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Business UK ISP Onecom Acquires Customers of Rival 9 Group

8th March, 2021 (0 Comments)

Hampshire-based business broadband ISP Onecom, which is backed by a £100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), has added 450 indirect channel partners and over 5,000 telephony, hosted voice and on-premise customers after acquiring 9 Group (9 Retail and 9 Partners) for an undisclosed sum.

New Chair Joins the UK’s Broadband Stakeholder Group Think-Tank

8th March, 2021 (0 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholder Group, which is a think-tank that advises the UK Government on internet and broadband connectivity issues, has appointed Stephanie Liston, a senior lawyer with international experience in pragmatic commercial, legal and regulatory advice, to be the group’s new Chair.

Hyperoptic Study Examines Broadband in the Post Pandemic Home

8th March, 2021 (4 Comments)

UK ISP Hyperoptic and SAY Property Consulting have published a new report, which surveyed over 2,000 members of the public and 311 property industry experts to help understand how the COVID-19 crisis has changed internet connectivity in homes and what the post-pandemic world may look like. Just 10% of people want to go back to the office full-time.

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New Toolkit to Aid Scotland’s Rollout of 5G Mobile Broadband

7th March, 2021 (1 Comment)

The Infralink programme, which is funded by The Scotland 5G Centre (i.e. it’s one of their key Wave 1 projects), has today launched a “game-changing” initiative that will pave the way for greater 4G and 5G mobile connectivity across Scotland by helping to “identify sites on public buildings for masts and antennae.”

ISP Connectus Brings Gigabit Fibre to Doncaster Business Park

7th March, 2021 (4 Comments)

Business focused UK ISP Connectus has announced that their gigabit-capable broadband network has now been extended to cover the Kestrel Court business park in Doncaster (South Yorkshire), which sits adjacent to Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

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DCMS Committee Demands Answers on UK Gigabit Broadband Target UPDATE

6th March, 2021 (35 Comments)

The Chair of the cross-party DCMS Select Committee, Julian Knight, has criticised the UK Government for having “failed to answer” a key question in their recent report, which called for a detailed plan to show how it would deliver on its revised-down target for “gigabit-capable broadband.” The committee is now seeking a fuller response.

Spectrum Internet and Openreach FTTP Rollouts Clash in Rural Wales

6th March, 2021 (8 Comments)

Residents in the rural village of Llanvaches near Newport (South Wales) will soon be able to benefit from a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network thanks to UK ISP Spectrum Internet, which is being part-funded by the Rural Gigabit Voucher Scheme. But Openreach’s rival state aid supported rollout isn’t far behind.

Rural UK ISP County Broadband Donates Tablets to School

5th March, 2021 (6 Comments)

Colchester-based ISP County Broadband, which is supported by a £46m investment from Aviva and working to roll-out a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the rural East of England, has donated an “initial batch” of 10 new tablets to St Andrew’s Primary School in Weeley.

Full Fibre ISP Trooli Grows Network to 70,000 UK Premises

5th March, 2021 (5 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Trooli, which is currently deploying their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Kent, Hampshire and East Sussex in England, has hit a new milestone after their deployment reached 70,000 premises (up from 50,000 in Nov 2020 and 26,000 in Jun 2020).

Vodafone UK Launch Pro Broadband Packages and Super Wi-Fi

5th March, 2021 (43 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK have today launched a new range of fixed line “Pro Broadband” packages for homes, which give you better support, “Super Wi-Fi” (i.e. a mesh based WiFi solution to boost coverage) and a hybrid router solution that seamlessly switches between fixed line and 4G (mobile broadband) to keep you online.

New UK Law Passed to Spread Gigabit Broadband into Big Buildings

5th March, 2021 (18 Comments)

After a long wait the new Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill is set to become law, albeit with a few changes, after passing through parliament. The law aims to make it quicker and cheaper for “gigabit-capable” ISPs to access big blocks of flats or apartments (MDU) when “rogue landlords” fail to respond.

Swish Fibre Begins Full Fibre Rollout for Farnham in Surrey UK

4th March, 2021 (5 Comments)

UK ISP Swish Fibre, which aims to rollout a 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 250,000 premises in the Home Counties of England, has announced that they’ve broken their first ground in Surrey with a deployment in Farnham. The town is home to around 40,000 people.

Shetland Telecom Completes Subsea Fibre Optic Link to Yell

4th March, 2021 (6 Comments)

Shetland Telecom, which is an arms-length organisation set up by the Shetland Islands Council (Scotland) to develop local telecommunications networks, has this week reported that they’ve just completed the first ever fibre optic link to the island of Yell as part of the £1.91m North Isles Fibre project.

Virgin Media UK Sets New Traffic Record on Call of Duty Surge

4th March, 2021 (6 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media reports that internet download traffic on their network hit a new record on Thursday 25th Feb 2021, with the average user consuming a whopping 20.77GB (GigaBytes) of data in a single 24-hour period (3.5GB more than the daily average in 2020). An update to the Call of Duty: Warzone game was partly to blame.

Jurassic Fibre Connects 1000th Customer to its FTTP Broadband

4th March, 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Jurassic Fibre (JF), which is currently deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural communities in Devon and Somerset, last week announced that they had connected their 1,000th customer (a Honiton-based business called MC2 Audio).

ISP toob Starts FTTP Broadband Rollout in First Surrey UK Towns

4th March, 2021 (1 Comment)

Portsmouth-based UK ISP toob has today started to deploy their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to homes and business in the Surrey (England) towns of Camberley and Frimley, which is expected to cover more than 20,000 premises and cost £8m to complete.

Budget 2021 Offers Nothing New for UK Gigabit Broadband Projects UPDATE

3rd March, 2021 (15 Comments)

The UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak MP, has today published his Budget 2021 statement and sadly there were no new details for the £5bn UK Gigabit Broadband Programme. But we did get a few extra details on their recently confirmed plans for a new UK Infrastructure Bank, some of which had already been confirmed.