Onecom Partners launches new cybersecurity offering
Onecom Partners, channel-led aggregator unit of UK business communications provider Onecom Group, has launched the new CyberProtect external attack monitoring platform, and PenX channel-only penetration testing service. The combined cybersecurity offering will provide resellers with a direct route into cybersecurity assessments for customers, without having to build their own specialist security capabilities.
Onecom Partners launches new cybersecurity offering
Onecom Partners, channel-led aggregator unit of UK business communications provider Onecom Group, has launched the new CyberProtect external attack monitoring platform, and PenX channel-only penetration testing service. The combined cybersecurity offering will provide resellers with a direct route into cybersecurity assessments for customers, without having to build their own specialist security capabilities.
Sky extends UK, Ireland US Open tennis broadcast rights until 2030
Sky extended an agreement with the US Tennis Association (USTA) for Sky Sports and NOW to retain exclusive live coverage of the US Open in the UK and Ireland for another three years until 2030. This covers all women's and men's singles, doubles, mixed doubles, juniors and wheelchair competitions. There will also be clips and highlights on Sky's social and digital platforms.
Sky extends UK, Ireland US Open tennis broadcast rights until 2030
Sky extended an agreement with the US Tennis Association (USTA) for Sky Sports and NOW to retain exclusive live coverage of the US Open in the UK and Ireland for another three years until 2030. This covers all women's and men's singles, doubles, mixed doubles, juniors and wheelchair competitions. There will also be clips and highlights on Sky's social and digital platforms.
Toob secures new funding from Ares; appoints chairman and CFO
UK fibre altnet Toob has secured follow-on investment from Ares Infrastructure Debt. This will provide a stronger financial position to support the company's long-term growth strategy, and follows an initial investment by Ares in Toob in 2023. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Toob is EBITDA positive, and on track to become cashflow positive. It has added over 20,000 customers so far in 2026 to reach a total of 140,000 customers, with the company's full-fibre network passing more than 30
Toob secures new funding from Ares; appoints chairman and CFO
WOW! launches Online Profile Sync for business internet customers
WideOpenWest (WOW!), US fibre broadband and connectivity services provider, has launched a new solution for business internet customers called 'Online Profile Sync'. This gives businesses an easy way to manage and upgrade their online presence across over 80 online platforms simultaneously, from a single WOW!-branded portal. Online Profile Sync is powered by TransUnion Digital Business Profile.
WOW! launches Online Profile Sync for business internet customers
US mobile operators offer new iPhone 18, iPhone Duo smartphones
US mobile operators T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon have all confirmed plans to offer the new iPhone Duo, iPhone 18, Apple Watch and AirPod ranges. T-Mobile US is offering the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, iPhone Duo, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 5 and AirPods 5 on T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile. New and existing T-Mobile customers can get the iPhone 18 Pro on Us (up to USD 1,200 off) when trading in an eligible device or moving a line to Experience Beyond 2.0, Experience Beyond or Go5G Next. The
US mobile operators offer new iPhone 18, iPhone Duo smartphones
Lincolnshire plans satellite broadband trial with rural farms
Lincolnshire County Council in England has announced a new satellite broadband pilot to tackle broadband notspots across the region's farming/agricultural sector. The pilot project, developed with the Greater Lincolnshire Forum for Agriculture and Horticulture, will involve the purchase and installation of Starlink equipment on rural farming businesses without fibre broadband across the council's County Farms estate. Farmers would then directly sign contracts with Starlink for satellite broadband packages.
Lincolnshire plans satellite broadband trial with rural farms
Liberty Global backs Positron AI in USD 875 mln round
Liberty Global said its investment arm has backed Positron AI, a US-based startup specialising in hardware and software for memory-first AI inference systems. The investment is part of an oversubscribed USD 875 million funding round that values Positron at USD 5 billion and includes NEA, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, Andra Capital, SemiAnalysis Capital and Jim Clark as co-leaders.
Liberty Global backs Positron AI in USD 875 mln round
ITV makes subtitles mandatory on all TV ads
UK broadcaster ITV will make closed-caption subtitles mandatory on all ads across all of its channels and the ITVX streaming service by January 2027. ITV has around 200 advertiser partners, and the new obligations will apply to all ads, including those made by SMEs. ITV has created a new low-cost service for new-to-TV SME advertisers to help them add subtitles to their TV ads.
ITV makes subtitles mandatory on all TV ads
Enghouse sales fall over 6% in fiscal Q3
Canada's Enghouse Systems generated a CAD 117.6 million turnover in its third fiscal quarter to end-July. Revenues across the enterprise software and services-led business finished 6.4 percent lower year-on-year, but were up almost 3 percent sequentially from Q2, when Enghouse reported CAD 114.3 million. Net profits fell 10.5 percent year-on-year to CAD 15.4 million.
Enghouse sales fall over 6% in fiscal Q3
Virgin Media O2 owners seek cost savings of GBP 600 million - report
Virgin Media O2's shareholders, Liberty Global and Telefonica, are looking for the heavily-indebted UK telecoms company to find another GBP 600 million in cost savings, reports the Financial Times. According to two unnamed sources familiar with the plans, the group would be expected to deliver these savings through a combination of cutting jobs and lowering capital/operating expenditure.
Virgin Media O2 owners seek cost savings of GBP 600 million - report
Bannister steps down as CEO of Wom Chile
Chilean mobile operator Wom has announced that CEO Chris Bannister has stepped down from his role around 18 months after returning to the company. The industry veteran first led Wom for three years following its launch in 2015, subsequently leaving to help set up Wom Colombia. His second stint as CEO lasted for six months from October 2023 until the company decided to file for Chapter 11 and he returned as chief executive in February 2025.
