Providers of business broadband services continue to grow and upgrade their footprints in markets all over the world according to latest insights from analyst firm Omdia. From small businesses to large enterprise buyers, broadband adoption has flourished worldwide for many reasons, and will continue to grow subscriptions and revenues. Enabling factors include improvements in quality […]

Brussels has postponed its decision over the €19 billion merger between Orange and MásMóvil until April 3rd to have more time to study the deal. The EC is likely to reject the Spanish CNMC’s bid to take control of the case and instead launch its own high-level probe. In February both companies notified the EC […]

Broadband customers could get clearer and more consistent information about their service when signing up to a new deal, under proposals announced by UK comms regulator Ofcom. Under the planned new guidance, broadband providers would only be able to use the terms ‘fibre’ and ‘full-fibre’ on their websites and in contracts if their network uses […]

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company OneWeb and telco Orange have signed a distribution agreement to expand connectivity services across Europe, Africa, Latin America, and other global regions. The news comes as governments across the world prioritise the development of digital infrastructure networks post-COVID. With this partnership, Orange will offer enriched connectivity, integrating OneWeb’s […]

Spain’s regulatory body CNMC wants the final word on the merger between Orange and MásMóvil, and has asked Brussels to let them adjudicate. CNMC argues that the regulatory body has more knowledge of current market conditions, and asserts its competence to make a decision over the operation valued at €19 billion. The European Commission (EC) […]

Findings from Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest cable and wireline phone providers and fixed wireless services in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – acquired about 3,500,000 net additional broadband subscribers in 2022, compared to a pro forma gain of about 3,725,000 subscribers in 2021. These top broadband […]

BT Group has officially reopened its Riverside Tower building at Lanyon Place, in the heart of Belfast, following a multi-million pound refurbishment. The refubished location will now be home to around 2,000 colleagues from BT Group, which includes EE, BT Business and Openreach. Belfast was named as a significant long-term location for BT Group in […]

Switzerland-based telco Salt has agreed a deal with SpaceX to provide continuous coverage through satellite technology. This agreement, claimed as the first of its kind in Europe, leverages SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation as much as Salt’s mobile network to connect Salt’s current and future mobile customers to Starlink satellites, providing them with enhanced connectivity and […]

Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, has announced a new collaboration to deliver Internet access to 20 million underserved people in Africa by the end of 2025, with Microsoft. Working together through Microsoft’s Airband initiative, the new collaboration will initially target regions that include but are not limited to the Democratic Republic of […]

The activities of BT Group added £24 billion (€22.6bn) to the wider UK economy last year and supported nearly 300,000 jobs, according to a report from consultancy firm Hatch. The report looked at the spend of employees and suppliers of BT Group – which includes EE, BT, Plusnet and Openreach – and the estimated knock-on […]