Eurobites: Hyperoptic hires former Vodafone exec to keep the customer satisfied

Also printing new business cards (are they still a thing?) is Nordic operator Telia, which has appointed former Ericsson exec Ola Rembe as SVP/head of communications, brand and sustainability following a merger of two previously separate group functions. Rachel Samrén, currently SVP/chief external affairs and trust officer, will leave the company as a result of the restructuring.

Italy's Prysmian Group has extended its Sirocco HD cable range for FTTX and 5G networks to include an 864f cable. The new cable comprises 864 fibers in a diameter of 11.0mm, providing a fiber density of 9.1 fibres per sq mm, and is installable into a 13mm duct.

The future-facing boffins at Ericsson's ConsumerLab have been busy again, this time crunching the numbers to come up with ten more "hot consumer trends" to provide the basis of a new report called Life in a Climate-Impacted Future. Staff at Eurobites Towers were pleased to see that lurking among the more predictable predictions proffered (the rise of AI, the increasing importance of reliable Internet connections, and so on) is the slightly left-field belief that "strict time schedules may become a thing of the past" as "climate regulations and energy efficiency change the meaning of flexibility." That's another half-hour under the duvet then, guys…

UK communications regulator Ofcom has confirmed the previously announced news that it is changing its universal service obligation (USO) rules so that BT and KCOM will no longer be required to provide fax services to its customers. The current USO was set out in 2003, in the (comparatively) early days of email when fax machines were still widely used for big-money transactions such as house sales.

— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading