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Macquarie Capital Boost Investment in UK Broadband ISP Voneus

25th March, 2021 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless and full fibre broadband ISP Voneus, which is now targeting future expansion into a potentially addressable market of 1.6 million UK homes (up from 900,000 previously), has announced that Macquarie Capital are increasing their ownership stake in the business and thus boosting their FTTP rollout.

Ofcom Accepts BT Proposal to Continue UK Landline Only Discount

25th March, 2021 (15 Comments)

As expected, Ofcom has today accepted last year’s proposal from BT, which saw the UK ISP voluntarily offer to continue the existing discount that they apply to consumers who take a landline-only phone service (i.e. cutting the monthly rental from £18.99 to £11.99 for lines without broadband attached).

Poor Broadband Means UK Gov Stuck with BBC TV Licence Fee

25th March, 2021 (93 Comments)

The Government’s recently proposed idea of replacing the BBC TV Licence fee with a Netflix-style subscription model after 2027 (here), assuming universal coverage of “fast” (or gigabit) broadband is achieved, has been rubbished by a new report from the cross-part DCMS Select Committee.

BDUK Start Open Market Review for UK Project Gigabit Phase 1

25th March, 2021 (18 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK team has today launched an Open Market Review (OMR) for Phase 1b and 1a of their new £5bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out scheme, which is the process used to identify the commercial coverage plans for 1Gbps networks over the next 3 years (i.e. confirms where public money will be needed).

Netgem TV Expand Service for UK ISPs via SuperStream WiFi Mesh

25th March, 2021 (5 Comments)

Netgem TV has announced that their broadband-based IPTV platform, which is offered by a number of UK ISPs, is to be complemented by the introduction of their latest product – a whole home WiFi (mesh) service called “SuperStream” that is being aimed at internet providers in the UK and Ireland.

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Openreach Delivers FTTP Broadband to 4.5 Million UK Premises

25th March, 2021 (39 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced that they’ve achieved their latest deployment target, which means that 4.5 million homes and business across the United Kingdom can now order a service over their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network (1.9 million premises were added in the last year alone).

Full Fibre UK ISP Vorboss Opens New London HQ Building

24th March, 2021 (0 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Vorboss, which is part of the Fern Trading Group (they also own Jurassic Fibre and Swish Fibre), has this week opened its new Central London headquarters at Broadwalk House, Broadgate. The new HQ gives them 17,000 sq ft of office space and comes after the provider doubled their headcount in 2020.

Strike Threatened BT Gift GBP1500 COVID Bonus to 59000 Staff UPDATE

24th March, 2021 (57 Comments)

As the threat of a national strike looms large (here), BT has today proposed to offer around 59,000 frontline UK workers a “special bonus” of £1,500 to recognise their efforts in helping to keep customers and the country connected to broadband, phone and mobile services during the pandemic.

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Openreach Bring FTTP to Rural West Yorkshire Town of Todmorden

24th March, 2021 (13 Comments)

The state aid supported Superfast West Yorkshire and York (SFWYY) programme, which is working alongside Openreach (BT) to extend the availability of “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) services, has announced that some homes in the rural town of Todmorden have now gained access to their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

‘Sky Connect’– a new B2B Broadband Business.Engineers Mo Bhatti, Siobhan Sextone and Mo Omar.

Sky UK Launches Broadband ISP Sky Connect for Businesses

24th March, 2021 (3 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today launched a new UK ISP sibling that is being aimed specifically at small businesses – called ‘Sky Connect‘, although at launch they’ll only be offering packages based off “superfast broadband” Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) technology from Openreach. But FTTP will follow “later this year“.

Welsh Government Publish New Digital Strategy for Wales

23rd March, 2021 (2 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has today published a new Digital Strategy for Wales, which among other things sets out how they will use the levers at their disposal to support the public sector, businesses and homes in Wales to receive the broadband and mobile connectivity they need. But at this stage it’s all still a bit vague.

Zzoomm Start First Yorkshire FTTP Broadband Rollout in Thirsk

23rd March, 2021 (3 Comments)

Alternative UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced the first deployment of their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network in North Yorkshire (England), which will take place in the poorly served market town and civil parish of Thirsk.

Satellite Broadband Firm Avanti UK Make Ex-OneWeb Man CTO

23rd March, 2021 (1 Comment)

Satellite operator Avanti Communications, which is based in the UK and runs the HYLAS network of five large communication satellites in high earth orbit (35,792km) for rural broadband and backhaul delivery, has appointed former OneWeb man Vikas Grover to be its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

ISP Ecom Brings Gigabit Broadband to Bucks Village of Hulcott UPDATE

23rd March, 2021 (7 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Ecom, which is busy deploying a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to remote rural parts of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, has just put their network live across the tiny rural village of Hulcott, outside of Aylesbury.

ICO and Ofcom See Recent UK Surge in Nuisance and Scam Calls

23rd March, 2021 (22 Comments)

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Ofcom have today published an update to their joint plan for tackling nuisance and scam calls, which comes after they both reported a surge in complaints from September/October to December 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.

Rural UK ISP County Broadband Adds 12 Villages to FTTP Rollout

23rd March, 2021 (0 Comments)

Alternative network provider County Broadband, which is currently deploying a 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service across rural parts of England, has today announced that they’ve added 12 villages on the Suffolk and Norfolk borders area to their rollout plan. “Thousands of rural homes and businesses” are set to benefit.

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Ofcom Side with Openreach Over Extra Charge for FTTP AltNets

23rd March, 2021 (25 Comments)

Last year we reported that smaller full fibre building alternative UK broadband network providers (AltNets) were furious after Openreach imposed a “punitive” new fee on those using Ethernet (e.g. EAD) products to feed their FTTP service to end-users (here). You had to do some digging to find it, but Ofcom has chosen to uphold this.