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A new report from strategic consultancy firm Eight Advisory has examined the question of why the average consumer take-up across alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks (Altnet) is currently still at 16%, while Openreach stands at c.34%, despite the collective footprint of the new challengers now equalling that of the incumbent.
The shortlist for the third annual UK Fibre Awards event, which is due to take place next month (6th June 2024) in London, has today been released. The event usually sees various broadband ISPs and full fibre network builders across several categories pick up awards for their achievements.
Broadband and mobile giant Virgin MediaO2 has teamed-up with IT services company Accenture to boost their 5G private network capabilities for UK businesses, which may help them to “seize opportunities” in the country’s growing mobile private network market – estimated to reach £528 million by 2030 (STL Partners forecast).
The Complete Technology Group (CTG), which is a landlord advisory service that also runs sister company Complete Fibre (i.e. they install full fibre broadband infrastructure into large apartment blocks), has today become the first company in the telecoms sector to complete Stage 2 of the new Building a Safer Future (BSF) Champion Assessment.
Mobile operator Three UK has today revealed that the anti-spam filters on their network have blocked more than 173 million spam texts, equivalent to 10,000 every hour of the day, in the last two years, as part of its efforts to protect customers from rising online fraud – thanks in no small part to their Mavenir platform.
Network operator CityFibre has this morning revealed that their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has now grown to cover 3.6 million UK premises (3.3m RFS), which is up slightly from 3.5m (3.2m RFS) in late January 2024. The network is also home to 400,000 customer connections (up 77% year-on-year).