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If you’ve ever wanted to spend the night at the BT Tower – rejoice. The BT Tower is being sold for for £275m to MCR Hotels, who plan to turn it into a hotel. The BT Tower is now largely obsolete as a telecoms facility as the all-digital age beclons. Ntwork operations provided from the
Tesco Mobile added over 200,000 new pay-monthly subscribers and boosted its market share by 12 per cent last year. The network, which recently renewed its network agreement with Virgin Media O2 for another 10 years. also improved its churn rate and now claims to be the UK’s largest MVNO with 5.5 million customers. Tesco Mobile
BICS and Skylo have teamed up to boost global IoT connectivity using satellites by integratng Skylo’s satellite network with BICS’ IPX infrastructure, enabling direct NB-IoT-to-satellite connections for enterprises. Skylo Technologies is a global NTN service provider based in Mountain View, CA, offering a service that allows smartphone and IoT cellular devices to connect directly over
Xiaomi and Leica Camera AG have unveiled the Xiaomi x Leica Optical Institute which aims to integrate optical technology with digital imaging and AI to produce the next generation of mobile photography. Xiaomi willprovide robust R&D support for the Institute. Currently, three major laboratories are planned in Beijing, with focuses on Camera Hardware, Imaging, and
The Government has has announced it is pushing for a sweeping prohibition on mobile phones in schools across the country in a bid to curb distractions and foster a safer learning environment. Under the new guidelines, schools have been instructed to implement stringent measures to enforce the ban effectively. Options include requiring students to hand
Virgin Media O2 and its shareholders Liberty Global and Telefónica are to challenge BT Openreach with their own net network company called NetCo to build fibre network infrastructure. The venture is ley to Virgin Media O2’s ambitious plan to upgrade 16 million homes across the UK to full fibre as a major competitor to BT’s
Virgin Media O2 now has 24 million mobile subscribers on both contract and pre-paid deals. The mobile base last year increased by 46,600 contract customers and 211,200 IoT and wholesale connections. The converged fixed-mobile Volt bundles also saw growth, with 1.9 million customers opting for these services. The company invested over £2 billion in 2023
MVNO Lyca Mobile has hired ex-Vodafone Group executive Nikos Paraskevopoulos (main pic left) as its new group chief financial officer and ex-BT and Plusnet executive Ketan Hindocha (right) as group director of customer care. These appointments are part of Lyca Mobile’s recent efforts by CEO Richard Schäfer to strengthen its executive team, which also saw
Virgin Media O2 has installed its 100th site under the £1 billion Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme. The SRN initiative is a partnership between the Government and mobile network operators aimed at extending 4G coverage to 95 per cent of the UK by the end of next year.. Nearly 80 of the sites are in
Unicorn fintech Revolut has partnered with 1Global to launch an eSIM service to millions of Revolut customers offering data plans without unexpected roaming charges in over 100 countries. 1Global is the new brand for Truphone, The partnership allows Revolut customers to install the eSIM and top up their data plans in their Revolut app whenever