KPN expands subscriber base with acquisition of Youfone
News Youfone is the third largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the Netherlands with around 540,000 customers This week, KPN has announced the acquisition of Youfone’s local MVNO business for roughly €200 million. Youfone is the third largest MVNO in the Netherlands. It has roughly 540,000 customers, around 10% of which are fixed broadband customers. The company already provides mobile services to customers using KPN’s network, hence there should be little disruption to existing...
CityFibre Secure Wayleaves to Build FTTP to 1 Million UK Social Homes
Network operator CityFibre has today announced that they’ve secured enough legal UK land and property access agreements (wayleaves) to connect over 1 million homes owned by local authorities and housing associations to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. CityFibre has worked closely with major housing associations including Places for People, Thirteen Group, and […]
Toob Expand FTTP Broadband to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Network builder and UK ISP toob, which aspires to cover 1 million premises across the South of England by 2027 with their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today revealed that their coverage is being expanded along the Dorset coastline to include Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Just to recap. The operator, which was […]
Broadband ISP Plusnet Discounts UK FTTP Packages for Summer
Budget broadband provider Plusnet has today discounted the prices on their ultrafast and gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) powered packages again for new residential customers covered by Openreach’s national network, which will be available to order until 7th July 2023. As usual, all of their full fibre packages include unlimited usage, a new Hub Two wireless router […]
Full Fibre Operator VX FIBER Pauses UK Rollout and Cuts Jobs
More bad news for alternative networks today. Swedish provider VXFIBER, which alongside subsidiary and ISP LilaConnect had recently been busy rolling out several new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP networks in the UK, has confirmed to ISPreview that they’ve paused the rollout. Until now the operator had been building their full fibre network across several […]
Sky UK Reveal Price of New Sky Live Smart Camera for Sky Glass
Sky has today finally taken the wrapping off their new dedicated 4K HDR smart camera add-on for the Sky Glass TV product, which otherwise uses your broadband ISP and Wi-Fi connection to stream their on-demand video content and live TV channels directly to Sky’s own brand TV sets (without a satellite dish). The new Sky […]
Openreach Slowly Nears Completion of Devon and Somerset FTTP Contract
The state aid supported Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme in England has today issued a progress update on their £6m Fibre Extension Programme (FEP) contract with Openreach (BT), which was originally due to cover 2,000 rural premises with Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband by the end of 2021. The contract, which mostly harnesses public investment that […]
Former Vodafone CEO Nick Read finds new home at EXA Infrastructure
News Read will serve as EXA’s new chairman, aiming to deliver significant growth for the business and expand its global infrastructure portfolio Today, global fibre infrastructure firm EXA Infrastructure has announced that ex-Vodafone CEO Nick Read will be taking on the role of company chairman. EXA currently owns 125,000km of fibre network across 34 countries, as well as a number of major submarine cable systems, including a trio of transatlantic cables. Since its formation from the backbone...
TPG and Telstra network sharing blocked by Aussie regulator
News The Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) refused to overturn a ruling by the competition watchdog that argued the deal would ultimately harm rural competition This week, the ACT has upheld the decision by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to block a network sharing deal struck by Australian mobile operators TPG Telecom and Telstra. The ACT argued that though were substantial benefits to the sharing agreement, the improved market position gained by Telstra could...
VEON’s Kyivstar to invest $600m in Ukraine
Press Release VEON Ltd., a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services, today announced that it will invest, through its subsidiary Kyivstar, equivalent of USD 600 million in the recovery of Ukraine over the next three years. The investment will span Kyivstar’s infrastructure projects, ensuring essential connectivity and 4G services throughout the country, the development of superior digital services accessible to all Ukrainians, and community support...