APFN announces final step in corporate consolidation plan | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Having brought together five businesses – Giganet, Jurassic Fibre, Swish Fibre, the original AllPoints Fibre, and Cuckoo – into a single group, APFN (a wholesale business) and Cuckoo (a retail business) now operate as self-standing companies, owned by Fern Fibre. Now that that process is complete, some leadership changes are taking place. Ronan Kelly, previously APFN CTO, has been appointed APFN Managing Director. Nisreen El-Kaloush, previously...
Riedel Communications Teams Up With GT Racing Team Garage 59 | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Link to Word Doc: www.wallstcom.com/Riedel/250617-Riedel-Garage59.docx Photo Links:www.wallstcom.com/Riedel/Riedel-Garage59_Hockenheim-Finish.jpg www.wallstcom.com/Riedel/Riedel-Garage59-Headset.jpg www.wallstcom.com/Riedel/Riedel-Garage59-Rack.jpg www.wallstcom.com/Riedel/Riedel-Garage59-Teams.jpg Photo Caption: Garage 59 kicks off 2025 season with Riedel’s Bolero communications system, boosting clarity, reliability, and scalability in its trackside...
VOX Solutions Appointed Exclusive Gateway for International A2P SMS and Voice Traffic into Claro Ecuador | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More VOX Solutions is pleased to announce its appointment as the exclusive gateway for international Application-to-Person (A2P) SMS and Voice traffic delivery into Claro Ecuador’s network, Ecuador’s leading mobile operator. This role results from a strategic interworking agreement between VOX Solutions and Claro, establishing a direct channel for the secure termination of international A2P SMS and Voice traffic into Claro’s network. This exclusive...
FTTH Council Europe Elects New Leadership and Strengthens Strategic Vision during 2025 Spring General Assembly | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Rome, 16 June 2025 – The 2025 Spring General Assembly of the FTTH Council Europe brought together industry leaders and stakeholders from its pan-European membership to set strategic priorities and renew the organisation’s leadership. The General Assembly resulted in the composition of a new Board of Directors, including a new President, and the election of new Committee Chairs. The full list can be found at the end of this release. The newly elected...
ITS Technology Win £3.5 Million Dark Fibre Contract for Carmarthenshire | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The ITS Technology Group, which has built various open access full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across parts of the UK, has today announced that they’ve secured a £3.5 million dark fibre network build contract for Carmarthenshire (Southwest Wales) as part of the Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme. The new contract will see ITS deploying their Dark Fibre network to connect public sector sites across Carmarthenshire, which...
CVC Capital Partners Target £500m Takeover of Manx Telecom on Isle of Man | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband, phone and mobile operator Manx Telecom (MT), which is the primary network operator serving premises across the remote Isle of Man, could be sold to CVC Capital Partners “within a matter of weeks” as part of a proposed £500m takeover offer that is currently said to be the focus of ongoing talks. According to a report on Sky News, CVC is being lined up to help finance the takeover by JT Group, which also owns Jersey Telecom that originated on...
Starlink Offers its UK Home Ultrafast Satellite Broadband Kit for FREE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Space-based internet provider Starlink (SpaceX) last night announced that new domestic customers looking to join their ultrafast home broadband service in the UK could now sign-up and get the hardware for free (terminal/dish and router etc.), instead of paying the usual £299 (one-off). At present Starlink has around 7,800 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (c.4,100 are v2 Mini / GEN 2A) – mostly at altitudes of c.500-600km – and they’ll add thousands more by...
Mobile Operator Spusu Celebrates 2 Years in the UK with FREE Data | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More SIM-only mobile provider Spusu, which holds a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement via BT Wholesale to harness EE’s national 4G and 5G network, has celebrated their second year of operation in the United Kingdom by gifting 5GB (GigaBytes) of free data (mobile broadband) to “all its customers” for the remainder of June (except those with unlimited data, obviously). Customers can expect to receive an automated text message with instructions on how to claim...
INCA Calls on Ofcom’s Review to Protect UK Broadband Altnets from Openreach | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the United Kingdom’s alternative network operators, has today set out its formal response to Ofcom’s current Telecoms Access Review 2026 (TAR) and warned that the proposals risk harming altnets in the business market, while also handing Openreach too much power. The 2026 TAR is a wide-ranging market study, which is typically only conducted every 5-years and is looking to...
Government Appoints Lesley Cowley as Chair of Building Digital UK Agency | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government (DSIT) has this morning announced that they’ve appointed Lesley Cowley OBE to be the new Chair of their broadband and mobile centric Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency. The development comes after former Chair, Simon Blagden, resigned from his position back in July 2024 (here) and was replaced by Hazel Hobbs (Interim Chair). The announcement follows shortly after the publication of the government’s latest 2025 Spending Review, which among...