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The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is inviting applications for up to £80m of funding to support the development of open network solutions, such as 4G and 5G OpenRAN on mobile networks and other technologies that can help to standardise their design, functionality and interoperability.
Business broadband ISP and IT support provider Trunk Networks, which previously also operated the residential focused No One and Leetline sub-brands, appears to have slipped into liquidation toward the end of last year. But while Trunk is no more, those residential off-shoots continue to grow.
Fixed wireless access ISP Cromarty Firth Wireless Networks, which serves the rural area of Ardross in the Scottish Highlands, has today announced a couple of significant network upgrades. The changes will play their part in boosting local internet speeds toward ultrafast and possibly gigabit-capable territory in the future.
A new UK broadband ISP appears to have launched this month called Rebel Internet, which is run by two former BT executives – CEO Tucker George and COO David Groth – and aims to do things differently from others by pledging “no contracts“, “fair pricing” and a “customers first” approach with “Wi-Fi that actually works“.
Network access provider Openreach (BT) has announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network now covers over 800,000 premises across Scotland, which has been achieved via an investment of just £240 million (reflecting their “average UK build cost” of £300 per premises passed).
The latest annual study from Cable.co.uk has tested fixed broadband ISP packages from 219 countries to create a global price comparison, which finds that the UK ranks 76th cheapest (vs 92nd last year), with an average monthly cost of $34.19 (£28.42). But we rank 104th cheapest for average cost per megabit ($0.61).