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Openreach Set to Top 14 Million UK Premises with FTTP Broadband

22nd Apr, 2024 (35 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has today confirmed that their 1.8Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network has now “almost” covered 14 million premises, which comes after they ramped-up build to deploy 1 million premises per quarter. The operator also firmed up on their 30m premises ambition for 2030.

Fibrus Bring UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to 354,000 Premises

22nd Apr, 2024 (0 Comments)

Cabling solutions provider ACOME Group today caused a bit of confusion after they seemed to announce that network builder and ISP Fibrus, which is one of their UK partners, had extended their 2Gbps FTTP broadband network to cover 400,000 premises across England and Northern Ireland. But the actual figure is 354,000 (337k RFS).

Sunningdale Solutions to Build FTTP Broadband in Rural Lancashire

22nd Apr, 2024 (0 Comments)

A Warrington-based company called Sunningdale Solutions has revealed that they’re planning to build a new gigabit-capable UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to serve homes and businesses in rural parts of Lancashire (England), which may be complemented by a Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network in certain locations.

Macquarie Allegedly Mulls Sale or Merger of Broadband ISP KCOM

22nd Apr, 2024 (14 Comments)

Australian investment group Macquarie has reportedly placed broadband ISP and full fibre network operator KCOM, which is the dominant operator in Hull and is also expanding further out into East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, under strategic review. The move could potentially result in a sale or merger of the business.

Tesco Named Best UK Mobile Operator in Which? 2024 Survey

20th Apr, 2024 (32 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has published the results of their latest 2024 consumer survey of UK mobile operators, which revealed the best and worst providers. Overall the four primary operators (O2, EE, Vodafone and Three UK) came at or near the bottom of the table, while Tesco Mobile attracted the highest customer score.

Scotland’s State Aid Broadband Projects Benefit 1 Million Premises

20th Apr, 2024 (9 Comments)

The Scottish Government (SG) has announced that both of its past and present broadband roll-out programmes, accounting for a total public investment of £1bn, have now helped more than 1 million extra premises (homes and businesses) in poorly served areas to gain access to a faster broadband ISP network.

Broadband ISP KCOM Hands Out First Digital Inclusion Grants

19th Apr, 2024 (0 Comments)

Hull-based broadband ISP KCOM, which is building a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has named the first three winners of their Digital Inclusion Grants. The provider offers up to £25k to projects and organisations that are aimed at improving lives in communities across the region.

Vodafone Expands 4G Mobile to 200 UK Rural Locations via SRN

19th Apr, 2024 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator Vodafone has issued a brief update on their progress under the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which reveals that it has now deployed 4G (mobile broadband) network services to a total of 200 rural sites in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (up from 57 a year ago).

Former Giganet UK Broadband Customers Suffer Cancellation Woes

19th Apr, 2024 (5 Comments)

Some of Giganet’s former customers have this week complained that they’ve suffered incorrect billing and cancellation problems after switching away to a different broadband ISP on Openreach’s UK network, which should normally be a smooth and largely automated migration process.

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Zayo Group Appoints Colman Deegan as New CEO for Europe

19th Apr, 2024 (0 Comments)

The Zayo Group, which runs a large high-capacity metro and long-haul fibre optic network with global reach, has today announced that they’ve appointed industry veteran Colman Deegan to be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zayo Europe.

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Project Stratum’s N.Ireland Full Fibre Build on Target for 81,000 Premises

19th Apr, 2024 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed UK ISP Fibrus this week revealed that the £197m Project Stratum scheme in Northern Ireland, which is working spread a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network into rural areas, is currently “on target” to cover 81,000 premises by June 2025, “on time and within budget.”

Broadband ISP Aquiss Introduce CityFibre Based FTTP Packages

18th Apr, 2024 (11 Comments)

Shropshire-based UK ISP Aquiss has this evening announced the launch of their first home broadband packages based off CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (here), which will complement their existing range of Openreach-based services.

Broadband ISP Zen Internet Suffers UK Network Outage UPDATE3

18th Apr, 2024 (21 Comments)

Some of Zen Internet’s broadband ISP customers are this afternoon being affected by a “NATIONWIDE OUTAGE“, which appears to have started at around 11:30am today and is currently still ongoing. BT also saw a small increase in complaints at around the same time, but Zen appears to be suffering from the biggest impact.

Colt Expands Reach to 7 New UK Cities via CityFibre’s Network

18th Apr, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network operator Colt (Colt Technology Services) recently revealed (here) that their metro fibre optic broadband and Ethernet network has been expanded to reach 7,000 more on-net sites through their long-running partnership with CityFibre, which is deploying a full fibre network across a significant chunk of the UK.

Sky Glass and Sky Stream OS v1.3 Update to Add New UK Features

17th Apr, 2024 (25 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today announced plans to deploy the next major new update (Entertainment OS v1.3) for the operating system firmware (software) that underpins their broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV platforms, which will introduce a variety of new features when it begins rolling out in the next few weeks.

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Ofcom Sees Virgin Media Attract Most UK Broadband Gripes in Q4 2023 UPDATE

17th Apr, 2024 (15 Comments)

Ofcom has published their latest study of UK consumer complaints for Q4 2023, which once again names Virgin Media as the worst for attracting the most gripes about fixed broadband, landline phone and pay TV services. Meanwhile, O2, which is part of the same company, attracted the most complaints for Pay Monthly Mobile services.

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MS3 Gain Access to Build FTTP Broadband into Hull’s Apartment Blocks

17th Apr, 2024 (6 Comments)

Network operator MS3, which is rolling out a new open access (wholesale) full fibre gigabit broadband network across 30 locations in the UK (mostly East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire), has today announced that they’ll be able to tackle more residential apartment blocks (MDUs) in Hull after securing a master wayleave (legal land/property access) agreement.