All Infrawatch articles – Page 37
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Premium
Telefónica and Liberty advance prep for ‘nexfibre’ UK JV
Exec oversight and branding put in place for venture with French private equity group InfraVia.
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Premium
TPG–Telstra to appeal denied RAN-sharing agreement
ACCC rejects network-sharing proposal over competition concerns.
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Premium
Telefónica’s rural fibre-building JV Bluevía takes off
New FTTP builder sets out to pass five million rural premises in two years, backed by Crédit Agricole and Vauban Infrastructure Partners funding.
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Strategy & Change
UK altnet Giganet plots wholesale play to counter Openreach threat
After acquiring ISP Cuckoo, the altnet’s next move is opening its network. Wholesale is necessary to compete with Openreach and “just makes business sense”, says CEO Jarlath Finnegan.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vantage Towers ramps up rollout in Germany with mobile sites
TowerCo reveals figures for temporary site deployment across Germany this year.
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People
Infra people moves: Cellnex and OMERS find fresh European leaders
Cellnex makes senior changes in Spain and the UK.
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Interview
CityFibre gets IT in shape to keep pace with fibre build
Chief Digital and Information Officer Vicky Higgin sets course for growth.
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People
Vantage DC installs new CIO
Purnima Wagle takes new chief information officer role at data centre operator.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Plusnet signs up for Glasfaser Nordwest fibre access
Partnership between Plusnet and DT fibre JV to market fibre products to consumers and businesses.
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Network & Infrastructure
Home Office red tape ‘holding up’ Scottish rural mobile plan
UK authorities have been seeking a speedier route to rural mobile expansion by melding parts of the publicly-funded Scottish 4G Infill, Emergency Services Network, and Shared Rural Network schemes. But are different initiatives getting in each other’s way?
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Network & Infrastructure
Telekom Deutschland ready to ramp up fibre rollout in 2023
Plans to pass up to three million more premises with fibre connections across Germany in 2023.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica ‘appeals to hyperscalers’ for support on network API push
Operator reportedly in negotiations with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to support API marketing.
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Strategy & Change
Serving to stay in the game: McKinsey on risk-reward of going infra-free
Consultants argue that when telcos strip consumer businesses down and become ServCos, weaknesses hidden by network profits may be exposed.
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Network & Infrastructure
Internet para Todos ‘half-way there’ on rural 4G
Telefónica’s RAN-sharing JV brings LTE access to more than three million Peruvians living in rural areas.
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Network & Infrastructure
Scottish islands’ fibre upgrade is a wrap
Residents of 15 islands to get “Gigabit” connectivity under Reaching 100 initiative. Government update says all 16 subsea links involved in project now laid, and finishing work taking place. Challenges for engineers included circumventing stray explosives and protecting wildlife.
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M&A
EC clears Telefónica’s Bluevia fibre JV
Telefónica España gains pass to continue with rural fibre deployment in partnership with Predica and Vauban.
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Network & Infrastructure
Astrocast strengthens constellation with new satellites
Four new spacecraft launched to increase constellation to 14 satellites.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica joins SpaceMobile’s MNO crew
Partnership confirmed with closely watched New Sat startup ahead of late-2023 launch.
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Operations
Telefónica speeds up closure of copper exchanges
Higher energy prices increase urgency of replacing copper accesses with more energy-efficient fibre.
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Network & Infrastructure
Openreach’s Selley: FTTP ‘not slowing down’ as connections become priority
Openreach prioritising net adds over premises passed as primary KPI for full-fibre rollout programme.