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ISP News Archives for April 2021

Broadway Win Phase3 Full Fibre Contracts in Rural Pembrokeshire

27th Apr 2021 (0 Comments)

Alternative UK network developer Broadway Partners (ISP Broadway Broadband) has today secured several contracts to deploy Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks to cover the rural Pembrokeshire communities of Angle, Tiers Cross and Lawrenny and Marletwy in Wales.

CityFibre UK Expands 1Gbps Broadband Rollout in Coventry

27th Apr 2021 (2 Comments)

CityFibre has today committed an additional £12.5 million to help boost their ongoing deployment of a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the West Midlands city of Coventry, which will see them reach “tens of thousands more homes and businesses” across the location.

London UK ISP G.Network to Train 255 New Full Fibre Engineers

27th Apr 2021 (10 Comments)

UK ISP G.Network, which is building a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network for homes and businesses across London, has launched a new recruitment and training programme that it hopes will tackle the shortage of qualified telecoms engineers by training up an extra workforce of 255 people this year.

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Rival Broadband ISPs May Scoop 4 Million UK Customers by 2025

27th Apr 2021 (5 Comments)

A new Point Topic study, commissioned by TV and WiFi Mesh provider Netgem, has predicted that Alternative Networks (AltNet) and “Challenger ISPs” could gain up to 1 million additional UK customers by 2025, which would increase their market share to 14.5% (3.74 million customers) from 12.5% in 2021.

Ofcom Reveal Final Results of UK 5G Mobile Spectrum Auction

27th Apr 2021 (23 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published the final results from their recent £1.38bn auction of 5G friendly radio spectrum in the 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz frequency bands, which includes a few key changes from last month’s principal stage. Better mobile broadband coverage and speeds are expected.

Broadband ISP Plusnet UK Predicted to Launch FTTP in H2 2021

27th Apr 2021 (46 Comments)

After an excruciatingly long wait, budget conscious UK ISP Plusnet finally looks set to move into the ultrafast broadband era by launching their first Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband packages later this year. The product also seems likely to be accompanied by a new router (possibly a re-brand of BT’s Smart Hub 2).

Global Fixed Broadband Users Hit 1.18bn as UK FTTP Surges in Q4 2020

26th Apr 2021 (17 Comments)

The latest research from Point Topic has found that world fixed broadband subscribers grew by 1.6% (18.59 million) in Q4 2020, which is down slightly from 2.07% in the previous quarter but still pushes the overall total to 1.18 billion. Meanwhile, the UK reported the strongest quarterly “full fibre” (FTTP) growth of any country on 28.6%.

Broadband and Mobile Policy by Political Party in Wales and Scotland

26th Apr 2021 (3 Comments)

Anybody living in Wales or Scotland will be aware that both are currently preparing for their 2021 Parliamentary Elections, which are due to take place on 6th May 2021. As such we thought it might be useful to take a quick look at what each of the main parties are promising in terms of broadband and mobile policy.

Broadband ISP Cuckoo Raises GBP4.3 Million in Extra UK Funding

26th Apr 2021 (7 Comments)

Cuckoo, which only launched last summer and is thus still a relatively new broadband ISP in the UK, has just completed a fresh funding round – led by RTP Global with participation from JamJar Investments – that saw them raise £4.3 million in order to help fuel their future growth.

Broadband and 5G Boost as Network Rail Plan GBP1bn Cable Auction

26th Apr 2021 (9 Comments)

Network Rail, which is responsible for running Britain’s railways, has revealed they will auction off 10,000 miles worth of their old trackside cable network (much of this still runs off legacy copper lines and is in need of an upgrade). The £1bn auction could help to support the UK rollout of gigabit broadband and 5G mobile.

VIDEO – Virgin Media Broadband Engineer Shows How it All Works UPDATE

24th Apr 2021 (64 Comments)

One of Liberty Global’s principal UK engineers and technologists, Stephen Scott, has recently posted a series of new videos that offer a refreshingly detailed insight into the inner workings of Virgin Media’s Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP and TV network.

Northleaf Capital Acquire Majority Stake in UK ISP Quickline

24th Apr 2021 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Quickline (Quickfire), which specialises in deploying “full fibre” FTTP and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband networks around Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, has set a target of covering 500,000 premises with their network after Northleaf Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in the company.

Lightspeed Broadband Start FTTP Rollout in Lincolnshire and Norfolk

23rd Apr 2021 (14 Comments)

Lincolnshire-based UK ISP Lightspeed Broadband, which recently burst on to the scene with a plan to invest £300m into a large deployment of 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology across the East of England, has today kicked off its build work in several towns across South Lincolnshire and West Norfolk.

ISP Wessex Internet UK Extend Full Fibre to North Dorset Towns

23rd Apr 2021 (2 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Wessex Internet has today announced that they intend to extend their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network to cover homes and businesses in the North Dorset market towns of Blandford Forum and Sturminster Newton.

Ofcom Will Stop Requiring UK Phone Providers to Offer Local Dialling

23rd Apr 2021 (29 Comments)

Ofcom has today launched a second consultation on the future use of UK telephone numbers, which among other things proposes to remove the obligation on phone operators to provide a “local dialling” facility (this requirement is less relevant on modern internet based networks) and to prohibit “cash for calls” schemes.

Hackney Council and Hyperoptic Agree Deal to Deploy Full Fibre

23rd Apr 2021 (3 Comments)

City-focused UK ISP Hyperoptic, which is currently deploying 1Gbps capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks across large residential buildings (MDUs), office blocks and houses, has reached a new social housing agreement with Hackney Council in London that will see their network cover 30% of homes in the borough.

TalkTalk Sees UK Internet Traffic Fall by 13% as Lockdown Eases

23rd Apr 2021 (4 Comments)

The combination of good weather and the further easing of COVID-19 related lockdown restrictions has, according to UK ISP TalkTalk, seen weekly broadband traffic on their network fall by 13% since the latest relaxation of rules started on 12th April 2021. In short, we’re all spending more time outside.