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Cambridgeshire-based UK ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd.) has today secured a “significant” new investment from Foresight Group LLP, which will enable them to rollout a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England.
Infracapital-backed broadband ISP WightFibre, which is busy investing £85m to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (South Coast of Hampshire, England), are celebrating today after they achieved an important milestone by connecting their 10,000th customer to the service.
The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents UK alternative broadband ISP networks, has called on AltNets to help it by participating in a new survey assessing the development of the country’s independent networks.
Broadband ISP Quickline has today claimed to be the “first” company in the UK to offer Standalone 5G (SA) technology, which will be used to bring superfast and ultrafast broadband speeds to rural areas. The first services will offer speeds of up to 450Mbps, but there are “plans” to hit “gigabit capability” by summer 2022.
At the start of this year we noted that Netomnia were set to extend their UK rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to more of Scotland, with Hamilton being one of their targets (here). Today the operator has confirmed that they will invest £21m on the town’s build for “almost” 70,000 premises.
The Complete Technology Group (CTG), which manages and audits broadband installations on behalf of landlords, has secured an investment of £125 million from InfraRed Capital Partners (InfraRed) to help them improve fibre optic connectivity in over 700,000 homes across the United Kingdom.
City focused UK ISP Hyperoptic, which is building a new gigabit-capable FTTP/B broadband network across parts of 57 UK cities and towns (mostly large residential buildings / MDUs and office blocks), has today launched a new sale that significantly discounts some of their packages (e.g. 1Gbps for £35 per month).
Network access provider Openreach (BT) has launched a new “speed test trial” for UK ISPs on their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which aims to make it easier for providers to identify the cause of speed issues by ruling out as many other potential variables as possible.