ISPA slams Labour broadband manifesto pledge
The UK Labour party has unveiled its latest manifesto, which confirmed its intention to nationalise the broadband network.
The UK Labour party has unveiled its latest manifesto, which confirmed its intention to nationalise the broadband network.
A key policy of the Labour party ahead of the UK general election next month is to make broadband ‘free’ by nationalising Openreach.
Vodafone has broadened its fibre footprint to Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool after signing a new wholesale agreement with Openreach.
The UK is much less likely to hit ambitious broadband targets if Huawei isn’t involved in the 5G network, Johnson has apparently been told.
Telefonica’s Brazilian brands Vivo and Terra have launched a franchise model for its fibre rollout plans seemingly to ease the financial demands of the digital economy.
Independent UK ISP Zen Internet wants to take on the big operators and has secured £20 million in credit from the NatWest bank to help with that.
Total revenues and profits might have slipped slightly at BT, though it met expectations and it seems the business is lining-up its pieces for an assault on the UK market.
While the investment climate for connectivity infrastructure has certainly been improving in recent years, a proactive and prioritised government is critical to ensure rapid evolution to the digital economy.
Verizon has released its third-quarter financials with the mobile business growing, broadband middling and media dropping.
Sunrise has cancelled an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to secure acquisition funds to acquire UPC Switzerland after investors rejected the move.
One of the more interesting developments in the UK telco field has been the rise to power of the alt-nets, though with more emerging each month, how many can the market tolerate?
Following the initial launch in Southampton, Virgin Media has announced Manchester is the second city in the UK which will be offered ‘gigabit’ speed broadband services.
BT has launched its biggest TV advertising campaign for 20 years’ to reinvigorate the brand and hopefully drive towards the convergence dream.
It might be dominating the headlines, demanding the lion’s share of CAPEX and a fresh opportunity to show some sort of innovation, but BT has reiterated the message that the future is more than just 5G.
Australia’s NBN is a company which has taken its fair share of criticism over the last few years, but it is difficult to argue with the concept as well as the progress which is being made.
BT has become the latest mobile player to enter the race for 5G subscriptions, though it does beg the question how economically attractive it is to own two rival services.
Some might suggest this is a knee-jerk reaction to the intentions of an activist investor, though the vulture fund should not be able to claim credit for this one.
The UK Government has unveiled new rules which will allow telcos to speed-up the process of dealing with non-responsive landlords.
Convergence is a proven business model and now the slumbering giant of the UK telco market is starting to head in the right direction.
Openreach has provided some colour to the rural fibre plans, testing out new technologies and techniques, with the objective of connecting 50,000 homes by Christmas.
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