Latest Virgin Media O2 Insight – Page 14
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Operator trio gains share of UK government voice and data contract
BT, Virgin Media Business, and Vodafone jointly awarded piece of Mobile Voice and Data Services contract.
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Telefónica and Liberty advance prep for ‘nexfibre’ UK JV
Exec oversight and branding put in place for venture with French private equity group InfraVia.
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City small-cell pilot goes live, EE first to benefit
Freshwave and Netomnia partner to launch Cornerstone-backed, multi-operator small-cell deployment in City of London.
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Amdocs shows ‘love’ for TMUS as second-largest customer
US NatCo accounted for 20% of vendor’s revenue in FY21–22.
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Interview
CityFibre gets IT in shape to keep pace with fibre build
Chief Digital and Information Officer Vicky Higgin sets course for growth.
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Telefónica people moves: New M&A & Strategy Director joins from Microsoft
New deal-making boss joins with Group seeking to woo US tech giants on digital and programmable network services.
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Network & Infrastructure
Home Office red tape ‘holding up’ Scottish rural mobile plan
UK authorities have been seeking a speedier route to rural mobile expansion by melding parts of the publicly-funded Scottish 4G Infill, Emergency Services Network, and Shared Rural Network schemes. But are different initiatives getting in each other’s way?
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Operations
Telecoms pay falling behind inflation despite union efforts
Workers’ wages growing slower than inflation, even with recent pay hike successes.
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Partnerships & Alliances
UK landowners, operators launch alliance ahead of ECC reform
Openreach, Cellnex, Cornerstone, and MBNL among inaugural members of National Connectivity Alliance, alongside landowner groups.
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Network & Infrastructure
Virgin Media O2 sparks Ciena tie-up for 10Gbps wholesale
Virgin Media O2’s wholesale arm deploys new Ciena-backed network core to enhance National High Capacity Services proposition.
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M&A
FTTP buyer’s guide: consolidation rife among UK altnets
Fibre-building upstarts and established incumbents target multimillion-premises infrastructure within next several years, putting M&A on agenda for many.
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VM O2 pulls out of TalkTalk bid, Openreach steps in
Reports that VM O2 took back takeover offer are followed by discussions with Openreach on fibre migration.
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BT pricing aggression dents VM O2 wholesale prospects
BT CEO Philip Jansen trailers “sharpened” wholesale fibre pricing structure to come.
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Network & Infrastructure
DigitalBridge builds double infra Vantage point in Europe
Vantage Towers investor expanding separate Vantage Data Centers operation in Europe, as it ploughs more money into digital infrastructure plays.
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M&A
Telefónica ‘confirms interest in UK towers stake’
Cornerstone joint venture parents looking at potential divestment from towers business.
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Telefonica Q3 FY22 headlines: a stable ship in choppy waters
Group seeing underlying growth in most markets.
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Telefonica Q3 FY22 spend: no strategy is entirely immune from tough times
Telefónica stresses Group is well prepped for energy crisis, although no strategy can be entirely immune from tough times.
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica Q3 FY22: Telefónica stays serene in the storm
Telefónica highlights the foresight and successes of its overall strategy. Heading towards a strong full-year performance, despite continued buffeting by global events.
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Network & Infrastructure
UK fibre builders buckle up safety standards
SHiFT group to set common safety standards for fibre networks.
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Elsewhere in UK: Volt’s customer base breaks one million
VM O2’s Volt customer base exceeds one million; dunnhumby aids Tesco Mobile on customer data.