United Kingdom

Two of Europe's largest telecoms operators have announced their Q208 results. Spain's Telefónica, that country's market incumbent, saw a 1.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in revenue... 2008-07-31

UK fixed-line incumbent BT has announced a GBP1.5bn (US$3bn) investment into a super-fast broadband plan that aims to reach 10mn homes by 2012. However, the deployment of fibre-optic... 2008-07-15

The UK's smallest mobile operator, 3, which is owned by Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa, has said that it intends to double its customer base in the country by 2012. The company,... 2008-07-09

Advertising-funded mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Blyk has announced it will launch services in Belgium using Mobistar's network. The second largest operator will allow... 2008-07-02

The UK has seen the launch of its sixth mobile network operator, with Mapesbury Communications' new UK01 GSM service. UK01 will have base stations in public phone kiosks run by... 2008-06-23

UK alternative broadband operator and mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has announced its full-year financial results for the year ended March 29 2008. Its profits rose sharply,... 2008-06-13

Wireless technology developer Qualcomm has acquired 40MHz (1452-1492MHz) of L-Band radio spectrum recently auctioned by the UK communications regulator, Ofcom, at a cost of UK£8.334mn.... 2008-05-19