Related UK News – Page 16
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PremiumBT wants “critical” role in UK’s quantum future
Group’s Tim Whitley promotes BT’s part in UK quantum R&D as funding tranche opens up.
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PremiumRebranded BT Pension Scheme division bags first client
BTPS’s primary service provider renamed Brightwell as part of move into world of fiduciary service provision.
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT splits with fleet maintenance partner Rivus
Telco awards fleet maintenance contract to new provider Holman after split with 2019 carve-out Rivus.
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PremiumFibrus CEO shrugs off altnet challenges, expands roll out goals
Fibrus aiming to pass one million premises “in the future” after meeting target of reaching 250,000 premises by the end of March 2023.
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PremiumBT partner Omnitel completes Scottish SME services land grab
BT Local Business partner Omnitel takes North Scotland contract from Capital Connections.
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PremiumBT shines light on ‘UK-first’ medical delivery drone trial
BVLOS trial takes place between NHS Trust sites in Coventry and Rugby, involving 130 flights across more than 1,900km.
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PremiumBT renews partnership with Optiva for next gen services
Telco extends partnership with Canada-based telecoms software player to “flexibly create service applications and simplify deployment”.
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PremiumVodafone heralds Golden Cluster in latest open RAN call to arms
James Grayling, Vodafone’s Head of Open RAN Product Integration & Performance, talks up roll out of interoperable tech in West Country’s Golden Cluster.
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Strategy & ChangeBT and Three go “unilateral” in MBNL refocus
Sites to be upgraded independently in pursuit of autonomy, efficiency.
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PremiumBT takes ITV and Channel 4 to the cloud
BT signs multimillion‑pound contract to enable “start‑to‑finish” cloud processing for regionalised TV content across all of D3&4’s Freeview channels.
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PremiumOfcom under fire for sanctioning bumper price hikes
Regulator criticised for allowing major telcos to push ahead with mid‑contract price rises this April and May, some as high as 17.3%.
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Premium‘Not all overbuild is equal’: Vorboss CEO seeks foothold in London fibre future
Tim Creswick, CEO at London altnet Vorboss, says that sharing geographical space does not mean network equivalency. Decries incumbents’ “national technical debt” in UK and elsewhere in Europe.
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PremiumUK government cements Infrastructure Bank bill in law
UK Infrastructure Bank commits to further infra investment, as new bill solidifying its objectives is granted Royal Assent.
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PremiumOfcom consults industry on mmWave licence conditions
Regulator confirms release of 6.25MHz spectrum across 26GHz and 40GHz frequency bands for mobile use.
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PremiumBT readies for Digital Voice restart with trial ramp up
BT to launch further trials for all‑IP migration project in April 2023, with invitations to switch starting this summer.
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PremiumSpring Fibre becomes latest UK altnet to launch fibre build
UK altnet begins inaugural full-fibre build.
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PremiumCost and uncertainty mount for troubled ESN
Eight years and £2bn later, UK National Audit Office pans Emergency Services Network in latest progress update.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Business: Voluntary redundancy programme reportedly initiated
Voluntary redundancy programme reportedly initiated across unified B2B units.
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PremiumBT signs MEC deal with AWS
BT continues to drive cloudification of mobile services with EE’s 4G and 5G infrastructure set to combine with AWS cloud to facilitate low-latency, high-bandwidth IoT use-cases.
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PremiumNetomnia bags £230m to accelerate full-fibre expansion
UK altnet and ISP sister company obtain debt funding to ramp up network deployment, with aim to pass one million premises by end of 2023.