North West Business Insider, the region’s leading business publication, has this week announced its prestigious 42 Under 42 list, which recognises younger business leaders that have already made a big impression across the North West. The latest instalment of the annual institution includes our CEO, Shaun Gibson, alongside an impressive list of representatives from sectors as diverse as property, media, marketing, manufacturing, accountancy, retail, hospitality, IT and hair and beauty.

When Telcom Networks first launched, we made it easier for developers and landlords to build and own their own duct and fibre networks while minimising the infrastructure management burden. In the past 8 years, however, full fibre network deployment has rocketed, which means the appetite for alternative network (Altnets) providers to access existing duct space is more than most landlords can handle. Landlords with private duct networks are now expected to be telecommunications expects in terms of how they offer and facilitate communication provider interconnection and traversal of their private estate networks.

In 2025, telephony in the UK will change as we know it, thanks to the most fundamental upgrade to the way we make and take calls since the 1980s.

In telecommunications, a broadband signalling method is one that handles a wide band of frequencies. As such the term "Broadband" is considered to be relative and understood according to its context. The wider (or broader) the bandwidth of a channel, the greater the data-carrying capacity, given the same channel quality.

Today, we’re launching the Telcom Advocate Program to reward the friends and supporters of Telcom, collectively known as Advocates, who help to amplify and grow our connectivity platform, managed services and solutions.

Business costs and inflation are at an all-time high, with the UK’s RPI (retail prices index) rate expected to rise to 9.8% this year. Nonetheless, even after this incredibly challenging period, our passion and love for what we do and our ethos to maintain a customer obsession has not dwindled.

Covid-19 and subsequent lockdowns have left economies and businesses in turmoil and with the news of the national restrictions not being eased for another 4 weeks, many businesses are still counting the costs.

What a crazy year! Particularly for those of us who have moved into new jobs; whether that be through redundancy, business closure or simply because it was the right time for us to take the next step in our career.