Total Telecom

JANUARY 2, 2025

News The news follows final regulatory approval last month Swiss telco Swisscom has completed its acquisition of Vodafone Italia in a move set to reshape the competitive landscape of Italys telecoms sector. The move will reduce the number of mobile players in the market from five to four and create a new converged (i.e.,

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Contributed Article You might know us as Avonline Networks, Magdalene, Morrison Telecom Services or Waldon Telecom but did you know we’re all part of one business? Together, we are M Group Services’ Telecom Division.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Satellite cellular network provider AST SpaceMobile has further cemented its partnership with telecoms giant Vodafone. The deal, which runs through 2034, paves the way for Vodafone to integrate space-based cellular connectivity into its primary markets, including offering services to external operators through its Partner Markets programme.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

There, Dr. Philip (Xiaodi) Song, Chief Marketing Officer for Huawei Carrier Business, delivered a keynote speech titled “ADN Unleashes New Momentum for Networks with Intelligence.” Viewpoint [Bangkok, Thailand, November 5, 2024] TM Forum, a leading authority in the ICT industry, successfully hosted the Innovate Asia 2024.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The merger will create Italys second-largest fixed-line broadband operator behind Telecom Italia (TIM). With regulatory approvals now in place, Swisscom anticipates that the acquisition will be finalised in early 2025, marking a new phase for the company in the Italian telecom market.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Once completed, Swisscom plans to merge Vodafone Italia with its Italian subsidiary, Fastweb, creating Italy’s second-largest fixed-line broadband provider, behind market leader Telecom Italia. The deal will see Swisscom acquire Vodafone’s Italian business unit for €8 billion.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Interview At this year’s Connected Britain, Total Telecom caught up with Rajiv Datta, CEO of Nexfibre, to discuss the company’s fibre rollout progress since hitting 1 million premises, investor tensions around market consolidation, and what a competitive broadband market will ultimately look like.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 23, 2024

With this acquisition, Equinix will strengthen its position in the Irish market, offering customers more robust interconnection services through its vast global platform. Equinix a digital infrastructure company, has a long-established presence in Ireland. The two facilities will soon be fully integrated into Equinixs global network.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 16, 2025

16 JANUARY 2025 – High-speed broadband provider LightSpeed has joined forces with Neos Networks, one of the UKs foremost business connectivity providers, to expand its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) and wholesale services. ENDS About Neos Networks Neos Networks has the UKs largest business-dedicated network.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 9, 2025

Hosted by communications media and events specialist Total Telecom, this years event will bring together over 1,000 global industry leaders and key stakeholders, 120 speakers, and 50 exhibitors to explore the challenges and opportunities shaping submarine networks across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 8, 2024

News The deal will see Google’s generative AI models enhance Vodafone’s mobile, fixed broadband, and TV offerings Vodafone and Google have agreed to expand their existing partnership for the next ten years, in a move that aims bring new services, devices, and TV experiences to millions of Vodafone customers across Europe and Africa.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Interview Is the UK fibre market beginning to gain pace once again? At Connected Britain 2024 , we caught up with Telenco UK’s managing director Clement Lesur about the health of the UK’s broadband market and how operators are looking for increasingly tailored solutions to connect their end customers.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Fiber broadband saw a flurry of major deals in 2024. The 12 Days of Broadband (click to open) On the First Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me: An extra-planetary-life-promoting tech billionaire set on electing a president. On the Fourth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me: $42.5

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The Italian Competition Authority is still reviewing the deal, having launched a deeper investigation earlier this month to assess the transaction’s impact on market competition, Swisscom noted. Swisscom expects the deal to be finalised by the first quarter of 2025. billion CMA questions Vodafone–Three merger after second probe

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 18, 2024

News The latest clash revolves around whether the government should auction off satellite spectrum or simply allocate it arbitrarily Recent months have seen tensions flare between Elon Musk and Indian telecoms moguls Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal continue, with the trio clashing over the nation’s satellite spectrum policy.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Through Light Blue Fibre, a joint venture between Cambridgeshire County Council and the University of Cambridge to commercially market the fibre assets of both the University and the Council, this forward-thinking approach is helping to yield substantial environmental and economic benefits.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Much delayed and under-publicised, it is a common hope across the industry, government, and the regulator that OTS will encourage more consumers to engage more deeply with the telecoms market. None of us should be under the impression that customer take-up of full fibre broadband will rocket from mid-September onwards.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Additionally, BT’s 5G network expansion continues to lead the market, covering 80% of the UK population, more than any other operator. In response, CEO Allison Kirkby outlined several measures to mitigate this impact, including potentially passing costs on to mobile and broadband customers.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2024 – In the second quarter, the pattern looked familiar among publicly traded broadband Internet Service Providers: The wireline variety as a group lost subscribers, while fixed wireless access providers posted solid gains. Comcast lost 120,000 subscribers ending the quarter with 32.1 million subscribers.

