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Three UK Sees up to 70% Boost in Mobile Network Energy Efficiency

19th Jun, 2024 (23 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has announced that they’ve been able to work with strategic supplier Ericsson to improve the energy efficiency of their national 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) network by up to 70% “at selected sites“. This is largely thanks to the deployment of next-generation AI-powered hardware and software solutions.

Utility Warehouse Sees 374,792 Take their UK Broadband Services

19th Jun, 2024 (0 Comments)

Energy and communications provider Telecom Plus, which trades as Utility Warehouse (UW), has just published their latest Full Year Results and revealed that their broadband ISP grew its total UK customer base to 374,792 (up by 20.67k in the year) and their mobile base hit 466,216 (up by 72k).

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Powys County Council Signs Rural Broadband Rollout Deal with BT UPDATE

18th Jun, 2024 (0 Comments)

The Powys County Council (Cyngor Sir Powys) in mid-Wales has this afternoon announced that they’ve awarded a broadband roll-out contract to the BT Group (Openreach), which will connect 24 “hard to reach sites” to a new full fibre network and will also benefit at least 78 more that are on route to them (possibly rising to as many as 119).

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Virgin Media and Nexfibre’s FTTP Reaches 25,000 Extra Lowestoft Homes

18th Jun, 2024 (2 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre has today confirmed that they’ve expanded their 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband network, alongside partner UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2), to cover an additional 25,000 premises in the seaside town of Lowestoft in Suffolk (England).

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Some Brits Rather Live Next to Coastal Erosion Than Suffer Slow Broadband

18th Jun, 2024 (3 Comments)

A new Censuswide survey of 2,004 UK respondents, which was commissioned by Broadband Genie, has claimed that 7.09% of respondents would be willing to live in or around somewhere with “coastal erosion” if it was for their dream home, but only 5.34% were willing to live with “poor broadband“.

Confusion as SNP Promotes Social Tariff for Broadband and Mobile

18th Jun, 2024 (7 Comments)

The Scottish National Party (Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba) yesterday offered a preview of their forthcoming 2024 Manifesto for the UK General Election, which among other things promised to extend their idea of a social tariff for energy providers to also include broadband and mobile services. But the latter already exists.

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ISP BT Reveals UK Broadband Traffic for First Euro 2024 Matches

18th Jun, 2024 (11 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has kindly provided ISPreview with some internet traffic statistics from the first UEFA Euro 2024 football match between England and Serbia, which took place at 8pm on Sunday (16th June 2024), as well as the opening match between Germany and Scotland on Friday 14th (8:30pm).

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Ookla Reveals Mobile Broadband and WiFi Speeds at Key UK Airports

18th Jun, 2024 (7 Comments)

New data from broadband connection testing firm Ookla, which operates the popular online Speedtest.net service for internet users, has revealed the mobile data (4G, 5G) and WiFi performance results from some of the world’s busiest airports, including London Gatwick (LGW) and London Heathrow (LHR) in the UK.

Gigabit Wireless Networking Kit Firm Blu Wireless Get Funding Boost

18th Jun, 2024 (0 Comments)

Bristol-based Blu Wireless, which makes mmWave (unlicensed 57-71GHz) radio networking technologies in the UK, has secured an investment boost from Maven Capital Partners (a fund manager for the British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund) to help both promote and drive sustainable economic growth and support innovative.

Telecom Acquisitions Acquire Gigabit Networks’ UK CityFibre Customers

17th Jun, 2024 (3 Comments)

The Horsham-based Telecom Acquisitions Group (TAL), which is a holding company for several familiar UK residential broadband ISP brands (Home Telecom, Eclipse Broadband etc.), has today announced yet another acquisition after they scooped the CityFibre (FTTP) linked residential customer base of ISP Gigabit Networks.

Wildanet See Progress on Cornwall UK’s Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

17th Jun, 2024 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Wildanet, which in January 2023 secured the £36m state aid fuelled Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract to cover more than 19,250 hard-to-reach premises across rural parts of Cornwall in South West England (here), has today revealed that they’ve already covered 3,500 premises across 9 FTTP build locations.

Mobile UK Publish Familiar Plan to Boost 4G and 5G Coverage

17th Jun, 2024 (6 Comments)

Industry trade body Mobile UK, which represents Three UK, EE (BT), O2 (Virgin Media) and Vodafone, has joined with the Mobile Infrastructure Forum (MIF) to set out a series of recommendations for how the next government can tackle an “underfunded and under resourced planning system” to “unlock growth and get Britain fully connected” to the latest 4G, 5G and future 6G networks.

Lyca Mobile UK Auditor PKF Littlejohn Refuses to Sign Off Accounts

17th Jun, 2024 (12 Comments)

News reports have indicated that the auditor – PKF Littlejohn – for mobile network operator Lyca Mobile, which is a virtual operator (MVNO) on EE’s platform in the UK, were unable to sign off the company’s most recent accounts (to December 2022) due to various concerns, such as the recoverability of a due balance of nearly £150m.

Rural UK ISP GoFibre Cover 100,000 Premises with FTTP Broadband

17th Jun, 2024 (5 Comments)

Edinburgh-based network builder and ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which is rolling out a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of North England and the Scottish Borders, has today announced that they’ve passed a key milestone by covering “more than” 100,000 premises with their new infrastructure.

MS3 Networks Launch UK Broadband Customer Referral Scheme

17th Jun, 2024 (1 Comment)

Network operator MS3, which is rolling out a 10Gbps capable open access full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network across 30 UK locations (mostly East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire), has today announced the launch of a customer referral programme that will offer a £50 shopping voucher to all those who make use of it.

Manx Telecom Warn of FTTP Broadband Build Delay Over Pole Objections UPDATE

17th Jun, 2024 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP Manx Telecom (MT), which serves premises on the Isle of Man (a British Crown Dependency) in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, has warned that its ongoing work to deploy a new full fibre (FTTP) network across the island could be delayed due to issues with getting planning approval for new poles.

Openreach Trial Gift Cards to Boost UK FTTP Broadband Take-up

17th Jun, 2024 (24 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) are preparing to trial a new “end customer voucher scheme“, which will offer a special gift card for shopping worth £50 to consumers who follow the promotion and sign-up via a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband package from one of their many retail ISPs.