All Interview articles
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InterviewCityFibre sees commercial promise, ‘moral obligation’ in Project Gigabit
CityFibre’s public sector lead Andy Nash talks to TelcoTitans on the altnet’s emergence as a strategic government supplier for Project Gigabit, answering “the big exam question” on going beyond initial goals, and the moral duty of delivering rural connectivity…
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Network & InfrastructureProptivity onboards UK MNOs; Swedish neutral host offers to shoulder 5G capex burden
Model leverages private equity. Aspiration to become UK and regional indoor connectivity leader focused on real estate. Key hires with industry chops. Learn more from TelcoTitans’ conversation with Proptivity CEO Mikael Lundman…
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Interviewnexfibre: Keep leash on Openreach to drive UK fibre competition
nexfibre development chief Giles Rowbotham speaks with TelcoTitans on need to drive UK fibre competition by maintaining regulation of Openreach. Says Ofcom needs to keep an eye on wholesale pricing and copper-to-fibre migration process, as well as consolidation, investment, PIA, and local-level factors within wider market…
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InterviewNew INCA CEO tells UK altnets to mobilise against common enemy
Industry body recce’d under new CEO, with collaboration and communication identified for rework — including potential Openreach hotline upgrade — despite cloud of consolidation.
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InterviewIn depth: Eurotelco adtech Utiq sets course for Americas
Ambitious JV plots further regional Transatlantic expansion following recent Austrian debut, according to CEO Marc Bresseel. Read more on plans to crack North America, reach new platforms, forge new partnerships in adtech, telecoms, raise further funds, and beyond…
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InterviewCuckoo MD sees national retail reach as vital in loosening Big 4’s fibre grip
Startup consumer‑focused fibre ISP Cuckoo is positioning itself as a national-scale player at a time when many UK peers are thinking local, underpinned by customer-centric Sarah Howells and the Kraken next-gen ops platform (also backed by Octopus Capital). Login to learn more…
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M&AIQGeo: KKR’s latest tech buy adds geospatial smarts to sprawling infra portfolio
Private equity giant KKR is taking Cambridge-based geospatial software specialist IQGeo private in £333m deal, pledging to fuel new phase of growth. Log in to understand this hot specialist and what it provides network operators worldwide…
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InterviewUK altnet Quickline pitches ‘patchwork’ solution to rural full-fibre challenge
Quickline CEO Sean Royce tells TelcoTitans not everyone needs a gigabit right now and full fibre is not the only way to improve broadband services in the most remote parts of the UK.
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Innovation (R&D)BT’s Etc. partners fintech leader to drive Group platform play
As Etc.’s BT Tap to Pay technology expands to the Android ecosystem, the innovation accelerator’s John Gutch tells TelcoTitans that his fintech unit is taking a flexible approach to monetising BT Business connectivity strengths.
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EventwatchDTW24: Steffen Roehn on pioneering the AI-driven telco
Bella Center Copenhagen already heaving with activity ahead of Tuesday grand opening. Keynotes notably now feature once impossible dream of CTOs collaborating on stage. TM Forum’s ever bigger CSP digitalisation and automation tent now also home to hyperscalers as well as founding CIOs. More insights from Steffen…
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InterviewBrace for ‘AI tidal wave’: Kao Data urges UK data centre step change
Next-gen specialist discusses Manchester Data Centre of the North investment sweetspot, need to prep for AI-fuelled tsunami of demand (nowhere in Europe ready). Read more…
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InterviewInterview: T-Mobile partner SiFi Networks gears up for first ‘FiberCity’ launches
First FiberCity set to be completed soon in Fullerton, California.
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InterviewNetomnia: capex inefficiency is blocking consolidation opportunity
Speaking to TelcoTitans, Netomnia founder and CEO Jeremy Chelot suggests too many altnets are banking on unachievable take-up goals, and that playing fast and loose with investor money has resulted in a block on viable valuations for consolidation.
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Public AffairsNetomnia: UK’s One Touch Switch ‘hijacked’ by BT, VM O2 as scheme delayed again
Altnet CEO Jeremy Chelot tells TelcoTitans that the UK’s One Touch Switching hub is unviable under current governance, with BT and Virgin Media said to be dragging feet and over-complicating proceedings. A new date has been set, but concerns remain. The alternative? ‘I’ve built it, and it took me three weeks’…
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InterviewBT Business ‘builds like fury’ to stitch Global Fabric together
CTO Colin Bannon tells TelcoTitans why the Group’s new platform is a “generational shift” in technology that required BT to ‘rip up old blueprints’. BT intends to take centre stage in a multi-cloud world, with partners in tow and customers lined up…
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InterviewFibrus preps off-net retail expansion, asserts leadership in own footprint
CEO interview: having achieved FTTP leadership and segment-topping KPIs within own fibre footprint, altnet now challenging traditional incumbents on own turf. Northern Ireland a case study in high-penetration and how hyperlocal majorly disrupts network, ISP status quo…
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ProfileUK altnet Freedom Fibre brings “new tricks” to crowded, fragmented market
Profile: Freedom Fibre CEO Neil McArthur is a serial network builder making moves in the UK altnet market with his latest venture.
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InterviewFreedom Fibre CEO sees VX merger adding investment muscle for UK M&A
With InfraBridge as its new controlling shareholder, Freedom Fibre will come into investor giant DigitalBridge’s orbit.
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InterviewInterview: Lit Fibre’s Webster on altnet’s upcoming business segment play
Exec brought in to drive commercial expansion speaks with TelcoTitans Infrawatch about plans to debut in the b2b market, and how Lit is embedding its brand within communities. Read more…
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InterviewDTCP grows data centre ambitions for AI “era”
Interview: Zahl Limbuwala discusses investor’s interest in AI, which he believes represents a new “technology fundamental” for data centres, though firm tempers expectations amidst the recent wave of hype. Investor also keeps geographic expansion and investment in adjacencies on the cards…