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Enders Analysis Finds 20 Largest UK Altnet BT Rivals Lost £1.3bn in 2023

30th Oct, 2024 (23 Comments)

A new report from analyst firm Enders Analysis, which was today shared with ISPreview, has calculated that the 20 largest alternative UK broadband networks (i.e. BT / Openreach challengers) collectively suffered losses of around £1.304bn in 2023 (increased from £755m in 2022) – driven by high interest rates and rising build costs.

Broadband ISP Grain to Expand UK Full Fibre Network in Warrington

30th Oct, 2024 (1 Comment)

Alternative network operator Grain (Grain Connect), which has already built their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 220,000 UK premises RFS (21st May 2024) and connected 30,000 customers, has revealed that they’ve begun to expand their existing deployment in the Cheshire (England) town of Warrington.

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Autumn UK Budget 2024 Commits £500m to Broadband and Mobile UPDATE4

30th Oct, 2024 (6 Comments)

The new Chancellor of the Labour Government, Rachel Reeves MP, has today announced her first Autumn 2024 Budget and confirmed that she would commit “over £500m of funding next year” for “improving reliable fast broadband and mobile coverage across our country, including in rural areas“.

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SICOM Looks to Expand UK Dark Fibre Network for Businesses

30th Oct, 2024 (1 Comment)

Knaresborough-based network operator SICOM, which often works in partnership with local authorities, private enterprises, national carriers, has revealed that they’re looking to expand their open access Dark Fibre network, which is currently primarily located in several major cities across England, Scotland and Wales.

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Cornwall UK ISP Wildanet Pilot Carbon Saving FTTP Broadband Build Process

30th Oct, 2024 (1 Comment)

Rural broadband ISP Wildanet, which is deploying a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon (England), has joined forces with build contractor Dynamic Fibre to help pilot a new cable-laying process that could “dramatically reduce the carbon footprint” of their deployment.

Business ISP VoiceHost Joins ITS Technology’s UK Full Fibre Network

30th Oct, 2024 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which operates wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks (“Faster Britain“) across urban parts of the UK, has today announced that business voice and data solutions provider, VoiceHost, has joined their network as part of a strategic partnership.

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Ookla Claim Quarter of UK Smartphone Users Suffer Network Outage at Least Once a Month

30th Oct, 2024 (2 Comments)

A new survey of over 1,000 UK smartphone users by Omdia, which was commissioned by network testing firm Ookla (i.e. Speedtest.net, Downdetector.co.uk), has revealed some of the biggest frustrations that UK Smartphone users have with their devices, with spam calls and messages, slow-loading web pages, and network outages as the top pain points.

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Brsk Name 5 Areas in Rural West Yorkshire UK for FTTP Broadband Build

30th Oct, 2024 (1 Comment)

Alternative network operator and ISP Brsk has today announced that their 2Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which already covers “over” 700,000 UK homes and is in the process of being merged with Netomnia (here), is being expanded to cover a further 10,000 “rural” premises in 5 new locations across West Yorkshire (England).

Study Finds Three UK’s 3G Switch-Off Boosted Speeds, But Hurt Coverage

30th Oct, 2024 (15 Comments)

Mobile network analyst firm Streetwave has used data gathered from across Northumberland (England) and Ceredigion (Wales) to examine the recent switch-off of 3G mobile services in those areas by Three UK, which resulted in median (average) mobile broadband download speeds rising by 22%, but “Essential Coverage” declined by 8%.

Virgin Media O2 UK Broadband Users Grow to 5.73M as FTTP Adds 281K Premises

30th Oct, 2024 (6 Comments)

The latest Q3 2024 results from Virgin Media (O2) have been published, which shows that they’re home to 5,726,900 fixed broadband customers (up by 16.2k in Q3 vs -12.2k in Q2) and expanded their full fibre (FTTP) network to 281,100 premises – primarily via nexfibre (down from 295k in Q2). VMO2 has also sold a minority 8.3% stake in Cornerstone (worth £186m).

Altnets Seek to Streamline MDU Fibre Installations for UK ISPs via New System

29th Oct, 2024 (8 Comments)

The tediously named telecoms procurement specialist, Altnets (the company, not the sector), has launched a new system that attempts to address some of the complex engineering and compliance challenges that UK broadband ISPs face when installing in large residential buildings (MDUs / blocks of flats etc.), while also making those deployments more efficient.

Vodafone Upgrade 4G and 5G Mobile at UK Holiday Parks and Nearby Communities

29th Oct, 2024 (2 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone has today announced that they’ve teamed-up with wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave to provide “improved high-speed” 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) connectivity at Haven’s many holiday parks across Yorkshire, Norfolk and Kent in England, as well as Scotland, North Wales and various coastal communities.

O2 UK Clarify Contradictory Claim of 5G Support on PAYG Plans

29th Oct, 2024 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has clarified to ISPreview that their Pay As You Go (PAYG) SIM plans still do NOT currently support their latest 5G (mobile broadband) network, which is despite the main product page for those plans being changed to state that customers will be able to “enjoy super-fast 4G and 5G with our Pay As You Go SIM cards.”

October 2024 Progress Update on BT’s 10Mbps UK Broadband USO

29th Oct, 2024 (10 Comments)

UK ISP BT has published the final biannual progress update for 2024 on their delivery of Ofcom’s somewhat maligned 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband. The ISP has so far helped to build a USO connection to over 8,248 premises (up from 7,954 in April 2024), with 215 further builds in-progress (down from 265).

Virgin Media O2 UK Has Distributed 1,000 Free WiFi Delivering 4G Get Boxes

29th Oct, 2024 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and UK tech charity Jangala have this morning announced that, over the past year, they’ve provided more than 1,000 internet-enabling “Get Boxes” to charities and local authorities across the country, which are providing free WiFi hotspots to help thousands of people affected by “data poverty” to get online.

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Broadband ISP ASK4 Sign Partnership to Use TP-Link UK’s Network Kit

29th Oct, 2024 (0 Comments)

Managed internet service provider ASK4, which delivers gigabit-capable broadband to students and residents (renters) in multi-tenant buildings across the UK (as well as other parts of Europe), has signed a new strategic partnership with network kit manufacturer TP-Link to deliver “enhanced connectivity” across hundreds of thousands of their users in related buildings.

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Grain’s Results See Expanded UK FTTP Broadband Cover and Financial Positives

28th Oct, 2024 (6 Comments)

Alternative network operator and ISP Grain (Grain Connect), which has already built their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 220,000 UK premises RFS and 30,000 customers (21st May 2024), recently published their annual results and made some positive financial predictions. A further £18m of equity funding was also secured.