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News The ruling follows complaints made by Spotify in 2019 that Apple was abusing its App Store’s dominant position and limiting access to competitive services This week, according to anonymous sources speaking to the Financial Times, European competition regulators are preparing to fine Apple €500 million for restrictive sales practices related to its iOS App Store. The fine relates to an investigation launched following a formal complaint made by Spotify in 2019, when the music streaming...

CityFibre has announced that their £69m state aid supported Project Gigabit broadband rollout contract for Cambridgeshire and adjacent areas (Lot 5), which was awarded in March 2023 (here), has finally entered the build phase. A total of “around” 45,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses in the county are expected to benefit. At present the operator is […]

The Fusion Fibre Group, which until this month’s rebrand was previously known as rural UK ISP and network operator FACTCO, has today announced that they’ve become the latest internet provider to join MS3’s new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the North of England. MS3, which is backed by investment from Asterion, is currently […]

Edinburgh-based business broadband ISP Commsworld has announced that they’ve secured a 10-year contract – worth £2.6m – from Dundee City Council (DCC) to help plan, design, migrate and manage a “completely new fibre network service” for 42 schools in and around the city. The proposed new “high-speed fibre internet service” is said to be “replacing […]

News Inflation is driving up the cost of Virgin Media O2 (VMO2)’s loans, pushing it up to 5.2% from 4.7% a year ago This week, VMO2 has announced a £3.3 billion loss in 2023, having incurred a goodwill impairment of £3.1 billion related to the increased cost of capital. The mobile and fixed broadband network operator explained that the difficult macroeconomic environment has seen their £8 billion in debt become an even heavier burden over the last year, costing them hundreds of millions of...

Press Release Verizon, the “Official 5G Network of the NHL,” and the National Hockey League (NHL®) today announced a multi-year sponsorship renewal continuing Verizon’s role as the League’s Official 5G Partner, Official Wireless Services Partner and Official Mobile Edge Computing Partner in the United States. Additionally, as an Official Technology Partner for the NHL, Verizon has been selected to deploy Verizon Private 5G Wireless Network across NHL arenas to help game day operations roll out...

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has quietly scrapped another fixed broadband related performance report – this time it’s their annual international comparison, which pits the United Kingdom’s broadband and mobile connectivity against the EU’s major economies (France, Germany, Spain and Italy etc.) and some other large countries. Ofcom has been publishing the International Broadband Scorecard since […]

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) and its shareholders (Liberty Global and Telefónica) have this afternoon finally announced plans to “create the biggest direct network challenger to BT Openreach in UK history“, which for the first time will open their existing fixed line broadband network up to wholesale by other internet service providers. Regular readers will […]

Nexfibre, which shares the same parentage as Virgin Media (VMO2), has this afternoon confirmed that they will invest £1bn next year to expand their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband ISP network to an additional 1 million UK premises (on top of their existing coverage). Just to recap. Telefónica, Liberty Global and InfraVia Capital […]

Interview We spoke to Ahmed Mohamud Yusuf, CEO of Hormuud Telecom and winner of the CEO of the Year Award at the World Communication Awards 2023, to discuss his extraordinary career journey and plans for the future Your journey from the son of a camel herder to the CEO of the largest business in Somalia is fascinating. Can you tell us a little more about your upbringing and how it has shaped you as a leader? Raised in rural Somalia, my life has been influenced by community values and the...