In November last year, US investment fund KKR approached Italy’s largest operator TIM with a takeover bid worth €10.8 billion. Since then, TIM has been mulling over its response, with CEO Luigi Gubitosi stepping down in an attempt to accelerate the company’s response to the bid…
North Yorkshire UK Completes Rollout of Free WiFi to 20 Towns
The North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC), in partnership with NYnet, has today announced the completion of their £3.6 million project to deploy a “free public” Wi-Fi (wireless) internet access network across a total of 20 market towns in the county (up from the originally planned list of 16). Like most such networks, the service has […]
Ericsson prepares for sparks to fly at AGM
Back in February, Ericsson announced that it had uncovered several breaches of compliance related to its Iraqi operations from back in 2018, including potentially making payments to terrorist groups for access to transport routes across the country. Upon news of the potential bribing of terrorist organisations, Ericsson’s share price collapsed by around a third.
Towards the end of last month…
FCC places Russia’s Kaspersky on US security risk list
The Secure and Trusted Networks Act was first written into law in 2019, established as a mechanism through which equipment or services that posed a threat to US national security could be excluded from the nation’s networks. More specifically, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds to purchase equipment from companies added to a list of companies deemed a security risk by the FCC.
This list was first compiled in March 2021 and contained five Chinese firms…
Openreach UK Appoints New Member to Independent Board
Network provider Openreach, which as part of their deal with Ofcom (legal separation from BT) is required to maintain an independent governance structure, has today announced the appointment of Natalie Ceeney as a non-executive member to its Board. Natalie replaces Liz Benison, who will step down on 30th April 2022. Natalie Ceeney is said to […]
Virgin Media O2 Boosts UK 5G Rollout with VMware Technology
Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has today announced that they’ve chosen cloud-provider VMware to help modernise their network and enable the continued progress of its 5G (mobile broadband) rollout across the United Kingdom. This builds on an existing collaboration, which has underpinned the deployment for the past 16 months. The deal will see VMO2 adopt VMware’s […]
ISP Zen Internet Extend UK CityFibre FTTP Availability Nationwide
Last year we reported that UK ISP Zen Internet was preparing to make their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband packages on CityFibre’s new network available nationwide (here). A new deal has now been signed that sees Zen making an exclusive long-term volume commitment across CF’s entire network plan. CityFibre’s £4bn investment programme has so far enabled […]
YesFibre Start New UK FTTP Broadband Network in Staffordshire
A new network operator and UK ISP called YesFibre has announced that they’re in the process of starting their first build of a new 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which will initially serve the market town of Rugeley in Staffordshire (England). The operator, which was originally the brainchild of Hyperoptic’s former Head Of Engineering […]
ISP Andrews and Arnold Launches Faster FTTP Broadband Plans
We recently reported that UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) had nearly completed a major upgrade of their network (here), which would enable them to launch faster Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband packages (Openreach’s platform). The good news is these are now live, a little earlier than expected. Previously, the fastest FTTP broadband package you could […]
Free Broadband Pledged to Help Digital Exclusion in N.Ireland
The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland has launched a new fund, which among other things has been designed to help support the provision of “free broadband” to help “those facing digital exclusion as a barrier to work.” According to the announcement, the broadband support package will be available to eligible jobseekers through the Department […]