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ISP News Archives for September 22, 2020

Gigaclear to Extend 1Gb Fibre Cover in Rural Northamptonshire

22nd Sep 2020 (10 Comments)

The state aid supported Superfast Northamptonshire (SFN) project has announced that UK ISP Gigaclear’s current roll-out contract (Phase 3) has been extended, which will see the provider build their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to 700 more rural premises than planned.

7 West Midlands 5G-Enabled Road and Rail Trials Set to Go Live

22nd Sep 2020 (2 Comments)

The state aid supported West Midlands 5G (WM5G) programme has today announced 7 UK-based consortiums, which will each share funding of £2.4m to support the development of new 5G (mobile broadband) based products and services to help “transform transport across the region.”

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AMP Capital Acquires a Majority Stake in FTTP Builder VX FIBER

22nd Sep 2020 (0 Comments)

Swedish operator VX FIBER, which is also busy building gigabit-capable “full fibre” broadband ISP networks in parts of the UK (e.g. London, Stoke-on-Trent and Colchester), has today announced that global investment firm AMP Capital is to acquire a majority stake in the company and support it with new investment.

Mobile Operator Three UK Appoint New CIO and Director of RAN

22nd Sep 2020 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today announced that they’ve appointed Belinda Finch to be their new Chief Information Officer (CIO), responsible for its Digital and ICT strategy. At the same time they’ve also named Peter Gilson as their Director of Radio Access Networks (RAN).

Truespeed Bring FREE Full Fibre to 50 Bath and Somerset Schools

22nd Sep 2020 (0 Comments)

Some 50 schools in rural parts of Bath and Somerset will soon gain access to “free ultrafast broadband connectivity for life,” which stems from UK ISP Truespeed and their on-going deployment of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the area.

Virgin Media UK Trials 2.2Gbps Broadband to Homes in Berkshire

22nd Sep 2020 (43 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has announced that they’ve just successfully completed a new trial, which pushed their new DOCSIS 3.1 based network to “hyperfast” 2.2Gbps download speeds (and 214Mbps upload speeds) in the Berkshire (England) market town of Thatcham.

18 Months of Village Broadband Disruption Traced to Old TV Set

22nd Sep 2020 (46 Comments)

Residents in the tiny rural village of Aberhosan (Powys, Wales) have finally seen an end to 18-months of unusually slow and unstable broadband ISP connectivity after engineers, working for Openreach (BT), traced the source of the disruption to an old television set, which had been leaking electrical interference (SHINE).

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Vodafone UK Add £75 Voucher to Broadband and Apple TV Plans

22nd Sep 2020 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone have just added a bonus £75 shopping voucher, which can be redeemed on over 100 brands (from Amazon to Zalando, ASOS to Zizzi), for new customers who order one of their two bundles of “superfast” broadband (FTTC), anytime UK calls and Apple TV 4K (includes a 1 year Apple TV+ subscription).

Openreach Hails 50 Percent Full Fibre Cover in Northern Ireland

22nd Sep 2020 (22 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today hailed the efforts of 750 engineers who have helped them to extend their commercial rollout of 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP technology, which now covers over 50% of Northern Ireland (420,000 premises); considerably more than Scotland, Wales or England.

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