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ISP News Archives for October 25, 2023

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24,000 Extra Coleraine Premises Covered by Virgin Media’s Full Fibre

25th Oct 2023 (7 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has revealed that they and nexfibre have completed another expansion of their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband network, which is now serving an additional 24,000 homes and businesses in the Northern Ireland town and civil parish of Coleraine (County Londonderry).

Virgin Media UK Add New TV 360 and STREAM Features in Update

25th Oct 2023 (11 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has recently begun to issue new firmware updates (v5.04 and v5.05) for both their Virgin TV 360 and STREAM platforms, which add a variety of new features. For example, the Pluto TV streaming app is now available on both 360 and Stream boxes, but that’s not all.

Ofcom UK Opens Review of Fixed Wireless Network Links

25th Oct 2023 (6 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today begun a review of the use and demand for fixed wireless links and related spectrum implications. Such links can be used for all sorts of things, such as delivering broadband to homes, feeding backhaul data capacity for mobile networks in remote areas and TV broadcasts etc.

New AltNet UK ISP UrFibre Deploying FTTP Broadband in Dudley

25th Oct 2023 (7 Comments)

A new alternative network operator and ISP called UrFibre (UrSolutions) has been spotted deploying a new 2Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which is currently only targetting homes and businesses in the West Midland’s (England) market town of Dudley.

VIVID and CTG to Deploy Full Fibre for 16,000 MDU Homes in England

25th Oct 2023 (2 Comments)

Affordable homes’ provider VIVID, which serves the South of England, has teamed-up with the Complete Technology Group (CTG) to help it roll-out new full fibre broadband infrastructure across the high rise blocks of flats (MDUs) in its portfolios – reflecting about 16,000 homes.

EE UK Details 139 Mobile 4G Mast Site Upgrades for Northern Ireland UPDATE

25th Oct 2023 (4 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that, as part of their work under the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, they’ve upgraded 139 mobile mast sites across Northern Ireland and delivered improved 4G mobile coverage.

Vodafone Testing Upper 6GHz Band for 5G mobile

Vodafone Push 5G Broadband Speeds to 5Gbps via Upper 6GHz Band

25th Oct 2023 (13 Comments)

The tedious debate around whether EU and UK regulators should release the upper 6GHz radio spectrum band for use by WiFi or Mobile networks (or share it between both) has taken another twist after Vodafone conducted a new test, which used the band to achieve 5G mobile broadband downloads of “up to” 5Gbps (Gigabits per second).

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