Google set to sell satellite business and cool connectivity ambitions
Google is reportedly continuing its retreat from the connectivity segments via talks to sell its Skybox Imaging satellite business.
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The news you might have missed over Christmas
While the majority of us were working our ways through a mountain of turkey, some poor sods were still in work making sure everything still worked.
UK recycles £440m BT bribe and thinks we should be grateful
The UK government has had the nerve to repackage £440 million clawed back from BT for fixed-line investment as a ‘windfall’.
Sky undercuts competitors with new fibre broadband offer
Sky has unveiled its latest attack on the UK broadband market with what it claims is the lowest priced fibre offer and a new approach to advertising.
Ofcom: UK broadband still a bit rubbish
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has embarked on a frenzy of pre-Christmas publication and had concluded our broadband is still not good enough.
Europe has a €500 million broadband whip round
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced the launch of a new fund which that aims to raise €500 million for network deployments in underserved areas throughout Europe.
Rubbish internet no longer first-world-problem
Although Internet access has long been ridiculed as a first world problem new research from Which? has shown broadband is now considered as important as running water and a dry place to sleep.
Ofcom says ‘put your money where your mouth is’ to UK fibre moaners
Ofcom has unveiled its masterplan to reduce the UK’s reliance on Openreach, allowing CSPs greater access to BT’s ducts and poles to encourage rivals to lay their own ‘full-fibre’ networks.
Sky enters £15bn UK mobile market… finally
It’s been in the pipeline for what seems like forever but Sky has finally put us out of our misery and launched its assault on the UK mobile segment.
Reaction to BT Openreach separation – glee, scepticism and cynicism
In light of Ofcom’s attempts to prize Openreach from BT, the wider telecoms industry has reacted. Some with glee, some with scepticism, and some with cynicism.
Ofcom finally gets tough on BT with Openreach ultimatum
Ofcom has finally decided that BT is to separate from its Openreach business. The regulator has, after much deliberation, concluded the long running saga, and it’s not good news for BT.
Three decides one way to have a moan isn’t enough
Seemingly not content with the noise been made by the ‘Fix Britain’s Internet’ campaign, Three has stepped up its whining this Christmas with a new crusade known as ‘MakeTheAirFair’.
Deutsche Telekom joins mile-high club with in-flight wifi win
Deutsche Telekom and its friends with benefits have helped joined the mile-high club following trials to bring LTE-based connectivity to the skies.
Huawei goes all-in on the cloud
Huawei has announced three new products which it claims will help customers move towards the ‘full cloudification of wireless networks’.
5G and LTE need to learn to share – Huawei
Huawei reckons the early success of 5G lays with successfully interoperating new radio infrastructure with existing LTE.
UK in £1 billion fibre and 5G lottery – ENTER NOW!
After months of what looked like empty rhetoric, the UK government is finally getting its act together and will announce a £1.1 billion investment lottery for fibre and 5G.
LTE isn’t good enough for critical communications… yet
LTE has the potential to revolutionise emergency services communications, but it needs to be nothing less than 100% reliable, according to CEO of the TCCA, Phil Kidner in an interview with Telecoms.com at AfricaCom 2016.
UK broadband advertising is ‘up to’ no good
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has set the telco industry in its sights as it looks into the language used in broadband speed marketing campaigns.
How did Europe’s top 5 telcos measure up over Q3?
With the quarterlies crazy season over and done with Telecoms.com had a look back over the last couple of weeks to decide who the winners and the losers were out of the European telcos.
AfricaCom 2016 – electricity first, then broadband
Basic electricity for Africa’s 600 million disconnected citizens will always be more important than internet, according to AfricaCom 2016’s keynote speakers.
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