All United Kingdom (UK) articles – Page 11
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Partnerships & AlliancesAduna goes big on Brazilian B2B with deeper Vivo tie-up
Partnership is aimed at scaling API availability and diversifying into new industries.
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Partnerships & AlliancesOrange ties with Synamedia to extend CDN platform
Telco aims to give content providers a simplified way to extend their reach through integration with Synamedia’s platform. The deal comes as Orange plots a strategic shift in its CDN approach…
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B2BZen enters ‘next phase’ of B2B with new leadership, evolving strategy
Ex-TalkTalk Business exec Jon Nowell steps in to lead Zen Business with a mission to disrupt, urges UK enterprises to reconsider status quo.
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Network & InfraUK takes step closer to D2D satellite services go-live
Regulator Ofcom to launch a framework that will permit direct-to-device satellite services next year, using BT, VodafoneThree, and Virgin Media O2 spectrum.
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Network & InfraEE levels up 5G SA ahead of rival’s counterattack
UK MNOs ranked: 5G standalone battle develops as EE boasts fruit of Ericsson tie-up to help retain its leadership position. Unified VodafoneThree is set to mount an improved response once promised investment flows through, but against European peers the UK’s MNOs look behind the times…
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Financial & PerformanceTesco Mobile delivers on growth despite ‘highly competitive’ conditions
UK’s largest MVNO reports forward progress on users, sales, and profit in the face of strong competition.
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Public AffairsUnion slams Capita’s offshoring plans for Virgin Media O2 contract
Contact centre provider Capita has sparked outrage at the Communication Workers Union over plans to move 150 jobs that support Virgin Media O2 from the UK to South Africa.
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M&ARadianz becomes latest unit to go in BT’s international retreat
Emblem of BT’s turn of the century global ambitions to be offloaded to TNS as group pursues UK-focused strategy.
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Partnerships & AlliancesNetomnia forays off-net with Openreach tie-up, lures new debt investors
UK altnet to add 1.5 million premises to footprint as it seeks to attract fresh customers and reduce churn through wholesale tie-up with the nation’s incumbent provider. Coincides with new investors and long-term backers completing debt raise with a £140m boost.
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InnovationBT Active Intelligence: Solving customer problems through mobility insights
Interview: From telco startup to data scale-up, the BT Group data science unit is transforming mobility insights into commercial and societal value. Leader Steve Wiley explains how his team is applying a startup mindset and partnership model to unlock the power of geospatial data for enterprise clients, creating actionable intelligence from 25 billion daily data points. Learn more…
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Partnerships & AlliancesVirgin Media O2 smartens up fibre rollout with IQGeo and Deepomatic combo
As IQGeo completed an acquisition of Deepomatic earlier this month, Virgin Media O2 emerged as one of the first operators to use their combined geospatial software and computer vision software tools to speed its fibre rollout.
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT expands AWS deal for five more years
The cloud services giant flags the latest strategic agreement with BT as a critical step towards network autonomy.
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Network & InfraGoFibre closes £125m funding round to boost Scottish fibre build
Altnet secures additional financing from the Scottish National Investment Bank and Hamburg Commercial Bank, with aspiration to reach additional Scottish premises while supporting ongoing Project Gigabit build. Read more…
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Analyst BriefingUK Infrawatch analyst briefing: CityFibre upgrade plans, Netomnia wholesale goals, datacentre net zero gains
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK, including: government support for digitalisation sustainability, CityFibre tackling technology integration, a new UK wholesale platform; a flurry of new senior appointments, and plenty more…
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Products & ServicesUK’s One Touch Switch accelerates to 1.5 million, preps B2B extension
Eleven months in, TOTSCo now switching around 5k broadband consumers daily with more to come, as BT and VM O2 trial new B2B capability, and Netomnia’s Chelot steps down from board…
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MarketingBT opts for Uncommon to take brand ‘beyond advertising’
New brand chief Cilesta van Doorn hails Uncommon Creative Studio as the agency of choice to cement the BT logo in “modern Britain”.
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Financial & PerformanceRe-booting Plusnet cuts jobs, ‘streamlines’ operations
BT’s no-frills broadband brand posts another year of decline as it resets and restructures.
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch Analyst Briefing: Vodafone knocked back as rivals surge
Latest from Vodafone as a turbulent quarter sees BT claim the UK’s top telco spot, Liberty Global exits stage left, and German fibre JV OXG pushes forward with another wholesale tie-up…
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Network & InfraThe single source of truth: how TowerCos and MNOs are mastering digital twins
From accelerating M&A due diligence to slashing truck rolls and ensuring revenue, digital twins are reshaping MNO and TowerCo operations. At different stages of adoption, but as one on importance of getting the data right, leaders from BT, TDF, PTI and vHive reveal how this technology is creating the digital truth for physical assets, how this can be advantaged, and what’s next…
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B2BNetomnia enters UK fibre wholesale fray with new platform — starting with B2B
Altnet’s platform joins increasingly crowded and competitive wholesale marketplace, emphasising streamlining, top-four fibreco scale credentials, and 50G future-proofing. Dark fibre, too…