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Sky is starting to emerge as a convergence heavyweight

The convergence business model is a difficult one to crack, though some might argue Sky has the easier path to connected riches, and it is starting to pick up the pace.

BT Mobile joins Vodafone as most complained about UK mobile provider

Ofcom has published its latest moaning charts and they reveal Vodafone finally has company at the top of this list of shame.

BT consolidates its B2B business units under Gerry McQuade

UK telco BT is merging a bunch of B2B business units into one – called BT Enterprise – that will be run by the current head of BT’s Wholesale and Ventures unit.

businessman walking on the edge of a knife

TIM’s future is balancing on a knife edge

With just a week a week left until the much anticipated showdown between vulture-fund Elliott and wannabee media-powerhouse Vivendi at the TIM Shareholders meeting, the latter has unleashed a plea to the media.

Tense relations between United States and China. Concept of conflict and stress

Share price plunges indicate who has the upper hand in US/China trade war

If ZTE has acted in violation of US trading regulations there is no question it should be punished, but investor reaction to the ZTE ban perhaps shows US companies depend more on China than vice-versa.

US takes technology battle up a notch with ZTE export ban

The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has imposed a denial of export privileges order against ZTE, after coming to the conclusion it lied to the committee on numerous occasions.

UK Gov is the biggest hurdle to infrastructure rollout – report

A report from law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has highlighted industry concerns that the UK Government is proving to be more hindrance than assistance for the rollout of future-proofed infrastructure.

DT continues to lie to itself with super vectoring

Deutsche Telekom has continued its rural broadband expansion with an additional 160,000 households, but is still claiming super vectoring is a suitable alternative to fibre investment.

Could net neutrality challenges lead to the end of the FCC?

Governor Kate Brown has signed House Bill 4155 making Oregon the latest US state to push back against FCC moves to repeal net neutrality laws, but are these challenges undermining premise of the FCC?

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San Francisco building own Open Access Fibre network for $1.9bn

A report has emerged from City Hall in San Francisco which assesses the final details for the city to build its own fibre network, passing 100% of homes and businesses, for $1.9 billion.

Orange looks to the skies to boost connectivity

Orange has announced a deal with Eutelsat to act as one of two distribution partners on the satellite operator’s Konnect VHTS asset, expected to be operational in 2021.

UK home-builders under pressure to prioritise fibre to the premises

The state-funded Local Government Association has called for new houses to come with a clear indication of whether or not they have fibre connectivity.

US unveils China trade tariff list

Last month President Trump signed a memorandum which confirmed the US would be kicking off a trade-war with the Chinese and now the 1300-strong list of products subject to tariffs has been released.

The Openreach virtual dark fibre service finally sees the light of day

Six months after proposing a compromise between full dark fibre access and full managed service, Openreach has formally launched ‘virtual dark fibre’.

TIM kicks off government-appeasement project

Telecom Italia has notified Italian regulator, AGCom, that it has officially started the legal separation of its fixed access network.

Ofcom slaps cap on Openreach broadband packages

After receiving no criticisms from the European Commission, Ofcom is moving forward with measures to regulate the broadband wholesale market in a bid to drive competition and network upgrades.

Connectivity is the only reason little Bobby is failing school

Parents are often the last to realise their children are little horrors and new research from uSwitch has given them another excuse for their little angel failing in school; rubbish internet.

FCC’s Pai suggests new bans on nasty foreigners

New proposals from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to further protect the US people from those nasty foreigners, suggesting a ban on equipment or services from companies that pose a national security threat to the US.

Fibre for a thriving digital economy: the time for equal access is now

Fibre deployment will require significant investment by the industry. There are ways in which both the government and the regulator could help significantly reduce this cost.

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Information overload

Scott and Jamie are joined by Ray from Light Reading and go straight into the big story of the week: Cambridge Analytica. The guys more or less agree that it’s ultimately all about how little control we have over our personal data and wonder what can be done about it. More importantly they also speculate about which Star Wars characters they are. Ray steers conversation onto 5G for a change and stresses that it’s all very well banging on about clever radio technology, but unless you deal with the unsexy stuff none of it is going to happen. Finally Jamie manages to find a window in his cryptocurrency trading schedule to tell us about his chat with Vodafone’s UK CEO, who was refreshingly honest about the challenges he faces.

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