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Consumer site Expert Reviews has today revealed the winners of their annual ‘Mobile Network Awards 2022’ event, which surveyed their readers in an effort to identify the top performing UK mobile operators across a range of different categories. This year saw Smarty being named as the best overall mobile operator. The results stemmed from a […]

Interview How must telcos evolve and adapt to stay competitive in a crowded market? What opportunities do technologies such as O-RAN offer for telcos? Ahead of Total Telecom Congress 2022, we caught up with Will Townsend, Vice President & Principal Analyst – Networking & Security Practices at Moor Insights and Strategy to hear his views on these business critical topics. Can you tell us about your role at your Moor Insights Strategy?   I manage the networking and security practices for...

Infracapital-backed ISP Ogi, which is currently investing £200m to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across 150,000 premises in Wales by 2025, has expanded their existing civil engineering contract with Avonline Networks (M Group Services). The move will increase Avonline’s business for Ogi three-fold. The original £25m agreement between Ogi and Avonline, which was […]

PRESS RELEASE EXA Infrastructure, the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platform connecting Europe and North America, today announced it will be investing in a new terrestrial transport route to Lisbon and Sines in Portugal. The new network connects to EXA’s Spanish backbone via Madrid, Barcelona and beyond, serving customer needs across the Iberian Peninsula. EXA’s strategic investment in the southern Europe transport route will provide customers the most diverse connectivity to high...

Press release Truespeed, the Bath based full fibre broadband provider, is delighted to announce the appointment of Nelson Missier as its Chief Commercial Officer. With over 20 years of experience in telecoms, media and technology, Nelson joins Truespeed with a wealth of commercial experience to further strengthen the leadership team and accelerate the expansion of its full fibre network across the South West. Nelson joins from Storytel, one of the world’s largest audiobook services, where he...

STARTUP STORIES French startup PresentID combine biometric and identity verification for applications as diverse as payments verification, car sharing, telecommunication, and dating apps. They will be showcasing their solutions at the Total Telecom Congress in London. Tell us about your start up PresentID aims to solve the problems of fraud and identity theft encountered by companies in all sectors such as credit card theft, password hacking, fraudulent use of another person’s badge… To...

PRESS RELEASE Sateliot, the company that will launch the first constellation of low-orbit nanosatellites to provide 5G coverage for IoT, has received the endorsement of the European Space Agency (ESA) through the Future Preparation Generic Programme line of the ARTES programme on the standard powered by Sateliot, Gatehouse (an exclusive Sateliot partner) and 3GPP contributors to connect IoT standard devices from its LEO constellation. “Tests have been conducted that have demonstrated the...

Mobile operator and broadband ISP Vodafone UK has today responded to pressure from Ofcom by announcing the launch of their own social broadband tariff for those on benefits (Universal Credit etc.) – called ‘Essentials Broadband‘, which is one of the cheapest social tariffs on the market at £12 per month. Breaking news.. more to follow..

Full fibre broadband ISP Truespeed, which is rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England, has today appointed Nelson Missier to be their new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) to “further strengthen our leadership team and accelerate company growth“. Nelson is said to have joined from Storytel, one of […]

Operators around the world are increasingly recognising sustainability as one of their key strategic priorities. Orange Group is one of the global pioneers in this field and has already made significant progress towards achieving its net zero targets. Ahead of Total Telecom Congress 2022, we caught up with Jacek Hutyra, Climate Officer of Orange Poland to hear more about the company’s green ambitions. Can you tell us about your role at Orange Poland?  I am Orange Poland’s climate officer. When...