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Internet video streaming firm Disney+ appears to have taken a leaf out of Netflix’s book by today announcing the launch of its new ad-supported subscription plan (aka – “Standard with Ads“) for the United Kingdom, which will become available from 1st November 2023 and costs several £ pounds less than their regular plan. At present, […]

The latest Q2 2023 data from caller ID verification firm Hiya, which among other things also works with UK broadband ISP BT (EE) to help detect and block SPAM and fraud calls, has revealed that 27.3% of UK calls from non-contacts are spam (79.3 million) and, of that figure, 18% were classified as “nuisance calls” […]

News  The company follow in the footsteps of MTN Uganda, the country’s largest telco, which recently celebrated its first anniversary as a publicly listed company  Mobile operator Airtel Africa has announced that its Ugandan subsidiary, Airtel Uganda,  will soon be floated on Ugandan Securities Exchange (USE) exchange.  The firm plans to sell a 20% stake – roughly 8 billion shares – as part of its initial public offering (IPO).  “The offer is expected to result in meaningful local ownership of...

The perhaps tediously named telecoms infrastructure provider Altnets, which supplies things like optical fibre cable and active equipment to UK FTTP broadband builders, has announced that they’ve been shortlisted as a finalist for the “Growth Business of the Year” category in the Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards 2023. According to the awards page, the […]

News Starlink, the satellite constellation arm of Space X, launched its business solutions early this year Spanish telco Telefónica has signed a deal with Starlink to become its worldwide partner, through its global business division Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS). The deal will allow TGS to access Starlink’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, incorporating the satellite services into its existing global portfolio of connectivity services. The Starlink service can deliver high...

News  Safaricom confirmed today that Michael Joseph, founding CEO and board director, resigned on 1st August.  Joseph had been with Safaricom since 2000, serving as CEO from 2000 to 2010 and in various other positions including general manager and, most recently, chairman of the board.  Under his direction, Safaricom grew from having a subscriber base of less than 18,000 in 2000, to over 17 million upon his retirement as CEO in 2010. This achievement made Safaricom ‘the most successful company...

Openreach’s (BT) long road toward completely switching off their old copper-based Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) in December 2025 is set to hit a major milestone on 5th September 2023, when it places a UK wide “stop sell” on sales of new Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) and related broadband ISP products. The move, which will […]

Alternative network provider County Broadband, which is working to deploy a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 500,000 rural premises across the East of England by the end of 2027, has today launched the ‘Hypercharged Foundation‘ – offering grants to support community-centric causes in their build areas. The full fibre provider, which is supported […]

Some 14,000 homes and businesses in the Kent (England) town of Sevenoaks will soon benefit after Netomnia, supported by UK ISP YouFibre, started a £4.2m project to deploy their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband network in the area. The operator has contracted civil engineering firm GNS Communications to roll out its broadband infrastructure […]

Infracapital-backed broadband ISP and AltNet WightFibre, which is deploying a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire in England, has today issued their first coverage update in a long time and confirmed that they now cover 57,000 premises (up from 40,000 in July 2022). The […]