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ONS Finds R&D Spending on UK Telecoms Has Nearly Stalled

23rd November, 2020 (0 Comments)

The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the telecoms industry has gone from last year’s report, when it was the fastest growing sector for R&D spending (up 25.4% to total £947m by the end of 2018), to this year (2019) when spending on research and development grew by just 0.95% to total £956m.

Hyperoptic Deploy FTTP to Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing

23rd November, 2020 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Hyperoptic, which specialises in building 1Gbps capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks to large residential (MDU) and office buildings, has today announced a new partnership with Metropolitan Thames Valley (MTV) to rollout their “hyperfast” service across a “large proportion of its housing portfolio.”

ISP iDNET to Migrate Entire UK Phone Network to All-IP with BT

23rd November, 2020 (6 Comments)

UK broadband ISP iDNET has today announced that they’ve signed a 5-year deal with BTWholesale to help migrate their entire “phone network” to an all-IP solution in advance of the 2025 digital switch-over (when old analogue phones services are due to be withdrawn).

Vodafone Target Net Zero Total Global Carbon Emissions by 2040

23rd November, 2020 (4 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone has today become the latest telecoms giant to make a major climate related commitment, which will see them reduce their total global carbon emissions to ‘net zero’ by 2040 (i.e. removing as many emissions as they produce) – ten years sooner than previously planned.

Smarty UK Cut Unlimited 4G Mobile Data and Calls Plan to £15

23rd November, 2020 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator Smarty has reduced the monthly prices of their top two SIM Only tariffs by up to 25% as part of a new Black Friday promotion for new customers, which means that their biggest unlimited calls, texts and data (mobile broadband) plan is now just £15 per month for 12 months (£20 thereafter).

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ISP Vodafone UK Discounts Home Broadband for Black Friday

23rd November, 2020 (12 Comments)

One of the cheapest fixed home broadband ISPs in the UK market, Vodafone, has just become a little bit cheaper ahead of Black Friday this week. The operator has shaved a bit extra off the monthly cost of their various “Superfast” (FTTC) and “Gigafast” (FTTP via Openreach or Cityfibre) packages.

Eutelsat Reveals New 100Mbps UK Broadband Satellite Plans

21st November, 2020 (9 Comments)

European space firm Eutelsat has released details of what their new KONNECT based satellite packages will look like for UK consumers, which will offer a top download speed of 100Mbps and “unlimited” data usage. But admittedly there are a few caveats to consider.

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Openreach Reports High UK Data Traffic on PS5 Launch Day

20th November, 2020 (15 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has just informed ISPreview.co.uk that yesterday’s launch of Sony’s new PlayStation 5 video game console, including its various associated internet downloads and patches, resulted in data traffic across their national UK network reaching a total of 161PB (PetaBytes).

OneWeb UK to Launch 36 LEO Broadband Satellites on 17th Dec

20th November, 2020 (10 Comments)

Space company OneWeb, which is owned by a consortium of the UK Government and Indian conglomerate Bharti Global (here), has today revealed that they will launch the next batch of 36 high-speed broadband capable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellites into orbit on 17th December 2020.

Three UK Add 20 Data Centres to Boost Mobile Performance

20th November, 2020 (62 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has just finished the build of 20 new data centres, complete with improved backhaul capacity, which should help to deliver faster network latency times and support the ever growing demands of their data (mobile broadband) hungry 4G and 5G based customers’.

ISP Zen Internet Joins Cityfibre’s UK FTTP Broadband Network

20th November, 2020 (22 Comments)

Cityfibre has today announced that popular UK broadband provider Zen Internet has just become the latest ISP to join their growing national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, complementing others like TalkTalk and Vodafone. Until now Zen has been focused on selling Openreach’s products to homes.

ISP EE UK Corrects Confusing Issue with FTTP Broadband Checks

20th November, 2020 (17 Comments)

Mobile operator and UK ISP EE have this week updated the home broadband coverage checker for their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based services, which since launch (here) hasn’t recognised availability in every area where the new Openreach network has already been deployed.

NOW TV Slash 63Mbps Broadband and Anytime UK Calls to £24

20th November, 2020 (1 Comment)

Sky’s sibling ISP and TV streaming service, NOW TV (NOW Broadband), will this morning launch its own set of Black Friday discounts, which among other things have further reduced the price(s) of their Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based “Fab Fibre” (36Mbps) and “Super Fibre” (63Mbps) packages with inclusive anytime UK calls.

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Nokia Hails “world’s first” 25Gbps Symmetrical PON Solution

19th November, 2020 (0 Comments)

Finnish-technology firm Nokia, which is separately helping to supply Openreach’s rollout of FTTP broadband in the UK, has today heralded their new 25G PON technology as the next step in Passive Optical Network evolution and one that “enables the converging of high-end services on a single fibre infrastructure.”

EU Refers £31bn O2 and Virgin Media Merger Back to UK CMA

19th November, 2020 (5 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) has today agreed that the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) should have the final say on Liberty Global’s proposed mega-merger between broadband ISP Virgin Media and mobile operator O2 (Telefonica UK), but this is not expected to delay the outcome.

BT Group CEO “open minded” on UK Sale of Openreach Stake

19th November, 2020 (2 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Philip Jansen, yesterday said that he was “open minded” about the possibility of selling a “minority” stake in their prized network access division – Openreach – to help fund the UK rollout of “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband, among other things. But they’re “not really interested” in a sale and leaseback style agreement.

Ofcom Find Positive UK Progress on Openreach’s Split from BT

19th November, 2020 (9 Comments)

Ofcom has today broadly praised the progress that Openreach have made in their on-going efforts to become a distinct “legally separate” company away from BT, although not all stakeholders agree with the UK telecoms regulator and “growing pains” have also been noted with their Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product.