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Under the remit of the Online Safety Bill Ofcom has announced it is to investigate Instagram Instants with it looking at whether an appropriate content risk assessment and children’s risk assessment was carried out prior to the products launch. Instagram Instants launched on 13th May 2026 and this allows you to share photos or video […]

Virgin Media O2 has issued a statement on the TalkTalk/PXC purchase by BT Group: “This has all the characteristics of a stitch up masked as a rescue deal in the public interest. Just days after the competition regulator proposed potentially blocking a logical deal between nexfibre and Netomnia that would accelerate fibre investment and create […]

Using powers granted under Section 42 of the Enterprise Act 2002 the Secretary of State Lisa Nandy has issued a Public Interest Intervention Notice. The short non civil service language version is that the CMA will look at the acquisition and will consider their position based on the outcome of that in 2 weeks. This […]

Following rumours of an impending deal last night of TalkTalk creditors seeing an improved deal (The Times; paywall) for BT to acquire TalkTalk, this morning it has been announced that BT Group has acquired TalkTalk’s consumer business as well as PXC, its wholesale business. This follows the businesses entering administration this morning. This deal is […]

Vodafone TV launches, bringing Netflix, HBO Max and Freely Vodafone has launched a new TV service that offers different plans from £10 per month, providing access to Freely. For an Extra £7/month, customers can subscribe to Vodafone TV Essential, combining Netflix and HBO Max with Freely. Vodafone Mobile customers can also take the Vodafone Entertainment […]

The Competition & Markets Authority has been considering the proposed acquisition of Substantial Group (aka YouFibre/brsk) by nexfibre, and its Interim Report has been published. The report is a brief 9 pages, but we’d expect the full report to be more substantial. For all those who may be substantially affected by the merger, there is […]

BT Group is reportedly considering buying TalkTalk’s consumer and wholesale businesses. According to the Financial Times which broke the story, BT chief executive Allison Kirkby met government officials to discuss a potential deal and whether the possible takeover would lead to an in-depth competition investigation which may arise due to BT Retail’s existing significant market share. […]

It looks like the TalkTalk saga is definitely reaching a peak, with the result either being a successful rescue or around 1.5 million customers learning what a provider of last resort means. Sky News is reporting the private equity group Epiris is pressuring Openreach to waive or write off payments that are due to Openreach […]