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ISP News Archives for November 2024

Altnets Gain Ability to Replace Openreach Copper Lines with Fibre on Poles UPDATE

6th Nov 2024 (8 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has announced that engineers working for alternative UK broadband networks (altnets) have finally gained a limited ability to replace existing copper drop wires with fibre optic lines on their telecoms poles. Previously, altnets had to wait on the incumbent’s own engineers before this work could be done.

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Channel Islands 5G Boost as Sure Complete Airtel Vodafone Acquisition

5th Nov 2024 (3 Comments)

Mobile and broadband operator Sure, which serves the English Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, has announced the completion of their move to acquire rival Airtel Vodafone. The deal also signals the start of their pledge to invest £48m into building a new “world-class” 5G mobile network across the islands.

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Connexin Begin Rollout of FTTP Broadband in Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire

5th Nov 2024 (5 Comments)

Alternative UK broadband ISP Connexin has today issued a short progress update to state that they’re about to enter the build phase on their £58.6m (state aid funded) Project Gigabit contract for rural parts of Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire (Lot 10), which aims to expand their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 34,320 hard to reach premises.

ISP Fibrus Top 100,000 Customers on UK FTTP Broadband Network

5th Nov 2024 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed network provider Fibrus, which has spent several years rolling out their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of Cumbria (England) and Northern Ireland, has announced that they’ve just connected their 100,000th customer (up from 90,000 on 31st Jul 2024).

CMA Give Provisional Green Light to Vodafone and Three UK Merger UPDATE2

5th Nov 2024 (56 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority has today appeared to give a “provisional” approval to Vodafone and Three UK’s recently tabled commitments (here) under their proposed merger (here), which were intended to placate concerns that the deal could result in a “Significant Lessening of Competition” (SLC) in the mobile market. But it will require changes.

Telecom Acquisitions and ISP Eclipse Broadband to Use KCOM’s Network

4th Nov 2024 (1 Comment)

The Horsham-based Telecom Acquisitions Group (TAL), which is a holding company for several familiar UK residential broadband brands (Home Telecom, Eclipse Broadband etc.), has today announced that they’ve signed a wholesale agreement to access and sell services over KCOM’s full fibre (FTTP) network.

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Zen Internet Sign Deal to Harness Freedom Fibre’s UK Broadband Network UPDATE

4th Nov 2024 (13 Comments)

Rochdale-base broadband ISP Zen Internet has today signed yet another wholesale deal with an alternative full fibre network, which this time will enable them to sell faster internet packages to homes and businesses by harnessing Freedom Fibre‘s 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the North West and West Midlands.

Full Fibre UK ISP BeFibre Launch 2.3Gbps Broadband and 18-Month Terms

4th Nov 2024 (3 Comments)

Merseyside-based alternative broadband operator and UK ISP BeFibre, which sells packages to homes and businesses via FullFibre Limited’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has today refreshed their prices, shifted from 24-month to 18-month contract terms and launched a new 2.3Gbps speed package.

Virgin Media O2 Partners with StartUp, GoDaddy, and egg to Help UK SMEs

4th Nov 2024 (2 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) has today announced that they’ve launched a new Small Business Partnerships initiative with several key brands including Virgin StartUp, GoDaddy, and egg, to bring exclusive offers to small business based broadband and mobile customers.

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UK ISP Fibrus Launch Black Friday Discounts on Full Fibre Broadband

4th Nov 2024 (0 Comments)

Alternative network provider Fibrus, which is deploying a new 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of Cumbria in England and Northern Ireland, has kicked off some early Black Friday discounts that will be available for new customers to take for the next few weeks.

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Virgin Media O2 Says UK Gov Must Get Serious with Tackling Fraud

4th Nov 2024 (7 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2, which invests millions in counter fraud measures each year and blocked more than £250m worth of fraud in 2023, has called on the UK Government to take “urgent action” to address the “epidemic” levels of fraud. The ISP is seeking stronger police powers and the appointment of a dedicated minister.

Mobile Operator O2 UK Quietly Discontinues Pay As You Go Data SIMs

4th Nov 2024 (10 Comments)

Some customers of O2 UK’s (Virgin Media) Pay As You Go Data SIMs (mobile broadband) have recently been surprised to find that they can no longer top their plans up with extra data. The reason for this appears to be because the mobile operator quietly removed them from sale during early August 2024.

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New Vodafone 5G Mast Design Could Cut Number of UK Masts

4th Nov 2024 (16 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has recently begun to introduce a new space-saving “Quad Stack” design of 5G mast across parts of Greater London, which is not only intended to help improve mobile broadband speeds but could also contribute to actually reducing the number of masts and the number of street-level equipment cabinets in some areas.

BT Group UK Reportedly Edges Closer to Sale of Global Division

3rd Nov 2024 (14 Comments)

Telecoms and broadband giant BT Group has reportedly begun the process of making their ‘Global’ division available for sale, either in whole or in pieces. The international arm of the business, which is overseen by Business CEO Bas Burger, typically sells internet, phone and other business solutions to over 1,000 multinational corporate clients worldwide.

City Focused UK ISP Hyperoptic Launch Black Friday Broadband Discounts

2nd Nov 2024 (0 Comments)

Gigabit broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has already extended their full fibre (FTTP / B) network to cover “more than” 1.73 million UK homes in parts of 64 towns and cities (mostly MDUs), has today announced that they’re kicking off their Black Friday deals early with some modest price cuts.

Giffgaff UK Customers Face SIM Activation and Number Porting Delays

2nd Nov 2024 (8 Comments)

Some customers of mobile network provider giffgaff, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on O2’s UK platform, appear to be experiencing a mix of two problems, including delays to new SIM activations and delays to transfers (ports) of mobile numbers – both in to or out of their network.

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Mobile Network Competition Row Erupts on Gibraltar

1st Nov 2024 (4 Comments)

The HM Government of Gibraltar, which is a British overseas territory on Spain’s south coast, appears to have triggered a competition spat with the privately owned broadband operator, GibFibre, after it made amendments to the Communications Act 2006 that could create a “monopolistic environment within Gibraltar for Gibtelecom” (the state-owned mobile operator).