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Gov Reveal More on Ofcom’s Planned Change to Improve 4G Mobile Maps

23rd May, 2025 (25 Comments)

The UK Government’s Minister for Telecoms, Sir Chris Bryant, this week provided more details to parliament on how Ofcom would soon improve the accuracy and relevance of their mobile coverage maps, which made particular reference to the minimum required 4G mobile broadband speed (currently 2Mbps) – this will shortly be more than doubled to 5Mbps.

Netomnia Goes Live with First 50Gbps UK Full Fibre Broadband Network

22nd May, 2025 (43 Comments)

Alternative broadband operator Netomnia, which is supported by retail internet providers YouFibre and Brsk, has today become the first UK network operator to go live with a commercial deployment of 50Gbps capable 50G-PON based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology (real-world speeds of up to c.40Gbps are expected for homes and businesses).

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ISP Quickline Launch Cheap Entry Level 100Mbps Broadband Package

22nd May, 2025 (4 Comments)

People covered by Quickline’s new full fibre (FTTP) UK gigabit broadband ISP network, which by the end of 2025 will have covered 200,000 premises in rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (up from 65,000 premises in Nov 2023), may like to know that they’ve launched a new 100Mbps entry-level package today.

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Altnet Freedom Fibre Pick VeloxServ to Power its Wholesale B2B Connectivity

22nd May, 2025 (0 Comments)

Alternative broadband operator Freedom Fibre, which has already grown their gigabit full fibre broadband network to cover 315,000 UK premises (Nov 2024) across parts of England (Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk and Essex), has chosen VeloxServ to support its wholesale B2B (business) connectivity offering.

FullFibre Limited Drops Out of UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts

22nd May, 2025 (12 Comments)

The UK government has today unexpectedly announced that alternative network operator FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes), which recently completed its merger with Zzoomm (here) and confirmed further job losses (here), has “mutually agreed to terminate” their state aid supported Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts for the Derbyshire Peak District and Herefordshire.

Three UK Doubles Mobile Broadband Speeds in Glasgow via O-RAN Trial

22nd May, 2025 (1 Comment)

Mobile network operator Three UK has today completed their trial of OpenRAN (O-RAN) technology in the city of Glasgow (Scotland). The test, which marks one of the UK’s first deployments of the technology in a dense urban environment, delivered “impressive results” with both 4G and 5G data speeds doubled at peak times.

Ofcom Ranks Big UK Mobile and Broadband ISPs by Quality and Faults – 2025

22nd May, 2025 (4 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their 2025 study of UK broadband, phone and mobile service quality, call waiting times, complaint levels, fault repairs, compensation and install times for the largest providers. For example, TalkTalk attracted the lowest satisfaction for broadband (77%) and Plusnet (BT) secured the highest (91%).

Openreach Boost UK FTTP Rollout Pace as BT Broadband Customers Fall to 8.2M

22nd May, 2025 (48 Comments)

The BT Group has today published their biannual full year (H2 FY25) results to March 2025, which reveals that Openreach’s full fibre (FTTP) network added 2.2 million premises to their UK coverage in H2 (up from 2.1m in H1) to cover 18.08m (4.9m in rural areas) and will accelerate its rollout by 20%. But broadband line losses to rivals hit 243k in the last quarter (up from 208k).

Rural UK ISP Gigaclear Discounts 500Mbps Broadband to £22

22nd May, 2025 (0 Comments)

Abingdon-based alternative network provider Gigaclear, which is built a full fibre broadband network that covers 580,000 premises (RFS) across rural parts of England (inc. 130,000+ customers), has introduced a new discount that reduces the monthly price of their 500Mbps (469Mbps avg.) package to just £22 per month.

Openreach Brings Full Fibre Broadband to 80 Percent of Cardiff

21st May, 2025 (4 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today revealed that their roll-out of a new 1.8Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in Cardiff (Wales) has reached 140,000 premises (i.e. around 80% of properties across the city). The build is still very much ongoing, although less than two in five who could upgrade to the new network have done so.

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Quickline Revise FTTP Broadband Build in York Village After Pole Complaints UPDATE

21st May, 2025 (11 Comments)

UK ISP Quickline, which is deploying a gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has agreed to revise its roll-out plan for the North Yorkshire village of Skelton after residents and local politicians complained it would have a “huge visual impact” due to the use of 9m tall poles.

Virgin Media O2 Business Launches Teams Phone Mobile

21st May, 2025 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) has today followed BTWholsale by launching Microsoft’s ‘Teams Phone Mobile‘ service to its large business customers (250+ employees) in the UK, which among other things makes it easy to move between mobile and desktop Teams calls seamlessly.

Vodafone and MediaTek Test Pushes 5G Upload Speeds up to 277Mbps

21st May, 2025 (6 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone recently hooked up with semiconductor (CPU etc.) firm MediaTek to test the combination of their 5G Standalone (5G SA) based mobile broadband network with the latest M90 modem. The solution proved able to deliver 5G uplink speeds of up to 277Mbps at their test facility in Madrid (Spain).

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NGMN Push Mobile Operators to Adopt More Effective Carbon Emissions Reports

21st May, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN), which is led by mobile operators, has this morning published new guidance for network operators that it hopes will improve the accuracy of supply chain emissions data (aka – Scope 3 / indirect emissions) by switching to a new reporting model.

CityFibre UK Complete Primary £30m FTTP Broadband Rollout in Ipswich

21st May, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which has so far built their 2.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 4.4 million UK premises (4.2m Ready for Service), have today confirmed the completion of their “primary” £30 million build in the Suffolk (England) town of Ipswich.

Netomnia Deploys 800G Gigabit Ready ROADM Network Across UK

21st May, 2025 (13 Comments)

One of the UK’s largest alternative full fibre broadband operators, Netomnia (inc. retail ISPs Brsk and YouFibre), has deployed a Smartoptics ROADM-based core network across the UK that should deliver scalable IP over DWDM at 100G and 400G wavelengths and is even classed as being “800G-ready by design” (800Gbps if you prefer).

Private Roads Hamper CityFibre’s FTTP Broadband Rollout in Glasgow

21st May, 2025 (4 Comments)

The Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Eastwood, Jackson Carlaw, has warned of “serious uncertainty” over the ability of some areas in the City of Glasgow, which have been held up for years by the owners of private roads, to be connected to CityFibre’s new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) UK broadband ISP network.