Multiplay telco BT is set to launch a new gigabit home broadband service to consumers across the UK later this month. The service will form part of a new range of next generation Full Fibre plans – designed to offer consumers average speeds up to 25 times faster than Superfast fibre. BT says the service […]
Euskaltel, the fifth largest telco operator in Spain, owned by UK investment house Zegona, aims to double its revenues to €1.3 billion in 2025 after expanding into the whole territory under the Virgin brand. The company has announced its strategic plan aiming to reach 85 per cent of the Spanish market covering 18 million homes. […]
Findings from analyst firm Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 96 per cent of the market – acquired about 2.5 million net additional broadband Internet subscribers in 2019, compared to a pro forma gain of about 2.5 million subscribers in 2018. These top broadband […]
CityFibre, the UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform, has revealed 36 additional locations to benefit from full fibre as part of its up to £4 billion (€4.6bn) Gigabit City Investment Programme, targeting up to 8 million premises. In parallel, CityFibre has also accelerated the mobilisation of its network build capabilities, with a process underway to […]
Suggesting it is starting the decade off with a bang, Singapore multiplay operator StarHub has teamed up with Netflix to deliver what it says is the best of entertainment and superb connectivity. The HomeHub Plus bundle is a first in Singapore, featuring all-in-one broadband, TV entertainment and Netflix subscription, offering top-class entertainment at home and […]
Allison Kirkby will assume the position of President and CEO of Telia Company, Swedish-Finnish multinational telco, in May. Telia Company’s Board of Directors appointed Kirkby as the next President and CEO of Telia Company on October 24th 2019, with the expectancy that she would start the role in Q2 2020. “I remain super excited about […]
BT has launched a new managed software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) service for UK business customers, as it continues to develop its portfolio of converged business networking products. BT says the new Managed SD-WAN offering enables secure, high-bandwidth connections across multiple sites using fixed and mobile networks. As part of the launch, BT is […]
Virgin Media has announced that it will be insourcing all of its customer-facing install and service activity to further enhance the experience given to its customers. This change, made following direct customer feedback, will see Virgin Media increase its directly employed engineer workforce by more than 700 taking its total number to 1,800. This will […]
O3b, the Medium Earth orbiting satellite system owned by SES, has won a major contract from telco Orange to serve its 18 African countries with connectivity. O3b’s mPOWER satellite system will help Orange to exponentially ramp up its consumer and business services, starting in the Central African Republic. The current O3b constellation comprises 20 satellites, […]
Fibre-to-the-building Internet Service Provider Hyperoptic has been named the fastest broadband provider in the UK in the annual Broadband Genie home broadband awards. Comparison site Broadband Genie’s analysis of 91,000 speed tests carried out in 2019 found Hyperoptic had an average download speed of 211Mbps and an average upload speed of 166Mbps. But Hyperoptic wasn’t […]