The Spanish telecoms market is one of the most competitive in the world, with five major mobile players and a myriad of fixed broadband players. Profit margins are slim, with many analysts suggesting that industry consolidation is quickly becoming inevitable.
Now, according to reports by Spanish media, such consolidation could finally be underway, with MasMovil approaching Vodafone with an offer to acquire the company&rsquo…
Telefonica and Zara billionaire to buy KKR’s stake in Telxius
Telefonica spun off its infrastructure unit, Telxius, back in 2016, giving the unit control of what then amounted to around 16,000 telecoms towers in five countries and roughly 31,000km of submarine fibre optic cables.
With investors keen to take advantage of these valuable infrastructure asserts, Telefonica quickly announced that it would launch an initial public offering (IPO) for Telxius…
SMARTY Mobile Takes Stand Against Mid Contract UK Price Hikes
Mobile operator Smarty has today taken a stand against the current trend of communications providers imposing huge annual price hikes, which it has done by pledging to new and existing customers that it will “not … introduce annual mid contract price rises” or RPI (inflation) linked annual price rises. Smarty, which is a Mobile Virtual […]
Marykirk and GoFibre to Build Full Fibre in Angus and Aberdeenshire
Broadband ISP GoFibre and rural fixed wireless ISP Marykirk.com have announced a new partnership, which will see the pair working together to extend a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across approximately 1,500 homes in areas surrounding the town of Montrose – including Angus and South Aberdeenshire. At present Marykirk.com is best known for having […]
Virgin Media UK Gives All TV Customers Access to Extra Channels in Feb
Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK has announced that they’re giving all of their Pay TV customers access to more than 20 “documentary, entertainment and music channels” at “no extra cost” throughout February 2022, which includes a variety of channels such as Comedy Central, MTV, Sky History and more. The operator said that their latest promotion […]
ISP Sky Broadband UK Launch ‘New’ 35Mbps Superfast Package
UK ISP Sky Broadband has today launched a “brand-new” Superfast 35 package, which offers average advertised download speeds of 36Mbps (with a “speed guarantee” of 25Mbps) and uploads of 9Mbps for the lower price of £25 per month via Openreach’s national FTTC (VDSL2) and FTTP networks. But it’s not all that ‘new’. The “brand-new” package […]
Starlink Launch 500Mbps Premium Satellite Broadband Plan
SpaceX’s Starlink ISP, which provides ultrafast low latency broadband across the world and the UK via a mega constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has soft launched an expensive new PREMIUM tier that will give you speeds of up to 500Mbps for $500 per month (£369) and $2,500 for the kit (£1843). […]
STC carving out data centre and subsea cables into new unit
Today, Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has announced that it will separate its data centre, submarine cable, and points-of-presence assets into a new unit, seeking to capitalise on the current surge of investor interest in telecoms infrastructure.
The new company’s assets would reportedly have an initial valuation of roughly $560 million, with STC set to invest a further $450 million in the near future…
Gov Levelling Up Plan Confirms Nationwide Gigabit Broadband for 2030
The government will today publish their “flagship” Levelling Up White Paper, which sets out their “plan to transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it” and also confirms their revised broadband target – that “by 2030, the UK will have nationwide gigabit-capable broadband.” We first spotted MPs using the 2030 […]
VIDEO – Rural UK Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear Launch First TV Ad
Smaller broadband ISPs rarely ever produce TV adverts, particularly those with limited network coverage. But that hasn’t stopped rural-focused alternative network provider Gigaclear from this week running their first ever television advert to promote their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service. Like most such adverts, the new promotion is somewhat tongue-in-cheek and features a “Gigaclear Astronaut” who […]