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The Scottish Government has today launched a new Open Market Review (OMR), which forms part of the UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout and aims to identify which areas will need state aid support to help spread the availability of gigabit speed networks “nationwide” by 2030.
UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) has announced that they’re preparing to bring the latest model of their core Firebrick routers into service (FireBrick FB9000), which include better hardware and as a result they’ll be able to trial faster broadband speeds on their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based packages.
A new report claims that broadband ISP Trooli, which holds an ambition to reach a “minimum” of 1 million UK premises with their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2024, is close to launching an equity sale process that could raise £200m and significantly accelerate their rollout target.
Mobile operator Three UK has today become the latest provider to join the Good Things Foundation’s charitable National Databank scheme, which aims to provide free mobile broadband data to community groups and the people they support to aid internet connectivity – either via SIM cards or vouchers.
After just two months since it was first announced (here), broadband ISP Lit Fibre has today confirmed that the first homes are now starting to go live on their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the Essex (South East England) seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea.
UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has this morning sweetened the existing discounts on their ultrafast broadband and phone bundles, which knocks a few extra pounds off the previous offer. Packages now start at just £25 per month for a speed of 108Mbps (10Mbps upload) with free setup (usually £35) and included weekend calls.