UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has announced a further 67 locations in its Fibre Cities programme where it will be building its new, future-proof Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology, as part of a new tranche of build. Work will begin in March 2021. The new locations stretch across the nation – from Alloway, in Ayrshire; to […]
A quarter of a million rural homes and businesses across England have been given access to more financial help to get top-of-the-range broadband speeds. More than £22 million (€23.8m) of additional funding is being invested into the UK Government’s broadband voucher scheme, which subsidises the costs of building gigabit-capable broadband networks to hard-to-reach areas. Digital […]
Investment bank Jefferies has initiated coverage of Israeli telco and broadcaster Bezeq and giving the company a ‘Buy’ rating. Jefferies confirms that Bezeq, which supplies fixed-line and cellular telephony and is the 100 per cent owner of pay-TV operator YES TV, will launch its fibre network later this year following a change to Israeli regulations […]
New figures published by UK comms regulator Ofcom suggest that full-fibre broadband is now available to over 4.2 million UK homes. The figures are included in Ofcom’s Connected Nations summer update, which provides a summary of broadband and mobile availability across the UK and its nations, as of May 2020. Key findings from the report […]
Spain’s fifth largest operator Euskaltel has signed an agreement with Adamo, which has a large presence in rural areas, to strengthen its FTTH network with an additional one million homes. The agreement will allow Euskaltel to significantly break into Catalonia – where Adamo has a big presence – as well as Madrid and many rural […]
Ofcom has published the latest league tables on the complaints it receives about the UK’s major broadband, mobile and pay-TV firms. The quarterly report reveals the number of complaints made to Ofcom between January and March this year – capturing data from the first two weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown. All providers with a stable […]
The average UK adult will spend nearly £1 million (€1.12m) in bills over their lifetime – and now spends more on tech, such as TV subscriptions, mobile phone contracts and music streaming services, than they do on utilities, according to a study conducted by multiplay telco O2 to celebrate the anniversary of its flexible custom […]
Telecommunications and technology company, Telstra, has announced the expansion of its Global Media Network (GMN) into China and India. “The points of presence in India and China have been strategically selected to provide connectivity to media broadcasters in the region,” commented Andreas Eriksson, Head of Telstra Broadcast Services. “These PoPs have been designed to provide […]
The era of the broadband and TV bundle is nearing an end according to research from Zen Internet, with millions of households no longer seeing its value. Its findings suggest that two million of the
Research published by Ofcom reveals which UK telecoms providers are setting the industry standard for good customer service. The annual customer service report looks at how each of the major telcos providers performed last year on measures including customer complaints received, value for money and overall customer satisfaction. The data is based on how companies […]