Vodafone to cut around 1,300 jobs in Germany
NEWS The announcement marks the latest in a growing number of staff cuts announced across the industry Vodafone have become the latest operator to announce redundancies, with plans to cut around 1,300 full-time jobs in Germany revealed by Vodafone Germany in a statement last Wednesday. The plans form part of a ‘realignment’ in an effort to “become a more trusted partner for customers” and help its transition to become leaner as Deutsche Telekom’s main competitor in reports by Reuters. The...
Three UK and EE Unshackle Mast Upgrades to Boost 5G Rollout
Mobile operators Three UK and EE (BT) have agreed to stop jointly upgrading sites through the Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL) organisation, which runs their joint network sharing venture. The move is intended to help both move faster when deploying new ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband networks. One of the biggest benefits of network sharing […]
April Fools – ISP BrawBand Launch New Digital Assistant, BrawBot
Full fibre broadband ISP BrawBand (HighNet) has today unveiled its new virtual “home assistant with attitude” – BrawBot. The goal of the bot is to take on monotonous computing tasks like unsubscribing from unwanted mailing lists and sending emails to people you really feel like you should keep in touch with but can’t be bothered […]
Ofcom raise automatic compensation payments for UK ISP connectivity failures
NEWS Today, the UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has seen fit to increase the amount of automatic compensation via cash or bill credits for loss of connectivity and delivery delays. The system is voluntary for home broadband ISPs, first launched on 1st April 2019, designed to compensate consumers for delayed repairs following connectivity failures. Originally, if a connectivity outage was not fixed in 2 working days the compensation was set at £8.40 per day over this, with missed appointments...
Ofcom Raise UK Automatic Compensation Payments for Broadband Woes
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today increased the payment amounts issued to consumers under their automatic compensation system, which requires some home broadband ISPs to compensate customers (cash or bill credits) for internet connectivity mishaps and delivery delays. The voluntary system, which first launched on 1st April 2019 (full summary here), was until today […]
Mobile Operator VOXI UK Offers Double Data at No Extra Cost
Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is the virtual operator sibling of Vodafone UK, has doubled the data on their two entry-level plans for customers who order between now and 4th May 2023. As a result, you now get 30GB for just £10 per month and 60GB for £15 per month on a 30-day term. Both […]
Three UK Launch £300k Grant Scheme to Help Businesses Get 5G
Mobile operator Three UK, specifically its business division, has today launched £300,000 worth of “free connectivity grants” for small businesses (SME) in Manchester and Birmingham, which follows new research that found better biz connectivity could contribute over £5bn a year to the local economies. The scheme – ‘Three Business Connectivity Grant‘ – will equip local […]
Ovo Energy reportedly planning takeover bid for Shell Energy Retail
NEWS Ovo Energy is reported planning to acquire Shell Energy Retail, which in addition to supplying gas and electricity to 1.4 million households, also has a fixed broadband base numbering around 500,000 subscriptions If Ovo’s bid is successful, it would once again make it the second largest energy supplier in the UK market, and follows the high-profile acquisition of SSE’s retail division back in 2019, and marks Shell’s exit from the broader European retail energy market. The company is also,...
Startup Stories: A tale of resiliency in helping UK Altnets scale at speed efficiently
Startup Stories Tell us about your start up Telco is our core sector, primarily fast growing Altnets, because they must scale their business as fast as possible, which means going through several phases of business transformation with the clock ticking… the Department of Culture Media and Sport noted “The sector needs to grow 3x over the next 4 years to meet government targets. A massive a challenge first hit by COVID then the current macro-economics. Investment into the sector is available,...
Starlink Discounts UK Satellite Ultrafast Broadband Kit to £300
The UK division of SpaceX’s global Starlink ISP, which uses thousands of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to deliver low latency ultrafast broadband speeds to homes, has begun informing consumers that they’ve introduced a 30% discount on their hardware cost (terminal, router etc.) – dropping it to just £300. Customers in the UK […]