Kyivstar approved to merge with Cohen Circle, clearing path for IPO | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The planned listing on the Nasdaq would make the operator the first Ukrainian company to be floated on an American stock exchange This week, the shareholders of US-based special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp have approved the merger with Ukrainian telco Kyivstar. The merger, first agreed in March this year, will see the creation of a $2.2 billion company that is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the...
EE UK Preparing to Launch New Broadband Router for Slower Tiers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator and home broadband ISP EE (BT) is reportedly preparing to launch a second Wi-Fi 7 powered router “later this year“, which is intended to complement their existing Smart Hub Pro router (inc. Smart WiFi Pro mesh kit) that is sold alongside their fastest 1.6Gbps FTTP packages on Openreach’s network. According to information and pictures that were leaked to The Sun, which we think is fairly credible (matches some of what we’ve heard),...
Openreach Trial Use of UK Broadband Network to Detect Gas and Water Leaks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has joined with a number of major new partners, including Arcadis, Thames Water, Cadent, Affinity Water and Lightsonic, to trial a couple of different approaches for detecting mains water and gas leaks, which cleverly works by harnessing the operator’s existing fibre optic broadband network. The idea of using optical fibre cables, which transmit data using pulses of laser light, to detect and monitor nearby events...
Cartex Group Appoints Deepak Gusain as Chief Operating Officer to Accelerate Global Fintech and Telecom Growth | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Cartex Group Appoints Deepak Gusain as Chief Operating Officer to Accelerate Global Fintech and Telecom Growth Cartex, an emerging fintech leader in global payment solutions, has appointed Deepak Gusain as Chief Operating Officer. A senior leader with over 20 years of cross-sector experience in global digital infrastructure, Deepak joins Cartex’s C-suite to execute the company’s long-term growth strategy across financial services, embedded ecosystems...
Sky UK Increases its Premier League TV Sports Content and Coverage | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of Sky’s (Sky Broadband etc.) Pay TV services, such as Sky Glass and Sky Stream, may like to know that the UK provider has extended its partnership with the Premier League for the coming year and increased the exclusively live matches they carry from 128 to a minimum of 215. But that’s not all – new features are also coming to their streaming platforms. The big increase in games all in one place also includes every displaced match at 2pm on...
Fibrus Extend Gigabit Broadband Network to 100,000 Premises in Cumbria UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Infracapital-backed network operator and UK ISP Fibrus has today revealed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit-capable broadband network has now covered 100,000 homes and businesses across Cumbria in England, which has been achieved less than three years after they started to build in the region (Nov 2022). The vast majority of this network coverage has been delivered via the operator’s commercial investment, although they also expect to...
Gov Launches £9.5m Fund to Help More UK People Get Online | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government (DSIT) has today moved to complement their recently introduced Digital Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) by launching a new £9.5m Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund (DIIF). The fund is designed to support local authorities, charities and research organisations in helping to get people online who might otherwise struggle. According to some recent data from Ofcom, the proportion of UK adults with home internet access (broadband) remains...
Virgin Media O2 Uncovers UK People’s Passwords in Just 3 Minutes | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have taken a break from telecoms service provision in order to highlight the ease to which cyber criminals can break into your online accounts. In order to do this they enlisted the help of an ethical hacker to conduct a security assessment on a group of volunteers. Needless to say, account passwords were broken within 3 minutes. The volunteers only needed to provide Brandyn Murtagh, who is...
Survey Claims 35 Percent of UK Landowners Don’t Want to Host 5G Mobile Masts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new survey of 500 national landowners, which was conducted by telecoms investor AP Wireless UK – a company with a strong vested interest in this area, has claimed that 35% of respondents are considering terminating their mobile mast agreements, citing concerns over rent cuts, legal pressure and loss of trust in mobile network operators. In the past it was not uncommon for landowners to extract highly lucrative rental agreements in return for allowing...
EE’s New UK Safer SIM Mobile Smartphone Plans for Under 18s Go LIVE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile operator EE (BT) has today confirmed that their new mobile plans for children under the age of 18 – called “Safer SIMs” – are now available to take, after being soft launched a few weeks ago (here). The plans form part of the operator’s commitment toward “being the UK’s best network for families“. All of the Safer SIM plans include unlimited minutes and texts, pre-set parental control options (these can’t be switched off), “Stay...