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Could the UK ever be a European full fibre champion?
2018-05-25 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
This week, the UK's finance minister Philip Hammond said that the UK would need 15 million fibre to the home (FTTH) connections by 2025, in order to enable the profitable evolution of the country's digital economy. As you might expect, the announcement was met with a clamour of enthusiastic agreement by the UK's alt-nets and fibre network builders. The enthusiasm is tempered, however, with a healthy dose of realism, as the industry lined up to remind Mr Hammond that if he is serious about achieving that target, huge levels of investment will be required. “The Chancellor’s announcement is welcome news and addresses our calls for a national, full fibre plan, which is desperately needed to secure our future economic growth. However, we must not underestimate the sheer scale of the challenge," said Matthew Hare, chief executive, Gigaclear. This sentiment was echoed by CityFibre's CEO, Greg Mesch, who called for Mr Hammond to do away with the UK's "make do and mend" mentality. “The Chancellor&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Introducing Europe's newly crowned Champion of Competition
2018-05-18 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Europe's largest NGN provider Following the acquisition of Unitymedia in Germany and other assets in Romania, Hungary and The Czech Republic from Liberty Global, Vodafone now finds itself the biggest provider of Next Generation Networks in Europe. Interestingly, however, Vodafone will not be the biggest operator in any of the individual European markets that it serves, setting Vodafone up to be the "champion of competition" across Europe. "This puts Vodafone as the main competitor to every incumbent in every country that we operate in across Europe. With a minimum of 70 per cent coverage in every country, we are a nationwide competitor everywhere. "After the transaction completes, we will go from having 36 million customers to 54 million customers across Europe…read more on TotalTele.com »
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New Champion ultra-soft thread for stretch garments
2018-05-02 17:59:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Champion Thread Company (CTC), a leading global supplier of industrial sewing threads, has developed what it says is an ultra-soft thread designed for stretch garments.
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UK wineries team up to champion 'English Napa Valley'
2018-04-23 15:18:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Seven English wineries have joined together to create a consumer-facing campaign promoting the industry's tourism potential.
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NFU President says now is the time to champion British food and farming
2018-02-26 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Now is the time for British food and farming to be championed by the British people according to the NFU's newly-elected President Minette Batters.
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