Average prices for fixed broadband and landline bundles have generally fallen in real terms between 2023 and 2024, with the fastest packages seeing the biggest drop, according to regulator Ofcom’s annual pricing trends report. Over the last year, average standard ‘list’ prices for ‘dual-play’ ultrafast (300 Mbit/s or more) and landline deals fell by 9 […]
A group of CEOs representing Europe’s leading telcos have issued a joint statement calling for a new connectivity rulebook to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness. “Europe is at a crossroads and it must embrace a growth-driven mindset in order to succeed,” they say. “It is time for our continent to implement a bold competitiveness agenda that delivers […]
A record 20.7 million UK homes can now access full-fibre broadband, according to regulator Ofcom’s annual report on the nation’s broadband and mobile networks. Ofcom’s Connected Nations report finds that 69 per cent (20.7 million) of UK homes now have access to full-fibre broadband, up from 57 per cent (17.1 million) in September 2023. Northern […]
Engineers are starting work to give the historic island of Iona – the cradle of Christianity in Scotland – an ultrafast broadband tech boost. A mile off the much bigger Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides, Iona has been in history books since St Columba established a monastery there in the sixth century. It’s […]
US pure-play fibre provider Frontier, in partnership with the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA), has published a new study that finds deploying fibre in the US could generate an estimated $3.24 trillion (€3.11trn) in economic impact by increasing housing values, lifting average household income and creating jobs. According to Frontier, the US currently lags behind most […]
A new report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) and Stantec reveals that digital infrastructure provider Openreach’s ongoing upgrades to Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband across the country could deliver a £66 billion (€79bn) boost to the UK economy by 2029. The upgrade is expected to drive productivity gains and improvements to public […]
BT has reported H1 2024 revenue of £10.1 billion (€12.1bn), down 3 per cent mainly attributed to challenging conditions in Business, principally driven by non-UK trading in its Global and Portfolio channels. In the rest of the Group, lower CPI benefit and continued competitive markets in Consumer were broadly offset by growth in Openreach due […]
Point Topic has provided an update on fixed broadband availability in the UK, tracking the progress between the end of June 2024 and the end of September 2024. The analysis is based on the ThinkPoint broadband availability dataset which includes 1.7 million postcodes. At the end of Q3 2024, the overall FTTP coverage was 23.2 […]
Virgin Media O2 has reported Q3 revenue of £2.7 billion (€3.2bn), down 2.7 per cent YoY – primarily attributed to handset revenue decline offsetting stable consumer service revenues underpinned by fixed ARPU growth. The telco’s total fixed customer base now stands at 5.8 million with 15,000 customer additions in Q3, showing a return to fixed […]
Connect Europe, the association representing the leading connectivity providers in Europe, and market research firm IPSOS, have released Europe’s Digital Pulse: connectivity trends and consumer insights, a new consumer survey examining the digital habits and expectations of consumers across 30 European countries. The main finding of the survey is that an overwhelming majority of Europeans […]