Integration vs aggregation: The battle for fibre’s future
Contributed Article By Donal Hanrahan, Director of Strategy, Strategic Imperatives Two models are...
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Tag: Wholesale
MS3 joins Zen’s Fibre Hub at Connected Britain
At Connected Britain, Zen Internet, the UK’s largest B Corp certified telecommunications and network connectivity provider, has announced a new strategic partnership with MS3 Networks, the award-winning alternative network operator serving Hull, North Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire.
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Speed Fibre Group completes €22m acquisition of BT Communications Ireland
Telecoms infrastructure provider Speed Fibre Group has officially completed its acquisition of BT Communications Ireland Limited (BTCIL), marking a significant consolidation in the Irish telecommunications market
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CityFibre secures £2.3bn in funding to fuel broadband network expansion
CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, has reached agreement with its shareholders and existing lenders on a major £2.3bn financing round, accelerating its next phase of growth.
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FullFibre and Zzoomm merge in latest altnet consolidation move
Today, UK fibre altnets FullFibre and Zzoomm have announced they will merge their operations.
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All aboard! ITS showcases its fibre bus at Connected Britain
At Connected Britain 2024, we caught up with ITS’s Dave Ferry to discuss taking the brand on a UK tour, the company’s new deal with Sky Business, and the next steps for densifying networks.
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Telekom Malaysia fails to secure stake in national 5G company DNB
Malaysia’s approach to 5G has been highly controversial. Rather than auction 5G frequency licences to telcos, as is the norm in most countries around the world, the Malaysian government instead opted to set up a state-owned 5G wholesaler, Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), in early 2021.
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Macquarie quits discussions over TalkTalk’s wholesale division
Reports suggest that Macquarie will walk away from the £450 million deal to buy a stake in TalkTalk’s wholesale division, PlatformX Communications (PXC)
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Strategic Imperatives welcomes Trooli and OFNL to The Fibre Café
Strategic Imperatives, the UK market leader in SaaS provisioning, connectivity and monetisation solutions for the telecom industry, has today announced that UK Altnets Trooli and OFNL have joined its Fibre Café platform.
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VMO2 prepares to spin off fixed network business
VMO2 is preparing to spin off its fixed broadband network into a fully owned wholesale subsidiary NetCo.
The move will open up VMO2’s broadband networks, which currently provide cable and fibre broadband services to 16 million homes, to wholesale for the first time, giving ISPs looking for scale an additional option beyond Openreach.
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Airtel Africa unveils new fibre wholesaler Telesonic
News The move comes just two months after the company announced the creation of new data centre...
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VMO2 once again in takeover discussions with TalkTalk
This week, a report from The Telegraph suggests that VMO2 is once again in negotiations with TalkTalk related to the acquisition of the latter’s consumer business.
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TalkTalk to acquire Octopus Energy’s broadband customers
Reports suggest the ISP will take almost half a million customers under its wing, following Octopus Energy’s acquisition of them from Shell Energy UK
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CItyFibre hopes new ‘True Gig’ product will spark surge in fibre uptake
News The new package offers speeds of up to 1.2Gbps, allowing ISPs to feel more comfortable...
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Consolidation begins in UK fibre market as VMO2’s nexfibre acquires altnet Upp
News The move will see nextfibre’s footprint expanded by around 175,000 premises in the East of...
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Protecting the crown jewels of wholesale roaming with Syniverse
Interview We caught up with William Oliver, Senior Director of Product Management at Syniverse, to...
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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it: ACM rules against regulating Dutch wholesale broadband market
News The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) says its analysis of the broadband market...
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Former Vodafone CEO Nick Read finds new home at EXA Infrastructure
News Read will serve as EXA’s new chairperson, aiming to deliver significant growth for the...
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KPN buys Primevest’s Dutch fibre network
News The deal will add 127,000 premises to KPN’s fibre footprint, bringing the operator closer to...
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Shortest route connecting East to West Africa launched
Liquid Dataport, a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) (https://www.Liquid.Tech), a pan-African technology group, has launched its newest fibre route connecting Mombasa, Kenya, to Muanda on the west coast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo).
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