Latest UK News – Page 61
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PremiumVM O2 taps Amdocs Media for OTT onboarding
New deal looks to build on pre-merger relationship with Amdocs Media.
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PremiumVM O2 switches on Samsung’s 4G, 5G RAN lights
After more than six months of putting Samsung RAN kit through its paces in field tests, VM O2 flicks the switch on “multiple” 4G, 5G sites.
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PremiumLiberty refreshes catch-up TV features
In ‘super aggregator’ era, broadcast TV is “still very relevant”.
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Public AffairsDrahi’s BT stake raises national security concerns
UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng wields National Security & Investment Act to review, and potentially reverse, Altice UK’s latest BT stake acquisition.
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Public AffairsAction ballot date set as union “maximises” BT pressure
Communication Workers Union to post ballot papers on 15 June.
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Strategy & ChangeAllera flags big changes ahead under ‘New EE’
BT Consumer CEO says the first chapter of the BT-EE integration process has been completed.
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InterviewUnmanned Life creates “brain” for autonomous robotics
Wayra-backed startup blends 5G, AI, and edge computing in “autonomy-as-a-service” platform for orchestrating fleets of drones and ground robots.
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Venturing & InvestmentsSees.ai flies high with Boeing backing
Vodafone partner picks up $100,000 funding from the aerospace giant.
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PremiumElsewhere in Telefónica Group: Álvarez-Pallete gets pay pump
Álvarez-Pallete’s salary increases by nearly 70% in 2021 thanks to bonus for closure of Telxius tower divestment and O2 UK merger.
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Network & InfrastructureUK telco execs call time on net neutrality
BT’s Allera, VM O2’s Cobian, and Vodafone’s Essam share their views on ‘big tech’ contributions to network investment.
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone’s FY21–22 message: ‘keep calm and carry on’
Read once again assures shareholders that M&A activity is on the horizon.
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Network & InfrastructureBT’s Digital Voice switchover on track despite delays
CEO Jansen confident in operator’s ability to rectify problems in analogue-to-digital switchover.
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Network & InfrastructureBT makes steady progress on broadband USO
Latest update shows 4,600 premises connected, with thousands more in the works. Excessive costs remain a problem for rural premises despite Ofcom intervention.
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Financial & PerformanceBT Q4 FY21–22: foundations in place, but cracks widening
Typically rosy Openreach figures relied on heavily for positive spin to results mixed bag.
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PeopleChanel allure forces BT Board change
Leena Nair to step down from BT Board, following recent appointment as Global CEO of Chanel.
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PeopleNew CEO in at Tesco Mobile
Change of leadership at UK’s largest MVNO. New CEO again drawn from ranks of Virgin Media O2 co-parent Tesco.
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Public AffairsBT: UK can beat EU to TechCo network contributions
While Europe’s ‘fair contribution’ row on network investments intensifies, BT’s Policy & Public Affairs Director Alex Towers underlines opportunity for UK to “get there first”.
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Network & InfrastructureModular IT estate will make BT a ‘digital talent magnet’
Consumer Digital MD Kevin Lee labels in-house skills and capabilities a priority as BT aims to attract talent in UK and India. Commitment to “reuse” approach to development as part of Group’s digital transformation, with heightened reliance on collaboration. Challenges at Consumer include complex legacy architecture, with simplification deemed ...
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Europe: Ofcom calls out UK operators
Vodafone launches device financing and insurance scheme in Spain; regulator slams VfUK for lack of social tariff.
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Public Affairs“If you’re a bully, you get a pasting”: union continues BT bashing, confirms action ballot
Communication Workers Union Annual Conference galvanises members as it takes fight to BT. Industrial action ballet to go ahead “as soon as possible”. “These people have no integrity” says Deputy General Secretary Andy Kerr.