Ofcom has published the latest figures for complaints it has received about the UK’s major home phone, mobile, broadband and pay-TV providers during the three months from April to June 2022. The latest complaints data shows: Overall, complaint volumes during this quarter are broadly in line with the previous three months. Shell Energy continues to generate the […]
LEO satellite operator OneWeb and in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) solutions provider Panasonic Avionics have agreed to terms that enable Panasonic Avionics to market, sell, and support OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency in-flight broadband services to commercial airlines worldwide. Panasonic Avionics will offer OneWeb’s global service standalone or paired with Panasonic Avionics’ GEO service, which covers 99.6 […]
Telcos Vodafone Group and Altice are creating a joint venture (FibreCo) to deploy fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) to up to 7 million homes over a six-year period. Vodafone’s next generation broadband network in Germany currently offers up to 1Gbps connections to over 24 million homes. This partnership with Altice is complementary to Vodafone’s clear upgrade plans for […]
As UK family bills rocket as a result of the economic crisis, the opposition Labour Party is calling on the government and Ofcom to stop a broadband bombshell hitting families and firms with a three-point plan to rein in expected broadband price increases and ease the cost-of-living crisis. Ofcom reports that nearly a third of […]
BT is running limited time offers for new and existing broadband customers taking out BT’s TV Entertainment package, as well as across multiple broadband plans including Fibre Essential. BT TV’s Entertainment package is now available for £6 per month for 24 months (down £11 from the usual price of £17 per month) – meaning a saving of £264 in total. The offer, […]
Mobile industry trade body the GSMA has issued a statement saying that it strongly believes that the future of Europe’s digital economy requires action to ensure that those Big Tech players, driving large and increasing traffic volumes over European networks, make a fair contribution to infrastructure investment. It says the publication of the BEREC (Body […]
Amidst the merger process with MásMóvil, Orange Spain lost €414 million in 2021 versus €130 million of profit the previous year. Tougher competition with low cost offers and the cost of compensation following the dismissal of 400 workers are behind the financial performance. By contrast, MásMóvil had a net benefit of €189 million in 2021 […]
Vodafone Turkey has signed a commercial agreement with Cisco and Qwilt to enhance the quality and delivery capacity of its live streaming, VoD and media applications to approximately 25 million subscribers in Turkey. Vodafone Turkey is the leading digital service provider in Turkey with a presence in 81 provinces. This new strategic relationship is the […]
If the UK government is looking to kickstart its Growth Plan, it must prioritise delivering on the ambitions for the rollout and take-up of full fibre and 5G. That is the message technology trade association techUK’s telecoms members have shared in a new report examining the impact of the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review (FTIR), published […]
London-based ISP Community Fibre Limited has signed a new finance facility of £985 million (€1.12bn) which will enable the company to continue to execute its rapid roll out of a full-fibre broadband network to 2.2 million London homes by the end of 2024. Community Fibre already has 675,000 ready for service homes in London and […]