Vodafone Share News (VOD)

RPT-Fibre upgrade cost traps Britain in cyber slow lane

(Repeats DEC 2 story with no changes to text) * UK regulator Ofcom proposes BT separates network * Fibre upgrade could cost up to 25 billion pounds * PM May wants Britain to meet European gold standard * BT investing in upgrading existing fibre-copper mix By Paul San

Fibre upgrade cost traps Britain in cyber slow lane

* UK regulator Ofcom proposes BT separates network * Fibre upgrade could cost up to 25 billion pounds * PM May wants Britain to meet European gold standard * BT investing in upgrading existing fibre-copper mix By Paul Sandle LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Britons desperat

UK telecoms watchdog wants more powers to block M&A post Brexit

LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - British regulators should be given wider powers to block mergers, particularly if a company has strategic significance, after the country's exit from the European Union, Sharon White, head of communications watchdog Ofcom said. Britain should use the opportunity pr

U.S. software group CA buys Austrian peer Automic in 600 mln euro deal

FRANKFURT, Dec 1 (Reuters) - U.S. software management group CA Inc said on Thursday it has agreed to buy Austrian business automation firm Automic from private equity group EQT in a 600 million euro ($635 million) deal as it seeks to expand in Europe. Automic specialises in helping develope

SCENARIOS -Beyond banks, investors seek other Italian referendum plays

By Danilo Masoni MILAN, Dec 1 (Reuters) - With only three days to go before Italians vote in a referendum that could tip their country into political chaos, investors are trying to work out how to play the ballot on the stock market. The prospect that Prime Minister Matteo Renzi could

Vodafone renews partnership with Singapore's StarHub for 3 more years

(ShareCast News) - Vodafone and Singapore's StarHub have renewed their partnership for a further three years to provide mobile connectivity in the region. For the last five years the partnership focused on delivering communication services for multinational corporations in Singapore. StarHub mobile

UPDATE 3-Deutsche Telekom attack part of global campaign on routers

* Infections hit some 900,000 of 20 mln Telekom customers * German government says its networks also targeted * Routers in Brazil, Ireland, UK also infected, experts say (Adds comment from Brazilian National Computer Emergency Response Team) By Eric Auchard FRANKFURT, No

UPDATE 3-UK regulator goes to Europe to force reform at BT Openreach

* Ofcom to go to Europe to try to force legal separation of Openreach * BT and Ofcom unable to agree on Openreach reporting lines * Both sides say still open to a voluntary deal * Shares in BT up 0.2 pct (Adds analyst reaction) LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Britain's teleco

BUZZ-TalkTalk: rebounds as regulator piles pressure on rival BT

** TalkTalk rises 3.3 pct, rebounding off 4-year lows, after Britain's telecoms regulator says it will go to the European Commission to force rival BT to separate its Openreach broadband network ** Openreach is the division of BT Group that develops and maintains the UK's main telecoms netw

UK regulator to go to European Commission to force change at BT's Openreach

LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - British telecoms regulator Ofcom said on Tuesday it was preparing to go to the European Commission to try to force BT to legally separate its networks division Openreach after the two sides failed to come to a voluntary agreement. Ofcom, which put forward its plan

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Vodafone Executive Buys 14,000 Shares

EXTRA: UK Telecoms Providers Welcome Hammond's Fibre Network Plans

Redburn sees TalkTalk ditching dividends

(ShareCast News) - Talk Talk´s strategy of raising prices on a shrinking customer base was a poor proposition, even more so with growth in the overall market flat, analysts at Redburn said. Together with increased competition from the likes of Virgin Project Lightning and Vodafone, the prospects for

EXTRA: Ofcom Bars BT From Mobile Spectrum Auction As It Looks To 5G

Britain to limit BT/EE's role in 2017 mobile spectrum auction

LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Britain will sell a new batch of mobile broadband spectrum next year in an auction designed to prevent the biggest player, BT/EE, from becoming too dominant. Telecoms regulator Ofcom said on Monday it would auction 190 MHz of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz ba