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Vodafone UK Quietly Scrap London Underground WiFi Support

17th Jun, 2021 (25 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has quietly dropped support for Virgin Media’s (VMO2) Wi-Fi network on the London Underground, which means that customers who want to get online with this wireless broadband service will now have to pay for a pass instead of connecting for free (1 day = £3, 1 Week = £5 or 1 Month = £15).

Value for Money Concerns Raised Over N.Ireland Broadband Projects

17th Jun, 2021 (10 Comments)

The Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) has today published a new report into two recent state aid supported broadband rollout projects in Northern Ireland, which questions whether they delivered value for money, highlights a lack of contract bidding competition for BT and warns about a reliance on the contractor to self-certify its costs.

Zen Internet Aims to be First Net Zero UK Broadband ISP by 2028

17th Jun, 2021 (13 Comments)

UK ISP Zen Internet, which is certified as a B Corporation, has today announced that they’re pledging to become the first of the main broadband providers to reach Net Zero by 2028, which essentially means that the company will be removing as many carbon emissions as they produce.

TalkTalk Extend FTTP to Cambridge, Stirling, Leicester and Leeds

17th Jun, 2021 (10 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has confirmed that their new CityFibre and Openreach based Future Fibre packages, which offer top broadband speeds of up to 500Mbps via Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology, have been extended to homes in the cities of Cambridge, Stirling, Leicester and Leeds – provided you’re within reach of the network.

Vodafone UK and Ericsson Deploy Cloud-Native Dual-Mode 5G Core

17th Jun, 2021 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today announced that they’re working with strategic supplier Ericsson to deploy a new cloud-native dual-mode (Single Packet) core for their new 5G Standalone (SA) network in the United Kingdom. Until now, the technology had only been deployed on the campus of Coventry University in July 2020.

Heat is the New Enemy of Starlink’s Satellite Broadband Service

17th Jun, 2021 (20 Comments)

Some customers of SpaceX’s new Starlink ISP, which operates a growing mega constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast broadband satellites, are finding that high winds, visibility of the sky and power usage aren’t the only issues they’ll have to contend with, as the dish can also shut down during very hot weather.

ISP toob Begins GBP9m Gigabit Broadband Rollout in Aldershot

17th Jun, 2021 (8 Comments)

Portsmouth-based UK ISP toob has announced that they’ve begun the deployment of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the Hampshire (England) town of Aldershot, which should ultimately see their service being extended to cover 23,000 premises.

ISP Broadband for Rural Kent Goes Live with New FTTP Network

16th Jun, 2021 (8 Comments)

Residents in the Kent UK village of Oversland will be pleased to learn that the new Broadband for Rural Kent (B4RK) project, which initially modelled itself on B4RN’s community centric build strategy, has finally begun to go live by connecting their first house to a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

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GigaTAG Tells UK Gov How to Boost Gigabit Broadband Adoption UPDATE

16th Jun, 2021 (39 Comments)

The new Gigabit Take-Up Advisory Group (GigaTAG), which is supported by Which?, Ofcom, the FSB, CBI and other groups, has today set out their final report on what they think the UK Government needs to do in order to boost take-up of 1Gbps capable broadband services. Expect clearer labelling and more advertising campaigns.

Q1 2021 Progress Update on Wales BT FTTP Broadband Rollout

15th Jun, 2021 (16 Comments)

The Welsh Government has released a Q1 2021 progress update on their £52.5m Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contract with BT (Openreach), which reveals that 19,919 premises (up from 15,649 in Q4 2020) have now gained access to the operator’s gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

Vodafone UK Launch New Flexible 5G EVO Mobile Phone Plans

15th Jun, 2021 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today launched what it calls an “evolution in mobile phone plans” with their new 4G and 5G supporting EVO packages, which aim to give consumers and sole trader business customers more flexibility over payments, contract lengths, smartphone upgrades and the ability to trade in old handsets.

5G Speeds and Availability in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff and Nottingham

15th Jun, 2021 (3 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics has today published a short summary of their latest 5G based mobile broadband speeds and availability across the four primary network operators – EE (BT), O2 (VMO2), Vodafone and Three UK – in the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff and Nottingham.

Welsh Altnet ISP Country Connect Launch No Frills 50Mbps Plan

15th Jun, 2021 (17 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Country Connect, which recently began building a new gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in parts of South Wales (here), has just launched a new “no frills” 50Mbps (10Mbps upload) package for £25 a month that is intended to cater for those who don’t need gigabit speeds.

Sky Mobile UK Gives 1GB of Data Per Goal During Euro 2020

15th Jun, 2021 (8 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has begun rewarding customers of their 4G and 5G powered Sky Mobile plans with 1 GigaByte of free data (mobile broadband) each time England, Scotland and Wales score a goal throughout the UEFA Euro 2020 (2021) football tournament.

ISP FACTCO Making Progress on UK Community Full Fibre Builds

14th Jun, 2021 (12 Comments)

UK ISP FACTCO (Ecodial) appears to be making progress on a growing number of their community focused Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband deployments, which is helping to make gigabit speed connectivity available to homes across parts of Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire and Lancashire.

Vodafone Names 4G and 5G OpenRAN Suppliers for EU and UK

14th Jun, 2021 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today announced that their forthcoming commercial rollout of a new 4G and 5G network using Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) compliant kit will be supported by several key vendors, including: Dell, NEC, Samsung Electronics, Wind River, Capgemini Engineering and Keysight Technologies.

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Openreach CEO Clive Selley Gets CBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours

12th Jun, 2021 (38 Comments)

The CEO of network access provider Openreach (BT), Clive Selley, is one of only two people in the UK telecommunications sector this year to be awarded with one of the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The other person was Stephen John Terry, although the honours list failed to clarify the what, why and who of that award.