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Broadband ISP Zen Internet UK Sweeps the Expert Reviews Awards

2nd February, 2021 (9 Comments)

Consumer site Expert Reviews has posted the winners of their annual ‘Best Broadband Awards 2021‘ event, which surveyed their readers in an effort to identify the best UK Internet Service Providers across a range of different categories. But the overall winner, by a comfortable margin, came out as Zen Internet.

PwC Study Claims 5G Mobile May Add £43bn to UK GDP by 2030

2nd February, 2021 (1 Comment)

New research from professional services firm PwC has forecast that the productivity and efficiency gains enabled by the rollout of ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) technology will drive business, skills and service change worth £43bn to UK GDP by 2030. The healthcare sector is also expected to see the biggest impact from this.

Shell Signs Deal to Gobble Post Office’s UK Broadband Division

1st February, 2021 (17 Comments)

UK ISP and energy provider Shell Energy has this afternoon confirmed that they’ve reached an agreement to acquire some 465,000 phone and broadband customers from the Post Office’s telecoms division, for an undisclosed sum (previous estimates put the value of this deal at around £80m to £100m).

Arsonists Attack Openreach Broadband Cabinets in Essex UK

1st February, 2021 (41 Comments)

Three of Openreach’s street cabinets, and an unrelated mobile phone mast in Chelmsford (Essex), have been seriously damaged after arsonists attacked them this morning, which has sadly left almost 3,000 premises (homes and businesses) without access to either broadband or phone connectivity during a pandemic!

More BT Sport TV App Users Get Matchday Experience Features

1st February, 2021 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP BT has just informed us that almost all of their BTSport TV customers will, from tomorrow, be able to access a range of new ‘Matchday Experience‘ features, with accessibility for the first time via Android mobiles and tablets (this builds on existing Apple / iOS device availability).

Network Provider Brsk Plans FTTP Broadband Rollout for England

1st February, 2021 (5 Comments)

A new Bath-based network operator called Brsk Limited has just cropped up with tentative plans to deploy a new “open access” Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to UK homes and businesses, albeit initially starting in the “north of England” rather than the south, where it’s based.

O2 UK and NEC Claim Success in Recent OpenRAN Mobile Trial

1st February, 2021 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 has today announced that they’ve completed another successful trial of Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) tech, albeit this time working alongside the NEC Corporation, as well as using virtualised RAN software from Altiostar and hardware from GigaTera Communications and Supermicro, among others.

DCMS Update on Plan for UK Rural Gigabit Broadband Vouchers

1st February, 2021 (4 Comments)

The UK Government (DCMS / BDUK) has confirmed a few more details about the future of their £200m Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RGC) programme to broadband ISPs, which is due to end on the 31st March 2021 but is widely expected to be superseded by a new programme with a fresh pot of “over” £250m.

Openreach’s Letter to Northern Ireland Council Draws Criticism

1st February, 2021 (16 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has faced some criticism after it sent a letter to one or more of Northern Ireland’s (NI) local authorities, which appeared to suggest that the operator would have provided FTTP broadband to more premises than the winner of the £165m Project Stratum contract, had they won it instead.

ISP TalkTalk Appoints New Group Fibre Development Director

30th January, 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has appointed Ruth Kennedy to the newly created role of Group Fibre Development Director, which is a position focused on enabling more businesses and communities across the UK to benefit from faster and more reliable fibre broadband connectivity.

Openreach UK Raises Price of Highest Maintenance Level 4

30th January, 2021 (12 Comments)

Openreach (BT) plan to increase the wholesale price of their strongest maintenance level across almost all of their broadband and phone products (WLR, LLU, SOGEA and FTTC/P) for UK ISPs, although the change will mainly affect ISPs selling business packages with a stronger commitment to fault repairs.

BDUK Study Shows Benefits of UK Superfast Broadband Project UPDATE

29th January, 2021 (20 Comments)

The Government has posted a useful State Aid evaluation of the UK National Broadband Scheme (Superfast Broadband Programme), which identifies a number of strong benefits from the £1.9bn (public) programme that has so far helped to extend “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) connectivity to nearly 97% of premises.

Hyperoptic to Rollout Full Fibre to 8000 Poplar HARCA UK Homes

29th January, 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Hyperoptic, which builds 1Gbps capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks to large residential (MDU) and office buildings, has reached a new agreement that will see their service being expanded to cover 8,000 homes from the Poplar HARCA housing association in East London.

Virgin Media UK Offer Free Access to 7 Kids Pay TV Channels Again

29th January, 2021 (10 Comments)

Customers of broadband provider Virgin Media UK, specifically those who take their Pay TV services, are once again to be given free access to seven kids pay TV channels including Cartoon Network, Cartoonio, Boomerang, Nickelodeon, NickToons, Nick Jr, and Nick Jr Too from 1st February 2021.

ISP Zen Internet Cuts the Price of their UK FTTP Broadband Plans

29th January, 2021 (21 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zen Internet has today announced that they’re reducing the standing pricing on two of their top Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) packages – 300Mbps and 900Mbps – by up to 10%. The provider is keen to point out that this move is occurring at a time when many of their biggest rivals have been hiking prices.

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ITS Build of New Full Fibre Network Begins in Scunthorpe UK

29th January, 2021 (0 Comments)

The North Lincolnshire Council (NLC) has announced that UK network operator ITS Technology have begun construction work on a new gigabit-capable “full fibre” broadband network in the industrial town of Scunthorpe, which will be used to meet the demand for fast internet connections by the local business community.

ISP PlusNet UK Joins BT in Cull of Popular Pay TV Channels UPDATE

29th January, 2021 (14 Comments)

Broadband ISP Plusnet, which recently stopped taking new orders for their YouView (IPTV) powered Pay TV box and service but left existing customers to ride out their remaining contracts (here), has now put another nail in the coffin of their TV product by announcing the withdrawal of several popular channels.