Related UK News – Page 18
-
Premium
Contractor Morrison Telecom Services buys out competition, strengthens Openreach ties
MTS acquires part of Light Source Design from administrators, saving 83 jobs.
-
Premium
Vodafone sliced up again: Liberty piles pressure on UK group by taking 5% stake
Liberty CEO Mike Fries describes purchase of Vodafone shares as “opportunistic”.
-
Network & Infrastructure
Rakuten Symphony keeps eyes on brownfield prize, sees FUD clearing
2023 is pivotal year for Rakuten’s telecom software spinout, now anchored on ‘Mobile as a Software’.
-
Premium
Salam answers ESN emergency call as Moto scarpers
Veteran network strategist takes the technical helm for ESN as the Home Office seeks to pick up ESN pace, and Motorola Solutions retreats from UK sector.
-
Premium
EE takes 5G to 500 boondocks, 40,000+ to go…
EE’s 5G network adds coverage for almost 500 smaller towns and villages.
-
Premium
Fern’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.
-
Premium
Ofcom muscles up scrutiny of UK telcos’ inflated in-contract price hikes
Regulator launches investigation into customer clarity on in-contract, inflation-linked price hikes, which nowadays can be well above 10%.
-
Premium
UK altnet Trooli hires restructuring guru as sale talk resurfaces
Kent-based fibre challenger adds former EY Restructuring Partner David Duggins to Board as talk of an equity sale resurfaces.
-
Premium
BT declares faith in pricing mechanics in face of negative headlines
CEO Jansen showers plaudits on Marc Allera’s ‘machine’ for keeping customers in challenging times
-
Premium
BT evolves Board of Directors to fill vacancies
Maggie Chan Jones and Ruth Cairnie appointed as new Independent Non‑Executive Directors.
-
Financial & Performance
Q3 FY22–23: no frills at BT, but fireworks to come before the year’s up
BT’s Q3 reflects a troubled three months of inflationary pressures, union challenge, and heightened competition.
-
Financial & Performance
Jansen spotlights ‘right management in right place’ to turn around BT’s B2B fortunes
Ashish Gupta singled out as a man with a plan to revitalise BT’s business with the public sector and major UK enterprise.
-
Premium
BT looks to the skies for rural coverage answers
Trials started with Stratospheric Platforms to beam 4G/5G connectivity in remote UK regions.
-
People
DT partner IFM installs new lead on Europe expansion
Deepa Bharadwaj, promoted to become Head of Infrastructure for Europe at IFM, sees continuing infra investment opportunities in region, despite macro picture.
-
Premium
Vodafone closes Newbury HQ sale
Operator to lease portion of the campus but vacate three buildings.
-
Premium
Openreach calls for successor to ‘super-deduction’ tax relief
Openreach adds to pleas from BT Group CEO Philip Jansen and others.
-
People
Liv Garfield emerges as candidate for Vodafone top spot
Former Openreach executive is reportedly being considered to fill vacant CEO role following Nick Read’s departure.
-
Premium
Extreme weather to test network resilience in 2023
Forecast: more severe storms and heat with a chance of network outages.
-
Premium
Vodafone faces up to Openreach wholesale pricing
Openreach submits new Equinox 2 pricing model for regulatory review ahead of April launch.
-
Premium
BT scrambles to explain massive price hikes
Group to raise most tariffs by 14.4%, based on December CPI rate and additional annual charges.