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ISP News Archives for September 2016

Surprise as EU Withdraw Fair Use Plan for FREE Mobile Roaming

12th Sep 2016 (2 Comments)

The European Union’s plan to end mobile roaming charges from 15th June 2017 (i.e. any call, text or data allowances will come from your domestic plan), which will also apply to the UK until we leave in a few years’ time, has been thrown into confusion after a key part of the policy was withdrawn.

Vodafone UK Prep Soft Launch of Broadband TV Service for October

12th Sep 2016 (3 Comments)

Industry sources claim that Vodafone could unveil their much delayed Pay TV (IPTV) service next month, which has been designed to complement their existing fixed line home broadband, phone and mobile products as part of a quad-play bundle. But further delays are still said to be possible.

Scotland Starts Planning its 30Mbps+ Broadband for All by 2021 Goal

11th Sep 2016 (9 Comments)

The Scottish Government has finally begun the formal process of setting out a plan for reaching its goal of 100% “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) coverage by 2021, which will aim to reach an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 premises that are unlikely to benefit from their existing strategy.

Sky and Virgin Media Beat BT and TalkTalk for Brand Experience

10th Sep 2016 (11 Comments)

A new consumer survey of brand experience in the United Kingdom’s telecoms sector has found that Sky (Sky Broadband) and Virgin Media both ranked at or above the sector average (80+ out of 140), while TalkTalk and BT were found languishing at the bottom.

Cityfibre Sign Onecom to Support Southend-on-Sea Fibre Optic Network

9th Sep 2016 (0 Comments)

Cityfibre has today signed a new 5-year and £1.7 million deal, which commits UK business ISP Onecom to be the launch partner for their new ultrafast (1Gbps+) fibre optic broadband (FTTP) and Ethernet network in Southend-on-Sea (Essex, England).

Openreach Gift FREE Service to Bristol’s Ultrafast FTTP Broadband Trial

9th Sep 2016 (2 Comments)

BTOpenreach has confirmed that businesses covered by their trial of “ultrafast” (up to 1000Mbps) Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) based broadband technology in the city of Bristol (South West England) will, for a limited time, be able to get the service with both a free connection and free rental.

UK ISP BT Slashes Unlimited Broadband and Fibre FTTC Prices

9th Sep 2016 (2 Comments)

Internet provider BT has introduced a discount that cuts the cost of their standard (up to 17Mbps) unlimited broadband package to just £4.50 per month for 12 months, while their superfast (up to 52Mbps) Unlimited Infinity 1 service is now reduced to £9.50 and 76Mbps Infinity 2 to £25.

UPD BT Criticised as Scottish Rural Action Seeks Better Broadband Policy

9th Sep 2016 (22 Comments)

The non-profit Scottish Rural Action group has published a new report that points to “serious failings” in Scotland’s existing roll-out of “superfast broadband” services with BT and calls for 5 major policy changes, which they say would establish an “ultrafast” (300Mbps+) model for rural areas.

4G Mobile Upgrade Finally Coming to Virgin Media in October 2016

8th Sep 2016 (10 Comments)

After a long wait Virgin Media has finally confirmed that their EE powered Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) platform, Virgin Mobile, will finally be fully upgraded to support the latest 4G (LTE) technology from next month.

Virgin Media Confirms Deal to Acquire Arqiva’s UK WiFi Network

8th Sep 2016 (0 Comments)

Communications infrastructure provider Arqiva has agreed to sell its national network of WiFi Hotspots to Virgin Media, which will support the Liberty Global owned cable operator’s on-going efforts to extend the reach and influence of their own public WiFi infrastructure around the United Kingdom.

EU Moots Softer Fibre Optic Broadband Regulation to Boost Roll-out

8th Sep 2016 (10 Comments)

A leaked document has revealed that the European Commission could be about to relax its regulation of the telecoms market (this would also affect the United Kingdom) in order to encourage the roll-out of faster broadband into rural areas, which might allow the use of state aid for closed networks.

INCA and UK ISPs Call for Near 100% FTTP Broadband Cover by 2030

8th Sep 2016 (4 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association, which represents alternative network ISPs like Sky Broadband and Gigaclear, will today publish a report that calls on the Government to set a target for 80% of the UK population to have access to a pure fibre optic FTTP/H broadband connection by 2026; and “near universal” cover by 2030.

Performance Woes Hamper PlusNet Users as New Network Takes Blame

7th Sep 2016 (18 Comments)

Some of Plusnet’s broadband subscribers appear to be suffering from a mix of problems with packet loss, high latency and slow connectivity, which many are linking back to the ISP’s on-going efforts to migrate from a ‘Shared’ to ‘Dedicated’ Wholesale Broadband Managed Connect (WBMC) network.

MS3 Take On KCOM in Hull UK – Launches FTTH Home Broadband Network

6th Sep 2016 (13 Comments)

Communications developer MS3, which operates a business focused dark fibre optic network in Hull (East Yorkshire), has today announced the radical decision to take on KCOM by entering the domestic connectivity market with an “ultrafast” Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband service (Giga+).

Spectrum Starved Three UK Asks Ofcom to Tackle BT / EE’s Mobile Power

6th Sep 2016 (13 Comments)

The CEO of mobile operator Three UK, David Dyson, has once again called on Ofcom to level the market by limiting BT’s (EE) ability to bid on new radio spectrum in the forthcoming auction of airwaves for the higher frequency 2.3GHz (2350 – 2390MHz) and 3.4GHz (3410 – 3600MHz) bands.

UK Internet Providers Call for Government Support on Cyber-Security

6th Sep 2016 (0 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today warned that the Government must avoid creating new regulations to tackle the challenges of cyber security. Instead ISPs say they should focus their efforts on supporting education, awareness and better training for law enforcement.

EE UK Deploys 4G Mobile Speed Boost with 450Mbps Cat 9 LTE Tech

6th Sep 2016 (23 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has announced that their 4G+ based Mobile Broadband network is being upgraded to support the latest Cat 9 LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) technology, which can theoretically support Internet speeds of up to 450Mbps by combining multiple spectrum bands.