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Virgin Media’s UK Mobile Customers Set for July 2021 Price Rise

27th May, 2021 (16 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media’s mobile base (Virgin Mobile), which is currently in the process of finishing up an MVNO platform transition from EE (BT) to Vodafone, have been notified by the operator of an impending 1.5% price rise that will hit them on 1st July 2021.

O2 Predicts Bank Holiday Mobile Data Surge on UK Motorways

27th May, 2021 (4 Comments)

O2 has revealed that they’re expecting a 4G and 5G “surge in mobile data [broadband] traffic along the UK’s main motorways this bank holiday,” with 77% of survey respondents saying they’ll rely on mobile devices to keep passengers entertained. Over a third of cars on the roads will also have over 3 mobile devices at any time.

New Operator Tiger Fibre Planning UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

26th May, 2021 (3 Comments)

A new Solihull-based network builder called Tiger Fibre has emerged with plans to deploy their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across homes and businesses in some as yet unspecified parts of the United Kingdom, albeit focusing upon poorly served areas.

RootMetrics Test 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds in 4 UK Cities

26th May, 2021 (21 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics has today published a new report that examines the mobile broadband download speeds and availability of 5G networks across EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK in four recently tested cities during the first half of 2021 – Birmingham, Bristol, Coventry, and London.

Sky UK Offer Free Broadband and TV Advertising to 100 SMEs

26th May, 2021 (0 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) will today reintroduce their £2m SME support scheme, which pledges to give 100 small UK businesses £20,000 worth of TV advertising across Sky Media’s channels and a free 12-month “superfast business broadband” and digital phone package via their new B2B ISP Sky Connect.

Scotland Gives Rural 4G Mobile Infill Project a GBP3.75m Boost

25th May, 2021 (1 Comment)

The Scottish Government‘s (SG) 4G Infill Programme (S4GI), which via WHP Telecoms aims to improve rural mobile voice and broadband coverage by building new mast sites (mostly tackling notspots across the Highlands and Islands), has been given a £3.75m boost to construct a further 12 masts.

Gigaclear’s Broadband to Battle Zzoomm in Ascot and Sunninghill

25th May, 2021 (10 Comments)

Rural focused UK broadband ISP Gigaclear has today announced that they intend to deploy their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 4,300 premises in Ascot, and a further 4,400 properties in the village of Sunninghill (Berkshire). But they’ll need to fend off altnet rivals Zzoomm, and possibly also Trooli.

BT Sport TV App Extends Timeline Feature and Joins Netgem TV

25th May, 2021 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT UK has this afternoon informed us that their BTSport TV (IPTV) video streaming app has launched a beta of their “timeline” feature for large screens. On top of that their app has now also become available via Netgem’s HD and 4K set-top-boxes, which are often sold by rival broadband providers.

CityFibre to Link 4500 Glasgow Social Housing Properties to FTTP

25th May, 2021 (17 Comments)

CityFibre has reached a new blanket wayleave (legal land / property access) agreement with the New Gorbals Housing Association, which will enable their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to be extended across 4,500 social housing properties on the south side of Glasgow in Scotland.

O2 UK, Vodafone and Others Launch Eco Rating for Mobile Phones

25th May, 2021 (8 Comments)

Mobile operators such as O2, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Telia have today joined forces to launch a new pan-industry “Eco-Rating labelling scheme,” which aims to help customers identify and compare the most sustainable mobile phones and encourage suppliers to reduce the environmental impact of their devices.

Country Connect Bring Full Fibre to Ponthir and Caerleon in Wales UPDATE

25th May, 2021 (6 Comments)

UK ISP Country Connect, which started life back in 2016 by offering a Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband network to remote rural communities in South Wales, has over the past few months begun building out their own gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network and is about to start connecting their first customers.

VOXI UK Adds TikTok Streaming Support to Endless Mobile Data

24th May, 2021 (19 Comments)

Contract-free UK mobile operator VOXI, a sibling of Vodafone UK, has today extended their “Endless Video” pass (i.e. giving unlimited data on 4G and 5G mobile broadband to certain video streaming services) to include support for the popular TikTok internet video streaming service.

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OneWeb UK Team to Build Beam Hopping Broadband Satellite

24th May, 2021 (11 Comments)

OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK Government and aims to deploy a global network of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites for ultrafast low-latency broadband provision, is to lead a group of UK space tech companies in the development of a £32m experimental beam-hopping Satellite called ‘Joey-Sat‘.

CityFibre Ponders Full Fibre Rollout to 10 Million UK Premises

24th May, 2021 (24 Comments)

Broadband builder CityFibre is reportedly said to be considering an expansion of their existing rollout plan, which currently aims to cover 8 million UK premises with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) ISP network. But this could be expanded to 10 million, provided they can secure the necessary fund and contracts.

Openreach Trial May Reduce Missed UK Engineer Appointments

23rd May, 2021 (36 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has moved into the trial phase for a change that, when adopted by UK broadband ISPs, could potentially help reduce the number of missed engineering appointments by improving the level of contact made between the network operator and end-users (consumers etc.) on certain provision and repair journeys.

London ISP G.Network Invest GBP105m in Wandsworth FTTP Rollout

22nd May, 2021 (14 Comments)

UK ISP G.Network, which is investing £1bn to build a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network for homes and businesses in London (here), has announced that £105m of their funding will go toward a rollout for 100,000 premises across the borough of Wandsworth (c.230 miles of optical fibre cable).

Netomnia Quietly Reveal New UK FTTP Broadband Rollout Areas UPDATE2

22nd May, 2021 (23 Comments)

Full fibre UK network builder Netomnia, which plans to make their 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network available to 1 million UK premises by 2024 (here), appears to have added a number of new rollout locations to their website over the past month or so.