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Cityfibre Take Ads Watchdog to Court Over Fibre Broadband Promos

5th March, 2018 (64 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has filed for a Judicial Review of last year’s decision by the UK Advertising Standards Authority, which ruled that it was “not materially misleading” for ISPs to describe slower hybrid fibre services (e.g. FTTC / HFC DOCSIS) as “fibre broadband.”

GTT Grabs Interoute to Gain 72000km European Fibre Optic Network

26th February, 2018 (0 Comments)

The operator of one of Europe’s largest independent fibre and cloud networks, Interoute, has been acquired by GTT for a whopping $2.3bn (£1.65bn) via a mix of debt and equity. The move will enable GTT to expand their Tier 1 global IP network via the acquisition’s huge 72,000km fibre optic reach.

Ofcom Changes to Boost UK Full Fibre Broadband and Cut FTTC Prices

23rd February, 2018 (66 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today completed several wholesale market reviews, which among other things will force Openreach (BT) to adopt stiffer Quality of Service standards (installations and repairs), open up their cable ducts to rival ISPs and introduce a big price cut on 40Mbps FTTC broadband lines.

Cityfibre Calls on Ofcom to Rethink its Approach for Full Fibre

23rd February, 2018 (42 Comments)

The Head of Regulatory Affairs at Cityfibre, Alex Blowers, has criticised Ofcom’s focus on regulating wholesale access to Openreach’s (BT) legacy UK copper network down to cost and called on them to rethink their strategy in order to better support the new generation of “full fibre” (FTTH/P) ultrafast broadband.

Churches to Help Spread Wireless Broadband into Rural England

18th February, 2018 (12 Comments)

The UK Government has reached a new accord with the National Church Institutions (NCIs) of the Church of England, which should make it easier for churches to be used in order to help distribute faster wireless broadband and WiFi services across rural communities.

UK Fails to Enter 2018 FTTH Ultrafast Broadband Country Ranking

15th February, 2018 (66 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe, which campaigns for the adoption of pure fibre optic based Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P/B) style ultrafast broadband technologies, has published their latest 2018 country ranking and sadly the United Kingdom remains notable for its continued absence.

ISP Commsworld Scoops £30m Glasgow City Council Fibre Deal

9th February, 2018 (0 Comments)

Scottish business ISP Commsworld has today won a £30 million ICT contract with Glasgow City Council, which will see them deploy a new Wide Area Network that can connect local schools, libraries and other council buildings to a new “ultra-fast” Gigabit capable full fibre network.

UK Business ISP Syscomm Launch Gigabit Fibre Broadband Packages

4th February, 2018 (0 Comments)

Coventry-based ISP Syscomm has introduced a new range of fully managed symmetrical 100Mbps to 1Gbps capable “full fibre” ultrafast broadband packages for businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire, which are available from £200 +vat per month and go up to £550 for the Gigabit service.

North Skye Broadband Abandons FTTP Rollout Project Due to R100

1st February, 2018 (4 Comments)

The North Skye Broadband project, which had been hoping to secure state aid in order to help fund a pilot rollout of FTTP ultrafast broadband to hundreds of rural premises on the Isle of Skye (North side) in Scotland, has reluctantly abandoned its plan due to the R100 procurement process.

Liverpool Gets 10Gbps Boost from IXLiverpool and ISP Baltic Broadband

26th January, 2018 (6 Comments)

The not-for-profit Liverpool Internet Exchange (IX Liverpool) and ISP Baltic Broadband have collaborated in order to deploy a new 10Gbps fibre optic link into the Baltic Triangle development area, which is home to lots of businesses central Liverpool (Merseyside).

Council Sets Out Details for Review of Aylesbury Vale Broadband ISP

23rd January, 2018 (1 Comment)

The Aylesbury Vale District Council in Buckinghamshire has set out details and a timetable for their review into the Aylesbury Vale Broadband project, which after concerns over rollout progress and funding was recently sold (FTTH network assets) to UK ISP Gigaclear for an undisclosed sum.

SSE Enterprise Telecoms Sets Out its 2018 Predictions for UK Networks

23rd January, 2018 (8 Comments)

The enterprise division of SSE Enterprise Telecoms has today set out its list of predictions for the major trends that could affect UK telecoms in 2018, which focuses on the rise of alternative network providers, greater access to fibre optic cables, more preparation for future 5G Mobile and so forth.

TrueSpeed Try to Beat BT with 200Mbps Guaranteed Broadband Speed

17th January, 2018 (9 Comments)

UK ISP TrueSpeed, which is deploying a Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network into rural areas around South West England, has attempted to steal some of the thunder from BT’s new 100Mbps “speed guarantee” by showcasing their own 200Mbps “guarantee“.

Broadband ISP Community Fibre Cover 10000 Wandsworth Council Homes

16th January, 2018 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Community Fibre has managed to hit their deployment target in the London Borough of Wandsworth by making a 1000Mbps capable ultrafast fibre optic (FTTP/H) broadband network available to 10,000 council homes in time for the end of 2017. Just another 10,000 left to go.

Openreach Playing Catch-up With 2 Ethernet Minimum Service Targets

10th January, 2018 (0 Comments)

Openreach (BT) is at risk of missing two of the key Minimum Service Level (MSL) targets for their high bandwidth Ethernet product family (e.g. Ethernet Access Direct), which were agreed with the UK network operator as part of Ofcom’s 2016 Business Connectivity Market Review (BCMR).

UPDATE Aylesbury Vale Opposition Leader Criticises Broadband ISP Sale to Gigaclear

5th January, 2018 (11 Comments)

The Group Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Anders Christensen, has accused the Aylesbury Vale District Council in Buckinghamshire of trying “falsely portray” the recent sale of the rural FTTH based Aylesbury Vale Broadband network (assets) to UK ISP Gigaclear as a success story.

Cityfibre Links Doctors Surgeries in Coventry UK to 1Gbps Full Fibre

4th January, 2018 (2 Comments)

Fibre optic infrastructure developer CityFibre has announced that their Gigabit capable fibre optic Ethernet and broadband (FTTP) network in the West Midlands city of Coventry, which serves local businesses and public sector sites, is now been used to connect the majority of local GP practices.