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Scotland Boosts Rural Broadband Vouchers by Linking to UK

23rd October, 2020 (8 Comments)

The Scottish Government has today linked their new Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme (SBVS) to the UK’s Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RGC) programme in order to significantly boost the value of their vouchers, which expands the pot up to £8,500 for SMEs and up to £6,500 for homes.

Ofcom Raise ESN Linked Competition Case with Motorola and Sepura

23rd October, 2020 (3 Comments)

Ofcom UK has today given notice to Motorola and Sepura of a proposed infringement decision, which provisionally finds that the pair “broke competition law by exchanging competitively sensitive information” in relation to a contract for the continued operation of Airwave, the existing Emergency Services Network (ESN).

Shell, Sky and TalkTalk Eyeing Post Office Telecoms Acquisition

23rd October, 2020 (10 Comments)

Several UK ISPs including Shell Energy, Sky Broadband and TalkTalk are today reportedly all being named as the “remaining bidders” for the Post Office’s telecoms division, specially its base of around 500,000 broadband and phone customers – said to be valued at around £100m.

Yonder Names Best UK Mobile Operators for User Satisfaction

23rd October, 2020 (5 Comments)

Mobile network operators giffgaff and Tesco Mobile have both come top of a new survey conducted by management consultancy firm Yonder, which attempts to identify the best performing UK mobile networks for customers under lockdown (COVID-19).

Survey Identifies the Top 5G Mobile Myths Among UK People

23rd October, 2020 (0 Comments)

A new Censuswide survey of 2,006 UK adults, which was conducted during August 2020, has helped to reveal roughly what proportion of people believe various different myths and falsehoods about the latest generation of ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband technology. Sadly 7% still believe 5G is connected to the spread of COVID-19.

The 10 Best and Worst UK Council Areas for Broadband Uploads

22nd October, 2020 (17 Comments)

A new piece of research has helped to reveal the top 10 UK council areas by average (median) broadband ISP upload speed, which perhaps unsurprisingly sees KCOM’s full fibre dominated city of Hull (East Yorkshire) come top on 13.7Mbps. Meanwhile Powys in Wales came last with an upload rate of just 2Mbps.

Three UK Completes Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) Rollout on 4G

22nd October, 2020 (20 Comments)

After five long years mobile operator Three UK has today announced that they’ve finally completed the rollout of their Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) service (aka – “Super Voice“), which is now available across their entire 4G network (equating to around 11,000 sites). Next stop.. EVS.

SaT5G Integrates Commercial 5G Mobile and Live Satellite Network

22nd October, 2020 (0 Comments)

The Satellite and Terrestrial Network for 5G (SaT5G) project, supported by various UK telecoms operators like BT, Avanti and €8.3m of EU funding, has for the first time successfully managed to integrate a standard commercially available 5G core (mobile broadband) network into a live Satellite network.

ITS Appoint Big Hitters to Help their UK Full Fibre Rollout Plans

22nd October, 2020 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group (its.), which operates a number of fibre optic and hybrid wireless broadband ISP networks across parts of the UK (usually via wholesale), has appointed two big names to help support their “full fibre” deployment strategy – Mike Goodwin and Darren Shenkin.

O2 Extends Ultrafast 5G Mobile Network to 108 UK Locations

22nd October, 2020 (16 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 has today announced that their new ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband network has been extended to cover a total of 108 UK towns and cities (up from 60 in June 2020), which puts their rollout ahead of schedule and includes locations such as Milton Keynes, Ipswich and Chelmsford.

Ookla Q3 2020 Study Shows Fastest Big UK Broadband ISPs and Cities

21st October, 2020 (11 Comments)

Ookla, which runs the popular Speedtest.net service, has this week published their latest Q3 2020 study of UK fixed broadband and mobile data speeds across the market’s largest providers, which perhaps unsurprisingly sees Virgin Media (fixed) and EE (mobile) come top of the table.

Sky UK to Open First Retail Shops Across the Country

21st October, 2020 (17 Comments)

Broadband ISP and TV provider Sky (Sky Broadband) has today announced that they are to start opening retail shops across the United Kingdom, with the first being in Liverpool on 26th October 2020. This will be the first time all of their products have been under one roof.

Virgin Media UK Launch Google Smart Home Trial in 3 Locations

21st October, 2020 (12 Comments)

Broadband ISP and TV provider Virgin Media has today announced the launch of a new “Google Smart Home Trial“, which will give customers in certain parts of the UK the ability to add various Google-based smart home products (e.g. Nest) to their existing package. Prices for this will start from £10 extra per month.

Gigabit Broadband Coming to Rural Strathspey in Scotland, Hopefully

21st October, 2020 (0 Comments)

A new demand-led project is being established by consultancy firm Destination Digital that aims to deploy a gigabit-capable broadband network across the Strathspey is the area in Scotland (Highlands), which would stretch from Aviemore in the west to Aberlour in the east.

Openreach Brings FTTP to More South Gloucestershire Villages

21st October, 2020 (7 Comments)

The South Gloucestershire Council in England has announced that Phase 3B of their state aid supported deployment of gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP technology, which is being delivered via Openreach (BT), is in the process of reaching a number of additional rural communities.

Giffgaff UK Launch 5G Unlimited Data Golden Goodybag Plan

21st October, 2020 (31 Comments)

Mobile operator giffgaff has this week finally jumped on both the “unlimited data” (mobile broadband) and 5G bandwagon with the launch of their new £35 “golden goodybag” plan, which is not to be confused with their existing £25 “always on” package and we’ll explain why. Get ready for caveats.

Virgin Media UK Offering Free Upgrades to HUB 4 Router Again

21st October, 2020 (80 Comments)

Virgin Media appears to have continued to expand the availability of their latest HUB 4.0 (ARRIS TG3492LG-VMB) broadband router under their “Hub Swap” programme, which is giving existing customers on various different tiers the chance to “upgrade to our latest Hub 4 at no extra cost.”