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ISP News Archives for March 2015

UPDATE2 Opposition to Swindon Fixed Wireless 4G Broadband Rollout Grows

24th Mar 2015 (15 Comments)

The Swindon Borough Council’s recently approved a £1.9m project with UKB Networks Ltd., which will push “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) coverage out to 99.4% of local premises by 2016 via a fixed wireless 4G (LTE) network instead of BT’s fixed line hybrid-fibre (FTTC/P) infrastructure, is facing a challenge from rival politicians.

UKB Networks Ltd Moves to Gobble Fibre Optic and Wireless ISP Keycom

23rd Mar 2015 (1 Comment)

Communications and Internet provider UKB Networks Ltd. (HKT), which runs a number of 4G (LTE) fixed wireless broadband networks across the United Kingdom, has made a cash offer to buy Stafford-based fibre optic and wireless provider Keycom.

Nearly Half of UK Councils Expect Superfast Broadband Target to Slip

23rd Mar 2015 (41 Comments)

A new survey of local authorities across the United Kingdom, which was conducted by the County Councils Network, has claimed that 45% of councils are expecting the Government’s target of bringing fixed line superfast broadband (24Mbps+) to 95% by 2017 to be missed.

UK Government Suddenly Moots 6G Mobile Networks – Before 5G Exists

23rd Mar 2015 (0 Comments)

At present the next generation of 5G based Mobile Broadband networks haven’t even been defined and the first commercial services aren’t expected to surface until around 2020. But that hasn’t stopped the Government from putting an early investment towards the distant future 6th Generation (6G) replacement for 5G. Well, sort of.

CityFibre’s Fibre Optic Mobile Supply Deal Threatened by BT and EE Merger

23rd Mar 2015 (3 Comments)

CityFibre has offered up a very practical example of the potentially negative impact on competition that it fears would be created by BT’s £12.5bn move to merge mobile operator EE into their business, which could directly threaten some of their Dark Fibre deals with mobile operators Three UK and EE.

BT Mobile to Launch 4G for Existing Broadband Customers Next Week

22nd Mar 2015 (1 Comment)

BT’s share price is likely to continuing heading upwards next week after reports from industry sources suggested that the national UK telecoms giant would finally detail their plans to introduce a new consumer 4G mobile service, which alongside EE will aim to undercut rivals and initially only be offered to the ISPs existing broadband subscribers.

The Co-operative Phone and Broadband Shares Profit with UK Customers

20th Mar 2015 (2 Comments)

The Co-operative Phone and Broadband (The Phone Co-op) ISP has announced a sales increase of 6%, with profit before distributions remaining strong at £339,000. As a result the provider’s members, who are also customers, will benefit from a dividend payment of £57,800 (equating to 1.5% of their purchases).

Solicitor Offers FREE Defence for Victims of UK Internet Piracy Letters

20th Mar 2015 (7 Comments)

Michael Coyle of London-based law firm Lawdit Solicitors, which has a lot of experience defending broadband users in the United Kingdom against copyright trolls, has offered to help support those who receive bullying “speculative invoice” letters from Rights Holders that demand money in order to settle alleged Internet piracy abuses.

Government Won’t Force Farmers in England into Online-Only Land.. Yet

20th Mar 2015 (8 Comments)

The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) appears to have delayed a long-planned strategy that would have effectively forced farmers in remote rural parts of England to go online, which is despite a lack of good broadband connectivity and IT skills among some in the community.

Masses of Broadband Routers Still Vulnerable to Directory Traversal Hack

20th Mar 2015 (0 Comments)

One of Cisco Systems better known Penetration Tester’s, Kyle Lovett, has this week warned a UK security conference that more than 700,000 ADSL broadband routers from various different manufacturers and countries are still vulnerable to a Directory Traversal attack that was first uncovered in 2011.

ITSPA Reveals 2015 Best UK Internet VoIP Provider Award Winners

20th Mar 2015 (1 Comment)

The Internet Telephony Services Providers Association (ITSPA), a trade body for the United Kingdom’s Voice-over-IP (VoIP) industry, has today announced the winners of their 7th annual 2015 ITSPA Awards. This year saw Orbtalk collect the gong for Best Consumer Provider, even though their website appears more business focused.

Hyperoptic Expands 1Gbps FTTB Broadband Network to UK Businesses

20th Mar 2015 (0 Comments)

Urban focused ISP Hyperoptic has announced that their Gigabit (1Gbps) capable Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB) broadband network has today been expanded to cater for businesses across various parts of the 12 UK cities in which they currently have a presence.

Vodafone UK Confirms Rollout to Bring 4G Mobile to 94% of Wales

19th Mar 2015 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has made the unsurprising announcement that their new 4G (LTE at 800MHz and 2.6GHz) based Mobile Broadband network will be expanded to reach more than 94% of the Welsh population, with Caerphilly, Cardiff, Connah’s Quay, Llanelli, Newport and Penarth being some of the latest to go live.

Daisy Group Says UK Economy Bleeds £11bn Due to Poor Broadband

19th Mar 2015 (13 Comments)

Business ISP Daisy Group has claimed that poor Internet connections are costing the UK economy some £11bn per year due to lost productivity, with 39% of employees saying they get faster broadband at home than at work and workers allegedly losing 38 hours every year due to slow services.

BT Openreach Cuts FTTP Construction Costs in Cornwall to Gauge Uptake

19th Mar 2015 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach has posted a small, but potentially important, change concerning the Excess Construction Charges (ECC) for their single biggest deployment (62,000 premises passed) of ultrafast 330Mbps capable Fibre-the-the-Premises (FTTP) technology in rural parts of Cornwall (England).

CityFibre Completes Build of 1Gbps Fibre Optic Network in Peterborough

19th Mar 2015 (3 Comments)

After 11 months of hard work CityFibre has today announced the completion of their work to build a new 1000Mbps capable and 90km long fibre optic FTTP broadband network around the city of Peterborough (East England).

Ofcom UK Warns Inmarsat and Solaris Mobile – Use Your Spectrum.. OR ELSE

19th Mar 2015 (0 Comments)

Back in 2009 the European Commission picked Inmarsat Ventues and Solaris Mobile to provide Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) across Europe using the 1980-2010MHz and 2170-2200MHz radio spectrum bands. But so far neither company has provided the services and the UK telecoms regulator has now issued both with a strict ultimatum, use it or £ lose it.