Ofcom tries to make broadband switching even easier
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom reckons it’s still too much of a hassle to switch broadband providers, which results in people paying more than they need to.
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom reckons it’s still too much of a hassle to switch broadband providers, which results in people paying more than they need to.
The UK Post Office has sold its broadband business to Shell Energy Retail for an undisclosed sum.
Charter Communications has outlined plans to spend US$5 billion on the rollout of gigabit broadband to 1 million or more customers in unserved areas, with a quarter of the funding coming from the government.
Orange has created a new business unit to house its fibre operations in rural France and has agreed to sell half of that entity to investors in a deal that should raise well over €1 billion.
2021 is off to a solid start for UK altnet CityFibre, which has broken ground on its full fibre network project in Reading and signed up another retail ISP customer.
The UK Public Accounts Committee reckons even the revised gigabit broadband rollout target will be missed. Welcome to the party, pal.
Small and medium sized businesses are being especially hard hit by the continual lockdowns, so Vodafone UK is smart to push the boat out for them.
Saudi Arabian operator Zain is going big on fixed wireless access for its broadband customers and is using Nokia kit to get the job done.
Observers and practitioners take it on the chin to predict what the telecoms industry may look like in the coming year.
UK-based Vodafone is prepared to pay up to €2.1 billion to end a long-running legal dispute with Kabel Deutschland Group’s (KDG’s) minority shareholders.
Satellite broadband services took a step forward in recent days with Germany handing over frequencies to SpaceX and rival player OneWeb launching three dozen new satellites.
The US lawmakers have agreed to include in the coronavirus relief package up to $1.9 billion as reimbursement for American broadband operators to remove Huawei and ZTE equipment from their networks.
BT’s infrastructure unit Openreach will recruit thousands of engineers next year as it ramps up its full fibre rollout.
TalkTalk has agreed to a £1.1 billion takeover bid from a pair of investment firms that will see it delisted from the stock exchange.
The FCC has allocated US$9.2 billion worth of funding for high-speed broadband rollout in rural areas and a number of major names are among the big winners.
CityFibre has signed up another four retail ISPs to its fibre network, more than doubling its wholesale customer base.
The UK is one of a number of major economies forecast to rise up the European rankings for full fibre rollout thanks to a prediction of significant growth over the next five years.
Analyst firm Analysys Mason reckons the telecoms industry will return to modest growth from 2021, but it will take three years for the industry revenue to come back to the pre-COVID-19 level.
The UK government unveiled its latest spending plans, which have had to be revised due to the breath-taking cost of shutting down the entire country.
TIM and Tiscali have signed contracts governing their agreement to jointly invest in the FiberCorp network project.
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