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Broadband ISP YouFibre, which sells packages via Netomnia’s 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has introduced its own Black Friday discount by slashing the price of their 150Mbps (symmetric) speed package from £21.99 to £19.99 per month.
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today set out the design of their planned auction for a large chunk of millimetre wave (mmW) radio spectrum frequency across the 26GHz and 40GHz bands, which is to be used by mobile network operators to deliver even faster 5G (mobile broadband) services – mostly across urban areas.
Broadband ISP G.Network, which is building a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to homes and businesses in parts of London, has just signed a new deal with Maxus dealership HTC Van Centre. The move sees the operator adding 100 electric vans from Harris Maxus to their fleet.
Customers of broadband and energy provider Shell Energy, which is in the process of being acquired by the Octopus Energy Group (here), recently launched its own set of Black Friday discounts and at the same time scrapped their 18-month minimum term contracts in favour of a softer 12-month term.
Residential customers of UK broadband ISP BT, specifically those who take their Pay TV service, are this week starting to be informed about the previously announced plan to re-brand their service to EE TV. The notice reveals that this change will officially take place from 6th December 2023.
Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today published a new report, based on analysis carried out by WPI Economics, which reveals that a “stark digital divide” still exists “between rural and urban areas” when it comes to mobile phone and 5G (mobile broadband) coverage. If only there was a mega-merger looming that could solve it.
Openreach (BT) has published an update on their Exchange Exit Pilot, which recognises the “resource-intensive nature” of the work for ISPs and has thus reduced the number of exchanges involved from five to three. All of this forms part of their plan to shut 4,500 exchanges, which will impact various broadband, PIA and Ethernet services.