The heads of British Sky Broadcasting and Carphone Warehouse, two smaller British ISPs, so far aren’t impressed with BT’s planned fiber-to-the-cabinet network because it isn’t flexible enough, nor is it future-proof. Is this a sign that copper has no place in broadband networks any longer? Read More »
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Carphone Warehouse, a UK-based company that operates a chain of retail stores selling mobile and telecom services, last week snapped up rival DSL-based broadband provider Tiscali for $355 million. Tiscali was hoping to fetch $900 million, but the current economic downturn had limited its options.… Read More »
Nothing like a deep recession to get a company’s management to focus. Carphone Warehouse, a major retail chain in Europe, is going to de-couple its broadband (telecom) business from its retail operations, according to various press reports. In the UK, spin-offs are called “de-mergers.” Funny… Read More »
In 2006 I had traveled to London to meet British Telecom (BT) CEO Ben Verwaayen and his team, hoping to get a first hand look at how Verwaayen and his team were trying to overhaul the company well known for its iconic phone booths. They had put… Read More »
The head of UK Internet provider Talk Talk says he doesn’t want to be the recording industry’s policeman. A noble stance is there ever was one — until you recall that Charles Dunstone’s ISP is one of the ones using ad insertion software from Phorm… Read More »
