The continued strong interest and engagement from the investment community in the UK’s independent network sector must be sustained if the UK wants achieve status as a gigabit nation, according to trade association the Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA). A Point Topic report commissioned by INCA shows over £1.76 billion (€1.95bn) worth of private funding […]
BT is expanding its multinational customers’ choice of cloud-based audio and video collaboration managed services with the addition of Zoom Meetings to its portfolio. It follows the signing of a new carrier agreement between BT and Zoom Video Communications. The agreement means BT will now offer a fully managed Zoom Meetings service featuring a choice […]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has made a request to the European Commission to refer the proposed merger of Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile with O2 to the CMA for investigation. Liberty Global plc (Liberty) owns Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile in the UK, and Telefónica S.A. (Telefónica) owns O2. Liberty and Telefónica […]
BT Group has announced that the New Bailey development, close to Manchester city centre, will be its primary new home in the city and provide a future-fit workplace for thousands of colleagues. The new building will complete the New Bailey scheme, close to the city’s Spinningfields business district. It will become a key hub for […]
Vodafone Spain aims to turn Spanish households into smart homes with customers “always connected and safe”. With this objective, Vodafone has launched a new convergent package called Vodafone One Hogar Ilimitable that includes unlimited data with the fastest speed, telephony with added value services, TV with over 100 TV channels and 40,000 VoD titles, and […]
Charlie Ergen has filed documents with the US Securities & Exchange Commission to create a public company called Conx. Ergen is using Conx as a SPAC (a Special Purpose Acquisition Company) as the shell vehicle for his move. Conx is offering 100 million shares (and possibly up to 115 million) at $10 each as part […]
UK digital network infrastructure provider Openreach is announcing a further 51 exchange locations across the UK, covering around 0.51 million premises, where it is planning to stop selling its legacy analogue services and instead focus on providing people with a modern, futureproof Full Fibre connection. This brings the total number of exchange locations where it […]
From November 1st, Colman Deegan will be the new CEO of Vodafone Spain, joining the Vodafone Group Executive Committee. Deegan will replace Antonio Coimbra who will become a Non-Executive Chairman of Vodafone Spain. Deegan joined Vodafone in 1998. He has held senior roles in group Finance & M&A as well as CFO roles in Vodafone […]
Telecoms firms are being urged to resegment their market and understand what’s happening in the household in order to optimise their opportunities in the New Normal and accelerate time to new revenue. According to research from analyst firm Omnisperience, telecoms service providers have spent billions on designing, deploying and innovating new networks such as 5G […]
Worldwide spending on telecommunication and pay TV services will reach $1.55 trillion in 2020, a decrease of 1.4 per cent year over year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semi-annual Telecom Services Tracker. IDC expects the market to start its recovery next year, but pre-crisis spending levels will not be reached before 2022. […]