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ISP BT and Cisco to Help UK Businesses Recycle Network Kit

5th October, 2022 (2 Comments)

Broadband giant BT has today launched a new service, which is designed to help their UK business customers reduce electronic waste (e-waste) by enabling their replaced or decommissioned network kit to be shipped back to Cisco in order to be “responsibly re-used or recycled” through its ‘take-back and reuse’ scheme.

ISP Plusnet UK to Close Down John Lewis Broadband Division UPDATE

4th October, 2022 (25 Comments)

Budget UK ISP Plusnet, which is part of the wider BT Group, has announced that from today it will no longer be providing managed broadband and phone services to new residential customers under the John Lewis brand and the service will eventually close.

Mobile Giant Vodafone Confirms Merger Talks with Three UK

3rd October, 2022 (70 Comments)

After months of speculation, mobile network operator Vodafone UK has today confirmed that they are officially in “discussions” with Three UK’s parent (CK Hutchison Holdings) about the possibility of a merger. Such a deal would give the combined business the “necessary scale” to boost their 5G rollout and “expand” rural broadband connectivity.

Wireless Broadband Firms Curvalux UK and CBNG Have Merged

3rd October, 2022 (0 Comments)

Two of the UK’s most prominent developers of cutting edge fixed wireless access (FWA) and mobile broadband equipment – Curvalux and the Cambridge Broadband Networks Group (CBNG) – have today completed a merger. The two companies will remain independent, with CBNG becoming a subsidiary of Curvalux.

ISP Gigabit Networks Partners Utility Trade Group to Connect Businesses

30th September, 2022 (2 Comments)

Leicester-based UK broadband provider Gigabit Networks, which primarily seems to focus on connecting premises across the Midlands of England via CityFibre’s full fibre (FTTP) network, has today partnered with commercial energy supplier Utility Trade Group to offer ultrafast connectivity to local businesses in the region.

Full Fibre UK ISP Wessex Internet Get Funding Boost from abrdn

27th September, 2022 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Wessex Internet, which is building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset in England, has today announced that they’ve secured a “major equity investment” from abrdn’s Core Infrastructure team to “accelerate” their rollout.

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Grants Boost Biz Broadband in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

27th September, 2022 (0 Comments)

A new business grant scheme, which has injected just under £1.4 million into the local Cambridgeshire and Peterborough economy in England, has already helped local firms to create 42 new-to-the-firm products and enabled 32 businesses to access faster broadband speeds in excess of 30Mbps.

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Warning of Challenges Ahead for Investment in UK Gigabit Broadband

27th September, 2022 (0 Comments)

A new report from the UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), which examined the appetite for investment in alternative broadband networks (AltNets) by interviewing leading investors, has warned that the market has “reached saturation point” and those looking for further rounds of investment will find new challenges.

Spring Fibre to Deploy Full Fibre to 1 Million Premises in England

23rd September, 2022 (12 Comments)

New alternative network operator Spring Fibre has announced that they’ve secured an investment of “up to” £155 million from R&M’s (River and Mercantile) Infrastructure business, which will support their plan to build a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 1 million premises in England.

ITS Technology’s Full Fibre Network Goes Live in Sheffield

22nd September, 2022 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which via their “Faster Britain” platform runs 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across urban parts of the UK for businesses and ISPs, has today announced that more than 13,500 businesses in the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield can now access their new network.

County Broadband Goes on the Hunt for New Fibre Engineers

22nd September, 2022 (3 Comments)

Rural focused ISP County Broadband, which is aiming to cover 500,000 premises across the East of England with their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2027, has launched a new recruitment drive, offering over 30 jobs across the region and an opportunity to build a career in the industry.

Vodafone UK Launch New Business Broadband and Mobile Bundle

22nd September, 2022 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK has launched a flexible new package called ‘Pulse Connect‘, which for one monthly fee will bundle together business broadband, unlimited calls to UK mobile and landlines, collaboration software (Microsoft 365 Suite), and cloud calling tools for small and medium enterprises.

BT Faces Major 4 Day UK Strike and 999 Call Handlers Join Them UPDATE

22nd September, 2022 (44 Comments)

The Communications Workers Union has just upped the ante in its pay dispute with broadband and telecoms giant BT (including Openreach) by announcing a third round of national strikes, which have been staggered to hit the operator over four days. But worryingly, the next strike will include hundreds of 999 emergency call handlers.

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Digital Infrastructure Establishes North-West Fibre Training Facility

21st September, 2022 (4 Comments)

Another UK network builder – Digital Infrastructure (DI) – has today moved to tackle the shortage of skilled fibre broadband engineers by establishing its own training facility in Warrington, which is intended to provide over 100 people per year with the qualifications needed for a career in the industry.

Full Fibre UK Operator ITS Technology Acquires Nextgenaccess

20th September, 2022 (1 Comment)

The ITS Technology Group, which manages 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across urban parts of the UK for businesses and ISPs (aka – “Faster Britain“), has today announced that they’ve completed the acquisition of dark fibre specialist NextGenAccess Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.

OneWeb Seek £3bn to Expand Ultrafast Broadband Satellite Network

18th September, 2022 (7 Comments)

British satellite operator OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK Government and various other investors, is reportedly seeking funding of around £3bn from a group of banks to help it cover the cost of massively expanding their ultrafast broadband network with second-generation (GEN2) satellites.

Rural England ISP Truespeed Appoint New Non-Executive Director

15th September, 2022 (3 Comments)

Alternative network provider Truespeed, which is deploying a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England, has today appointed Lisa Harrington to be a Non-Executive Director and to help the company accelerate its rollout of ultrafast broadband.