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ISP News Archives for 2023

A Quick Look at the Changing Growth of UK Full Fibre AltNets

6th Feb 2023 (24 Comments)

We’ve recently been talking a lot about the challenges being faced by alternative broadband network providers (AltNets) and related ISPs in the UK, so it’s worth taking a minute to scan over the latest data from Intelligens Consulting. This summarises the build plans and changing market shares of the largest ten players.

O2 UK Recommits to Inclusive EU Mobile Roaming as Standard

6th Feb 2023 (23 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has recommitted to continue their existing policy of retaining inclusive EU roaming as a standard feature on their plans, which they claim could be helping to save an average family of four around £100 during a two-week trip away. Across the UK, this could be saving as much as £3m per week throughout 2022.

Virgin Media UK Offers 6 Months Half Price Ultrafast Broadband

6th Feb 2023 (0 Comments)

Consumers looking to join UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) may like to know that the provider has started this week by refreshing their discounts for new customers, which among other things includes 6 months of half-price service on their standalone ultrafast broadband plans (i.e. on the 125Mbps to 500Mbps tiers).

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Worcestershire UK Council Target 90% Gigabit Broadband by 2027

4th Feb 2023 (8 Comments)

The Worcestershire County Council (WCC) in England has committed to help ensure that 90% of premises across the county will be able to access a gigabit-capable broadband ISP network by 2027, which will be partly funded via clawback (gainshare) from their earlier rollout programme with Openreach (Superfast Worcestershire).

Starlink Testing Next Gen LEO Satellite Broadband Dishes

3rd Feb 2023 (8 Comments)

SpaceX’s popular Starlink service, which harnesses a mega constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to deliver low latency ultrafast broadband speeds to homes, has been given approval to test up to 200 models of its “next-generation phased array antennas” (i.e. the dish that goes on your home) to improve connectivity.

Wales Seeks to Ensure New Build Homes Get Gigabit Broadband

3rd Feb 2023 (1 Comment)

The Welsh Government (WG) has today signalled its intention to follow England’s updated Building Regulations by launching a consultation into proposals that would echo those, not least by requiring housing developers to “ensure all new build houses be equipped with gigabit broadband capability“.

Three UK Follows EE and Vodafone to Put 5G on London Underground

3rd Feb 2023 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator Three UK has confirmed that they too have joined EE (here) and Vodafone (here) in starting to rollout their ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) service on the London Underground (tube trains), with Archway, Tufnell Park, and Notting Hill Gate stations this week becoming the first to be upgraded.

House of Lords Debates Rising Broadband Prices from UK ISPs

3rd Feb 2023 (8 Comments)

A short but interesting debate took place yesterday in the House of Lords (Parliament), which saw many cross-party peers call on the UK government – represented by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (DCMS) – to do more to help tackle the impact of recent above-inflation price hikes by broadband ISPs.

Ofcom Propose NOT to Block Openreach’s UK FTTP Price Cuts UPDATE

3rd Feb 2023 (45 Comments)

Ofcom has today opened an expected consultation into Openreach’s ‘Equinox 2‘ discount scheme, which will further reduce the wholesale prices of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband products for ISPs and thus consumers. But their “provisional” view is “not intervene“, which is likely to anger alternative networks (AltNets).

Vodafone UK Follows EE to Deploy 5G on London Underground

2nd Feb 2023 (12 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has confirmed that customers using the Notting Hill Gate station on the London Underground have started to receive their ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) signal. The tunnels from Holland Park to Queensway (Central Line) and Archway to Kentish Town (Northern Line) will follow by the weekend.

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Ofcom UK Sets Out Expectations for 2G and 3G Mobile Switch-Off

2nd Feb 2023 (17 Comments)

Ofcom has today set out their “expectations” for how they want mobile operators – Three UK, Vodafone, EE (BT) and O2 (VMO2 / Virgin Media) – to approach the phased switch-off of legacy 2G and 3G mobile services. The goal being to ensure consumers are “treated fairly” and aren’t left cut-off from vital services.

BT Results See Openreach Near 10 Million FTTP Premises Milestone

2nd Feb 2023 (30 Comments)

The BT Group has today published their latest Q3 FY23 results to December 2022, which saw the coverage of Openreach’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network reach 9.57 million premises (up by 810k in the quarter vs 805k last quarter) and EE increase their 5G customer based to 8.5 million (up from 8.157m).

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CityFibre Restructures to Keep UK FTTP Plan on Track – Cuts 400 Jobs UPDATE

2nd Feb 2023 (44 Comments)

CityFibre has reportedly begun a new restructuring process that could result in the loss of up to 400 jobs out of their 2,000 strong workforce. The operator has blamed this on the UK’s “struggling” economy (i.e. causing rising costs for their business) and the desire to keep their rollout of full fibre gigabit broadband on track.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Creating 350 New Apprenticeship Roles

2nd Feb 2023 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP, pay TV and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has this morning announced that they will create “around” a further 350 new apprenticeship roles across the United Kingdom in 2023, which is up from a commitment of 200 last year.

Full Fibre UK ISP Zzoomm Reaches 100,000 Premises Milestone

1st Feb 2023 (6 Comments)

Alternative network builder and UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced that their multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has now covered 100,000 premises across 29 locations. The figure is double the 50,000 they reported in July 2022 and ten times more than the 10,000 they had in December 2021.

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Quickline UK Grows Rural Full Fibre Network to 10,000 Premises

1st Feb 2023 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Quickline, which is deploying a mix of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) networks across parts of Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire in England, has today revealed that their full fibre build has now covered 10,000 premises across multiple locations and rising.

Full Fibre UK Builders Light Source Facing Uncertain Future UPDATE

1st Feb 2023 (16 Comments)

Civil engineering firm Light Source, which works with a number of UK operators to deploy Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP infrastructure (e.g. Upp, Netomnia, Virgin Media, Airband and KCOM), appears to be experiencing problems after engineers reported being laid off and a manager said they had “entered administration“.