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ISP News Archives for December 3, 2019

Openreach Offer FTTP Broadband Discounts to Boost Take-up

3rd Dec 2019 (18 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has launched new discounts on their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in UK “Fibre First” cities and towns, which will start on 1st January 2020 and seem designed to encourage ISPs to build stronger take-up in return for reductions on service rental and connection fees.

Virgin Media UK Build FTTP to 6500 Premises in Gainsborough

3rd Dec 2019 (6 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media has today announced that their on-going “Project Lightning” expansion has just completed deployment of a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 6,500 extra premises in Gainsborough (Lincolnshire), which will give locals access to broadband speeds of 516Mbps.

Half of Small UK Businesses Say 5G Mobile is Overhyped

3rd Dec 2019 (13 Comments)

A new Consumer Intelligence survey of 1,068 UK SMEs, which was commissioned by broadband ISP Onecom and conducted between May and July 2019, has found that 51% of small and medium sized businesses feel the benefits of ultrafast 5G (mobile) technology are being overhyped.

Openreach Prepares UK Engineers for the Cold Winter Bite

3rd Dec 2019 (15 Comments)

Openreach’s fibre broadband and phone engineers often have to work in difficult conditions, which as Winter approaches tends to be exasperated by the additional hazards of snow and ice. Inevitably this can delay repairs and slow the roll-out of new “full fibre” (FTTP) networks, although they claim to be well prepared for 2019/20.

Virgin Media UK Opens New Multi-Million Pound HQ in Reading

3rd Dec 2019 (18 Comments)

As expected cable broadband ISP and TV operator Virgin Media UK (Liberty Global) has today opened a brand new 120,000 square feet HQ building in the large town of Reading (Green Park), which will play host to nearly 1,500 staff; the first ones are moving into the site this week.

ISP Vodafone UK Bundles Broadband with Apple 4K TV Service

3rd Dec 2019 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK has a long “will they, won’t they” history when it comes to the idea of offering a TV (IPTV) service alongside their fixed home broadband and phone plans. Nevertheless they’ve now launched a new “Extra” tier that adds an Apple 4K TV (IPTV) set-top-box and a 1 year Apple TV+ subscription.

ISP Virgin Media Cuts Standalone UK Ultrafast Broadband Prices

3rd Dec 2019 (11 Comments)

The Cyber Monday discounts on Virgin Media‘s bundles may be coming to an end but the ISP has today launched a new range of discounts across their standalone ultrafast broadband (100Mbps+) packages, which sharply reduce their monthly prices for the first 12 months of service and add free setup (normally £35).

KCOM Win 2019 European Broadband Award for Network Quality

3rd Dec 2019 (4 Comments)

The incumbent broadband ISP for Hull and East Yorkshire (England), KCOM, last night scooped the 2019 European Broadband Award for “Quality and affordability of services,” which predominantly reflected their £85m effort to roll-out a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across their patch.

Three UK Prepares to Trial eSIM Support on Mobile Network

3rd Dec 2019 (41 Comments)

Three UK has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that the long wait for eSIM support on their 3G, 4G and 5G network may finally be coming to an end. The mobile operator plans to launch customer trials “within the next few months.” Rivals O2, EE (BT) and Vodafone have already launched eSIM, albeit with varying different levels of support.

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