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Warrington-based Cloud, Cyber and IT solutions provider labdesk has acquired business broadband, IT and phone provider Cheshire Telecom for an undisclosed sum. The “strategic move” is said to be the culmination of a longstanding partnership, with labdesk having already provided technical services and support to CT partners over the years.
Glasgow-based ISP, managed IT and Cloud provider KubeNet (Kube Networks), which is backed by investment from Maven Capital Partners and Kerrera Newco Limited, has announced the acquisition of the client base of Moray-based business broadband provider Fibre1 for an undisclosed sum.
A new report from the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) has warned that the ongoing switch-off by mobile operators Vodafone / Three UK, EE and O2 of legacy 3G and 2G networks “exposes a deep fault line in digital inclusion,” which they say could risk disconnecting vulnerable users (e.g. those with telecare systems and safety devices) from essential communication and support.
The debt troubled TalkTalk Group, which at this point has been through a demerger of its businesses, several funding deals (here, here and here), job cuts and is currently said to be considering the possible disposal (sale) of its remaining businesses (here), has today announced the appointment of Henry Davies as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Not an easy job, we suspect.
The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative broadband networks, has today called on incumbent network operator Openreach (BT) to clarify which homes it’s likely to sacrifice if they carry out their threat to scale-back the deployment of full fibre (FTTP) broadband. The altnets will then know where to target.
Abingdon-based alternative broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 612,000 premises in rural parts of England (inc. 160,000 customers), has responded to Openreach’s recent threat to scale-back their own fibre roll-out (here) by calling for “fair regulation between the incumbent and altnets to level the playing field“.