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China Telecom reports strong H1 with mobile leading the charge

China Telecom has reported a healthy first half performance as operating revenues increased 4.1% to CNY 184.1 billion, largely led by a successful mobile segment.

Citizens Advice challenges telcos lightweight compensation ideas

The Citizens Advice agency has lit a fuse underneath compensation plans from UK telcos, highlighting the proposed plans would leave consumers short.

Openreach pulls the plug on dark fibre access

Following a recent ruling overturning an Ofcom dark fibre access directive, Openreach has decided to call the whole thing off.

Aussies show us how it’s done in the broadband world

Just to put the sluggishness of the UK into perspective, Australian operator nbn has exceeded targets to bring connectivity to surfers, avid BBQers and dingos everywhere.

UK sits 31st in new worldwide broadband speed rankings

The results are in and the fastest place for broadband in the world is Singapore, but if you want to watch HD movies, don’t visit Yemen.

Sluggish Virgin Media weighs down Liberty Global

A slow and stodgy performance from Virgin Media has dampened financial performance across the Liberty Global group, but the UK is not alone in the naughty corner.

Marathon runners taking the position for the start of race

How did the European telcos measure up over Q2?

The last couple of weeks have seemingly been a constantly growing tidal wave of quarterly numbers. Now the worst is behind us, there’s a chance to reflect and consider.

Open Fiber’s Italian job gets a €500mn boost

Open Fiber will receive a very welcome cash injection of €500 million as it continues its fibre rollout across Italy.

Infographic: Ofcom Communications Market Review

Following the release of Ofcom’s 2017 Communications Market Review, we’ve built a couple of infographics to make the top-line numbers a bit more digestible.

BT wins in US – neat

BT has produced a handy little win in the US after the General Services Administration (GSA) selected BT Federal as one of the companies to be eligible to propose to provide services.

UK communications industry up to £54.9bn in 2017

Ofcom has released its annual report outlining the state-of-play in the UK communications market revealing the appetite for the digital economy is not a myth drummed up in the press.

FCC back up to full strength with Carr and Rosenworcel

The FCC is back up to its traditional five Commissioners after the confirmation of Brendan Carr and Jessica Rosenworcel.

Deutsche Telekom shows you have to spend money to make money

Deutsche Telekom is swimming in cash, as big-time investments over the first six months of 2017 start to pay back in the millions.

Superhero businessman working in the office

Behold the saviour of broadband – the Post Office

We’re hoping the Post Office has figured out that broadband has to be a bit quicker than mail otherwise there are going to be a lot of disappointed customers out there.

Ofcom says to Openreach to end the cash-printer business

Ofcom has put forward proposals to introduce a cap on Openreach’s rental charges for providers accessing its ducts and poles in an effort to reduce dependence on BT.

BT sort of pledges £600m for universal high speed broadband

BT CEO Gavin Hasselhoff Patterson has answered the UK government battle cry for universal high speed broadband with a suitably conditioned statement which could end up meaning absolutely nothing.

Hutchison ditches Hong Kong fixed-line unit to concentrate on mobile

CK Hutchison, parent company of British serial moaner Three, has agreed to sell its fixed network in Hong Kong in order to focus more acutely on the mobile space.

BT’s dodgy Italian accountants cost another £225mn

It certainly has been a busy quarter for BT. It’s secured the Champions League TV rights, forked out a large chunk of change to Orange and Deutsche Telekom and finally merged EE and the BT consumer unit.

Orange reports distinctly average financials but the future is bright

The flurry of quarterly results have continued, as Orange has reported growth across the first half of the year, hording €20.276 billion, an increase of 1.1%.

Nokia shows Ericsson how it’s done

Both were giants in the industry, both were eclipsed by Huawei and both are scrambling to reinvent themselves, but only one is showing tenuous signs of recovery.