Arqiva to become the latest acquisition in Cellnex spending spree
Spanish infrastructure giant Cellnex has said it will acquire the Arqiva telecommunications business unit for £2 billion.
Spanish infrastructure giant Cellnex has said it will acquire the Arqiva telecommunications business unit for £2 billion.
Arqiva and Samsung has kicked off what the pair claim is the first field trial of 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technology in the UK.
Arqiva has announced it has secured additional 28GHz spectrum licence from intelligent managed services provider, Luminet.
In the wake of announcing 5G trials in the US, Samsung has confirmed it will be deploying a 5G fixed wireless trial in London in the second half of 2017.
UK mutliplay telco Virgin Media is hoping to steal a march on bitter rival BT by grabbing Arqiva’s 31,000 UK wifi access points for its business arm.
Communications infrastructure specialist Arqiva has published a report claiming two thirds of UK mobile users would consider switching to a provider offering free public wifi access as part of their subscription package. It also said three quarters of 4G users still connect to wifi networks.
UK-based telecoms and broadcast infrastructure firm Arqiva has acquired location based media firm Selective Media, which provides targeted advertising campaigns over Arqiva’s wifi network.
Later this year, three teams of wounded service men and women will brave the inhospitable landscape of the Antarctic Circle in a 200 mile race to the South Pole. Crevasses, blizzards, 100MPH winds and temperatures of -40 degrees are just some of the obstacles nature will throw at them as a group, beside their own individual physical and mental injuries. Earlier this month telecoms.com caught up with the teams on an Icelandic glacier as they completed a two week training session, testing the communications equipment they will use for safety and to stay in touch with home.
A set-top box intended to transform how viewers consume TV has been launched in the UK, two years later than planned. YouView offers subscription-free digital TV and catch-up and will be available in major retailers by the end of July.
Communications infrastructure and media services firm Arqiva has agreed terms with UK wifi operator Spectrum Interactive to acquire the firm outright for £23.4m.
UK operator Everything Everywhere is campaigning for permission to launch 4G services before its domestic competitors. To support its plea to regulator Ofcom, the operator has commissioned research that outlines the “significant economic and social benefits” that will come about by bringing 4G to the UK.
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has outlined new proposals to extend 4G coverage to at least 98 per cent of the population.
UK communications infrastructure operator Arqiva this week appointed John Cresswell as CEO, effective January 17. Cresswell had been serving as interim CEO at broadcaster ITV, where he also held the position of chief operating officer.
UK incumbent BT has joined forces with broadcast infrastructure firm Arqiva and business consultancy Detica in a bid to mop up business under the local government’s proposed smart metering initiative.
UK communications regulator Ofcom said Monday that it has awarded a swathe of radio spectrum to broadcast infrastructure firm Arqiva. Arqiva beat rival bids from AirRadio, Motorola, T-Mobile and the Joint Radio Company with a final offer of £1.5m for 4MHz of spectrum in the 412-414MHz band paired with 422-424 MHz frequencies. The licence for […]
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