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UK ISP Glide Reports Strong Increase in Data Consumption

5th October, 2023 (3 Comments)

Business and residential ISP Glide Group, which is busy expanding their full fibre broadband network across more of the UK (leased lines and FTTP etc.), has reported a surge in network demand with its data revealing a 25% increase in network volume compared to the same period last year.

KCOM Boost Biz Security and Offers Full Fibre Solution for Landlords

4th October, 2023 (0 Comments)

Hull-based broadband ISP KCOM, which is currently building their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to more of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has launched a service to improve online security for their business customers and introduced new Landlord packages to help spread fibre to more tenants.

ISP TalkTalk Sells UK Business Division to its Own Shareholders UPDATE

3rd October, 2023 (14 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has revealed that, following its recent demerger news (here), the group has finally sold their business division (TT Business Direct) to its own shareholders for £95 million – after seemingly being unable to turn earlier interest from Sky and Daisy Group into a tangible deal.

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FullFibre Ltd and Digital Infrastructure to Merge UK FTTP Networks

2nd October, 2023 (2 Comments)

The consolidation train has started to pick up speed today after two UK builders of FTTP based broadband ISP networks – FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes) and Digital Infrastructure (BeFibre) – announced their intention to create a single wholesale company and a single wholesale platform, which will be a bigger, more ambitious single entity.

2nd October, 2023 (10 Comments)

Reports coming in from Germany over the past couple of weeks appear to suggest that AVM, which manufactures the popular FRITZ!Box range of broadband ISP routers and smart home devices (these are widely used in the UK too), could be sold on to new owners as a way of preserving the company’s future.

Virgin Media O2 Linked Nexfibre Build FTTP to 500K UK Premises and Appoints CEO

2nd October, 2023 (31 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which is working in a wholesale partnership with broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across up to 7 million UK premises, has today announced that they’ve covered 500,000 premises (RFS) and appointed Rajiv Datta as CEO.

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F&W Networks Scales Back Some UK Full Fibre Builds and Cuts Jobs

29th September, 2023 (16 Comments)

Altrincham-based F&W Networks, which has so far managed to extend their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 360,000 UK premises (up from 250k in Feb 2023), appears to have become the latest alternative network to scale-back some of their build plans and notify staff of future redundancies.

Eutelsat Complete Merger with UK Satellite Broadband Operator OneWeb

28th September, 2023 (2 Comments)

European satellite operator Eutelsat has today announced the completion of their all-share combination with London-based broadband satellite operator OneWeb, which had been partly owned by the UK Government but will now become a subsidiary of the Paris-based operator.

Zayo’s UK and European Fibre Network Gets Fully 400G Enabled

27th September, 2023 (4 Comments)

The Zayo Group, which runs a large metro and long-haul fibre optic network that delivers global reach, has just announced that their network capacity across the United Kingdom and Europe has been “supercharged” by becoming fully 400G (Gbps) enabled. Next stop.. 800G!

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Broadband ISP Home Telecom Acquires Bloomtel and OpenFibre

26th September, 2023 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Home Telecom, which is a subsidiary of the wider Telecom Acquisitions (TAL) group (TalkTalk holds a controlling stake in them), has today announced two further interesting acquisitions by welcoming customers from local operators Bloomtel and OpenFibre to the business – all for an undisclosed sum.

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Job Cut Fears Strike Rural England Full Fibre Builder County Broadband

26th September, 2023 (13 Comments)

Rural network builder and UK ISP County Broadband (CB), which holds an aspiration to cover 500,000 premises across the East of England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network by the end of 2027, appears as if it may soon become the latest network operator to make redundancies.

Voneus Merges Broadway Partners, SWS Broadband and Cadence Networks UPDATE

25th September, 2023 (5 Comments)

UK ISP Voneus, which is deploying gigabit-capable wireless (FWA) and full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks across rural parts of England and Wales, has today announced that SWS Broadband and Cadence Networks are being merged into their operations. On top of that, they’ve acquired Broadway Partners from administration.

Job Losses as UK ISP TalkTalk to Demerge into Three Businesses UPDATE

22nd September, 2023 (36 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has this week informed staff of their plan to formally demerge the group into three separate businesses for consumers, businesses and wholesale. Under the plan, the full legal demerger aims to be completed by 1st March 2024, but some redundancies are expected.

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FullFibre Ltd Boost UK Broadband Rollout with NETS International

21st September, 2023 (0 Comments)

Network operator FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes), which is rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband infrastructure across various parts of England for other ISPs to use, has signed a new supply deal with solutions provider NETS International to help “ensure [a] faster network build“.

Security Concerns Dominate UK Parliament Debate on Vodafone and Three Merger

20th September, 2023 (31 Comments)

A meeting in the House of Commons (Parliament) was held yesterday that saw MPs from various different parties debate the proposed merger of Three UK and Vodafone (here), which highlighted how the dominant concerns for MPs centre around issues of national security, job losses and the risk of higher prices for consumers.

London Full Fibre ISP G.Network Shifts Office and Sign Logistics Deal

19th September, 2023 (1 Comment)

London-focused UK ISP and broadband builder G.Network, which is deploying a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of London, has signed a multi-year contract with Unipart to deliver a wide range of logistic services and are setting up a new head office near Silicon Roundabout.

Wireless UK Network Provider Wifinity Acquires Next Connex

19th September, 2023 (0 Comments)

Managed Internet Service Provider Wifinity, which typically specialises in deploying WiFi style broadband networks, has continued to accelerate their UK expansion today by announcing the acquisition of yet another provider in the same space – Next Connex – for an undisclosed sum.