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Broadband ISP KCOM Hands Out First Digital Inclusion Grants

19th April, 2024 (0 Comments)

Hull-based broadband ISP KCOM, which is building a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has named the first three winners of their Digital Inclusion Grants. The provider offers up to £25k to projects and organisations that are aimed at improving lives in communities across the region.

Vodafone Expands 4G Mobile to 200 UK Rural Locations via SRN

19th April, 2024 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator Vodafone has issued a brief update on their progress under the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which reveals that it has now deployed 4G (mobile broadband) network services to a total of 200 rural sites in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (up from 57 a year ago).

Former Giganet UK Broadband Customers Suffer Cancellation Woes

19th April, 2024 (3 Comments)

Some of Giganet’s former customers have this week complained that they’ve suffered incorrect billing and cancellation problems after switching away to a different broadband ISP on Openreach’s UK network, which should normally be a smooth and largely automated migration process.

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Zayo Group Appoints Colman Deegan as New CEO for Europe

19th April, 2024 (0 Comments)

The Zayo Group, which runs a large high-capacity metro and long-haul fibre optic network with global reach, has today announced that they’ve appointed industry veteran Colman Deegan to be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zayo Europe.

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Project Stratum’s N.Ireland Full Fibre Build on Target for 81,000 Premises

19th April, 2024 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed UK ISP Fibrus this week revealed that the £197m Project Stratum scheme in Northern Ireland, which is working spread a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network into rural areas, is currently “on target” to cover 81,000 premises by June 2025, “on time and within budget.”

Broadband ISP Aquiss Introduce CityFibre Based FTTP Packages

18th April, 2024 (10 Comments)

Shropshire-based UK ISP Aquiss has this evening announced the launch of their first home broadband packages based off CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (here), which will complement their existing range of Openreach-based services.

Broadband ISP Zen Internet Suffers UK Network Outage UPDATE3

18th April, 2024 (19 Comments)

Some of Zen Internet’s broadband ISP customers are this afternoon being affected by a “NATIONWIDE OUTAGE“, which appears to have started at around 11:30am today and is currently still ongoing. BT also saw a small increase in complaints at around the same time, but Zen appears to be suffering from the biggest impact.

Colt Expands Reach to 7 New UK Cities via CityFibre’s Network

18th April, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network operator Colt (Colt Technology Services) recently revealed (here) that their metro fibre optic broadband and Ethernet network has been expanded to reach 7,000 more on-net sites through their long-running partnership with CityFibre, which is deploying a full fibre network across a significant chunk of the UK.

UK ISP Plusnet Discounts 900Mbps FTTP Broadband to £41.99

18th April, 2024 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Plusnet has this week introduced a bunch of new discounts across their home broadband packages, which for example have slashed the monthly price of their top 900Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) package to just £41.99 per month on a 24-month term.

Sky Glass and Sky Stream OS v1.3 Update to Add New UK Features

17th April, 2024 (25 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today announced plans to deploy the next major new update (Entertainment OS v1.3) for the operating system firmware (software) that underpins their broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV platforms, which will introduce a variety of new features when it begins rolling out in the next few weeks.

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Ofcom Sees Virgin Media Attract Most UK Broadband Gripes in Q4 2023 UPDATE

17th April, 2024 (15 Comments)

Ofcom has published their latest study of UK consumer complaints for Q4 2023, which once again names Virgin Media as the worst for attracting the most gripes about fixed broadband, landline phone and pay TV services. Meanwhile, O2, which is part of the same company, attracted the most complaints for Pay Monthly Mobile services.

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MS3 Gain Access to Build FTTP Broadband into Hull’s Apartment Blocks

17th April, 2024 (4 Comments)

Network operator MS3, which is rolling out a new open access (wholesale) full fibre gigabit broadband network across 30 locations in the UK (mostly East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire), has today announced that they’ll be able to tackle more residential apartment blocks (MDUs) in Hull after securing a master wayleave (legal land/property access) agreement.

Nexfibre Builds FTTP Broadband to 1 Million Extra UK Premises UPDATE

17th April, 2024 (12 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of the same parentage as Virgin Media (VMO2), has this morning announced that they’ve extended their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband ISP network to cover 1 million UK premises passed (Ready for Service), which is up from 830,000 in December 2023.

iD Mobile Launch “New” Fixed Price SIM Only Plans with No Annual Price Hikes

17th April, 2024 (15 Comments)

Low-cost UK mobile operator iD Mobile (Currys), which uses Three UK’s national 4G and 5G network via a virtual operator (MVNO) partnership, has today claimed to be launching a “new” set of fixed price SIM Only mobile plans that pledge not to hike their prices each year by the rate of inflation.

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Rural ISP Wessex Internet Scoops Win at 2024 Countryside Alliance Awards

17th April, 2024 (0 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Wessex Internet, which is rolling out a full fibre gigabit broadband network across isolated parts of Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset in England, has celebrated after they won the Rural Enterprise category for the South West region of the 2024 Countryside Alliance Awards.

Ofcom UK Updates 5G Mobile Auction Design for 26GHz and 40GHz

16th April, 2024 (6 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today issued several updates to their planned auction design for releasing a large chunk of millimetre wave (mmW) radio spectrum frequency in the 26GHz and 40GHz bands, which will be used by mobile operators to deliver faster 5G (mobile broadband) services – mostly in urban areas.

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UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Visits Broadband for Surrey Hills Project

16th April, 2024 (15 Comments)

The UK Government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer and local MP, Jeremy Hunt, has visited and praised the Broadband for Surrey Hills (B4SH) project for having worked with volunteers to help bring full fibre (FTTP) gigabit broadband to nearly 1,000 premises in a remote rural area of Surrey (England).