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Ofcom Find Positive UK Progress on Openreach’s Split from BT

19th Nov, 2020 (9 Comments)

Ofcom has today broadly praised the progress that Openreach have made in their on-going efforts to become a distinct “legally separate” company away from BT, although not all stakeholders agree with the UK telecoms regulator and “growing pains” have also been noted with their Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product.

Vodafone UK Gift Free Mobile Broadband to 250,000 School Kids

19th Nov, 2020 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has announced that it will offer free Data SIMs, packed with a 30GB (GigaByte) allowance that is valid for 90 days, to help 250,000 primary and secondary school children to stay connected with their education this winter. The move may help to mitigate some of the disruption caused by COVID-19.

Broadband ISP NOW TV Ends Triple Credit on Tesco Clubcard

19th Nov, 2020 (0 Comments)

Sky’s sibling UK ISP and video streaming service, NOW TV (NOW Broadband), is set to end their partnership with Tesco, which began last August (here) and enabled existing Clubcard holders to convert their vouchers into credit for triple the value when used with the service (e.g. £5 worth of vouches becomes £15).

toob Extend FTTP Broadband to 200k Premises in South England

19th Nov, 2020 (11 Comments)

Portsmouth-based UK ISP toob has today announced that their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network will be extended to cover a further 200,000 homes and business across Hampshire and Surrey, which will build on their existing deployment in the port city of Southampton.

ISP Sky Broadband Converts Capped Data Packages to Unlimited

19th Nov, 2020 (0 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband’s legacy capped data usage packages (e.g. Sky Everyday Lite, Broadband Lite, Broadband 12GB or SkyFibre), which earlier this year were given temporary access to an “unlimited usage” boost due to COVID-19, will now continue to benefit from this for the foreseeable future.

ISPA Reveal Winners of the 2020 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards

18th Nov, 2020 (1 Comment)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has just unveiled the winners of their 22nd annual 2020 internet industry and broadband awards, which among other categories saw CommunityFibre scoop the win for “Best Consumer ISP“, while Jurassic Fibre secured “Best New ISP” and Gigaclear won “Best Rural ISP.”

BT and EE UK Customers Can Order a PlayStation 5 Tomorrow

18th Nov, 2020 (18 Comments)

Existing customers of BT’s UK broadband or EE’s Pay Monthly mobile packages will tomorrow gain the ability to purchase one of Sony’s latest PlayStation 5 (PS5) video game consoles directly from the operator. But as with the prior Xbox deal, there won’t be any special discounts.

ITS and 4th Utility to Cover 500k UK Premises with Full Fibre Broadband

18th Nov, 2020 (6 Comments)

Manchester-based UK ISP The 4th Utility and the ITS Technology Group (its.) in Cheshire have today signed a new partnership worth £15m, which will kick start a new project that aims to build “ultrafast broadband” connectivity to 100,000 homes within the next 12 months and then 500,000 before 2024.

Broadband ISP FACTCO Target FTTP Rollout for Rothbury

18th Nov, 2020 (0 Comments)

The rural Northumberland (England) town of Rothbury, and its surrounding communities, have recently become the latest target for a new deployment of 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology, which is thanks to the efforts of UK ISP FACTCO and support from local councillor Steven Bridget.

Sky UK Adds HDR Movies and New Features to their TV Platform

18th Nov, 2020 (13 Comments)

Customers of Sky TV (Sky Broadband) may be pleased to learn that, as expected, the provider is about to rollout 40+ movies with support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) picture quality to their Sky Q platform in time for Christmas 2020, which will be available via their Sky Cinema channel(s).

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UK Mobile Operators Launch NumberVerify to Combat Fraud UPDATE

18th Nov, 2020 (24 Comments)

Mobile network operators including EE (BT), O2, Three UK and Vodafone have today collaborated to launch a new service called NumberVerify (NV), which is a new consumer safety solution that aims to make it both easier and more secure to authenticate a user’s identity for online transactions.

76,000 Extra Premises in Northern Ireland to Get FTTP Broadband

18th Nov, 2020 (12 Comments)

Northern Ireland’s Department for the Economy (DfE) has today confirmed what we first revealed in September (here), which is that alternative network ISP Fibrus have secure the £165m Project Stratum contract and will be extending “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) coverage to 76,000+ extra rural premises by March 2024.

BT UK Trial End-to-End Quantum-Secured Fibre Comms for 5G

17th Nov, 2020 (4 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT (EE) and Cambridge spin-out Nu-Quantum today claim to have launched a “world-first trial” of end-to-end quantum-secured communications for the new generation of ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) networks, which is being called AIRQKD (Air Quantum Key Distribution).

ISP TalkTalk Business Launch New Ultrafast Broadband Plans

17th Nov, 2020 (13 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk Business has today announced the launch of their new “Business Full Fibre” (FTTP) and “Business Ultrafast Fibre” (G.fast) broadband products for small and medium sized businesses, which at present are both supplied via Openreach’s national network (although they’ll soon be offering FTTP from Cityfibre too).

UK Business ISP Gigabit Networks Acquires Skyline Wireless

17th Nov, 2020 (0 Comments)

Leicester-based ISP Gigabit Networks, which works alongside Cityfibre to supply “full fibre” style Ethernet services to businesses across the Midlands, has today announced the acquisition of Skyline Wireless – a telecoms and VoIP provider that predominantly covers the East of England – for an undisclosed sum.

Virgin Media Biz to Upgrade Broadband for 58 Falkirk Schools

17th Nov, 2020 (2 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media Business has today signed a new multi-year public sector contract with Falkirk Council in Scotland, which among other things will see additional bandwidth and WiFi improvements (coverage, speed and security) being supplied to 58 local schools.

WiFi Provider Wifinity Acquires PCCW Global Networks UK and ISPs

17th Nov, 2020 (0 Comments)

Wireless ISP Wifinity, which usually specialises in deploying WiFi style networks, has today acquired PCCW Global Networks (UK) Limited for an undisclosed sum, which is perhaps better known for operating under the broadband ISP brands of Mediaforce and Optify.