UK comms regulator rings death knell for fax machines
Much-loved but outdated hardware could be consigned to tech history
Offbeat02 Nov 2022 | 96
KCOM
See you in Hull: First UK city to be hooked up to full-fibre broadband
200,000 homes and biz have gigabit-capable connections
Networks10 Oct 2019 | 49
Hull be damned: KCOM shuts shop as UK High Court waves through £627m Macquarie deal
Meanwhile, Vodafone closes Liberty Global gobble
Networks01 Aug 2019 | 24
It's a Hull of a thing: Private equity biz Macquarie to swallow KCOM
Updated Gavel falls on £627m valuation – new owner may look to offload ailing divisions
On-Prem15 Jul 2019 | 10
Frenzied bidding war for hot property KCOM as share price rockets by tuppence and a half
Highest offer £573m so not pocket change for Hull broadband and cloud biz
Networks11 Jul 2019 | 12
It's a Hull of lot more: Macquarie offers £563m for fibre network flinger KCOM
6 weeks after board approves pension fund offer, private equity biz trumps bid
Networks03 Jun 2019 | 8
One of UK's largest pension funds goes to Hull, bids £504m for broadband firm KCOM
Largest shareholders for LSE-listed biz give thumbs-up to proposed sale
Networks25 Apr 2019 | 15
KCOM whacked with £900k Ofcom fine over 999 call handling
Flooded York exchange proved to be a major weak spot
On-Prem08 Aug 2017 | 27
It's a Hull of a thing: Kcom takes a break from 8-year sales slide
Sidles up to the enterprise: Psst, want some IP?
Channel27 May 2016 | 8
Legal right to 10Mbps broadband is 'not enough', thunders KCOM chief
Gerrere, lad, yon man's giz us broadband in t'Hull
Channel30 Mar 2016 | 17
CityFibre coughs £90m for nearly all of KCOM's UK comms network
You listening BT, we're heeeere, says CEO of expanding biz
Channel14 Dec 2015 | 3
KCOM: We're selling our national network assets...
Apart from Hull and East Yorkshire. We're sticking with those babies
Channel30 Nov 2015 | 3
Oh no! That's another year you didn't grow, KCOM
Behold, execs have found the solution... it's called the cloud
Channel05 Jun 2015 |
KCOM Group results hit by Phones4U woes
But flaky PSN demand and slowing carrier biz didn't help
Channel25 Nov 2014 | 5
Kcom: Whoops – our traditional carrier biz is going nowhere
BA and Phones4U supplier bigs up perky cloudy biz amid falling connectivity
Channel06 Jun 2014 | 3
KCOM caught in yet ANOTHER customer privacy snafu
Email addresses bared to world+dog by gaffe-prone ISP
Channel05 Mar 2014 | 7
KCOM-owned Eclipse FAILS to cover up the password 'password'
Exclusive Serves it in plain text to user via webpage
Channel21 Jan 2014 | 46
KC engineer 'exposed unencrypted spreadsheet with phone numbers, user IDs, PASSWORDS'
Exclusive Hull-based ISP investigates possible data gaffe spotted by customer
Networks17 Jan 2014 | 86
Flat is the new bulging, down at Kcom
Graphs more reminiscent of Kate Moss than Jordan, at comms player
Channel07 Jun 2013 |
Kcom puts Fujitsu's Long in the MD hot seat
New MD has work cut out as firm reports dip in half-year numbers
Channel28 Nov 2012 |
Kcom shrugs off revenue slip to boost profits
Promises bigger dividends and brags about Cisco hookup
Channel22 May 2012 |
Copyright lawyers accuse 25,000 UK videogame filesharers
Court throws P2P users to the Davenport Lyons
Legal20 Aug 2008 | 78
Hull falls off the internet
Again
Networks11 Aug 2008 | 34
Chinese telco jumps starting gun in 3G race
We don't need no stinkin' licences
Networks31 May 2008 | 11
Ofcom pulls plug on wholesale broadband regulation
For most of the UK
Legal21 May 2008 | 32
Biting the hand that feeds IT
