Home » UK ISP News Archive » Monthly Archives: May 2023 (127 Posts Found)

ISP News Archives for May 2023

Virgin Media Business UK Hitron CHITA Router

ISP Virgin Media Business UK Launch Flexible Broadband Plans

5th May 2023 (6 Comments)

New customers of Virgin Media Business (VMO2) can, from today, now choose to take one of their new Flex offerings, which enables small businesses to move either up or down between different “VOOM Fibre” broadband package options (i.e. customers can “flex” or change their package every 30 days).

FullFibre Ltd Drop UK ISP Zybre from Network as Provider Faces Strike-Off UPDATE2

5th May 2023 (14 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP ZYBRE (Air Broadband) are facing more uncertainty after one of their remaining network partners, FullFibre Limited, informed related users that they’d taken the “difficult decision to no longer work” with the provider. On top of that, ZYBRE has also received a “First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off“.

VMO2-Starlink-Wavemobile-Trial-in-Rural-Wales

Virgin Media O2, Starlink and Wavemobile Trial Brings 4G to Remote Wales

5th May 2023 (15 Comments)

O2 UK (VMO2) has completed a unique trial in an extremely remote part of Wales, which successfully worked with Starlink’s network of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Wavemobile to deploy a mobile broadband capable 4G signal to the area around the South Stack Lighthouse in Holyhead, Anglesey.

Sky Stream TV Customers Now Need a 25Mbps Broadband Speed UPDATE

4th May 2023 (22 Comments)

Some customers of Sky’s standalone Sky Stream TV product, which uses your UK broadband ISP and WiFi connection to stream their on-demand video content and live TV channels directly to your existing TV set (without a satellite dish), may be displeased to learn that you now need a much faster minimum download speed.

Rural ISP FACTCO Sign FTTP Broadband Partnership with FullFibre Ltd

4th May 2023 (0 Comments)

Liverpool-based network builder and UK ISP FACTCO has decided to extend their existing network reach by signing a new partnership agreement with a fellow alternative network provider, FullFibre Limited. This will enable them to sell services to homes and businesses over both networks.

Gigaloch Target Full Fibre Rollout for 200,000 UK Premises

4th May 2023 (0 Comments)

Fife-based broadband ISP Gigaloch, which in 2020 began building their own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across a few remote rural communities in Cheshire (England) and Perthshire (Scotland), has secured their first institutional financing round and are now aiming to cover up to 200,000 premises (mostly in Scotland).

Survey Claims UK 5G Mobile Users are Satisfied with Performance

4th May 2023 (23 Comments)

A new OnePoll survey of 1,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Green Smartphones and focused on those who reported using 5G to get online via their mobile phones, has claimed that 80% of people are satisfied with the broadband speeds and coverage offered by their 5G service (9% were dissatisfied, while 12% were undecided).

ISP Sky Broadband UK Preparing New Home Router for H2 2023

4th May 2023 (33 Comments)

Sources have informed ISPreview that UK ISP Sky Broadband (Sky), which sells FTTC and FTTP packages via Openreach’s national network, are aiming to introduce a new WiFi 6 capable router for their residential customers sometime around the end of Q3 and early Q4 2023.

Rural UK Broadband ISP Airband Appoints New Chairman

3rd May 2023 (4 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Airband, which is deploying a mix of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks across various parts of the UK, has announced the appointment of Ian Fishwick as both their new Chairman of the Board and a Non-Executive Director.

EE UK Launch New Console Trade-In Service and PC Gaming Laptop Bundles

3rd May 2023 (4 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE (BT) has today launched a new console (video gaming) trade-in service that offers cashback for old gaming hardware. On top of that, they’ve also launched a new range of PC gaming packages featuring premium laptops, which are designed to complement their 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) plans.

Business UK ISP Sky Connect Rebrands Under Sky Business

3rd May 2023 (1 Comment)

Sky’s (Sky Broadband) sibling ISP for small business broadband customers, Sky Connect, has today joined with Sky Business TV to both relaunch under the singular Sky Business brand – providing both business connectivity and entertainment products.

Vodafone UK and ITN Test 5G Standalone for Live Broadcast TV

3rd May 2023 (9 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone and TV broadcaster ITN have today announced that the Coronation of King Charles III will be the first UK broadcast to be enabled by a public 5G Standalone (SA) network, which will harness a specific “network slice” on the operator’s trial network.

Survey Finds Confusion Over UK Broadband and Mobile Contracts

3rd May 2023 (5 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 2,003 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch.com, has found that average monthly bills for broadband ISP bundles and mobile phones have increased by £18.50 and £9.50 (per month) respectively this year. Despite that, 27% of broadband and 22% of mobile users still do not know when their contracts end.

Connect Fibre Engineers Next to Fibre Drum

Connect Fibre Bring FTTP Broadband to Thorne and Killamarsh

3rd May 2023 (0 Comments)

ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets), which aims to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England with their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has continued their steady rollout and now looks set to go live in the large village of Killamarsh (Derbyshire) and the town of Thorne (South Yorkshire).

Channel Islands 2023 Map - Guernsey and Jersey

Guernsey ISP Sure Extend 1Gb FTTP Broadband to 9,000 Homes

3rd May 2023 (4 Comments)

The States of Guernsey has confirmed that their joint £37.5m project with incumbent broadband ISP Sure, which aims to build a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the entire English Channel Island of Guernsey (30,000 premises) by the end of 2026, is running ahead of schedule and has now covered 9,000 homes.

scotland_rural_5g_mast_Scottish_government

First of 120 Planned UK Gov Funded 4G Mast Upgrades Goes Live in Scotland

3rd May 2023 (1 Comment)

The first UK government-funded rural 4G mobile mast upgrade has today been completed in the Lockerbie area in Scotland, which forms part (£75m) of their industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project with EE (BT), Vodafone, Three UK and O2 (Virgin Media). A further 120+ masts in Scotland are also set for upgrades.

Rural UK Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear Celebrates 75,000 Customers

2nd May 2023 (14 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has deployed a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 380,000 premises (mostly in England), have today celebrated after they announced the connection of their 75,000th customer to the network.