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The CEO of Vodafone Group, Margherita Della Valle, has revealed that their proposed mega-merger with Three UK (CK Hutchison) is being reviewed by the Government under the National Security and Investment Act 2021, which reports suggest is linked to CKH’s perceived ties to China and any potential risks of access to sensitive national infrastructure.
Broadband ISP Exascale, which is building their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to around 2,000 premises – mostly around Telford and Wrekin, has joined with the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust (SNCT) to extend their network to the poorly served Wappenshall Junction redevelopment project in Shropshire (England).
Leicester-based broadband ISP Gigabit Networks has today announced that they’ve extended the availability of their full fibre (FTTP and Ethernet) services and packages, via CityFibre’s national UK network, to include the Scottish cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Renfrewshire for the first time.
Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK has just released their Q3 FY24 financial results, which saw their fixed line broadband base grow to total 1.331 million customers (up by 39k in Q3 vs 27k in the Q2), while their mobile customers grew to 18.572 million (up by 330k in Q3 vs 218k in Q2).
The new Freely platform, which is designed to be a broadband internet (streaming) based evolution that goes beyond the UK’s existing Freeview (inc. Freeview Play and Freesat) TV service, has today given a first look at some of its features and confirmed that it will officially launch in Q2 2024.