AT&T stands firm on DEI after announcing $5.75bn Lumen fibre deal | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The company insists it will not follow rivals like Verizon in scrapping DEI policies to gain regulatory approval for deals Following AT&T’s $5.75 billion deal to acquire Lumen Technologies’ fibre assets, CEO John Stankey has emphasised the company’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), even as political and regulatory hurdles have pushed rivals in the opposite direction. “We don’t have to roll back anything,” Stankey said,...
Netomnia and Adtran deploy UK’s first commercial 50G PON service | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More London, UK. May 22, 2025. Adtran and Netomnia today announced a major milestone in the evolution of the UK’s broadband market with the first-ever commercial deployment of a 50G PON service. Netomnia is using Adtran’s SDX 6400 Series to upgrade an existing residential customer with an ultra-high-speed service. The deployment is the first of its kind in the UK and will provide real-world insight into how providers can leverage next-generation PON...
BT accelerates fibre rollout amid cost cuts | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Despite weaker sales abroad, BT’s leaner strategy is paying off, resulting in stronger margins BT has ramped up its full fibre rollout plans after hitting record build and connection highs during FY25, even as overall revenue declined 2% to £20.4 billion. Chief Executive Allison Kirkby described the year as one of “strong progress,” highlighting the group’s network buildout, customer experience improvements, and over £900 million in annualised...
BT Faces Formal Trade Dispute After Union Rejects Pay Offer | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms and broadband giant BT appears to be facing another dispute over workers pay after the Prospect union, which represents a majority of staff at management grades within the UK company, overwhelmingly rejected a “derisory” pay offer from the employer (96% of those who voted elected to reject the offer on turnout of 68%). According to the union, which represents over 16,000 people working in UK Information Technology and Telecoms (including a...
Gov Reveal More on Ofcom’s Planned Change to Improve 4G Mobile Maps | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government’s Minister for Telecoms, Sir Chris Bryant, this week provided more details to parliament on how Ofcom would soon improve the accuracy and relevance of their mobile coverage maps, which made particular reference to the minimum required 4G mobile broadband speed (currently 2Mbps) – this will shortly be more than doubled to 5Mbps. A few months ago ISPreview reported on how Ofcom said they’d been “working hard to overhaul our mobile...
Full Fibre Broadband ISP CommunityFibre Grows UK Take-up to 25 Percent | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network ISP CommunityFibre (CF) has finally published – much earlier than before – their full annual accounts to the end of 2024. The results reveal that their 5Gbps speed full (FTTP) broadband network ended the year with a coverage of 1.342 million homes (plus c.200k businesses) and residential customers of 336,000 (25% take-up). But employees fell to 737 (2023: 930). The provider, which is currently being backed by funding of around £1bn,...
ISP Sky Broadband Launch CityFibre Based UK Full Fibre Packages | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More In a major shift for one of the UK market’s largest retail ISPs, Sky Broadband has quietly begun introducing a new, albeit not currently cheaper, range of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based home broadband packages that harness CityFibre’s alternative national network. Previously, Sky only sold packages via Openreach’s network. The agreement with CityFibre was first officially revealed in August 2024 (here), although it’s taken Sky this long to introduce...
Telefónica exits Uruguay in $440m Millicom deal | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The move marks another step in the company’s Latin American retreat Telefónica has agreed to sell its entire stake in Telefónica Móviles del Uruguay to Millicom for $440 million, continuing its withdrawal from Latin America. The company confirmed the agreement in a regulatory filing this week, stating that Millicom Spain will acquire 100% of its Uruguayan mobile business, which operates under the Movistar brand. The deal remains subject to...
AT&T agrees $5.75 billion deal for Lumen’s consumer fibre assets | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News AT&T has reached a $5.75 billion deal to acquire fiber assets from Lumen Mass Markets By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities A deal between AT&T and Lumen will see AT&T acquire “substantially all” of Lumen’s Mass Market fiber business, AT&T has announced. The news, revealed yesterday by AT&T, will be an all-cash transaction that will significantly expand AT&T investment in connectivity infrastructure, according to AT&T....
“You’re not keeping your word”: Louisiana fibre firm rails against Trump govt over BEAD delays | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The CEO of a Louisiana broadband construction firm has called out Donald Trump’s Sec. of Commerce in an open plea for an end to BEAD delays By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Frustration only continues to grow in rural Louisiana as a result of BEAD delays, as evidenced by the latest plea for action from Caleb Etheridge, the founder and CEO of EPC. Etheridge’s company, a broadband construction firm in rural North Louisiana, has suffered...