UK communications regulator Ofcom said this week that BT should allow rivals access to its newly laid fibre network and supporting infrastructure, promoting increased competition in the superfast broadband sector. Cable carrying rival Virgin Media has jumped all over this one, announcing plans to expand its own fibre network across BT’s footprint.
Virgin Mobile’s newly launched operation in the emirate state of Qatar has had its wrists slapped by the regulator along with its local host and network partner, Qtel (Qatar Telecom).
Anyone over here in the UK keeping an eye on the new Tory-LibDem coalition government in anticipation of its likely approach to the communications sector would have been interested to see this week that new Prime Minister David Cameron’s first order of the day was to ban mobile phones from cabinet meetings. The Informer has no idea what kind of usage Cameron fears would interrupt his weekly governmental chinwags; perhaps he’s worried that his new deputy will forever be tweeting about electoral reform.
Mobile operating system Android got access to a whole new library of pre-written applications this week, as mobile middleware developer Myriad launched a tool which it claims seamlessly converts Java MIDlets into Android applications.
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UK cable operator Virgin Media said Thursday it is trialling the delivery of 50Mbps broadband to rural areas by hanging fibre from telegraph poles.
The chief of UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has said the authority will investigate web traffic control measures later this year as the net neutrality debate rumbles on.
It looks like US carrier Sprint Nextel delivered the good news first – announcing the acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA earlier in the week. Because the bad news followed on Wednesday, when Sprint recorded a net loss for the second quarter which increased 12 per cent year on year to $384m from $344m in the same period last year.
US mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA is to be acquired by network partner Sprint Nextel for around $483m.
Virgin may be late to the party but it’s looking to cut itself a slice of the app store action by teaming up with white label operation GetJar.
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.
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