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Police Arrest Two Men Over Illegal UK Phone Mast and Smishing

12th Jun, 2024 (7 Comments)

In somewhat of a first for the United Kingdom, Police in the City of London area last week reported that they had arrested two men in connection with the investigation of an “illegitimate telephone mast” and antenna, which is believed to have been setup for the purpose of acting as an “SMS blaster”.

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Rural Broadband ISP Airband Fined £11k for Roadworks Offences

12th Jun, 2024 (4 Comments)

Alternative network operator Airband, which aims to reach 400,000 UK premises in rural areas via a mix of fixed wireless access (FWA) and full fibre (FTTP) networks by 2026, has been hit with fines and charges totalling more than £11k in Somerset for “failing to ensure the safety of the public while doing work” in the County.

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Rubbish Trucks to Help Map 4G Mobile Coverage in Mid Wales

12th Jun, 2024 (8 Comments)

The Growing Mid Wales (GMW) programme has launched a major new project in Mid Wales, which aims to identify areas with poor 4G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage and network capacity (“mobile not-spots“) by installing “advanced mobile data-capturing devices” on waste collection vehicles across Powys and Ceredigion.

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Rural UK Full Fibre Broadband ISP Truespeed Top 100,000 Premises

12th Jun, 2024 (1 Comment)

Alternative network and broadband provider Truespeed, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural premises in South West England, has revealed that they now cover “over” 100,000 premises RFS (up from 95k in Feb 2024) and are home to 21,000 customers (up from 17k in Aug 2023).

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Virgin Media O2 UK Expand 4G Mobile on Uist in the Outer Hebrides

12th Jun, 2024 (1 Comment)

The helicopters have been out in force over Scotland’s Outer Hebrides again, this time to help O2 (Virgin Media) fly-in and install three new 4G mobile phone masts to the remote Uist islands under the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which aims to extend geographic 4G cover (aggregate) to 95% of the UK by the end of 2025.

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Telent Upgrades WiFi Wireless Network for University of Bristol

12th Jun, 2024 (2 Comments)

Some 30,000 students and staff at the University of Bristol in England look set to benefit from a series of significant upgrades being delivered by Telent, which will improve both the local WiFi network and upgrade the university’s core network and infrastructure that connects buildings across multiple campus locations.

Brsk to Boost UK FTTP Broadband Network with IP Infusion Tech

12th Jun, 2024 (4 Comments)

Alternative network provider Brsk, which is busy rolling out a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across parts of England, has confirmed that they’re in the “early” process of deploying Novas11’s IP Infusion technology into their network infrastructure.

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Google Pixel Phone’s June 2024 Update Seems to Fix UK WiFi Calling

12th Jun, 2024 (27 Comments)

Customers from a number of different UK mobile operators (mostly Vodafone MVNOs), such as Lebara and TalkMobile, who also own one of Google’s popular Pixel phones – at least the models they still support – have this week been informing ISPreview that the latest June 2024 software (firmware) update seems to have finally fixed WiFi Calling.

Investors Inject £18m into UK AltNet Broadband ISP Voneus

11th Jun, 2024 (3 Comments)

Rural network builder and ISP Voneus, which aims to cover 350,000 UK premises via both their gigabit-capable fixed wireless access (FWA) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks, has received an additional capital injection of £18m from existing investors that appears to have changed its ownership structure a bit.

2024 Conservative Manifesto Reiterates Existing UK Broadband and 5G Plans

11th Jun, 2024 (10 Comments)

The Conservative Party has today published their own Manifesto for the 4th July 2024 UK General Election, which naturally echoes their existing pledges around fixed line gigabit broadband coverage, as well as their efforts to improve 5G based mobile network coverage across the country.

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Connect Fibre Secure ISO 9001 Certification for Quality Management Standards

11th Jun, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Connect Fibre, which is currently deploying their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England, has today revealed that they’ve become the latest Altnet to secure the ISO certification for quality management standards (ISO 9001).

FluidOne Agrees Refinancing Deal with Pemberton to Fuel UK Growth

11th Jun, 2024 (0 Comments)

Business focused UK broadband ISP, IT and Cloud solutions provider FluidOne has today announced that they’ve agreed a long-term refinancing package with Pemberton Asset Management (Pemberton), which will be used to fuel their “ambitious plans to treble in size over the next five years“.

Zzoomm Grow FTTP Broadband Network to 200,000 UK Premises

11th Jun, 2024 (6 Comments)

Oxfordshire-based broadband ISP Zzoomm has today announced that they’ve built their 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 200,000 premises (Ready for Service) across 29 locations in England, which is up from 190,000 premises passed (RFS) on 5th March 2024.

Brsk Add 13 Locations in West Yorkshire to UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

11th Jun, 2024 (1 Comment)

Alternative network operator and UK ISP Brsk has this morning announced that they’re going to significantly expand the coverage of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across Calderdale (West Yorkshire), which currently covers 23,000 premises and will now be increased to 47,000.

B4RN Expand 10Gbps Rural Home Broadband Network in North East

11th Jun, 2024 (2 Comments)

Community UK ISP B4RN (Broadband 4 the Rural North), which typically works with volunteers inside rural villages across England to help deploy their 10Gbp speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has officially begun the next phase of their expansion – taking them further into Northumberland and County Durham.

Liberal Democrats Reveal 2024 Election Pledge for UK Broadband

10th Jun, 2024 (20 Comments)

The UK Liberal Democrats have today become the first big political party to publish their manifesto for the 2024 General Election (4th July), which includes a couple of broadband and internet related commitments. But as usual with these things, there’s a lack of detail in terms of funding and timescales etc.

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Competition Watchdog Goes Soft on Structural Remedies for UK Cloud Market

10th Jun, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a technical update on their investigation into the UK’s public cloud infrastructure services market, which is currently dominated by Amazon (AWS) and Microsoft (Azure). As part of this, the CMA hints that they’re “not currently minded to prioritise further consideration of structural or operational separation remedies” (e.g. divestment).