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Network & Infra

CityFibre joins exclusive one million connections club

UK’s largest altnet reaches one million, attributing the achievement to wholesale success and rapid fibre build-out. CEO Simon Holden says “maintaining” commercial momentum is key priority, as it moves to achieve further scale, including through potential acquisitions and Project Gigabit build-out…

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Financial & Performance

Fighting fibre with fibre: BT Consumer goes hyper-local in counter-attack against challengers

FY25–26: BT CEO Kirkby trumpets a marginal return to broadband customer growth as an early sign of a Consumer comeback.

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Network & Infra

VM O2 says AI and digital twin are solving fixed network faults faster

UK operator is reducing its fixed network back‑office workload and speeding fault resolution through automated decisioning, having revamped its data architecture to support quicker insight and action…

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Peoplewatch

Telefónica Peoplewatch: Hispam chief’s TV switch

April 2026–May 2026 update: Leadership reshuffling continues at transitioning Telefónica as the operator’s Hispam chief reportedly transfers to lead Spanish pay-TV business Movistar Plus+. Senior IT moves are made at Telefónica|Vivo and Virgin Media O2 as operating businesses’ arrow in on AI. The Group also installs a new friendly boardroom member at Brazil’s Vivo.

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Analyst Briefing

Telefónicawatch: widening telcos’ vocal range

Analyst Briefing: Round-up of developments at Spanish incumbent, including AI-focused innovation around voice services, and infrastructure developments in Spain, Germany, and the UK. Read more