The explosion in cloud computing is driving massive demand for real estate, connectivity and power and hulking data centres are being erected in the frozen wilderness to feed this demand. But at the same time a more subtle evolution is taking place: the network has finally become the computer.

UK internet service provider TalkTalk, which recently demerged from the Carphone Warehouse, said Monday it had struck a deal with Vodafone wholesale over the launch of an MVNO.

After nearly three years on the market, though some might say the slab, Tiscali’s UK assets are to be acquired by Carphone Warehouse for £236m: less than half the value of Tiscali’s overall debt. Snapping up the UK broadband market’s number four player for a bargain basement price, looks like a good move to boost the valuation of TalkTalk in advance of its possible divestiture later this year.

Carphone Warehouse’s local-loop unbundling telco, TalkTalk, has announced that it’s cutting the price of its “free” DSL service. This concept may push the boundaries of logic, but let’s recap: last year, TalkTalk announced it was offering DSL service at no extra cost if you signed up for its PSTN offering. Despite the fact that this [...]