Telefonica makes $1.2bn exit from Chile | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The sale to NJJ and Millicom marks the latest step in Telefonica’s Latin American retreat This week, Telefonica has announced it has sold its Chilean mobile unit to Millicom and NJJ, a pair of companies both owned by French billionaire Xavier Niel. The deal, valued at $1.2 billion, will see NJJ take a 51% of the business and Millicom a 49% stake. Despite holding the smaller stake, Millicom will operate the business on a day-to-day basis. “This...
ITS Technology Complete Deployment of 10Gbps XGS-PON Full Fibre in Crawley | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The ITS Technology Group, which have deployed various open access and business-focused full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across parts of the UK, has today announced that they’ve completed the rollout of their XGS-PON powered Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across Crawley (West Sussex), giving more than 1,500 organisations access to gigabit-capable broadband. The Crawley Borough Council (CBC) awarded ITS with the contract for their new £1.5m...
Sparkle, ASN and Elettra to build GreenMed subsea cable in the Mediterranean | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the construction of GreenMed, a next-generation subsea cable system designed to enhance route diversity, resilience and low-latency connectivity between Europe and the Middle East. The system will be engineered and manufactured by Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), a major player in the submarine cable industry, and installed by Elettra...
Government Launch Review of UK Mobile Network Market to Help Boost 5G | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has today opened a call for evidence to support their new ‘Mobile Market Review‘, which aims to ensure that their policy and regulatory frameworks are updated to support investment, innovation, competition and consumers. The review could help to boost the rollout of fast 5G and future 6G mobile broadband networks. Regular readers will know that Mobile Network Operators (MNO),...
ISPA Starts Hunting for the Best UK Broadband Providers of 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today kicked off their annual hunt for the best broadband ISPs and internet companies ahead of their forthcoming 2026 awards event (the 28th one they’ve held), although this time around they don’t appear to have made too many changes to the categories. The winners of the previous 2025 awards event were unveiled back in November last year (here), which among other things saw several alternative...
Full Fibre ISP Hyperoptic Add Faster and Cheaper UK Broadband Social Tariffs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More City-focused full fibre (FTTP/B) broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which claims to have deployed their gigabit speed network to cover 1.9 million UK homes, has recently and quietly added two new options to their existing social tariffs for those on state benefits (Fair Fibre Plans). The new options add symmetric speeds of 500Mbps and 1Gbps, making them among the fastest such tariffs on the whole market. The provider first launched their Fair Fibre Plans back in...
Altnet Broadband ISP Toob Adopts Phonely VoIP Service for UK Digital Phone | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Hampshire-based alternative network and UK ISP toob, which has built a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network across parts of South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other areas, has today agreed a new partnership to offer a digital landline service via Phonely’s VoIP platform. Under the agreement, new and existing customers will be referred to Phonely’s UK-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) if they need...
Broadband Altnet Netomnia Prepares Around 50 UK Redundancies | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband operator Netomnia (Substantial Group), which has already expanded their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 3 million UK premises (here) and is close to signing a major consolidation agreement with either Virgin Media’s (nexfibre) parents or CityFibre (here), is understood to have held talks over redundancies with around 50 employees. According to ISPreview’s sources, staff were first notified about the latest development with jobs...
Let third-party AI assistants access WhatsApp, EU tells Meta | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The European Commission’s ‘preliminary view’ is that Meta is stifling competition by blocking competitors’ AI assistants from WhatsApp The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Meta, presenting its preliminary view that Meta breached EU antitrust rules by excluding third party AI assistants from accessing and interacting with users on WhatsApp. The statement says that Meta is likely to be abusing its dominant position in the...
Business UK ISP MLL Telecom Appoints Stuart Wallis as New CEO | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Business internet and managed service provider MLL Telecom has today announced that Stuart Wallis has been promoted to become the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The move follows Shaun Ledgerwood’s decision to step down as CEO after six years in the role. Stuart, who has over 25 years career experience in the telecom sector, previously served as MLL’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for 5-years and has been a member of MLL’s senior leadership...