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News The move will be facilitated by a stake swap, with Dialog Axiata taking 100% ownership of Airtel Lanka in exchange for giving Bharti Airtel a 10.4% stake in Dialog Axiata Today, Bharti Airtel and Dialog Axiata have jointly announced the signing of a formal agreement to merge their Sri Lankan operations. The deal, which was first announced almost a year ago, will take place via an equity swap, with Bharti Airtel swapping 100% of its shares in its Sri Lankan unit, Airtel Lanka, for a 10.4%...

Some of Zen Internet’s broadband ISP customers are this afternoon being affected by a “NATIONWIDE OUTAGE“, which appears to have started at around 11:30am today and is currently still ongoing. BT also saw a small increase in complaints at around the same time, but Zen appears to be suffering from the biggest impact. According to some of those impacted by the problem, their broadband connections are still physically live (i.e. all the router lights are green), but the actual internet...

Network operator Colt (Colt Technology Services) recently revealed (here) that their metro fibre optic broadband and Ethernet network has been expanded to reach 7,000 more on-net sites through their long-running partnership with CityFibre, which is deploying a full fibre network across a significant chunk of the UK. The partnership with CityFibre enables Colt to use its access model to connect commercial buildings as on-net locations, supporting the provision of fully managed and multi-gigabit...

Broadband ISP Plusnet has this week introduced a bunch of new discounts across their home broadband packages, which for example have slashed the monthly price of their top 900Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) package to just £41.99 per month on a 24-month term. The internet provider’s fibre broadband packages are typically data-only plans (no home phone) that include unlimited usage, a new Hub Two wireless router (re-branded BT Smart Hub 2), a 24-month minimum contract term, Plusnet SafeGuard...

News Internet providers are preparing their post-ACP game plans. The end of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is fast approaching and providers and consumers alike are preparing for their next steps. In early 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched ACP to replace the Emergency Broadband Benefit. The program provided eligible households $30 per month towards internet service ($75/month for those on qualifying Tribal land). Some households could also receive a one-time...

WALTHAM, MA — April 16, 2024 — Netcracker Technology announced today that Play, the operator that acquired UPC Poland and is part of iliad, a major European telecommunications group, has extended its relationship with Netcracker for professional services and Digital BSS, which provides support for a number of functions, from onboarding new subscribers to service activation, including billing and payments. Play, the leading operator in Poland, offers mobile, broadband Internet and television...

News The Council, aimed at reinforcing the UK’s supply of key imports, includes 23 representatives from business, academia, and government Today, the UK government has announced the first meeting of the newly formed Critical Imports Council, a group formed to ‘help safeguard flows of vital goods such as medicines and smartphone chips’. The creation of the Council is part of the government’s wider Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy, announced in January, aimed at ensuring minimal...

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today announced plans to deploy the next major new update (Entertainment OS v1.3) for the operating system firmware (software) that underpins their broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV platforms, which will introduce a variety of new features when it begins rolling out in the next few weeks. The last big update, EOS v1.2, began rolling out in July 2023 (here) and introduced various features, such as the ability to fast-forward and rewind using your voice, as...

News  The revised restrictions were passed by majority vote in the House of Councillors’ (upper house), after passing through the House of Representatives (lower house) earlier this month  This week, the Japanese government has passed a law to ease restrictions on Japan’s largest telco NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) that were first placed on the company 40 years ago.  NTT was a government-owned monopoly until it was privatised in 1985, following a long period of rapid...

News  The move would mark the first major move from BT’s new CEO Allison Kirkby, who began the role in February this year  BT may sell its Irish unit after shelving the proposal in 2020, according to a new Sky News report. Anonymous sources, the UK incumbent is working with Citi Bank to discuss the unit’s potential sale.   In April 2019, BT first announced that it was seeking to offload its Irish unit, which at the time was worth around €300 million. After a year-long auction process with many...