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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.).

Virgin Media UK Offer Laptops and Mobile Data to Disadvantaged Kids

3rd February, 2021 (3 Comments)

Cable broadband ISP and TV provider Virgin Media UK has today become the latest operator to launch their own “Help for Home Learners’” initiative, which will provide 1,500 laptops and 4G mobile dongles (inc. 25GB of Mobile Data) to “disadvantaged schoolchildren” across the country to help during lockdown.

Vodafone Tops 876,000 UK Broadband Customers as Mobile Shrinks

3rd February, 2021 (10 Comments)

UK ISP and mobile giant Vodafone have today published their latest results to the end of 2020 (financial Q3 FY21), which saw their fixed broadband base grow to 876,000 customers (up by +38k in the quarter vs +45K in Q2 FY21), while their mobile base slowed its decline to total 17,337,000 (down by -43k vs -200k in Q2 FY21).

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BT Launch Halo 3+ to Combine WiFi, Mobile and FTTP Broadband

3rd February, 2021 (23 Comments)

UK ISP BT and EE has today combined to launch their new converged Halo 3+ package (add-on), which is a hybrid solution that is intended to give customers the “best” all-in-one broadband (e.g. full fibre FTTP as standard), WiFi coverage (“the UK’s only unbreakable Wi-Fi connection“) and mobile (mobile Broadband) connectivity.

Businesses Unprepared for the End of Traditional Phone Lines

3rd February, 2021 (17 Comments)

A new survey has warned that 24% of UK businesses (33% for SMEs) aren’t aware of the plan to withdraw traditional copper line phone services (PSTN – WLR, LLU SMPF etc.) by December 2025, which will see both homes and businesses being migrated over to a modern all-IP based network for broadband and voice connectivity.

OneWeb UK Confirms BT Talks – Possible Rural Broadband Fix

2nd February, 2021 (21 Comments)

Satellite broadband operator OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK government and aims to build a mega constellation of “high-speed” broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has confirmed that they’re in early-stage talks with BT about the use of their network to help connect remote rural areas.

Spectrum Internet Appoints New Chiefs for Wales FTTP Rollout

2nd February, 2021 (2 Comments)

Cardiff-based UK ISP Spectrum Internet, which is investing £200m on a deployment of 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband to reach 150,000 premises in South Wales by late 2025 (here), has today appointed two familiar industry leaders, Justin Leese and Steve Cooper, to their executive team.

ISP Voneus Builds Superfast Broadband to Durham UK Villages

2nd February, 2021 (9 Comments)

Homes and businesses in the neighbouring villages of Ouston and Perkinsville in County Durham (England) can now access “superfast broadband” speeds of 30-50Mbps, which is thanks to the deployment of a new fibre-fed Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network by Voneus.

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Vodafone Attract Most UK Broadband ISP Complaints in Q3 2020

2nd February, 2021 (15 Comments)

Ofcom’s latest Q3 2020 consumer complaints report has just been published, which names UK ISP Vodafone as attracting the most gripes for home broadband, while Plusnet did the same for landline phone, Virgin Mobile were the worst for Mobile services and Virgin Media came bottom for Pay TV.

EE UK Sees 5G Mobile Broadband Usage Growing by 40%

2nd February, 2021 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today published their latest UK Mobile Network Index for Q4 2020, which among other things shows that data traffic over their 5G network (mobile broadband) grew by 40% month on month from October to December. Video streaming services also saw a 30% month on month increase.

World’s First as Vodafone and Nokia Trial 100Gbps Broadband

2nd February, 2021 (6 Comments)

At present some of the fastest consumer available and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISPs in the world can offer speeds of up to 10-20Gbps (Gigabits per second), but a new trial by Vodafone and Nokia’s Bell Labs division has just provided a glimpse into the future by achieving speeds of 100Gbps on a single PON wavelength.

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).