ISP News Archives for January 23, 2018

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.

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.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has today “provisionally” ruled that 21st Century Fox’s £11.7bn bid to takeover Sky (Sky Broadband) by acquiring a 61% stake in the company (Fox already owns 39%) is “not in the public interest,” due to concerns over media plurality.

The ITS Technology group, which is an alternative network provider that has deployed a number of fixed wireless and fibre optic broadband networks around the UK, has appointed Daren Baythorpe (Openreach’s former BCD Managing Director) to be its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

The latest ISPreview.co.uk reader poll, which was conducted between 23rd Nov 2017 and 18th Jan 2018, has found that the humble telephone remains the most popular way for broadband users to contact their ISP. Meanwhile a third were unhappy with their provider’s customer service.