The UK Government has just published a response to its consultation on the question of how significantly faster broadband ISP networks can be extended to reach the final 0.3% of the country (i.e. under 100,000 premises), which are too expensive for their new £5bn Project Gigabit programme to reach in its current form. At the […]
Gov Names Winners of New Pilots to Aid 5G via Street Furniture
The UK Government has today awarded £4m to support 8 new 2-year long pilots under the Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator (DCIA) project, which will test ways of making it easier for network operators to access and deploy 5G mobile (mobile broadband) infrastructure on street furniture and public buildings. Deploying mobile infrastructure on public street furniture […]
Optus deploying Ericsson’s triple-band RU to help boost 5G rollout
Today, Ericsson has announced the deployment of its triple-band Radio 4466 solution by Australian operator Optus, allowing three spectrum bands to be deployed by a single radio unit.
The new solution will allow Optus to deploy both 4G and 5G services across 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz, and 2.6 GHz spectrum layers via one device…
Zzoomm’s FTTP Broadband Goes Live in Crewe and Nantwich UK
UK ISP Zzoomm has announced that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has begun to go live in parts of the large railway town and civil parish of Crewe and Nantwich (Cheshire, England), with premises in the village of Shavington being the first to benefit. But competition is fierce. The provider, which holds […]
Iliad reportedly bids for Vodafone Italy
In the past few weeks, rumours have been circulating that Vodafone and Iliad have entered talks to discuss combining their Italian business units.
Now, it seems that those rumours are well founded, with further sources telling the media that French telecoms giant Iliad submitted a takeover bid to Vodafone just last week.
The Italian mobile market is currently highly competitive, largely as a result of Iliad&rsquo…
M&A rumours abound in Spain as Orange and MasMovil talks revealed
Today, Spanish newspaper Expansion is reporting that Orange is in talks to merge its Spanish unit with that or rival group MasMovil, citing anonymous sources.
According to sources, the move would create a 50:50 joint venture, half of which would be held by Orange, with the remaining 50% held by Masmovil’s owners: KKR, Cinven, and Providence.
The trio of investment funds themselves took control of MasMovil back in 2020…
Openreach Hit by More Ethernet Delays Due to Chip Shortages
Openreach (BT) has warned of further provisioning delays for UK customers taking their high-capacity data services, specifically their Ethernet Backhaul Direct (EBD) products, which is occurring after the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor chips (here) hit their supply of kit from Ciena. For those who don’t know, EBD is a capacity solution for securely moving […]
Iliad confirms rumours with bid for Vodafone Italy
In the past few weeks, rumours have been circulating that Vodafone and Iliad have entered talks to discuss combining their Italian business units.
Now, it seems that those rumours are well founded, with further sources telling the media that French telecoms giant Iliad submitted a takeover bid to Vodafone just last week.
The Italian mobile market is currently highly competitive, largely as a result of Iliad&rsquo…
ISP Pure Broadband Sees 5,000 New UK Customers in Past Year
Hull-based UK ISP Pure Broadband, which serves consumers covered by new full fibre (FTTP) networks from KCOM, CityFibre and also OFNL, is today celebrating their continued growth, with 5,000 new customers having signed-up in the last 12 months alone. Tony Jopling, who was appointed as Pure Broadband’s new managing director in August 2021 (here), entered […]
Ofcom Shames UK ISP TalkTalk and Shell in Q3 2021 Complaints Study
Ofcom has today published their latest Q3 2021 (calendar) consumer complaints study, which identified both TalkTalk and Shell Energy as the providers that attracted the most gripes for fixed broadband services, while TalkTalk also took flak for landline phone services and iD Mobile came top for Mobile moans. As usual, this report only covers complaints […]