Home » UK ISP News Archive » Monthly Archives: January 2022 (101 Posts Found)

ISP News Archives for January 2022

CommunityFibre Aim FTTP Broadband for 2.2 Million London Homes

27th Jan 2022 (6 Comments)

London-focused UK ISP CommunityFibre (CF), which has already covered 435,000 premises with their 3Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today announced a huge increase in their rollout plan that will see them extend to cover 2.2 million homes in London by the end of 2024.

WightFibre Named First UK ISP to Win Key Customer Service Award

27th Jan 2022 (1 Comment)

Internet provider WightFibre, which is currently rolling out a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (South Coast of Hampshire), appears to have become the first broadband ISP in the UK to secure the Institute of Customer Service‘s (ICS) ServiceMark with Distinction Accreditation.

BT Set to Create 600 New UK Apprenticeship and Graduate Jobs

27th Jan 2022 (20 Comments)

Broadband and telecoms giant BT has announced that they intend to recruit over 600 apprentices and graduates this year (up from 428 last year), which forms part of their September 2022 intake. This will reflect roles spanning areas such as engineering (5G and FTTP etc.), UK customer service, research and cyber-security.

fibre optic green cable flay-gigapixel by 123rf

Credit Suisse Predict 90 Percent UK Full Fibre Coverage for 2025

26th Jan 2022 (17 Comments)

A recent report from banking giant Credit Suisse has estimated that Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks will cover 90% of the UK by 2025. The country was also found to be the “most attractive market” for incremental investment in such networks, thanks to “strong build momentum and interest” in faster broadband.

BT Begin OpenRAN Trial in Hull UK to Boost Mobile Broadband

26th Jan 2022 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ve joined with existing network supplier Nokia to conduct one of their first UK trials of Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) technology in the East Yorkshire City of Hull, which they hope will “enhance [the] mobile broadband experience” for locals.

Tesco Mobile, Sky Mobile and GiffGaff Top for UK Customer Satisfaction

25th Jan 2022 (10 Comments)

The Institute of Customer Service has today published their latest biannual UK Customer Satisfaction Index (Jan 2022), which saw Tesco Mobile, Sky Mobile and giffgaff all managing to make the UKCSI’s ranking of the top 50 organisations – the only telecommunications providers to make the cut.

MediaTek Demo Next Gen Wi-Fi 7 and Claims it Will Kill Cables

25th Jan 2022 (51 Comments)

Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek claims to have conducted the “world’s first live demo” of the next generation Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) wireless networking technology, which is theoretically capable of peak data speeds up to around 40Gbps and “can be a true wireline / Ethernet replacement.”

Openreach Publish Next 113 UK FTTP Broadband Rollout Areas UPDATE2

25th Jan 2022 (72 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has this morning published the first update of 2022 to the £15bn rollout plan for their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which adds 113 new locations (towns and villages) to their coverage plan. The operator aims to reach 25 million premises (80% of the UK) by December 2026.

Vodafone UK Reveals Plan to Switch-Off 3G Network from 2023

25th Jan 2022 (23 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today announced that they will begin to retire their “legacy” 3G network from 2023 onwards. The gradual phase-out will enable them to repurpose the related radio spectrum bands to help boost the performance (faster broadband data), reliability and coverage of their existing 4G and 5G services.

Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to GBP50.99

25th Jan 2022 (67 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) will this morning discount the price of their top “Gig1 Fibre Broadband” (1130Mbps download and 52Mbps upload) package, for new customers, from £62 to £50.99 per month on an 18-month term (a one-off £35 setup fee also applies).

Brsk Plan FTTP Broadband for 150K Greater Manchester Homes

24th Jan 2022 (3 Comments)

UK ISP Brsk, which is busy building a new gigabit-capable and “open access” Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today announced a major expansion that will see them aim to cover 150,000 premises across the Greater Manchester area (i.e. Stockport and the surrounding areas, with plans for Middleton and Oldham).

Jurassic Fibre Christmas Tree Recycling Team

Jurassic Fibre Breaks from FTTP Rollout to Recycle XMas Trees

24th Jan 2022 (3 Comments)

And now for something completely different. Broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South West England, has volunteered staff and vans to assist in Hospiscare’s (charity) Christmas Tree Recycling fundraiser. A total of 1,200 trees were collected, raising £16K.

CityFibre FTTP Broadband Finally Goes Live in Gloucester UK

24th Jan 2022 (6 Comments)

After a long wait, CityFibre has announced that their £31m project to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across the city of Gloucester (Gloucestershire, England) has finally started to go live and connect the first local homes and businesses.

Virgin-Media-O2-Street-Cabinet-and-FTTP-Engineer

Virgin Media O2 UK Starts Trial to Tackle Vandalised Cabinets

24th Jan 2022 (15 Comments)

A new 6-month long trial has been launched by broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media (VMO2) in the City of York, which will see the provider working alongside the city council to repaint vandalised street cabinets and bring them back to their original state.

Vodafone UK Allegedly Expressed Interest in Three UK Merger

24th Jan 2022 (20 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK is allegedly reported to have explored a move to merge with rival Three UK by acquiring them from parent CK Hutchison Holdings. But the expression of interest, which is said to have been made last year, did not lead to an agreement and is no longer part of active negotiations.

Censorship and forbidden speech warning sign uk internet

DCMS Committee Finds Online Safety Bill Gets the Balance Wrong

24th Jan 2022 (1 Comment)

A new cross-party UK report from the DCMS Select Committee has warned that the Government’s new Online Safety Bill (OSB), which will task Ofcom with tackling “harmful” content online, fails to get the balance right and “neither protects freedom of expression nor is it clear nor robust enough to tackle illegal and harmful online content.”

How Not to Fix an Address Problem – Openreach’s Comical Gaffe

23rd Jan 2022 (21 Comments)

Openreach made a somewhat comical gaffe this week after they told an end-user, who lives in a copper “stop sell” area and was trying to order a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband service, that the best way to resolve a problem with getting his UK address recognised was to “place an order for a telephone service only“.