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ISP News Archives for February 15, 2022

Opensignal Compares Global Impact of 5G on Mobile Data Speeds

15th Feb 2022 (2 Comments)

A new study from crowdsourced mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has examined how mobile broadband download speeds have changed, across 100 countries, since 5G networks were introduced. For example, average 4G and 5G download speeds in the UK were 39.7Mbps at the end of 2021, up from 21.7Mbps at the start of 2019.

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Netomnia Invest GBP8m to Rollout FTTP Broadband in Barry

15th Feb 2022 (7 Comments)

Netomnia has today confirmed their second deployment location in Wales (after 55,000 premises in Bridgend), which will see them invest £8m to extend their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to serve around 29,000 premises in the coastal town of Barry (Vale of Glamorgan).

BT Make Home Essentials Broadband Plan Available on High Street UPDATE

15th Feb 2022 (4 Comments)

UK ISP BT has today announced that they’re making their home broadband social tariffs – ‘Home Essentials‘ – available to sign-up for on the high street for the first time, which forms part of their response to today’s affordability report from Ofcom (here).

Three UK Launch New 5G Hub for Unlimited Home Broadband UPDATE

15th Feb 2022 (84 Comments)

New customers of mobile operator Three UK, specifically those taking their 5G based unlimited Home Broadband packages (priced from £21 per month), are now being supplied with a new hub (router) from ZTE. This appears to replace the prior model that was supplied by Huawei (their 4G hub also moved to ZTE last year).

Virgin Media O2 Aims to Reach 50 Percent of UK with 5G in 2023

15th Feb 2022 (13 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media / VMO2) has today pledged to extend their ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) network coverage to reach 50% of the UK’s population in 2023 (not to be confused with geographic coverage). At the same time, they’ve also revealed that their 5G network already reaches 64% of London’s population.

Uswitch 2022 Awards Reveal Top UK Broadband and TV Providers

15th Feb 2022 (4 Comments)

The winners of the annual Uswitch.com Awards 2022 have today been announced, which saw UK ISP BT scoop the surprise win for ‘Broadband Provider of the Year‘ and they also picked up wins across various other categories too. But oddly, this year’s event scrapped the “fastest provider” category. Read on for the full list.

Ofcom Finds Just 55000 UK Homes on a Social Broadband Tariff UPDATE2

15th Feb 2022 (14 Comments)

Ofcom has published their latest report on the availability and take-up of cheaper broadband social tariffs from UK ISPs, which finds that – out of an estimated 4.2 million households in receipt of Universal Credit – just 55,000 homes have taken such a package (1.2% of those eligible). The regulator calls on all providers to do more.

ISP Glide Appoints New Head of Regulation and Compliance

15th Feb 2022 (0 Comments)

Business and residential ISP Glide Group, which is busy extending their UK full fibre broadband network (leased lines and FTTP etc.), has this week announced the appointment of Max Fernando as their new Head of Regulation & Compliance to represent the company in related discussions.

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