Voda – Three – well that’s just great…
News It has possibly been one of telecoms worst kept secrets, ever since Vodafone and CK Hutchison confirmed they were talking about a merger last October, but now the two have formerly entered into binding agreements relating to their UK telecommunication businesses. The combined business (Mergence) will be 51% owned by Vodafone and 49% by CKHGT and according to Vodafone Group Chief Executive, Margherita Della Valle, it’s going to be great! Well at least that is the message “great for...
Vodafone and Three UK Sign Agreement for Mobile Mega Merger
Mobile network operators Vodafone and Three UK (CK Hutchison) have today confirmed that they’ve reached a formal merger agreement, which is said to be worth an estimated £15bn and will see the former party owning a 51% slice of the business (CKH will hold 49%). But they’ll still have to satisfy the regulators, and that […]
Zzoomm FTTP Broadband Goes Live in Bewdley, Worcestershire
Network builder and UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced that the first customers in the Worcestershire (England) town and civil parish of Bewdley are now able to connect to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure, although the same area is also being targetted by Openreach and FullFibre Limited. The operator, which aspires to cover 1 […]
EU demonstrates double standards over Huawei
News Whilst member countries across the European Union are facing the possibility of being forced to ban companies deemed a security risk from their 5G networks, elsewhere the company most impacted by the action, Huawei, is being funded by the EU to conduct research into future technologies. A report in todays Financial Times reveals that Huawei is receiving funding from the EU totalling around €3.89 million as part of the Horizon Europe research programme, which covers areas including 6G, AI...
Hyperoptic’s Anti-Mid Contract Price Hikes Campaign Backed by Labour
The UK Labour Party’s Shadow Digital Minister, Stephanie Peacock MP, has this week given her support to full fibre broadband ISP Hyperoptic in its ongoing campaign to stop mid-contract price rises by rivals, which often increases consumer prices well above the current level of inflation (hikes of 13-15% hit many consumers earlier this year). The […]
Openreach Trial G.fast Broadband DLM Tweak to Improve Performance
Openreach has notified UK ISPs of an upcoming trial on their hybrid-fibre G.fast based “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) products (including SOGFAST), which looks as if it will attempt to improve line performance by establishing the “most effective” Dynamic Line Management (DLM) thresholds. Just to recap. Before the FTTP rollout took centre stage in 2018/19, Openreach initially […]
Survey Claims 19% of UK Mobile Users Have Never Changed Network
A new survey conducted by Opinium with 2,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Sky Mobile (vested interest), has found that 19% of UK mobile phone users have never changed their network operator, while 28% haven’t switched for more than 5 years and could thus potentially be missing out on over £100 every year in […]
Telenet and Fluvius fibre JV dubbed Wyre ahead of launch
News The company aims to upgrade the companies’ existing hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) networks to fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) In summer last year, Belgian operator Telenet formed a partnership with utility company Fluvius to set up a fibre joint venture, aimed at deploying full fibre throughout the Flanders region. The JV, then known simple as NetCo, would focus on upgrading the duo’s existing HFC networks in the region to full fibre, or to DOCSIS technology where FTTP would be unfeasible....
ISP Home Telecom Joins F&W Networks UK FTTP Broadband Network
Broadband ISP Home Telecom has signed a new partnership that will enable them to harness F&W Networks‘ new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which already covers 335,000 premises across the UK (not all are Ready for Service) and aims to reach 1 million premises by 2025. FWN is currently busy building their “full fibre” network across […]
Telkom South Africa faces takeover bid as profits nosedive
News The South African operator has received an unsolicited bid from a consortium led by former CEO Sipho Maseko This week, Telkom South Africa has confirmed that it has been approached with a “non-binding indicative letter” from a consortium seeking a majority stake in the business. The consortium reportedly includes Axian Telecom and the Government Employees Pension Fund, managed by the Public Investment Corporation, and is led by Telkom’s former CEO, Sipho Maseko. Discussions surrounding...