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Virgin Media O2 Business UK Prep 1Gbps Broadband Package UPDATE2

17th May, 2022 (12 Comments)

Small business customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) may be pleased to note that their long wait for the operator to finally launch a 1Gbps (Voom Fibre) package may be about to end. The provider has just started inviting existing subscribers on their slower tiers to take a new gigabit plan.

Full Fibre Builders in UK Uniting to Improve Health and Safety

15th May, 2022 (5 Comments)

A growing number of broadband ISPs and fibre optic network builders are in the process of establishing a new group called SHIFT (Safety & Health In Fibre Telecoms), which – as the name might suggest – aims to improve the sometimes far from perfect health and safety practices and standards in the UK fibre industry.

Vodafone and Three UK Reportedly Open Merger Talks

12th May, 2022 (62 Comments)

Unconfirmed reports claim that mobile operators Vodafone and Three UK (CK Hutchison Holdings) have opened early stage talks with a view to reaching an agreement over a possible merger / joint venture of their two businesses in the UK, which would reduce the number of primary network operators from four to three.

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Commsworld Highlight Rural Northumberland Fibre Progress with Alncom

12th May, 2022 (2 Comments)

Last year saw rural ISP Alncom enter into a new partnership with business provider Commsworld (here) to help support the rollout of their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Northumberland and Durham in England. The fruits of this agreement are now starting to show.

BT Results See FTTP Broadband Surge to 7.2Million UK Premises

12th May, 2022 (18 Comments)

The BT Group has published their Q4 2021/22 results to March 2022, which saw the coverage of Openreach’s gigabit Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network grow by a record 752,000 premises in the quarter (up from +662K last quarter) to total 7.2 million. The operator also signed an FTTP co-provisioning deal with Sky Broadband.

Three UK Confirms Plan to Switch-Off 3G Mobile Service by 2024

11th May, 2022 (40 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today become the latest provider – after Vodafone and EE – to announce that it aims to completely switch off their legacy 3G (mobile broadband) network by the end of 2024. The move will free up resources to allow Three to focus on improving the 4G experience and rolling out 5G to more parts of the UK.

Virgin Media O2 Begin UK FTTP Upgrade Project as Customers Fall

11th May, 2022 (56 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today published their combined results for Q1 2022, which confirms that their plan to upgrade existing Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) network areas with Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology has now begun. But their fixed line broadband base took a hit.

2022 Queens Speech Covers Digital Infrastructure and Internet Safety

10th May, 2022 (10 Comments)

Prince Charles has today carried out the State Opening of Parliament event – formally still referred to as the “Queen’s Speech“, which sets out the UK Government’s agenda for the coming session. The speech contained no real surprises, but it did include and reiterate some bills that will impact broadband infrastructure and internet safety.

ISP Plusnet’s Missing 24/7 UK Support for Business Customers

6th May, 2022 (12 Comments)

Customers of Plusnet’s business broadband packages have recently begun to notice that the ISP has not been delivering on their pledge of offering “dedicated 24/7 UK based customer support“, with some users complaining that their phone lines close down after 8pm – the same time as the weekday cut-off for residential support.

BT Group Turning EE into its Flagship Brand for UK Consumers

27th April, 2022 (40 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT (EE) has today announced another shake-up of its branding, which in simple terms will see EE – over time – become the “flagship brand for our consumer customers” (i.e. converged broadband and mobile plans etc.) and BT become the flagship brand for their Enterprise and Global units.

Broadband Speeds Help York Top List of Best UK Hybrid Working Places

27th April, 2022 (2 Comments)

Uswitch.com has attempted to identify the top 104 UK locations for hybrid workers, which sees the city of York come top thanks to its broadband speeds (159Mbps), good schools, low crime, and closeness to Leeds. By comparison, Hastings was the least desirable due to sluggish broadband, a lack of GPs and poor air quality.

Anti-Dumping – UK Probes Imports of Chinese Fibre Optic Cables

26th April, 2022 (13 Comments)

The UK Government’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), which is the arm’s length body at the Department of International Trade (DIT) and is tasked with investigating “unfair import practices and unforeseen surges of imports“, has opened two new investigations into imports of fibre optic cables from China.

Broadband ISP Fibrus Boosts Senior Team as Staff Count Hits 300

26th April, 2022 (1 Comment)

Full fibre operator and UK ISP Fibrus, which is currently rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Northern England and Northern Ireland, has today strengthened its leadership team with three senior appointments and reported that they now directly employ almost 300 people.

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ISP Virgin Media O2 Business UK Cut Wholesale Ethernet Prices

26th April, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) has today confirmed that they’ve reduced the prices of their high-capacity fixed wholesale services to businesses, ISPs and rival networks across all Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) bandwidths and National Ethernet services. Some by as much as 2.8% per annum.

Zayo Completes Dark Fibre Network to Proximity’s UK Data Centres

25th April, 2022 (0 Comments)

The Zayo Group, which operates a large metro and long-haul fibre optic network in the UK, has completed the build of a new high-capacity Dark Fibre network at Proximity’s edge colocation data centre in Chester Gates near Manchester – they’re also nearing completion of another connection for Proximity’s Nottingham edge data centre.

Report Claims CityFibre’s FTTP Rollout to Deliver GBP38bn in UK Economic Benefits

25th April, 2022 (8 Comments)

A new report from consultancy firm Hatch claims to have identified over £38bn in potential economic benefits – derived over a 15-year period – that could stem from CityFibre’s ongoing UK rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. Naturally, the report was commissioned by CityFibre.

Business ISP Connectus and IT Solutions Firm KTSL to Merge

21st April, 2022 (6 Comments)

Business focused UK ISP and Managed Service Provider (MSP) Connectus has announced that they’re merging with IT solutions firm KTSL to create the Connectus Group. The existing CEO of Connectus, Roy Shelton, will also become the CEO of the Connectus Group.