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News Vodafone and CK Hutchinson confirm they are in talks over a UK merger. Following months of speculation, Vodafone UK has confirmed that it is in talks with Three’s parent company CK Hutchinson about a potential merger. In a statement released today, Vodafone revealed that the planned partnership would see both companies merge their UK businesses with Vodafone owning 51% and CK Hutchinson owning 49% of the combined assets. The combination of the two networks would create the UK’s biggest...

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Network provider LilaConnect (subsidiary of Swedish provider VXFIBER) has today announced the start of a new build across the market town of Haverhill in Suffolk (England), which will see their “open access” and gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network cover 12,000 premises. The first areas of Haverhill are expected to go live in January 2023, […]

After months of speculation, mobile network operator Vodafone UK has today confirmed that they are officially in “discussions” with Three UK’s parent (CK Hutchison Holdings) about the possibility of a merger. Such a deal would give the combined business the “necessary scale” to boost their 5G rollout and “expand” rural broadband connectivity. According to today’s […]

Two of the UK’s most prominent developers of cutting edge fixed wireless access (FWA) and mobile broadband equipment – Curvalux and the Cambridge Broadband Networks Group (CBNG) – have today completed a merger. The two companies will remain independent, with CBNG becoming a subsidiary of Curvalux. CBNG is a familiar name and has been supplying […]

The latest data from Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net website, is beginning to show the sort of impact that the new generation of alternative full fibre broadband networks (AltNets) are having across the UK. But for now, the seven largest ISPs still dominate the country’s fixed broadband market. At present around 70% of UK […]

A partnership between MGM Resorts International and ExteNet Systems will see guests offered enhanced mobile connectivity through a programme to design, build and operate signal and connectivity solutions for MGM Resorts US-wide – the largest neutral host project in the country. The project will include MGM’s Las Vegas’ casinos where an expanded 5G service will support connectivity for nearly 200,000 visitors daily. Rich Coyle, ExteNet Systems Chief Executive Officer said “The addition of...

Network operator and UK ISP Giganet has confirmed that their rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has begun to be extended into the two Wiltshire (England) market towns and civil parishes of Marlborough and Devizes, which will benefit 21,500 homes at a cost of around £23m. Giganet is currently investing £250m via […]

The highly reputable UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) has announced that they’re going to double or more the usage allowances on their fixed home and business broadband packages at no extra cost, which, for example, will see their “Home::1” residential tier jump from 500GB (GigaBytes) to 1TB (TeraByte). Some readers often bemoan the fact […]

Leicester-based UK broadband provider Gigabit Networks, which primarily seems to focus on connecting premises across the Midlands of England via CityFibre’s full fibre (FTTP) network, has today partnered with commercial energy supplier Utility Trade Group to offer ultrafast connectivity to local businesses in the region. The Utility Trade Group, which is based in the Midlands, […]