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ISP News Archives for March 29, 2023

Octaplus Acquire Legend Fibre’s UK Home Broadband Customers

29th Mar 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and Pay TV provider Octaplus (Octaplus Supercharged), which sells services to consumers over full fibre (FTTP) networks from MS3, CityFibre and FullFibre Limited, has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they’ve acquired the residential customer base from rival provider Legend Fibre.

Ovo Energy May Acquire Shell Energy’s UK Customer Base

29th Mar 2023 (6 Comments)

Utility provider Ovo Energy, which only recently sold off SSE’s phone and broadband customers to ISP TalkTalk (here), is reportedly now looking at a deal to acquire Shell’s domestic UK gas, electricity and broadband business (Shell Energy) – home to c. 1.4m energy and 500,000 internet customers.

Fibrus Bring Rural UK FTTP Broadband Network to 250,000 Premises

29th Mar 2023 (13 Comments)

Infracapital-backed broadband ISP Fibrus, which is rolling out a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across both Northern Ireland and the North of England (Scotland will follow), has issued a progress update that reveals they’ve now covered around 250,000 premises and have 36,000 customers (take-up of c.15%).

Digital Catapult and Ofcom Launch UK Open RAN Testing Facilities – SONIC Labs

29th Mar 2023 (0 Comments)

Digital Catapult and Ofcom have today opened a new testing facility for Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) technology, which is funded by the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and hopes to push forward the rollout of new O-RAN based 4G and 5G mobile networks.

CMA Clamps Down on Online UK Rip-offs and Misleading Prices

29th Mar 2023 (7 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today set out its “red lines” for businesses (including broadband and mobile providers) that make use of “price reduction” and “urgency claims” when selling their products and services to UK consumers. People are also being encouraged to report online rip-offs via a new form.

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WeLink Expand 1Gbps Wireless in Edinburgh to 27,500 Premises

29th Mar 2023 (2 Comments)

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) ISP WeLink Communications UK, which has a network that can offer wireless broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps to homes and businesses, has announced that their deployment in the city of Edinburgh (Scotland) is expanding their carrier-grade coverage to 27,500 premises.

TalkTalk Named Worst Major UK Broadband ISP in Which? Survey

29th Mar 2023 (21 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has published a partial summary of the results from their latest biannual 2023 survey of the best and worst broadband ISPs, which once again named Zen Internet as the best overall provider (customer satisfaction score of 81%), while TalkTalk were found to be the worst of the major players.

Broadband ISP Plusnet Stops Selling Own Brand UK Mobile Plans

29th Mar 2023 (48 Comments)

Budget UK broadband ISP Plusnet, which has often been positioned as BT’s low-cost division, have this morning confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they will today stop selling their own-brand of EE powered Pay Monthly SIM-Only Mobile plans to new customers.

Welsh Full Fibre Broadband ISP Ogi Extend Network to Cardiff

29th Mar 2023 (3 Comments)

Infracapital-backed ISP Ogi, which is investing £200m to build a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network across 150,000 premises in mostly rural parts of Wales by 2025, has today announced that their rollout is – for the first time – being extended into a city centre, specifically Cardiff. But the focus seems to be on businesses.

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