Having emerged as the favourite, Orange’s Board of Directors has appointed Christel Heydemann as Chief Executive Officer of the telco with effect from April 4th 2022. In appointing Heydemann, Schneider Electric’s current Executive Vice President Europe Operations, the Board says it has selected a candidate who is recognised for her experience in the telecoms sector […]
The industry-led sounding board to UK Government and comms regulator Ofcom, UK Spectrum Policy Forum (UK SPF), has released research in collaboration with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on how current shared spectrum access is creating the conditions for new players to provide innovative 5G services. The report, SPF Cluster 3 […]
According to credit rating agency Fitch Ratings, European telecoms operators continued heavy investment in rolling out fibre and 5G networks will keeping capex high and limit free cash flow (FCF) generation in the short term. The impact will be the greatest on incumbent operators’ FCF as they need to deploy both networks simultaneously and, in […]
Vodafone is to begin retiring its UK 3G network in 2023 as part of a network modernisation programme to improve 4G and 5G experience for all customers. The programme, which will see 3G coverage gradually phased out and replaced by strengthened 4G and 5G services, will mean customers across more parts of the UK can […]
Following a period of exclusive negotiations and the approval of the board of directors of Enodia, Orange Belgium and Nethys have signed an agreement for the acquisition by Orange Belgium of 75 per cent less one share of quadplay operator VOO SA. The transaction is based on an enterprise value of €1.8 billion for 100 […]
Mike Sievert, T-Mobile US CEO, has pulled-out of making the keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. T-Mobile said it would limit its presence at the event due to concerns about the spread of Covid-19. “While we are confident that CES organisers are taking exhaustive measures to protect in-person attendees and we had many […]
The European Commission has welcomed the political agreement reached by the European Parliament and EU Member States on the new Roaming Regulation. The new regulation will prolong until 2032 the existing system whereby citizens cannot be subject to extra charges for calls or data used while travelling within the EU and it will also bring […]
The UK Government, together with UK mobile network operators, has announced a joint ambition for 35 per cent of the UK’s mobile network traffic to be carried over open and interoperable Radio Access Network (RAN) architectures by 2030. “Open network architectures will play a key role in enhancing the security and resilience of the networks […]
This Christmas, Sky is saying thank you to its subscribers with a number of free gifts including Sky Cinema movies, Premier League football matches, free mobile data, and international calls. Available to existing customers, Sky says the gifts will help viewers to get together, either at home with movies and matches, or remotely with calls […]
A study from Juniper Research has found that revenue generated from 5G services will reach $600 billion (€530bn) by 2026, representing 77 per cent of global operator-billed revenue. It found that the adoption of 5G services across consumer and IoT sectors has been driven by a strong uptake of 5G-capable devices, coupled with attractive 5G […]