All Hyperoptic articles – Page 3
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PremiumVodafone Peoplewatch: Spanish shuffle underway as Chairman steps away
September 2023 update: Spain President António Coimbra will not renew his mandate, and will be replaced by the operator’s CEO, Mário Vaz.
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Strategy & ChangeFern goes Cuckoo with refreshed broadband brand line-up
UK infra investor reshuffles brands after recent formation of combined full-fibre challenger.
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PeopleDigital infra people moves: Arqiva, Vantage DC switch up C-suite
Arqiva simplification leader steps down, while Vantage Data Centres onboards first CISO. Elsewhere, Brightspeed appoints new CEO, and UK altnets Hyperoptic and Vorboss add new faces to senior management team. Read more…
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PeopleInfra investor people moves: Apollo, OMERS recruit new infra heads
Apollo Global Management and OMERS appoint new leaders of infrastructure business segments. Read more about team changes at digital infrastructure investment firms, including senior switch-ups at CBRE Investment Management, John Laing, and Warburg Pincus.
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PeopleDigital infra people moves: Exa, ITP hit refresh button on board leaders
Ex-Vodafone CEO Nick Read joins Exa Infrastructure as Chair, while Vorboss chief Tim Creswick takes same role at ITP.
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InterviewThe exec keeping CityFibre slick as it muscles in on Project Gigabit
Sarah Malin, Director of Group Operations and Programme Management Office at CityFibre, shares the altnet’s priorities for scaling fibre build. CityFibre looking more ‘CountryFibre’ with four big Building Digital UK contracts, making it largest participant in rural broadband scheme.
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Public AffairsCan’t get much broadband satisfaction in UK — Which?
EE and Virgin Media O2 among worst-performing broadband providers, according to latest Which? survey. Poor UK broadband report card comes on heels of massive mid-contract hikes.
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Strategy & ChangeBT wrestling with skills gap in “turbulent” times
BT Business seeking to position itself as a dynamic workplace as telcos continue to battle deep-pocketed IT rivals for vital software skills.
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Network & InfrastructureThe Backfill: Australian gov invests in BAI tower resiliency
BAI Communications chosen to upgrade Australian towers in natural disaster-prone regions.
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PeopleInfra investor people moves: Patrizia switches up C-suite
Patrizia designates Asoka Wöhrmann as CEO, while Slava Shafir takes up COO mantle.
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PremiumOpenreach earns Equinox approval despite altnet fallout
Equinox 2 wholesale pricing package gets green-lit by Ofcom after months of deliberation and consultation.
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PeopleDigital infra people moves: BAI tweaks leadership ahead of rebrand
BAI Communications appoints Christos Karmis as CEO of US business, with several other changes prior to Boldyn Networks rebrand in June 2023.
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PremiumAllPoints’ CEO looks to show way on consolidation
Richard Jeffares, boss of one of the UK’s newest FibreCos, sees opportunities to differentiate from other altnets on network strength and community engagement.
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PremiumFibrus CEO shrugs off altnet challenges, expands roll out goals
Fibrus aiming to pass one million premises “in the future” after meeting target of reaching 250,000 premises by the end of March 2023.
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PeopleInfra investor people moves: KKR swaps EMEA chair
KKR brings in Johannes Huth as new Chairman of EMEA.
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PremiumOfcom under fire for sanctioning bumper price hikes
Regulator criticised for allowing major telcos to push ahead with mid‑contract price rises this April and May, some as high as 17.3%.
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PremiumNetomnia bags £230m to accelerate full-fibre expansion
UK altnet and ISP sister company obtain debt funding to ramp up network deployment, with aim to pass one million premises by end of 2023.
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PremiumAltnet rival taps BT’s consumer IT boss
Consumer IT Director Robert Purdy joins south-western UK-focused fibre player Truespeed.
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PeopleInfra investor people moves: Léger steps up as SCOR CEO
Thierry Léger to take Chief Executive spot at SCOR in May; Celeste Mellet begins CFO tenure at Global Infrastructure Partners.
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PremiumFern’s band of UK local altnets being packaged into ‘national’ fibre challenger; branding TBC
Top-ten fibre altnet investor plots nationwide wholesale access network to eke out spot in competitive market, with support from (aspirational) CityFibre, Openreach partnerships.