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Lothian Broadband Gobbles Rival Scottish ISP Highland Wireless

7th October, 2020 (2 Comments)

Fixed wireless and full fibre ISP Lothian Broadband, which covers rural parts of East Lothian and Mid Lothian in Scotland, has acquired the entire issued share capital of rival provider Highland Wireless (Highland Wireless & IT Solutions), which operates much further north and covers around 4,000 premises (see image).

6 Months Free BritBox for BT Broadband and TV Customers

6th October, 2020 (18 Comments)

UK ISP BT has announced that they’ve extended their current partnership with the BritBox video streaming service, which among other things means that the provider’s new and existing broadband and TV customers will now also benefit from a free 6-months subscription to the platform.

EE UK Suffers 4G Mobile Data Wobble in Southern England UPDATE

6th October, 2020 (21 Comments)

Some customers of mobile operator EE (BT) are this morning reporting a sporadic loss of 4G data connectivity (mobile broadband) on their Smartphones in parts of Southern England, such as around Bristol, Crawley, Brighton, London and Thurroc, among other areas

Questions for UK Gov as EU Court Rules on Internet Data Snooping

6th October, 2020 (12 Comments)

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has this morning issued a ruling that appears to impose restrictions on the general and indiscriminate retention of phone and internet data, which raises some new questions for the UK Government’s Investigatory Powers Act (IPAct) – also known as the “snoopers charter.”

Q3 2020 Opensignal Study Reveals the Best UK Mobile Networks

6th October, 2020 (9 Comments)

The latest October 2020 Mobile Network Experience Report from Opensignal has once again named EE as the best overall UK mobile network operator for 3G and 4G (mobile broadband) performance. The operator was also the first to win the new Games Experience category, which looks at areas like latency, packet loss and jitter.

Out of the Frying Pan.. People’s Fibre Target Braintree for FTTP

6th October, 2020 (8 Comments)

New UK ISP People’s Fibre, which in June 2020 scrapped their plan to deploy a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Deeside (Wales) due to Openreach’s rival rollout (here), has now revealed that they intend to cover Braintree in Essex. Except Gigaclear also plan to cover the area.

Quickline Secure £1.8m North Lincolnshire Broadband Contract

5th October, 2020 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Quickline (part of the Bigblu group) has today won its third state aid supported UK broadband delivery contract in the space of a month. The latest deal is worth £1.8m and will see the operator expand their fixed wireless and “full fibre” network to cover 1,500 extra premises in rural parts of North Lincolnshire.

virgin media cable van and two engineers

Virgin Media UK Target 1Gb Broadband for 8 Million More Homes

5th October, 2020 (25 Comments)

The new joint venture between ISP Virgin Media and mobile operator O2 (here) appears to have today resulted in an ambition to expand their gigabit-capable broadband network to reach an extra 1 million premises “within 12 months of the merger closing” (total of 16 million) and to then connect a “further 7 million homes.”

Openreach Add 51 Areas to the Copper Phone to Fibre Migration

5th October, 2020 (40 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today named the next 51 UK exchange locations where they intend to move way from their old copper-based analogue phone (PSTN / WLR) services and on to a new all-IP network, which will apply in areas that receive over 75% coverage via their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network.

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BT and TalkTalk Row Over FTTP Discounts and Competition Rules

5th October, 2020 (5 Comments)

The CEO of low-cost broadband ISP TalkTalk, Tristia Harrison, has criticised BT (Openreach) for not signing long-term discount deals (wholesale) to help boost access to their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network. On the flip side BT is reportedly concerned that being too generous could breach UK competition rules.

Funding Boost Helps Lightning Fibre Deploy FTTP in South East

5th October, 2020 (2 Comments)

New UK ISP Lightning Fibre, which last year started to rollout a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the inner Eastbourne area of East Sussex (here), has today secured an undisclosed investment boost from independent infrastructure and private equity firm Foresight.

Mobile Operator Three UK Allegedly Ponders Sale of 5G Masts

5th October, 2020 (21 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK is reportedly considering whether or not to sell some of its key assets, such as their mobile masts, in order to cash-in on rising valuations for the latest generation of gigabit-capable 5G (mobile broadband) and existing 4G network infrastructure. A merger might also be on the cards.

ISP Plans FTTP Broadband for 120,000 Lincolnshire UK Premises

5th October, 2020 (0 Comments)

Some 120,000 homes in Lincolnshire (England) look set to benefit from a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network after the Quantum Group of Companies, which includes local ISP Quantum Air Fibre, acquired engineering firm QConex (formerly KConex) and is now preparing a major rollout in the county.

BT’s UK Redundancy Plan Triggers Threat of Strike from Union

3rd October, 2020 (47 Comments)

The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has threatened possible strike action against broadband and mobile giant BT after details of the operator’s plan to slash redundancy payments in half were leaked, which comes as many jobs are being lost due to the operator’s new office re-location strategy (closing many existing sites).

Court Clears £800m Sale of OneWeb’s LEO Broadband Satellites

3rd October, 2020 (12 Comments)

The US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has officially approved the £800m ($1bn) sale of OneWeb to the UK Government and Bharti Global (here), which paves the way for the satellite ISP to continue creating a constellation of 650 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites for ultrafast low-latency broadband.

Three UK Scraps Go Binge for Unlimited 4G and 5G Streaming UPDATE

2nd October, 2020 (51 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has suddenly decided to remove their popular “Go Binge” service from new 4G and 5G based mobile plans, which previously gave customers access to unlimited data (mobile broadband) when streaming from popular video, music and social media sites (Netflix, Snapchat, Deezer etc.).

BT Offer 6 Months Free Fibre, Phone and Mobile to 1000 SMEs

2nd October, 2020 (4 Comments)

Back in July BT Business promised a new bursary scheme to help 1,000 UK start-ups and entrepreneurs to recover from the COVID-19 crisis (here). The ISP has now revealed that, as part of that, they will be giving 6 months of “free fibre broadband, digital phone line and mobile” to those small businesses that apply.