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ISP News Archives for December 2021

Virgin Media O2 Update on Rural UK 4G and 5G Progress in 2021

17th Dec 2021 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has today informed us that they’ve upgraded 2,876 locations in small towns and hamlets with 4G this year, and increased 4G network capacity in 178,500 postcodes across the UK. The network provider has also rolled out 5G in a total of 53 smaller towns and hamlets, in addition to urban areas.

Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Pilot Low Bandwidth Smart Home Service

17th Dec 2021 (0 Comments)

City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has deployed gigabit-capable FTTP/B networks across parts of 43 UK towns and cities (e.g. large residential buildings / MDUs), has today launched a new “low-bandwidth” Proof of Concept (PoC) pilot to help connect “smart home equipment“. But homeowners won’t be able to harness the extra line.

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Lit Fibre Bring 1Gbps Broadband to Clacton and Frinton on Sea

17th Dec 2021 (8 Comments)

Full fibre ISP Lit Fibre, which is currently deploying a 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to reach 500,000 UK homes by 2026, has named the neighbouring seaside towns of Clacton-on-Sea and Frinton-on-Sea in Essex (England) as the next ones to benefit from their rollout.

Full Fibre ISP BrawBand in Scotland Launch Pay TV Service

17th Dec 2021 (5 Comments)

Inverness-based broadband ISP BrawBand (HighNet), which currently sells home broadband services over CityFibre’s new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in locations such as Inverness, Glasgow and Renfrewshire, has today launched a new pay TV service via Netgem’s platform.

Gigaclear Get GBP190m Boost for Rural UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

17th Dec 2021 (21 Comments)

Infracapital-backed alternative network ISP Gigaclear, which recently passed 250,000 premises in rural parts of England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today secured another huge £190 million investment boost – this time co-financed by the new UK Infrastructure Bank.

Former Openreach Director Appointed MD of Infrastructure at Hyperoptic

16th Dec 2021 (5 Comments)

Full fibre ISP Hyperoptic, which is building a new gigabit-capable FTTP/B broadband network across parts of 43 UK towns and cities (mostly large residential buildings and office blocks), has announced the appointment of Lisa Neale, a former Openreach Director, to be their new MD of Infrastructure.

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Connected Nations 2021 – UK Gigabit Broadband Cover Hits 47%

16th Dec 2021 (15 Comments)

Ofcom has released their Connection Nations 2021 UK digital infrastructure report, which reveals that the coverage of “gigabit-capable” (1Gbps+) broadband ISP networks has jumped from 27% last year to 47% now (13.7 million households). Plus, around half of UK properties are in areas where 5G mobile is available outside.

Full Fibre ISP Box Broadband Starts Offering Netgem TV Service

16th Dec 2021 (6 Comments)

UK ISP Box Broadband, which is now part of CommunityFibre (here) and has already extended their own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 7,000 homes across parts of Surrey and West Sussex (England), has today become the latest provider to bundle in Netgem’s pay TV box and service.

CityFibre May Extend Stirling’s 1Gbps Broadband to Nearby Villages UPDATE

16th Dec 2021 (8 Comments)

The MP for the small city of Stirling in Scotland, Alyn Smith (SNP), has revealed that CityFibre, which recently completed the rollout of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network for over 20,000 premises in the city, may soon extend this network to reach thousands of premises in nearby villages.

Ofcom UK Sets Out Predictable Annual Work Plan for 2022-23

15th Dec 2021 (2 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed a new annual work plan for the 2022-23 period. The generalised summary covers everything from improving fairness for consumers to the 2G / 3G mobile switch-off and the migration to VoIP phone services from copper lines, among many other things.

Digital Infrastructure Get GBP100m to Fuel UK Full Fibre Rollout

15th Dec 2021 (5 Comments)

Network operator Digital Infrastructure (DI), which a few months ago revealed their aim to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to 1 million UK premises in 84 cities (here), has today confirmed that they’ve been able to secure £100m of funding from Basalt Infrastructure Partners.

5G Performance in London and 5 More UK Cities for H2 2021

15th Dec 2021 (9 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics has today published a new set of H2 2021 results from their testing of 5G (mobile broadband) networks in the UK cities of Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Manchester. Overall, EE tended to deliver the strongest availability and performance, but not for all cities.

Rival Fibre ISPs Gigaclear and Swish Fibre Both Go Live in Thame

15th Dec 2021 (11 Comments)

Smaller UK alternative network ISPs are increasingly starting to butt heads in some of the same areas. The latest example comes from the small market town of Thame in Oxfordshire (England), where Swish Fibre and Gigaclear have both started to go live with a new full fibre broadband network, within days of each other.

B4RN Celebrates 10 Years of Bringing FTTP Broadband to Rural Areas

15th Dec 2021 (12 Comments)

Community ISP B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which are deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural premises in England, has today marked the 10th anniversary of their share launch. The network currently covers around 20,000 premises and has connected 9,000 of those.

EE to Upgrade 2,000 UK Rural Areas to Extend 4G Cover by 2024

15th Dec 2021 (11 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has this morning announced plans to upgrade over 2,000 network sites by June 2024 to help extend 4G coverage (voice and mobile broadband) into rural parts of the UK and to significantly reduce partial not-spots, which forms part of their commitment under the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project.

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TNP Win Full Fibre WAN Contract for Service and Support in Trafford

15th Dec 2021 (1 Comment)

Network services provider TNP (The Networking People) has today secured a key 3-year Wide Area Network (WAN) service delivery and support contract, which should ensure that Trafford becomes one of the first boroughs in Greater Manchester to begin “mainstream use” of the area’s new state aid funded full fibre network.

Q3 2021 Update on BT FTTP Broadband Rollout Progress in Wales

15th Dec 2021 (7 Comments)

The Welsh Government has issued a Q3 2021 progress update on their £52.5m Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contract with BT (Openreach), which confirms that 24,515 premises (up from 20,490 in Q2) have now gained access to the operator’s 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.