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Developing Telecoms

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Latvian mobile operator LMT’s President, Juris Binde (pictured, second from right), has stated that price increases will be inevitable if a merger with fixed broadband provider Tet goes ahead—a move that has faced strong opposition from rivals concerned about its impact on market competition.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This acquisition marks a major step in Nokia’s plan to grow its network API offerings, aiming to support a wider ecosystem of telecom operators, software providers, and cloud giants to unlock the potential of 5G and 4G networks.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 23, 2024

Interview Following rural ISP Quickline’s recent success in securing its fourth round of government funding earlier this month, Total Telecom sat down with CEO Sean Royce to discuss all things rural broadband Founded in 2006, Quickline’s mission is to get rural communities connected “to a world of possibilities,” according to the website.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 9, 2024

News Six separate Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) rulings have been published this week regarding British telcos The ASA has cracked down once again on some of the UK’s biggest telcos for ads containing misleading broadband price information.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Press Release Munich, Germany – Connected Germany, the country’s Dedicated Digital Economy Event is returning to Munich for its largest ever edition Hosted by telecoms media and events specialist Total Telecom, the two-day event will feature 150 speakers debating and discussing the topics most important to building next-generation networks across (..)

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 22, 2024

In the Asia-Pacific region, the optical industry is booming, which promotes the popularization and quality improvement of broadband. He stressed that NBTC plans to increase broadband penetration to 80% by 2025. Viewpoint On August 14, 2024, 200 industry leaders and experts from around the world attended the Asia-Pacific F5.5G

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Nepalese telco Ncell has denied market rumors that it has struck a deal to take over fixed-broadband ISP Classic Tech, although it confirmed that is seeking some sort of deal with an ISP.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 7, 2025

Ogis investment in Cardiff is part of its ongoing commitment to revitalising urban centres and supporting communities with reliable, high-capacity broadband technology. This latest phase in its city centre rollout, equips the business, retail and residential zone for the digital demands of the 21st century. restoration. restoration.

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VoIP Review

JANUARY 6, 2025

Amazon is preparing to launch its satellite broadband service, Project Kuiper, in the UK, challenging Elon Musk’s Starlink’s dominance in this burgeoning market. Jeff Bezos’s company plans to deploy over 3,200 low Earth orbit satellites to provide high-speed broadband, particularly targeting underserved regions.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The difference couldn't be starker than between the United States and Sweden, where 98 percent of the Nordic nation’s population has access to gigabit speed downloads and uploads – with 60 percent of the market served by open access providers. Continuing on the analogy, with the vertically integrated model (in the U.S.),

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 13, 2024

Keep up to date with the latest international telecoms news by subscribing to the Total Telecom daily newsletter Also in the news: Openreach wins new Project Gigabit contract to expand rural broadband Connected Britain returns to London to celebrate its 10th anniversary Mobile UK launches Better Connected Rural campaign

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The sale reflects the challenges smaller broadband providers face in scaling operations and competing with larger players in the UK’s full-fibre rollout. The sale also highlights broader issues within the market, including the sustainability of large expansion plans and the financial pressures faced by new entrants.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Given the financial pressures on the market and specifically the challenges for smaller players to raise capital to support their growth, we believe that widespread consolidation of UK alt-nets is inevitable and that as the largest challenger to BT Openreach, we will play a leading role.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Analysts warn that TalkTalk could lose up to 250,000 customers this year after slashing its marketing budget. Once known as a value broadband provider, it faces stiff competition from rivals offering aggressive discounts. TalkTalk itself forecasts a 5% annual decline in customer numbers over the next five years.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

5G-A, the next step 5G in 5G’s evolution, has already started to be deployed in markets around the world and is delivering new benefits for homes, businesses, and industries through improved network performance, sustainability, and AI integration.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

As a result, they can build networks that meet the ever-evolving demands of users and applications, including adapting to market conditions and kickstarting new, innovative services at faster speeds.  This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. Please send pieces to  commentary@breakfast.media.

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VoIP Review

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This strategic move aims to enhance mobile, fixed broadband, and TV offerings, leveraging innovative artificial intelligence ( AI ) models. The post Vodafone & Google Unveil AI-Driven Telecom Partnership appeared first on VoIP Review. The companies are planning deeper collaboration for integrating YouTube functionalities.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 27, 2024

News Last week’s wholesale deal has divided opinions on what the future holds for the UK’s broadband market In the wake of last week’s news in which Sky and CityFibre announced a long-term partnership , various reports were published suggesting the deal would be a challenge for the UK incumbent BT.

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