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ISP News Archives for March 2018

Altnet UK Business ISP M24Seven Appoints Kevin Paige as New CTO

20th Mar 2018 (0 Comments)

Business ISP M24Seven (formerly Metronet UK and M247), which offers a range of fibre optic and wireless broadband based connectivity solutions, has appointed the former Chief Technology and Information Officer at Manx Telecom, Kevin Paige, to be its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the UK.

Community Fibre Sign 1Gbps Broadband Deal for 54K Southwark Premises

19th Mar 2018 (5 Comments)

A second fibre optic ISP, Community Fibre, has this afternoon announced a separate agreement with the London UK borough of Southwark, which will see them deploying their 1Gbps FTTH broadband network to 54,000 properties owned by the local authority.

EE UK Fills 12000km2 of UK Notspots for Mobile Network Coverage

19th Mar 2018 (22 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has announced that they’ve “filled in” 12,000 square kilometres of mobile not-spots in the last 12 months, which forms part of their aim to extend geographic (landmass) 4G network coverage to 95% of the UK by the end of December 2020 (currently 90%).

BT and Unions Agree to Tackle Multi-Billion Pensions Black Hole

19th Mar 2018 (18 Comments)

The Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) and BT have reached a deal to close the operator’s defined benefit pension scheme (BTPS), which should avoid the possibility of a UK strike and help to plug the growing pension deficit (£7bn at the last review, with some warning it could hit £14bn).

ISP TalkTalk Loses UK Ultrafast Broadband Head to Virgin Media

19th Mar 2018 (0 Comments)

The General Manager of “ultrafast broadband” at TalkTalk has switched sides and will soon join Virgin Media to become an Executive Director of Connectivity. The move comes ahead of both the ISP’s commercial G.fast launch and after their proposal to rollout 1Gbps FTTH/P to 3 million premises.

Hyperoptic Prep 1Gbps FTTP Broadband for 99000 Southwark Homes

19th Mar 2018 (18 Comments)

The London borough of Southwark has signed a new deal with 1Gbps UK fibre optic broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which should result in around 53,000 council homes and 46,000 other homes in the area (at no cost to the taxpayer) gaining access to their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/B) network.

Norfolk UK Wireless Broadband ISP WiSpire Sold to InTouch Systems

17th Mar 2018 (2 Comments)

The rate of consolidation among UK fixed wireless broadband ISPs has picked up pace again after InTouch Systems, which operates a network across Norfolk and Suffolk via ITSwisp, announced that it had acquired wireless provider WiSpire that operates in the same region.

Three UK Sees Mobile Broadband Data Use Per Customer Hit 6.8GB

16th Mar 2018 (17 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today published their full year results for 2017, which among other things revealed that monthly Mobile Broadband (3G / 4G) data usage per customer grew by 7% during 2017 to 6.8GB (GigaBytes) and indoor population coverage is now 98.5% (up from 95% last year).

Fixed Wireless ISP Connexin Drops Out of UK Spectrum Auction

16th Mar 2018 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless access ISP Connexin, which operates broadband networks in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has this morning suddenly dropped out of next week’s UK auction for the 4G friendly 2.3GHz mobile spectrum band and the 5G friendly 3.4GHz band.

Virgin Media UK Sale Cuts £7 Off Standalone 50-300Mbps Broadband

16th Mar 2018 (18 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media has launched a sale of their standalone 50Mbps to 300Mbps ultrafast broadband packages (no phone service required), which cuts £7 off the monthly rental for the first 12 month contract term. Customers also need to pay a £20 one-off activation fee.

O2 Study Believes 5G Mobile Will Save UK Households £450 Per Year

15th Mar 2018 (23 Comments)

A new report from mobile operator O2 has claimed that future 5G networks could save UK households £450 a year on energy, council and food bills. Apparently it’s all due to swanky things like smart grids, discounts on council tax (hah!) and reducing food waste etc. Break out the salt for some pinching.

Openreach UK to Hire 3500 Trainee FTTP Engineers Over Next 12 Months

15th Mar 2018 (15 Comments)

As first hinted in February (here), Openreach (BT) has today confirmed that they will hire 3,500 new trainee engineers over the next 12 months. The recruits are needed to help the operator deliver on its promise to make 1Gbps capable FTTP “full fibre” broadband available to 3 million premises by 2020.

Government Launch £67m UK Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme

15th Mar 2018 (5 Comments)

The UK government has launched a new nationwide Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS), which is funded by a pot of £67m and aims to provide vouchers worth up to £3000 for businesses (SME) or £500 to residents to help with the costs of connecting to “full fibre” (FTTP/H) broadband.

FTTP on Demand Order Capacity Still “Constrained” for All UK ISPs UPDATE

14th Mar 2018 (55 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has issued a new notice to ISPs that sell their Gigabit capable FTTP on Demand broadband product, which reminds them of how “FoD capacity” will continue to be “constrained” by an “industry-wide operational capacity of 20 FoD orders per calendar month.”

Stoke-on-Trent to Deploy 1Gbps Broadband to Homes and Businesses

14th Mar 2018 (3 Comments)

The central England city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire UK has today announced a new deal with Swedish FTTH provider VXFIBER, which pledges to roll-out an “open access” and Gigabit capable “full fibre” (FTTP/H) broadband network to cover both “residents and businesses.”

Brief Summary of the 13 New UK Full Fibre Local Network Projects

14th Mar 2018 (5 Comments)

Yesterday saw the government announce that 13 areas across the United Kingdom had secured a share of £95m from the £190m Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) challenge fund (here), which will help to build new Gigabit capable broadband networks. Today we’ve put together a summary of each project.

Government Allocate First £95m for UK Full Fibre Local Networks UPDATE

13th Mar 2018 (31 Comments)

The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has given his 2018 Spring Statement and confirmed the first £95m allocation from the government’s £190m Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) challenge fund, which was setup to stimulate commercial investment in “gigabit capable” broadband (rural and urban).