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Civil engineering (utilities contractor) firm OCU Group appears to have established a new Stockport-based company called Artemis Fibre (15129999), which sounds as if it might be looking to deploy and operate its own UK full fibre (FTTP broadband, Dark Fibre and Ethernet) network to help serve the needs of their clients. The development was revealed […]

Hampshire-based network builder and gigabit broadband ISP toob, which is rolling out its own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South England, claims to have “fixed” a major network outage that began during the small hours of this morning and only began to subside an hour or so ago. But issues are ongoing in Southampton. […]

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has written a new letter that singles out big ISPs, including BT, Sky Broadband, TalkTalk and Virgin Media (VMO2), for being too slow to implement their One Touch Switch (OTS) system, which aims to make it quicker and easier for consumers to switch providers on different networks. The OTS system […]

News Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary, MMS, will serve as a validator of Fetch.ai’s decentralised blockchain This week, Deutsche Telekom has joined the Fetch.ai Foundation as the organisations first corporate partner. The Fetch.ai Foundation, a non-profit founded by Fetch.ai and Bosch, is dedicated to creating an open platform to explore the interplay of AI, blockchain, and other Web3 technologies. The central premise here is the use of AI-controlled autonomous agents that can coordinate...

News The move comes just two months after the company announced the creation of new data centre business Nxtra It seems that 2024 is a year of transformation for Airtel Africa, with the operator moving to restructure its business considerably to better capture value from Africa’s ever-growing digital landscape. This week, the operator has announced the launch of new fibre wholesaler Telesonic, a subsidiary that will manage Airtel’s 75,000km terrestrial fibre network across its 14 African...

LONDON (12 February 2024) – AI adoption is growing in the telecoms space, with over half (58%) of telecom buyers across the UK, US and Europe planning to build AI capabilities into their products, according to new research released today by Cavell. An annual survey since its inception in 2019, the Telecoms Buyer Report polls business owners, C-Level executives and senior managers responsible for purchasing telecoms services at companies of all sizes across the UK, US and Central Europe. The...

Home broadband services in South West England just got more exciting with ultrafast broadband provider Truespeed launching a partnership with Sky to offer Sky TV and Netflix to its customers. Truespeed customers will be able to subscribe to a Sky Stream package that offers both Sky Entertainment and Netflix in one combined package. The offer, which kicks off from 7th February 2024 will start from £23 per month, for 18 months. It will be available for both existing and new customers of...

KCOM and Sonalake are delighted to announce that they have completed end-to-end integration testing of their OTS solutions,  covering the full OTS lifecycle (match, order, cancel, update and trigger) in both gaining and losing roles and are well set for the Industry trials as soon as they commence.  “From the outset, KCOM saw the value of OTS in promoting customer choice and took the strategic decision to be one of the early innovators in embracing the solution. We found the partnership with...

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) announces AI-powered intent-based operations, within its managed services Ericsson Operations Engine, to enable differentiated premium 5G services for consumers and enterprise businesses. The new AI intent-based operations capabilities will provide an end-to-end framework to translate business requirement intents into real-time network actions. Leveraging one of the largest telco AI and automation use case libraries, Ericsson Operations Engine now can recommend and take...

News Shortlisted bidders include KKR, Macquarie, Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ), and Global Infrastructure Partners According to a report from Bloomberg, numerous major players are lining up to bid for Altice Group’s 50.1% stake in XpFibre, France’s largest alterative fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) wholesaler. Potential suitors for the stake include KKR & Co., Macquarie Group, CDPQ, and Global Infrastructure Partners, according to anonymous sources. No financial details behind the...