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Alternative Cornwall UK Broadband Network Wildanet to Cut Jobs UPDATE

27th February, 2025 (2 Comments)

More bad news today as alternative rural broadband ISP Wildanet, which is busy deploying a gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon in England, has revealed that “external forces” have pushed them into a period of restructuring that is expected to result in a loss of up to 35 jobs (roughly 18% of the workforce).

Sky Business to Boost WiFi and Broadband for 787 UK Caffe Nero Stores

27th February, 2025 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Sky Business (Sky UK) has announced a new multi-year agreement with Caffè Nero, the premium coffee house group, which will see them upgrade the digital infrastructure of 787 stores in The Caffè Nero Group (about 90% of their estate) across the United Kingdom.

KCOM to Close Mini Library Inside Classic Phone Box Due to Fire Risk

27th February, 2025 (5 Comments)

Hull-based phone and broadband ISP KCOM, which have deployed a full fibre (FTTP) network across 305,000 premises in parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has taken the decision to close a tiny “community library” in Skidby, that was set up during 2020 inside the village phone box, because it posed a “serious fire risk“.

Court Orders Big UK ISPs to Block Pirated Israel TV Streaming Sites

27th February, 2025 (13 Comments)

Most of the major broadband ISPs in the United Kingdom (BT, Sky Broadband, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, EE and Plusnet) have just been handed a new court order to block an Israel TV video streaming site, which was found to have been facilitating internet copyright infringement (piracy).

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Virgin Media UK Expand FTTP Broadband to 6,000 Homes in Falconwood

27th February, 2025 (4 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre and supporting retail broadband ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), which share some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to more than 6,000 homes in the Falconwood area of South East London for the first time.

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Spectrum Policy Forum Says AI Can Help Ofcom Manage UK Radio Waves

27th February, 2025 (4 Comments)

A new study from the cross-industry UK Spectrum Policy Forum (UKSPF), which was conducted by Smith Institute and Spectrivity, has recommended that the telecoms regulator, Ofcom, should adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to help manage the nation’s finite wireless radio spectrum more efficiently.

Long Running UK ISP Internet for Business Acquired by Converged Communication Solutions

27th February, 2025 (0 Comments)

Aberdeen-based UK broadband and I.T solutions provider Internet for Business (IFB), which was first established all the way back in 1995, has been acquired by Converged Communication Solutions (CCS) for an undisclosed sum and after briefly falling into administration on 19th February 2025.

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10 Government Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Go Live in Scotland

26th February, 2025 (10 Comments)

Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited (DMSL), which represents the four major UK mobile operators (EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK), has today confirmed that 10 more government-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have just gone live in Scotland as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project.

Ookla Examine WiFi 6 vs 7 Performance of EE’s UK Broadband Routers

26th February, 2025 (16 Comments)

Internet connection benchmarking firm Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net broadband and mobile testing service, has published an interesting new study that looks at the adoption of different WiFi standards and performance across the world. But the study also highlights the performance impact of EE’s (BT) new Wi-Fi 7 capable routers in the UK.

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ISP Sky Broadband UK Promises to Fix Router WiFi Calling Bug

26th February, 2025 (4 Comments)

Internet provider Sky Broadband has promised customers of their service, specifically those connecting via the latest ‘Sky Max Hub‘ router, that a fix is on the way for a long-running bug that appears to be preventing users from being able to use Wi-Fi Calling when on their home network.

Jurassic Fibre Broadband ISP Customers Hit by UK Price Rises

26th February, 2025 (20 Comments)

Exeter-based broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is now part of the wider AllPointsFibre network that delivers FTTP broadband across various locations, has recently informed existing customers of a price increase to their service. The news has come as a surprise to some users, including those who previously benefitted from a 50% “Forever” discount.

Broadband and Mobile Providers Pledge to Help UK Gov Improve Digital Skills

26th February, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK government has today set out its plan for increasing digital skills to help “deliver growth and opportunity for all“, which among other things includes various pledges from key ISPs and mobile operators (e.g. BT, CityFibre, Vodafone etc.) to help support the initiative and break down the digital divide that still exists for many people.

Adtran’s Full Fibre Tech Powers 8.6 Million of Openreach’s UK Premises

25th February, 2025 (8 Comments)

Network technology firm Adtran has revealed that their Software-Defined (SD), open and disaggregated SDX Optical Line Terminal (OLT) platform now powers 8.6 million UK premises passed on Openreach’s (BT) new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, managed by Mosaic CP. This is said to reflect about 30% of their national full fibre network.

KCOM and Nokia to Deploy 10Gbps Capable FTTP Broadband by Late 2025 UPDATE

25th February, 2025 (3 Comments)

Hull-based broadband ISP KCOM, which has spent the past few years deploying a new full fibre (FTTP) network across 305,000 premises in parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has today revealed that they’re working with Nokia to deploy their 10Gbps XGS-PON technology across the network and 25G PON in the future.

Quickline See Project Gigabit Broadband Progress in Lincolnshire and the East Yorkshire

25th February, 2025 (1 Comment)

UK ISP Quickline has today given a progress update on their £118.9m state aid backed contracts under the Government’s Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme for Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire (Lot 23), which will see their 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network being expanded to cover 72,000 premises in hard to reach rural areas.

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NET CHECK Study Names Vodafone UK as London’s Best Mobile Network

25th February, 2025 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has come top in a new network benchmarking study of 4G and 5G (broadband and calls) performance across London, which was conducted by the Berlin-based NET CHECK organisation and saw them score the highest number of ranking points (932.83 out of a possible 1,000 points).

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BDUK Close Gigabit Broadband Vouchers for Newcastle and North Tyneside

25th February, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has made a change this week that closes their Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) for Newcastle and North Tyneside (Tyne and Wear), which means that local homes and businesses in poorly served rural areas can no longer apply for big grants to help get a much faster broadband ISP network installed.