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Internet video streaming provider Disney+ has followed the recent crackdown on password sharing (here) by hitting UK customers with a fresh round of annual price hikes, which are due to all be introduced from 17th October 2024 for new customers and 21st November 2024 for existing ones. The only good news is that Disney+’s “Standard with Ads” plan will remain at £4.99 per month, while “Standard” increases from £7.99 to £8.99 (or £79.90 to £89.90 annually) and “Premium” surges from £10.99 to...

With over 200 entries across 23 categories, this year’s World Communication Awards is more competitive than ever. After months of deliberation by the Award’s expert panel of over 100 judges, Total Telecom is delighted to announce the shortlisted entries below. Congratulations to all of the entrants that have made it this far. We look forward to seeing you at the Awards Ceremony on 10 December at The Marriott, Grosvenor Square, London! Book your ticket today! AI Excellence Award SK Telecom Jio...

Viewpoint Article by Pat Coxen, CEO of Cornerstone Connected Britain 2024 provided a vital platform for discussing the future of the UK’s digital connectivity. From policymakers to industry leaders, the event underscored a shared ambition to ensure that the UK remains competitive in the digital age while tackling the significant challenges that remain on the road to ubiquitous, high-quality connectivity. Accelerating infrastructure deployment A recurring theme throughout the event was the need...

Interview “We as an industry have got to do a lot better at articulating the benefits of digital infrastructure” At this year’s Connected Britain conference, we caught up with Cornerstone CEO Pat Coxen to discuss the UK’s approach to digital infrastructure. From the gradual rollout of 5G standalone to the impact of the new Labour government, Pat explains why clarity and collaboration in both the public and private sectors will be crucial to the UK’s connectivity success. You can watch the full...

News  The Italian government are said to be focusing investment on critical national infrastructure  The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and Retelit, a subsidiary of the Spanish Asterion Infrastructure Fund, has made €700 offer for Sparkle, Telecom Italia’s subsea cable unit, the company has announced this week  Negotiations are ongoing, and TIM is expected to carefully evaluate the offer in the context of its overall strategy. The involvement of MEF and Retelit in the bid...

News  This marks the company’s largest investment in the country so far  Microsoft has announced plans to invest €4.3 billion over the next two years in Italy to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure.    As part of the initiative, Microsoft will also train over 1 million Italians in digital skills by 2025, aiming to support economic growth and tackle demographic challenges.  While what exact scale of thew new infrastructure to be built was not announced, Microsoft says its expansion will make...

Presse-Information  München, Deutschland – Connected Germany, Deutschlands Veranstaltung für die digitale Wirtschaft, kehrt zu ihrer bisher größten Ausgabe nach München zurück.   Auf der zweitägigen Veranstaltung, welche vom Medien- und Veranstaltungsspezialisten Total Telecom ausgerichtet wird, werden 150 Sprecher die wichtigsten Themen für den Aufbau von Netzwerken der nächsten Generation in Deutschland diskutieren. Die Veranstaltung ist in fünf Hauptthemen aufgeteilt und behandelt Themen...

Energy and communications provider Utility Warehouse (UW or Telecom Plus) recently boosted their existing range of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based home broadband packages by finally adding a top 944Mbps tier, which costs just £40 per month on an 18-month term. The change appears to have occurred in the middle of last month, although they didn’t issue a press release about it – we noticed when it was mentioned in their latest minor quarterly trading update. Customers who take this package...

The official website that was setup last year to support the proposed mobile mega-merger between Vodafone and Three UK – https://vodafoneandthree.uk – mysteriously vanished at the start of this week and has yet to return after several days of waiting. But the issue is more likely to be an awkward technical one than a sign of something more dramatic, we think. Generally speaking, you wouldn’t normally expect the main website for one of the UK’s largest telecoms mergers to simply vanish for a...

The Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) in England has published some of the initial results from a project it undertook with Birmingham City University (BCU) and other local authorities, which mapped 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage in the County – helping to reveal areas of both poor and no signal. The effort began in 2022 after NCC secured £20,000 from the Local Government Association (LGA) to fund its Digital Pathfinders project. Over the 18-month survey period, the project...