All Hyperoptic articles – Page 4
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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.
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PeopleDigital infra people moves: new CEOs at Cellnex and NGN; AtlasEdge looks at open RAN
Johan Broekhuysen takes up the CFO spot at GTT.
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PremiumVodafone people moves: Vodacom consumer chief exits
Jorge Mendes, Chief Consumer Business Officer, leaves Vodacom Group after 23 years at the operator.
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PeopleInfra people moves: euNetworks switches up Board of Directors
euNetworks appoints Paula Cogan as new CEO after leadership shuffle.
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PeopleVodafone consumer IoT boss moves to Hyperoptic
Lutfu Kitapci exits Vodafone Smart Tech to take Chief Customer Officer title at UK altnet.
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PeopleInfra people moves: Cellnex and OMERS find fresh European leaders
Cellnex makes senior changes in Spain and the UK.
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M&AFTTP buyer’s guide: consolidation rife among UK altnets
Fibre-building upstarts and established incumbents target multimillion-premises infrastructure within next several years, putting M&A on agenda for many.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom people moves: C-suite changes in Tech and Austria
CFOs at Technology & Innovation, Magenta, and Telekom B2C all among the movers.
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Products & ServicesVirgin Media O2 looks to extend support for benefit claimants
Essential Broadband package targeted at those on Universal Credit gets 16% price slash as VM O2 responds to recent Ofcom challenge to industry.
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Public AffairsOfcom: operators must do more to help crisis-hit customers
Regulator finds a huge jump in number of households struggling to afford communications services, with pay-TV spend under particular pressure.
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Public AffairsDemand grows for UK Databank as living costs rise
Virgin Media O2, Vodafone, and Three donate mobile data to support internet connectivity for 500,000 people, as households struggle.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Group: operator builds on BayWa deal
Inflation concerns and economic risks brought to the fore, while BT joins peers in network cost contributions call.
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Network & InfrastructureMesch: fibre facing its ‘dotcom bubble’ moment
CityFibre CEO anticipates a period of rationalisation that will see the unprepared go to the wall, but a stronger altnet sector emerge.
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Partnerships & AlliancesBig five UK ISPs test social housing broadband scheme
Manchester explores public-private partner model for affordable broadband.
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PremiumVM O2 fibre wholesale talks “not easy”, says Schüler
CEO Lutz Schüler in “balancing act” with prospective wholesale customers.
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PremiumVM O2 tests digital inclusion scheme in Manchester
Cost‑of‑living crisis driving city’s vulnerable residents offline.
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Network & InfrastructureDon’t bank on the big two for buyouts, Brit altnets warned
As UK Infrastructure Bank highlights challenge of financing fibre rollout at pace, a report from Communication Chambers warns altnets to consider consolidation plans carefully.