Bristol-based ISP RunFibre, which recently started building their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of South Gloucestershire in England, has begun to “ramp up” the rollout of their new network and now aim to make 3,500 properties Ready for Service (RFS) by March 2023. At present RunFibre, which also sells broadband packages […]
Hyperoptic Asks Ofcom UK to Probe Broadband ISP Price Hikes
Full fibre broadband ISP Hyperoptic has today formally called on the UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, to investigate the use of above-inflation mid-contract price rises and to consider reform that would allow impacted customers to terminate their agreement and switch providers, penalty-free. Annual price hikes are of course nothing new in this and other markets. Often […]
Growth in the Nordics: a perspective from N0r5ke Fibre
N0r5ke Fibre will be joining Submarine Networks EMEA in London for the first time next month. Ahead of the event, Total Telecom caught up with Anders Vik, Co-Founder of N0r5ke Fibre to learn more about the growth of the Nordics as a connectivity hub as well as to hear about the N0r5ke Viking Cable project.
N0r5ke Fibre secured funding for its N0r5ke Viking cable project last autumn. Please can you tell us more about the system??
Yes, it was a busy autumn for us last year. Firstly, we raised NOK 40m from management and existing investors during the summer. Then, we initiated a process with Arctic Securities where we structured a financing package for new investors consisting of a NOK 150m Nordic bond and a NOK 40m equity issue to fully finance the project…
327,174 Premises in Wales Need Help to Get Gigabit Broadband
The Building Digital UK team has published a new Public Review (PR) consultation for Wales, which reveals that some 327,174 premises might need state aid help under the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme in order to access 1Gbps speeds (rising to 984,806 if including ‘Under Review‘ premises). The project, which is targeted at […]
UK's SMEs badly lacking in cyber protection, says BT
The survey of 1,000 decision makers at UK businesses has found that many thousands of small firms may be at risk – despite having security measures in place – because they are relying on security products which are not designed for business use.
With the majority of small firms moving online during the pandemic, opportunistic cyber criminals have also stepped up their efforts to target them. The Government’s recent Cyber Security Breaches survey found that almost half of all UK small businesses suffered a cyber security breach or attack last year.
However, despite the increased threat, BT’s latest research reveals more than half (51%) of the micro business sector…
Sky and Vodafone among those interested in buying TalkTalk
According to reports, Sky and Vodafone are among a number of suitors having approached UK broadband ISP TalkTalk regarding a potential acquisition.
The reports note that TalkTalk have appointed investment bank Lazard to review their options…
TIM refuses to let KKR look at its books
US private equity firm KKR first made a non-binding bid to take control of Italian operator TIM last year, offering €10.8 billion.
At the time, TIM was in something of a vulnerable position, with then-CEO Luigi Gubitosi coming under fire from shareholders for failing to provide the financial uplift that had been promised. The bid from KKR hasted Gubitosi’s departure, with TIM Brasil’s CEO, Pietro Labriola, taking over as Group CEO at the start of 2022…
GBP295m Funding Boost for Netomnia’s UK FTTP Broadband Rollout
Network operator Netomnia and partner broadband ISP YouFibre have today secured a huge funding boost of £295m from DigitalBridge Investment Management, which will help to fuel the ongoing rollout of their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network for UK homes and businesses. The operator, which last year secured £123m of funding (here) and […]
Vodafone and Sky Sniffing Possible Acquisition of UK ISP TalkTalk
Mobile giant Vodafone UK and Sky (Comcast) are reportedly two among several “groups” that have approached budget conscious fixed broadband ISP TalkTalk about a potential deal (most likely an acquisition), which in theory could create a much larger provider with more influence over the industry. Just to recap. In 2020 TalkTalk became the subject of […]
Three UK See Record Mobile Data Traffic of 1 TeraByte Per Second
Mobile operator Three UK has today published their new ‘Mobile Britain’ report, which summarises key statistics from their network and reveals that mobile broadband (data) traffic hit an all-time high of “1 tbps (terabyte per second)” on Tuesday night – between 21:15 and 21:30. Before we get started, it’s important to address that claim of […]