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Gigaclear Extends UK Rural FTTP Broadband Cover to 580,000 Premises

10th December, 2024 (0 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural ISP and full fibre network builder Gigaclear has today celebrated a “record year of growth in 2024” after adding 40,000 new customers (up almost 50% in the year) to total over 130,000, while also extending their network coverage to 580,000 premises as ‘Ready for Service’ (up by 100k in the year).

GoFibre Complete FTTP Broadband Build for Harbottle, Northumberland UK

10th December, 2024 (4 Comments)

Edinburgh-based UK ISP GoFibre (BorderLink) has today confirmed that they’ve “completed” their roll-out of a new full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across the rural Northumberland village of Harbottle, which is home to over 250 people and forms part of their £7.3m Project Gigabit delivery contract (here) to cover 3,750 hard-to-reach premises in the county.

Sky UK and NOW TV Users to Get Free Access to New Max Streaming Service in 2026

9th December, 2024 (11 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband etc.) has this afternoon announced that they’ve signed an expanded partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery in the UK and Ireland, which means that existing Sky TV and NOW TV customers (e.g. Sky Glass, Sky Stream) will gain free (non-exclusive) access to the new ad-supported streaming service (app), Max (HBO Max), when it launches in 2026.

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Lightning Fibre Sees 31 Percent FTTP Take-up in Old Town, Eastbourne

9th December, 2024 (0 Comments)

Broadband network operator and UK ISP Lightning Fibre, which has been building a new “full fibre” (FTTP) network across parts of Sussex and Kent in England, has today revealed that their deployment in the Old Town area of Eastbourne has covered 6,574 (87%) premises and seen 2,021 of those take their service (31% of connectable premises or 27% of the total area).

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AST Space Mobile and Vodafone Sign Long Term 5G Satellite Deal

9th December, 2024 (0 Comments)

Satellite operator AST SpaceMobile has today signed a “definitive” long-term commercial agreement that will allow Vodafone to harness their new network of cellular broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) until 2034. This is essentially a space-based 2G, 4G and 5G mobile broadband service that can connect with regular handsets around the world.

Quickline Welcomes First Apprentice Fibre Broadband Engineers

9th December, 2024 (0 Comments)

Rural focused UK ISP Quickline, which is deploying gigabit-capable broadband networks (FTTP and wireless) across remote parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has today announced that they’ve welcomed their first cohort of eight in-house trained telecoms apprentices to help build the new network.

Vodafone UK and Gigs Remove Barriers for New Virtual Mobile Operators

9th December, 2024 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Vodafone UK has this morning announced a new “strategic alliance” with Gigs, which provides a kind of operating system for mobile services that can help startups and large tech companies across the country to launch their own virtual mobile operator (MVNO) style services.

Vodafone UK to Complete IPv6 Rollout on Fixed Broadband by March 2025

9th December, 2024 (13 Comments)

Mobile telecoms giant and UK ISP Vodafone has revealed that their roll-out of IPv6 internet addressing for fixed broadband customers, which began at the tail end of 2023 with a “limited trial” (here), has now reached 76% of subscribers and they “aim to reach 100% by the end of this fiscal year” (i.e. 31st March 2025).

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Broadband ISP Plusnet UK Leaves Some Email Users Cut-off for Weeks

7th December, 2024 (3 Comments)

Low-cost internet provider Plusnet, which is part of the wider BT Group, has got itself into a bit of hot water with a small collection of their old legacy email users after leaving them unable to access their inboxes for several weeks. But despite the passage of time, the provider still won’t say what has caused the problem or when it will be fixed.

TOTSCo Switches to Focus on UK Business Broadband ISP Switching

6th December, 2024 (7 Comments)

The One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which is the industry-led company that is helping to implement Ofcom’s solution for easier and quicker UK consumer switching between broadband and phone providers (One Touch Switching), has revealed more details about its efforts to introduce support for business connections too.

Hiya – UK Residents Receive 4 SPAM Calls Per Person Each Month

6th December, 2024 (10 Comments)

The latest Q3 2024 Global Call Threat Report from Hiya, which also works with broadband ISPs and mobile operators (BT, EE, O2, Virgin Media etc.) to help detect and block SPAM and fraud calls, has revealed that residents of the UK receive 4 spam calls per person each month (up from 3 spam calls last quarter) – albeit one of the lowest rates in Europe.

Opensignal 2024 Study Ranks UK Broadband ISPs by Quality and Speed

5th December, 2024 (9 Comments)

Internet benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published their “definitive” 2024 Fixed Broadband Experience report, which gauges the performance of various internet service providers across the UK and then separately across 12 of its regions (inc. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Overall, Virgin Media came top in the national scores, but the regional results are different.

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Virgin Media O2 Boosts 1,000 UK Mobile Sites with 10Gbps Fibre Backhaul

5th December, 2024 (20 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today announced that the recent introduction (here) of their new “next generation” Converged Interconnect Network (CIN) has already helped to improve its mobile network across the UK, not least by connecting 1,000 mobile sites to its proprietary 10Gbps fibre optic backhaul network.

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Ofcom – UK Gigabit Broadband Cover Rises to 84% as 5G Hits 90-95%

5th December, 2024 (6 Comments)

Ofcom has published their annual Connection Nations 2024 digital infrastructure report, which among many other things finds that residential gigabit-capable broadband ISP networks now cover 84% of the UK (up from 78% in 2023), while outdoor 5G mobile cover from at least one operator is available to 90-95% of premises (up from 85-93%). But rural cover remains poor.

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Study Finds Patchy Mobile Coverage on the East Coast Mainline

5th December, 2024 (17 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has surveyed UK mobile coverage (4G, 5G etc.) and mobile broadband speeds along the East Coast Mainline – as operated by the London North Eastern Railway (LNER), which found that passengers can face “hours without mobile coverage access” while travelling between London and Edinburgh. But EE delivered the best service.

Vodafone and Three UK Mega Mobile Merger Gets Final Approval UPDATE

5th December, 2024 (88 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today finally granted approval for mobile operators Vodafone and Three UK to proceed with their merger deal (here), which will result in an expansion of their 5G Standalone (SA) network (broadband) coverage. But the merged company will have to comply with new legal obligations and consumer pricing controls.

Ransomware Group Claims to Have Breached One of BT’s UK Systems

5th December, 2024 (9 Comments)

Broadband and telecoms giant BT Group has confirmed that a ransomware gang made an “attempt” to compromise their BT Conferencing business platform. The group, which calls itself Black Basta, claims to have stolen 500GB (GigaBytes) of sensitive and financial data, although the UK operator has yet to confirm this.