Telecoms.com Weekly #28
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UK fibre and 5G rollout momentum continues
UK comms regulator Ofcom has released an update to its Connected Nations report, which shows the country is nearing 50% full fibre coverage.
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BT to cull up to 55,000 jobs in transformation effort
UK operator group BT plans to shed more than 40 percent of staff, all in the name of agility.
The Telecoms.com Podcast: Threedafone, chips and digital media
The absence of a guest resulted in a total loss of conversational discipline this week. A meandering pod touches on the increasingly likely merger of Vodafone and Three in the UK, the semiconductor industry as it affects telecoms, and upheaval in the world of digital media. This episode is a must for fans of the stream-of-consciousness ramblings of middle-aged telecoms hacks.
The net around China’s tech sector tightens further
A steady stream of reports indicates the US and its allies are continuing to ramp up their efforts to exclude China from the global technology market.
Vodafone presents turnaround plan which includes 11,000 job cuts
11,000 jobs in Europe are to be axed as Vodafone’s new boss Margherita Della Valle says: ‘Our performance has not been good enough. To consistently deliver, Vodafone must change.’
VMO2 has eliminated 50 ‘not spots’ in rural UK
A village in the Scottish Highlands called Helmsdale became the 50th?rural site to be plugged into the VMO2 4G network following a campaign of mast upgrades.