United Kingdom

UK telecoms operator Cable and Wireless (C&W) has confirmed, alongside its financial results for the first six months of the 2008/2009 financial year, that it is postponing... 2008-11-10

Tom Alexander, chief executive of Orange UK, has said the company is scaling back the pace of its fixed-line broadband roll out across the UK, in order to concentrate on improving... 2008-11-07

BT Group's share price has plummeted following a profit warning and the resignation of the head of its Global Services division, reports The Times. Although the company has not yet... 2008-11-03

UK mobile operator Vodafone has announced that call charges will rise by between 25% and 50% from September. The company, one of the largest mobile operators in the world, issued... 2008-08-19

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

Latin American and European telecoms operator Telefónica has signed a deal with US mobile advertising company Amobee Media Systems. Telefónica is one of a number of strategic... 2008-06-30

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