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Civil engineering firm Complete Utilities, which has been working with UK ISP Gigaclear to help build gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks, has suddenly ceased trading, casting doubt on existing projects. Another street works firm, NMCN, also recently went into administration – hampering CityFibre.
Internet shopping giant Amazon has announced that they will launch two prototype Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites by Q4 2022, which will be used to test technologies for their new global ultrafast broadband service that is designed to compete with established constellations from SpaceX (Starlink) and OneWeb.
A new Digital Connectivity Index (DCI) has been published today, which measures how individuals and organisations can connect with one another and the rest of the world through good quality broadband access. Overall the United Kingdom ranks 8th out of the 24 counties of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
UK ISP Grain has today announced that homes and businesses in the large port town of Hartlepool in County Durham (North East England) will be the next to benefit from their deployment of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network.
Rural focused broadband ISP Gigaclear, which is working to build their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across remote parts of England, has launched a special offer that gives new customers an unlimited 100Mbps (symmetric) service for £19 per month for the first 18 months (£44 thereafter).
UK ISP BT and satellite operator OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK government, have today officially signed a Distribution Partner Agreement that could result in faster low-latency backhaul and broadband solutions for businesses. Further down the line, it may also help to cover rural homes by fuelling Fixed Wireless Access.