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Some 170 jobs could be lost after Sky (Sky Broadband) advised staff that 23% of their less profitable retail outlets across the United Kingdom could be closed. The announcement comes ahead of the planned Sky Mobile launch, which will turn the operator into a quad-play provider.
New and existing customers of Gigaclear’s rural Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network, specifically those who either order a new package or upgrade their existing service, can now enter themselves into a special 12 Days of Christmas prize draw.
After a long trial Openreach (BT) has finally announced the official launch of their new 500Mbps and 1Gbps (or 1000Mbps+ if you prefer) Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) based broadband products and prices, which marks a significant boost from its previous top speed of 330Mbps (30Mbps uploads).
Customers of BTBusiness may today welcome the news that the ISP has adopted an ‘up to’ 76Mbps capable FTTC “Infinity” broadband speed as their “new entry level for its business fibre,” which means that existing subscribers on their ‘up to’ 38Mbps package have gained a free upgrade.
The enterprise division of SSE Telecoms today claims to have shaved two years off their on-going ‘Project Edge‘ fibre optic network expansion in the United Kingdom, which has been achieved by signing a 7-year network sharing deal with Updata and Capita plc.
After a long delay Cityfibre has today confirmed that their contractors have started to build Phase One of a new Gigabit capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) network in the centre of Glasgow (Scotland), which will be connected up to an existing 31km long network in the city and serve local businesses.