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American credit rating agency Fitch has downgraded TalkTalk’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating to B- from B and put the UK broadband ISP on Rating Watch Negative (RWN). The move follows recent confirmation that the internet provider, under pressure from its debts, is to be broken up and sold off in pieces (here). The latest Fitch […]

News  The merger will see the two firms reunify for the first time since EchoStar was spun off from Dish 15 years ago  Reports from the Wall Street Journal earlier today suggesting that US firms Dish Network and EchoStar are close to finalising a merger deal have since been confirmed.   Earlier last month, Total Telecom reported that the two firms had hired advisors to iron out the details of the merger, which is now set to be completed by the end of the year.  Chairman and founder of both...

News UScellular’s owner Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) says it may consider putting the underperforming mobile operator up for auction This week, reports suggest that UScellular’s parent company TDS are considering “strategic alternatives” for the mobile company, which could include a full sale or the onboarding or new investors. TDS said that it has begun a strategic review of UScellular, hiring investment firm Citi act as financial advisors in exploring their options for the business. “The...

News  Amin cited personal reasons for his departure in a LinkedIn post  The new management structure – effective from yesterday – sees Mickey Mikitani (group chairman and founder) appointed CEO and chairman of Rakuten Symphony.  The firm explain in a statement issued yesterday that Mikitani “will draw on his position as Chairman and CEO of the Rakuten Group to drive Rakuten Symphony forward as it moves into its next phase of continued growth by maximising group synergies”.  Sharad Sriwastawa...

News The West African Cable System (WACS) and South Atlantic 3 (SAT-3) submarine cables were reportedly damaged by a submarine landslide in the Congo Canyon According to a report from MyBroadband, both the WACS and SAT-3 cables have experienced breaks off the coast of West Africa. Reports suggest that the breaks took place on the cable sections situated between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon, likely due to a submarine mudslide around the Congo Canyon. Congo Canyon is a steep...

Mobile operator Sky Mobile, which harnesses O2’s Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) platform, appears to have become one of the first UK mobile providers to add Apple MacBook laptops to its range of devices with a bundled SIM, starting from just £22 a month for an Apple MacBook Air 13-Inch M1 (2020). The launch covers […]

Customers of mobile operator O2 (VMO2) in the rural Norfolk (England) village of Horning have complained of signal problems after one of the operator’s key mobile masts in the area was disconnected, which was done in order to avoid it causing interference with a new Ministry of Defence (MoD) radar dome. At quick look at […]

Network builder and broadband ISP Brsk, which has already deployed their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 266,000 UK premises (rollout plan), has today confirmed that they’ve chosen Neos Networks to provide them with diverse national backhaul services as they expand their coverage. Last year saw brsk, which currently focuses their rollout on parts […]

Belfast-based network operator and broadband ISP Fibrus, which is building a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network across parts of Northern Ireland and England, has revealed that 44 out of their 110+ strong fleet of vehicles (37%) are now powered by electricity (up from 14 in Dec 2022). As of May 2023, the […]

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has today continued their campaign against abuse of airtime contracts that cover the cost of both your handset and mobile plan, which can leave some consumers overpaying for mobile phones they already own, by launching a new online calculator to help check if you’ve overpaid for your Smartphone. A few months […]