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SFO Probes O2 UK Over Violations of Anti-Bribery Laws and Regs

6th September, 2021 (0 Comments)

The recent £31bn merger between mobile operator O2 and broadband giant Virgin Media has forced the former to reveal that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating it over “possible violations of anti-bribery laws and regulations,” which appears to have been triggered by a management shake-up in 2017.

Green ISP Joins Zen Internet in Scrapping G.fast Broadband

4th September, 2021 (19 Comments)

Non-profit UK broadband provider Green ISP has just done the same as Zen Internet did last week (here) by opting to cease the sale of Openreach’s (BT) increasingly troubled hybrid fibre G.fast based “ultrafast broadband” products, which they originally launched back in 2018 (here).

ISP Hyperoptic to Connect 4,100 Homes in Barnet to its Full Fibre

3rd September, 2021 (3 Comments)

Full fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic has today joined CommunityFibre in support of the Barnet Council‘s existing Gigabit Broadband Programme in London, which means that a further 4,100 homes (social housing) will shortly be connected to its network, and they’ll provide over 20 free connections to community centres, and libraries etc.

Ethical UK Broadband ISP Your Coop Offers Climate Positive Plans

3rd September, 2021 (8 Comments)

UK ISP Your Co-op (formerly known as the Phone Co-op), which describes itself as being an “ethical” co-operative provider of internet access, phone and mobile services (i.e. the provider is owned by its members), has this week announced that their broadband packages are now all “climate positive.”

12 Months Free Phone and Broadband for N.Ireland Businesses

3rd September, 2021 (0 Comments)

Biz ISP Barclay Communications, which serves Northern Ireland, has launched a new £250,000 grant scheme – ‘Barclay Backing Business Grant’ – to support local firms that have suffered a downturn in business as a result of the pandemic. Under this, successful applications will receive “free telecoms solutions for 12 months.”

Three UK Discounts Unlimited 4G Home Broadband to GBP14

3rd September, 2021 (37 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has launched new discounts and devices across their range of 4G and 5G based unlimited Home Broadband packages, which now start at just £14 per month for 24-months of service on their 4G plan or £22 for 5G (the 5G price is largely unchanged). You can optionally also bundle-in various gadget gifts.

VOXI Discounts UK Mobile Plans and Boost 4G and 5G Data Caps

3rd September, 2021 (3 Comments)

Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is a virtual operator (MVNO) sibling of Vodafone UK, will later today introduce a new range of discounts across their plans and also boost the data allowances for mobile broadband usage. But these will only be available to order until 7th October 2021.

Progress Update on North Scotland’s R100 Broadband Rollout UPDATE

3rd September, 2021 (14 Comments)

The Scottish Government has today issued a progress update on their £600m Reaching 100% (R100) programme with Openreach (BT), which provides more detail on their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) dominated plan for extending “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) across the LOT 1 area – North Scotland and the Highlands.

1p Mobile UK Introduces Minimum Monthly Spend Requirement

3rd September, 2021 (58 Comments)

Mobile operator 1p Mobile have begun to inform their UK customers of a change to their service that will see a new “minimum monthly spend” requirement of £2.50 being introduced from 1st October 2021. Customers who have set an auto-top-up will thus also see their minimum threshold go from £2 to £3.

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Full Fibre Ltd Reveal Next 13 UK Towns for FTTP Broadband

2nd September, 2021 (27 Comments)

Full Fibre Limited, which aims to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover “at least” 500,000 UK premises by 2025, has today named the next batch of 13 rural and semi-urban “forgotten towns” across Derbyshire, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire to benefit from their rollout.

H1 2021 – FTTP Broadband Reaches 93 Percent of UK New Build Homes

2nd September, 2021 (2 Comments)

The latest H1 2021 study of UK broadband coverage in new build homes has indicated that 92.8% of houses constructed during the first half of this year were connected to a “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP network (up from 90% in H2 2020), which rises to 98.6% for 30Mbps+ “superfast broadband” services (up from 98.3%).

Hampstead Fibre Plans FTTP Broadband Rollout in London UPDATE

2nd September, 2021 (4 Comments)

A new UK market entrant called Hampstead Fibre, which was only incorporated in late May 2021 and doesn’t yet appear to have its own website, has cropped up with a plan to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of London and then beyond.

Business ISP Air IT Gobbles MFG UK and INFINITY IT Solutions

2nd September, 2021 (0 Comments)

Managed communications provider and broadband ISP Air IT, which also already made eight acquisitions in the past year, has today continued their acquisition spree by gobbling up Reading-based MFG UK and Uttoxeter-based INFINITY IT Solutions for an undisclosed sum.

Vodafone UK 5G Trial Cuts Energy Use and Refarms 900MHz to 4G

2nd September, 2021 (6 Comments)

Vodafone UK has teamed up with network supplier Ericsson to conduct a new trial in Central London, which demonstrated an impressive 43% reduction in the energy consumption of their 5G mobile broadband network (reaching up to 55% at off-peak times). The operator has also re-farmed some of their 900MHz band to boost 4G.

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16 Percent of Gen Z Believe Hitting a Router Improves UK Broadband

2nd September, 2021 (20 Comments)

A new Censuswide survey of 2,014 UK adults with a broadband connection, which was commissioned by ISP Zen Internet to examine some common connectivity myths, has found that 16% of 16-24-year-olds (Gen Z) believe that hitting their router will improve internet connectivity, which compares with just 2% of over 55s.

Openreach UK Hike Cost of G.fast Broadband Modems for ISPs UPDATE

2nd September, 2021 (14 Comments)

Some broadband ISPs that sell packages based off the hybrid fibre G.fast “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) technology may be displeased to learn that Openreach will shortly be raising the cost of supplying their own modem (CPE – Customer Premises Equipment) by 20%, which in some cases may end up being passed on to consumers.

ISP TalkTalk Biz Sees 170 Percent Increase in Full Fibre Footprint UPDATE

2nd September, 2021 (4 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk Business claims to have “significantly boosted the reach” of its Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband offering over the last year, with the number of premises across the UK able to implement the solution rising by 170% between July 2020 and July 2021. Over the same period, orders from customers surged by 50%.