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Sky (Sky Broadband) has this week added a temporary new feature to their 4G and 5G powered Sky Mobile plans, which enables customers with lots of spare data (mobile broadband) in their “Piggybank” to share some of it with someone they know who may need it (e.g. friends or family).
UK ISP Hyperoptic, which builds 1Gbps capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks to large residential (MDU) and office buildings, has reached a new agreement with housing association Citizen that will see their service being deployed to cover some 5,000 additional properties in the Midlands.
Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that the former CEO of rival operator EE UK (BT), Olaf Swantee, is to be appointed to their board as a non-executive director. Mr Swantee will also become a member of the company’s Audit & Risk Committee.
Cable broadband ISP and TV provider Virgin Media UK (Liberty Global) has announced that they will hire more than 400 new employees in graduate, intern and apprenticeship roles during 2021, which is said to mark a 163% increase from 2020.
Customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband may be pleased to learn that the provider is now deploying a new firmware (software) update for their latest SR203 and SR204 Sky Hub wireless routers, which the provider says should finally fix two of last year’s biggest bugs with VoIP timing and DHCP networking.
London broadband ISP CommunityFibre, which is currently rolling out a new 3Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover a good chunk of the UK’s capital city, has launched a new “Refer a Friend” scheme (i.e. a £50 Amazon voucher for both new and existing customers when referred to join the provider).