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Multiple newspaper reports are this afternoon claiming that mobile and broadband giant Virgin Media (VMO2) is in early talks to merge with low-cost conscious UK ISP TalkTalk and take on its fixed line customer base of 4.2 million (VMO2 is home to 5.6 million). The proposed deal is said to value the company at around £3bn.
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has this afternoon formally served notice for strike action against UK telecoms and broadband ISP giant BT (inc. Openreach), which will take place on Friday 29th July and Monday 1st August 2022. Up to around 38,000 workers could potentially go on strike, although exact figures may be less.
UK ISP FACTCO has today finished its rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to the rural village of Cambois, which they claim is the “largest completed [gigabit voucher] project to date” in Northumberland (England).
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has today “dismissed” CityFibre’s attempt to challenge Ofcom’s approval of Openreach’s (BT) “Equinox” offer (here), which introduced a “major” price cut (details) at wholesale to their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband products for UK ISPs. But the operator is far from giving up.
City-focused gigabit broadband ISP Hyperoptic has today announced a key milestone after their “full fibre” (FTTP/B) network connected over 100,000 new build UK homes, with agreements in place to connect a further 100,000 new build properties over the next 12-months. The operator has now covered a total of over 900,000 premises.
UK ISP Sky Broadband will today introduce a few new discounts on the monthly price of their fastest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based Ultrafast and Gigafast broadband packages on Openreach’s national network, which shaves a few extra pounds off the previous pricing.