Netomnia and Brsk, two fast-growing alternative networks (altnets) in the UK telecommunications industry, have announced a merger which they say will establish “the only scaled and capital-efficient retail, wholesale and consolidation platform in the market”. The new group will have a combined network footprint of 1.5 million premises immediately post-merger, with a target of reaching 3 million […]
Complete Technology Group (CTG) has completed Stage 2 of the Building a Safer Future (BSF) Champion Assessment, becoming the first company in the telecoms sector to do so. BSF is a non-profit organisation committed to raising standards in building safety and supporting culture change in the built environment. Its Champion status is granted to organisations […]
With the growing impact of climate change worldwide and a collective commitment to achieving Net Zero by 2050, the Digital Connectivity Forum (DCF) has published new guidelines for the telecoms sector to reach net zero targets: the Telco SME Net Zero Guidance. Telecommunications in the UK currently connect 97 per cent of homes and serve […]
Free cash flow (FCF) for European telecoms will remain constrained in 2022, according to credit rating agency Fitch’s European Telecoms Watch – 4Q22, with risks to short-term forecasts likely to be low. FCF will remain constrained as capex investments for fibre deployments, 5G mobile networks, spectrum payments and IT overhauls peak during the course of […]
Dufrain, the data management services and data analytics consultancy with a focus on telecoms businesses, has secured investment from Phoenix Equity Partners, a UK growth-focused private equity firm, to fuel the next stage of its growth as part of a management buyout. Founded in 2010, Dufrain helps its clients discover, manage and optimise their data […]
Europe’s TV and VoD providers, represented by trade body the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT), have expressed their concerns following recent statements on creating a network fee to finance telecom infrastructures. “We understand the need for strong, widely available telecoms infrastructure in Europe which, among other things, helps […]