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ISP News Archives for October 2023

UK ISP Plusnet Discount 900Mbps FTTP Broadband to £43.99

13th Oct 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Plusnet has today discounted the price of their top two Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based packages on Openreach’s national network, which means that their 900Mbps tier is now just £43.99 per month on a 24-month term (£62.92 thereafter) and 500Mbps is £34.99 (£53.77 thereafter).

Mobile Operator O2 UK Boosts Data on Pay As You Go Plans

12th Oct 2023 (13 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) has today refreshed some of their SIM Only “Pay As You Go” mobile plans (Big Bundles), which sees a number of their plans getting a data allowance (mobile broadband) boost for no extra cost. The £15 for 25GB “Rolling Plan” has also been boosted to 30GB, although the rest of their Rolling Plans are unchanged.

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Starlink Updates on Plan for 4G Space Mobile Direct to Cell Service

12th Oct 2023 (2 Comments)

SpaceX’s global network of Starlink ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) have just moved a step closer to launching their new ‘Direct to Cell‘ product, which will harness that same network in order to deliver a 4G mobile service to unmodified Smartphones across the world (regulation and ground stations allowing).

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Boldyn Networks Build New UK Fibre Network in Kingston upon Thames

12th Oct 2023 (3 Comments)

Digital infrastructure firm Boldyn Networks (formerly BAI Comms) has announced that they’re working with the Greater London Authority (GLA), Virgin Media and Transport for London (TfL) to deploy a new “high-speed” full fibre network across the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

David Davis MP Pressures KCOM to Help Resolve FTTP Poles Dispute

12th Oct 2023 (19 Comments)

The MP for Haltemprice and Howden, David Davis, has called on ISP KCOM, MS3, Connexin and other alternative broadband network operators in East Yorkshire (England) to help resolve the “unsightly mess of unnecessary street furniture” (a reference to recent protests against poles) by fairly sharing access to existing ducts and poles.

First Connections Live on Ogi’s New Cardiff Full Fibre Network

12th Oct 2023 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed UK broadband ISP Ogi has this morning revealed that their new multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the city of Cardiff (Wales) has finally started to go live. But for now the provider’s local deployment is largely focused upon catering for businesses (they focus on homes in other locations).

Competition Authority Consults on Vodafone and Three UK Merger

11th Oct 2023 (20 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today opened up a consultation for feedback on the proposed mobile mega-merger between Three UK and Vodafone (here), which would reduce the number of mobile operators in the market from four to three and may thus impact upon competition, consumer prices, jobs and security.

G.Network Sign First UK ISP to London Fibre Network at Wholesale

11th Oct 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder G.Network, which is rolling out a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network to homes and businesses across parts of London, has today announced that business provider Spitfire has officially become their first wholesale partner on the new infrastructure.

Lyca Mobile UK Confirm Personal Data Breached by Hackers

11th Oct 2023 (26 Comments)

Mobile operator Lyca Mobile, which last week confirmed that it had been struck by a serious cyberattack that disrupted their systems and connectivity services across the UK (as well as in various other countries), has now confirmed that the hackers also “accessed at least some of the personal information held in our systems“.

Rural Full Fibre UK ISP Gigaclear Praise ATS for Training its Engineers

11th Oct 2023 (3 Comments)

Rural ISP Gigaclear, which covers 500,000 premises (430k Ready for Service) across 25 counties in England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has praised ATS Group for helping to train their engineers in the South of England and getting them into the field far quicker than before.

Mobile Operator Giffgaff Finally Launches UK eSIM Support

11th Oct 2023 (28 Comments)

Mobile network operator giffgaff has just become the latest provider to introduce eSIM (Electronic SIM) support, although at present they only appear to be allowing existing customers with the operator’s latest Smartphone app installed (iOS App and Android App) – version 12.13.0-v337 or above – to transition from a physical to electronic SIM.

Final Call as the UK BT Sport TV App to Shut Down This Week

10th Oct 2023 (9 Comments)

People who are still using the BT Sport TV App have today been given a final warning about its imminent shut down, which is due to occur on the 12th October 2023. Customers who wish to keep accessing the same content (now re-branded as TNT Sports) will instead need to download the Discovery+ App.

Vodafone to Develop New OpenRAN Mobile Chips with ARM

10th Oct 2023 (4 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone has announced a new collaboration with British semiconductor firm ARM, which is designed to help fast-track the development of new platforms (chipsets) for their future 4G and 5G based Open Radio Access Networks (Open RAN).

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Nokia Sets 800Gbps World Record for Transoceanic Fibre Optic Speeds

10th Oct 2023 (11 Comments)

Nokia’s Bell Labs research division has established two new world records in submarine optical communications. The first achieved a net data rate of 800Gbps (Gigabits per second) on a single optical wavelength at a distance of 7865km, while the second hit a net throughput of 41Tbps (Terabits) over 291 km via a C-band unrepeated transmission system.

Persimmon Homes UK ISP Fibrenest Launch New Broadband Router UPDATE

10th Oct 2023 (11 Comments)

Broadband provider FibreNest, which is the Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) operator for Persimmon Homes‘ new build UK housing developments, appears to have introduced a new router for customers who are just joining the service. The new unit replaces their previous Linksys Velop system, although we’re unsure whether it’s an improvement.

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Openreach Tops 1 Million FTTP Broadband Premises in Scotland

10th Oct 2023 (7 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has announced that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network now covers just over 1 million properties in Scotland, which is up from 949,000 in late August 2023 and 800,000 in mid-March 2023. The operator has also revealed the 20 locations with the best “ultrafast broadband coverage” on their network.

Full Fibre UK ISP and AltNet Toob to Focus on Growing Take-up

9th Oct 2023 (27 Comments)

Nick Parbutt, the boss of network builder and UK gigabit broadband ISP toob, has revealed that the operator may have changed its strategy to focus more on growing customer take-up than on expanding their network coverage. But at this stage it’s unclear whether this will impact their existing coverage target.