UK ISP and mobile operator Vodafone has today published their latest results (financial Q3 FY22), which reveals that their fixed broadband base added another +29k customers (vs +22k in the previous quarter) to make for a total base of 991,000, which should see them pass the magic million mark before their next update. Naturally, most […]
Lit Fibre Adopt Calix Kit to Future-Proof 10Gbps UK FTTP Network
Full fibre broadband ISP Lit Fibre, which recently started building a new 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach 500,000 UK homes by 2026, has moved to “future-proof” their infrastructure and improve customer installation times by adopting Calix’s 10G XGS-PON hardware and services. At present the operator – supported by an unspecified equity investment from Newlight […]
Copper Cable Thieves Cut Broadband in Lincolnshire UK Village UPDATE
The Lincolnshire Police are appealing for witnesses after criminals ripped up 1,000 metres worth of Openreach’s (BT) copper broadband and phone cable from Mareham Lane in Scredington, south of Sleaford. As a result, local homes and businesses in the village are said to have been left cut-off for days. Sadly, attacks against critical UK telecoms […]
Insatiable Demand for Fibre Broadband Drives Emtelle UK Expansion
Scotland-based Emtelle, which is a global manufacturer of blown fibre and ducted network solutions for the industry, has announced that they’re expanding their UK based facilities to support the “unprecedented demand in passive network” solutions coming from the country’s many full fibre broadband networks. At present around 30% of UK premises can already access a […]
CityFibre Full Fibre Build Makes Progress in Poole and Christchurch
CityFibre has today issued a progress update on their £65 million investment to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network for homes and businesses in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch (Dorset), which has just gone live in a number of new areas, or so they say. The work to upgrade and extend their legacy […]
AT&T will spin off WarnerMedia as part of Discovery merger
In October 2016, AT&T announced that it would purchase Time Warner for $85.4 billion, saying at the time that the deal would generate synergies of $1 billion a year within three years of closing.
Since then, however, efforts to combine content and distribution as a single vertically integrated company have yielded underwhelming results…
Cosmote fined €9 million for mishandling cyberattack
Back in September 2020, Greece’s largest mobile operator, Cosmote, was the victim of a cyberattack by an unknown party.
A subsequent investigation revealed that the hacker had used social engineering techniques against one of the operator’s employees via LinkedIn, then used a brute-force method to break into the victim’s account. The malicious actor then used the employee&rsquo…
VMO2 plans fibre JV to take the fight to BT
According to reports, Telefonica and Liberty Global have entered into discussions to raise millions of pounds to fund the rollout of fibre across the UK.
The new build would seek to connect up to seven million additional homes with fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology, with homes targeted in areas outside of VMO2’s core operating areas…
Mobile Operator Truphone Signs UK MVNO Deal with BT for EE
Global-focused mobile operator Truphone, which is based in London, has today signed a new 5-year agreement with BTWholesale to use their Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) services, which will enable them to harness EE’s national 4G and 5G network. But it could mean another network swap for UK customers. At present the operator is still […]
Mobile Operator Three UK Gives Retail Staff a Huge Pay Rise
Mobile network operator Three UK has announced that around 2,500 of their retail staff – working in 311 retail stores – will be awarded pay increases of up to 12.6% this month, which will be reflected by new minimum hourly rates set at £10.13 nationwide and £11.40 in London, excluding bonus. The new rates are […]