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BDUK Consults on Gigabit Broadband Coverage in Cumbria UK

9th February, 2021 (5 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK programme has begun a new consultation to help them identify what existing or planned commercial gigabit-capable broadband coverage exists in Cumbria (England), which will help to establish the areas where public investment may be needed to rollout the service.

BT Group Added £24 Billion in GVA to the UK Economy Last Year

9th February, 2021 (12 Comments)

A new report from consultancy firm Hatch, which was commissioned by the BT Group, has estimated that the telecoms and broadband giant generated a £24bn contribution to the UK economy (expressed as GVA – Gross Value Added) during the 2019/20 financial year and supports 300,000 full-time jobs (directly and via suppliers etc.).

BT Launch Alexa-enabled Home Phone for UK Broadband Users

9th February, 2021 (22 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP BT, specifically those who take out their new VoIP style Digital Voice product (typically offered as a phone solution alongside broadband packages), will soon be able to access the operator’s new ‘Advanced Digital Home Phone‘ handset that comes with Alexa Built-in (Amazon’s smart voice assistant).

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Fibre Broadband Association Challenges Starink’s Capacity to Deliver

9th February, 2021 (14 Comments)

The Fiber Broadband Association, which represents FTTP networks and suppliers in the USA, has published a new study that claims Elon Musk’s new constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based Starlink broadband satellites will face a “capacity shortfall” by 2028 and over 56% of their “RDOF subscribers” (rural) may not be fully served.

iD Mobile UK Signs New Agreement to Launch 5G Mobile Plans

9th February, 2021 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator iD Mobile (Dixons Carphone) has extended their existing Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement with supplier Three UK and as part of that they will also gain access to the latest ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband connectivity, as well as continued 4G provision.

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MLL Telecom Supplies Broadband to The Kemnal Academies Trust

8th February, 2021 (1 Comment)

Some 45 schools are set to benefit after business ISP MLL Telecom secured a 7-year contract to supply The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT) in the South East of England with “high speed broadband” (gigabit fibre optic connectivity), as well as a centrally managed firewall and content filtering.

Three UK Pauses 4G Home Broadband Sales in Some Areas

8th February, 2021 (51 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that new customers in “some areas” are “temporarily” unable to order the 4G home broadband service via their coverage checker. Instead customers doing this will be told that it isn’t available, even if the service still works for existing users.

Virgin Media’s Unlimited Mobile Data Plan Now Available to All

8th February, 2021 (45 Comments)

Cable broadband ISP Virgin Media UK has quietly made an important little change to their top unlimited mobile data plan, which removes the requirement for those who take it out to be an existing customer of their current pay TV, fixed line internet or home phone products.

First Hints of Future WiFi 6 BT SmartHub 3 Broadband Router UPDATE

7th February, 2021 (32 Comments)

A number of established sources have informed us that UK ISP BT are currently putting the finishing touches to their next generation SmartHub 3 (SH3) broadband router, which we’re told will feature support for the latest multi-Gigabit speed WiFi v6 (802.11ax) standard – possibly the first of the major providers to do so.

CityFibre UK Shelves Stoke-on-Trent FTTP Broadband Rollout

6th February, 2021 (10 Comments)

CityFibre has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that their plan to rollout a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across the Staffordshire city of Stoke-on-Trent, which was first announced almost year ago in March 2020, has been shelved. But they haven’t completely abandoned the idea.

Rights Holders Seek to Extend UK ISP Site Blocks to Stream Rippers UPDATE

5th February, 2021 (23 Comments)

Major record labels, including the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI) and Phonographic Performance (PPL), have gone to the UK High Court in an attempt to force six of the country’s largest broadband ISPs to extend their website blocks for copyright infringement to include sites that facilitate stream ripping and cyberlocker Nitroflare.

CityFibre UK Begin £115m FTTP Broadband Rollout in Sheffield

5th February, 2021 (9 Comments)

CityFibre has this week announced the start of a £115 million project to deploy their new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield, which will take 5-years to complete. The first civil engineering is due to commence next Monday (8th Feb).

Virgin Media UK Build FTTP Broadband to 9800 Homes in Oldham

4th February, 2021 (13 Comments)

Some 9,800 additional homes in the Oldham area of Greater Manchester have just become the latest to benefit from the on-going expansion of UK ISP Virgin Media’s (Liberty Global) new gigabit-capable and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which has benefited from last year’s Dark Fibre contract.

MPs Warn UK Gov’s 5G Diversification Strategy Lacks Clear Targets

4th February, 2021 (9 Comments)

The cross-party UK Science and Technology Committee has warned that the Government’s 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy, which aspires to ensure that mobile operators have a better choice of suppliers after Huawei’s ban, lacks “clear milestones” and detail. The strong focus on OpenRAN is also not “guaranteed” to succeed.

TalkTalk Trial FTTP Broadband with Freedom Fibre in Cheshire UPDATE

4th February, 2021 (9 Comments)

In a surprise development we’ve spotted that UK ISP TalkTalk has partnered up with a new network operator called Freedom Fibre, which seems set to deploy a 500Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network across the large village of Culcheth in Warrington (Cheshire, England).

BT Group Build 1Gb FTTP Broadband to 4.1 Million UK Premises

4th February, 2021 (78 Comments)

The BT Group’s latest Q3 2020/21 results reveal that Openreach’s G.fast and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) network now covers a total of 6.88 million UK premises, with 4.05m coming from FTTP alone (up from 3.5m last quarter). The take-up rate for their full fibre services has also improved.

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Ofcom Details New UK Broadband ISP Switching Process for 2022

3rd February, 2021 (23 Comments)

As expected the UK telecoms regulator has today published detailed proposals for a new simpler “one touch” switching process for all broadband customers, which from December 2022 will make it easier for consumers to switch between ISPs on physically separate networks (e.g. Openreach’s full fibre to Cityfibre or Virgin Media etc.).