Intel to sell minority stake in IMS Nanofabrication to TSMC
News Intel initially invested in IMS in 2009 before acquiring it in 2015 Intel has announced today that it has agreed to sell a 10% stake in its subsidiary firm IMS Nanofabrication (IMS) to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSCM). IMS, an Austrian based company, produces chip manufacturing components called ‘masks’ that are essential to develop advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV), a method for making the most advanced semiconductors, so-called leading-edge nodes...
Apple signs chip deal with Qualcomm
News The announcement comes just one day before the unveiling of Apple’s new iPhone 15 Qualcomm confirmed on Monday that is has signed a deal with Apple to supply them with 5G chips for smartphone launches until 2026. The deal is a renewal of a modem supply agreement signed between the two firms, that was set to expire this year. Under the terms of the deal, which Qualcomm noted are “similar” to the last, Qualcomm will supply Apple with Snapdragon 5G Modem‑RF Systems for smartphone...
Spanish government scrutinising STC Telefónica deal
News STC, Saudi Arabia’s largest telecoms operator, contacted the Spanish government last week to inform it of the deal, which if approved, will make STC the Spanish telecom’s largest shareholder The Spanish government is reportedly carefully examining STC’s proposed acquisition of a 9.9% stake in Telefónica worth €2.1 billion, which was announced last week. ‘My opinion is that we cannot allow this operation to continue’ said Yolanda Diaz, Spain’s labour minister and second deputy prime...
LilaConnect Joins the Prime Fibre Network on Grosvenor’s London Estate
Broadband ISP LilaConnect, which is primarily associated with VX FIBER‘s rollout of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in England, has this week become the latest internet provider to join Prime Fibre‘s open access network – serving residents in Mayfair and Belgravia (Grosvenor’s London Estate). LilaConnect says they were selected to join the Prime Fibre network […]
Openreach Name 19 New UK Locations for FTTP Broadband Build
Openreach (BT) has today named the next batch of 19 new locations to benefit from their ongoing roll-out of a new multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which together will cover around 200,000 new premises. But the new exchanges are all within their existing build areas (i.e. infill and expansion of existing plans). The […]
Broadband ISP File Sanctuary Cuts UK FTTP and SOGEA Prices
Internet provider File Sanctuary has just informed us that they’re lowering prices for both new and existing customers on their Openreach based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and SOGEA (FTTC) broadband packages. The ISP is also dropping the price with immediate effect for those who are mid-contract – the opposite of what big ISPs do. As usual, all […]
Vodafone Shift Some UK Customer Care to Egypt and South Africa
Broadband ISP and mobile network operator Vodafone are to shift some of their Customer Care teams from the UK to South Africa and Egypt. The outsourcing move, which is planned to take place in November 2023, may help to lower the operator’s costs but will also put hundreds of jobs at risk. In a statement […]
UK ISP Vorboss Discount 10Gbps Price for Small London Businesses
Network builder and UK broadband ISP Vorboss, which is investing £250m to deploy their 100Gbps full fibre network – dedicated to business – across central London (they’ve already built over 500km of fibre since 2020), has launched a big discount on their 10Gbps tier for start-ups, schools, NGOs and SMEs etc. Just to recap. Back […]
Exascale Expand FTTP Broadband to South of Telford and Wrekin
Shropshire-based UK ISP and alternative network provider Exascale, which has already built their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to around 2,000 premises (mostly around Telford and Wrekin), has announced that they’re moving their network build further south. Just to recap. Exascale is a smaller operator that has been gradually expanding their Dark Fibre and […]
The changing landscape of the subsea cable industry with Gulf Bridge International
We caught up with Cengiz Oztelcan, CEO of Gulf Bridge International (GBI), to discuss the changing sector of the Middle Eastern submarine cable industry, and how the company are facing these changes to create exciting future growth. Could you tell us a little bit about Gulf Bridge International and its current position in the market? GBI is one of the very few and unique privately owned submarine cable companies in our industry. We are headquartered out of Doha, Qatar, but we have a pretty...