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ISP News Archives for April 2022

Broadband ISP Fibrus Boosts Senior Team as Staff Count Hits 300

26th Apr 2022 (1 Comment)

Full fibre operator and UK ISP Fibrus, which is currently rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Northern England and Northern Ireland, has today strengthened its leadership team with three senior appointments and reported that they now directly employ almost 300 people.

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Rural Cornwall ISP Wildanet Extends Full Fibre Build to Pensilva

26th Apr 2022 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Wildanet, which a year ago began the £50m rollout of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Cornwall (here), has now begun to rollout their network to local homes and businesses in the village of Pensilva, which sits in the civil parish of St Ive.

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ISP Virgin Media O2 Business UK Cut Wholesale Ethernet Prices

26th Apr 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) has today confirmed that they’ve reduced the prices of their high-capacity fixed wholesale services to businesses, ISPs and rival networks across all Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) bandwidths and National Ethernet services. Some by as much as 2.8% per annum.

Mobile Operator EE UK to Ship Nreal Augmented Reality Glasses

26th Apr 2022 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE is keen to try and play-up the advantages of their latest 5G based ultrafast mobile broadband network and, in keeping with that, they’ve today announced an agreement with Augmented Reality (AR) innovator Nreal to exclusively launch their new ‘Nreal Air’ glasses in the UK “later this spring“.

Zayo Completes Dark Fibre Network to Proximity’s UK Data Centres

25th Apr 2022 (0 Comments)

The Zayo Group, which operates a large metro and long-haul fibre optic network in the UK, has completed the build of a new high-capacity Dark Fibre network at Proximity’s edge colocation data centre in Chester Gates near Manchester – they’re also nearing completion of another connection for Proximity’s Nottingham edge data centre.

Lightning Fibre Appoint New Board Members to Support UK FTTP Build

25th Apr 2022 (2 Comments)

Alternative UK network ISP Lightning Fibre, which aims to cover over 100,000 premises across parts of East Sussex with their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband infrastructure, has today announced the appointment of two senior telecommunications and infrastructure executives to its Board.

Report Claims CityFibre’s FTTP Rollout to Deliver GBP38bn in UK Economic Benefits

25th Apr 2022 (8 Comments)

A new report from consultancy firm Hatch claims to have identified over £38bn in potential economic benefits – derived over a 15-year period – that could stem from CityFibre’s ongoing UK rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. Naturally, the report was commissioned by CityFibre.

ITS Technology Get GBP100m Funding for UK Full Fibre Rollout

25th Apr 2022 (5 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group (its.) has this morning announced that they’ve secured a further investment of £100m from existing backers at Aviva Investors, which will be used to continue and “accelerate” their existing rollout of “full fibre” broadband and Ethernet services (FTTP, Leased Lines etc.) across more of the United Kingdom.

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ISP Freedom Fibre Warns of Fake UK FTTP Broadband Engineers

24th Apr 2022 (7 Comments)

Network builder Freedom Fibre (FF), which is supported by UK ISP partner TalkTalk (here) and is busy deploying a new 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across semi-rural parts of North England, has warned residents in some of their network patches to be on the lookout for individuals posing as FF engineers.

Smarty Named the Best UK Mobile Operator in Which? Survey

23rd Apr 2022 (22 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has just published the results of its latest survey, which claims to reveal the best and worst UK mobile operators. Overall the four primary operators – O2 (VMO2), EE (BT), Vodafone and Three UK – were “outperformed” by smaller virtual networks, such as Smarty, Giffgaff, Tesco Mobile and Sky Mobile etc.

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Openreach May Stop Selling FTTP on Demand Broadband Products

23rd Apr 2022 (26 Comments)

In an unexpected development, Openreach (BT) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they are currently consulting with UK broadband ISPs on a proposal that could see a “stop sell” being placed on their sometimes troublesome FTTP on Demand (FTTPoD or FoD) product, which could potentially be introduced in late 2022.

CityFibre on The Need to Keep Fibre Optic Broadband Dust Free

22nd Apr 2022 (18 Comments)

One of the most common challenges when deploying and maintaining “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband ISP networks is the impact of dust. A single microscopic speck of dust – impossible to see with the human eye – could feasibly lead to a data communication failure and create performance problems for thousands of customers.

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Future OneWeb Broadband Satellites to Launch on Rockets in India

21st Apr 2022 (4 Comments)

British-registered satellite broadband company OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK Government, has complemented their recent launch deal with SpaceX by signing an additional contract for rocket launches with New Space India Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation.

Engineers Nightmare as Wasps Find Home in Openreach Socket

21st Apr 2022 (13 Comments)

One of Openreach’s senior UK broadband and phone engineers, Amjed, recently got the shock of his life while making repairs at a property in Glasgow. Upon removing one of the operator’s copper phone extension sockets from a wall, he came across a wasp’s nest. We assume he must have been investigating a buzzing sound on the line 🙂 .

ISP No One Cuts UK Full Fibre Prices on CityFibre and Openreach

21st Apr 2022 (18 Comments)

Internet service provider No One, which is a residential-focused sibling of business ISP Trunk Networks (inc. Leetline), has reduced the prices on their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based home broadband packages from networks supplied by both Openreach and CityFibre.

Mobile Operator O2 UK Pledges Better Customer Service

21st Apr 2022 (8 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) has this week informed customers that they’re currently “updating” their systems so that they can be “even more innovative, efficient and streamlined“, which among other things is expected to result in “better customer service“, a better sales experience and “quicker development of new products“.

Business ISP Connectus and IT Solutions Firm KTSL to Merge

21st Apr 2022 (6 Comments)

Business focused UK ISP and Managed Service Provider (MSP) Connectus has announced that they’re merging with IT solutions firm KTSL to create the Connectus Group. The existing CEO of Connectus, Roy Shelton, will also become the CEO of the Connectus Group.