horizon software based User Interface (UI) and also some functional changes. The new update, which in some respects seems […]
Liberty Global, Telefonica, and InfraVia set up UK fibre JV
Another national fibre network player is set to hit the UK market, with Liberty Global and Telefonica teaming up with InfraVia Capital Partners to create and operate a wholesale FTTH JV.
The JV will be owned 50% by Liberty and Telefonica via a holding company…
Cellnex to focus on organic growth – but future M&A not ruled out
The company announced that it plans to spend €6.5 billion by 2030 to deploy 22,000 new sites across its 12 European markets, indicating a shift away from M&A activity following the recent failed attempt to acquire Deutsche Telekom&rsquo…
BT and Openreach workers begin national strike
Today sees the start of a two-day strike by BT and Openreach workers, with over 260 picket lines being set up across the UK, according to the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
The conflict has arisen as a result of a companywide flat rate pay rise of £1,500 announced back in April. BT says this is the largest frontline worker pay rise it has given out in 20 years, but the unions say that this is a ‘pay cut in real terms&rsquo…
Cellnex pivots towards consolidation and organic growth – but future M&A not ruled out
The company announced that it plans to spend €6.5 billion by 2030 to deploy 22,000 new sites across its 12 European markets, indicating a shift away from M&A activity following the recent failed attempt to acquire Deutsche Telekom&rsquo…
Mobile Operator Three UK to Close 3G Home Signal Box Service
Mobile operator Three UK has begun to notify customers that their indoor 3G femtocell based signal booster device and service (‘Home Signal‘), which harnesses an existing fixed line broadband ISP connection to create its own indoor 3G mobile signal over a specific band, is to be “retired” on 5th September 2022. The move will not […]
Virgin Media O2 Parents Form Joint Venture to Build New UK Fibre Network
The parents of Virgin Media (Liberty Global) and O2 (Telefonica), supported by InfraVia Capital Partners, have today announced the creation of a new Joint Venture (JV) to build a new XGS-PON based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network that will cover up to 7 million additional UK homes. Breaking news.. more to follow..
BT and Openreach Workers Begin Two Day UK Strike TODAY
Up to 38,000 workers at national broadband and communications giant BT (including Openreach) are today beginning day one of their two-day national strike over pay (the first one since 1987), with the second due to take place on Monday next week. So far, BT has shown no sign of giving in to the pressure. At […]
TIM looking to cut 2,200 more jobs by 2024
According to reports from Reuters today, Italian incumbent operator TIM is nearing an agreement with national trade unions to introduce another early retirement scheme, aiming to trim its domestic workforce by further 2,200 staff by 2024.
Since the start of the year, new TIM CEO Pietro Labriola has been masterminding a series of cost…
T-Mobile’s data breach set to cost them $500m
Back in August 2021, T-Mobile suffered an enormous data breach that saw customers’ personal data stolen by malicious actors.
AT the time, the operator said that it believed data from around 53 million former, current, and prospective customers had been compromised; since then, following further investigation, T-Mobile has announced that there were in fact 76.6 million customers were affected by the breach…