Latest UK News – Page 46
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BT Q3 FY22–23 headlines: big picture positives, details remain devilish
Q3 seen to support BT’s upward trend, building towards an overall good FY defined by major strategic moves.
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BT Q3 FY22–23 spend: work ‘unwind’ means FY will come good
Heavy 9M spend set to be levelled out by drop‑off in Q4
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BT Q3 FY22–23 guidance: finishing with a flourish
BT on track, with heavy weight of burden on Q4 to pull the Group up to targets.
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BT picking fresh, regional talent
Provider announces new apprentice and graduate roles, but falls short of bumper 2022.
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3G: Vodafone’s legacy network shutdown gains pace in Europe
Vodafone OpCos in Greece, Ireland, and the UK initiate phased 3G blackouts as Group progresses towards network shutdowns.
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BT people moves: new entrants at Clinical and Group Boards
Dr. Richard Caddis and Dr. Paul Bhogal join BT’s Clinical Advisory Board.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone agritech partner Moocall stars in Clarkson’s Farm
Irish company’s Calving Sensor IoT solution, which monitors pregnant cows, features in latest series of documentary.
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Contractor Morrison Telecom Services buys out competition, strengthens Openreach ties
MTS acquires part of Light Source Design from administrators, saving 83 jobs.
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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”.
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Telefónica, Liberty step back from Cornerstone
Duo said to be putting wheels in motion to halve their stake in UK TowerCo to 25%
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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’.
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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.
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EE takes 5G to 500 boondocks, 40,000+ to go…
EE’s 5G network adds coverage for almost 500 smaller towns and villages.
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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.
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Elsewhere in UK: Mavenir and Juniper flag network wins
Mavenir and Juniper flag network wins
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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%.
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Ofcom to review Openreach price tactics — as controversial Equinox 2 provisionally cleared
Regulator minded to permit Openreach’s Equinox 2 upgrade to its incentivised wholesale pricing strategy for SPs, which is ostensibly intended to accelerate fibre adoption and copper shutdown.
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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.
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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
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BT evolves Board of Directors to fill vacancies
Maggie Chan Jones and Ruth Cairnie appointed as new Independent Non‑Executive Directors.