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Sky UK to Cut 1,000 Staff as Broadband TV Takes Priority

30th Jan, 2024 (45 Comments)

Sky UK (Sky TV, Sky Broadband, Sky Mobile etc.), which is part of Comcast, has today notified staff that as many as 1,000 jobs could be cut this year as the company increasingly shifts its focus toward their internet-based (IP) TV solutions – Sky Glass and Sky Stream. Satellite TV installers are known to be one of the impacted groups.

Cityfibre UK Complete Bury St Edmunds FTTP Broadband Build

30th Jan, 2024 (9 Comments)

CityFibre has announced that they’ve completed their “primary build” of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network in the Suffolk (England) town of Bury St Edmunds. The network is now Ready for Service for over 16,000 homes, which is said to reflect about 81% of homes and most businesses in the town.

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Openreach UK Discount 10Gbps Cablelinks for Fibre Broadband

30th Jan, 2024 (8 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has launched a new special offer for broadband ISPs that discounts the charge on 10Gbps Cablelinks for FTTP and FTTX/C lines (GEA), nationwide, when taken on Layer 2 Switches (L2S) built before 31st December 2023 to just £499 +vat (the regular connection cost is normally £1,270.58).

Openreach Updates on Isle of Wight and Dover UK FTTP Builds

30th Jan, 2024 (4 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach has announced that they’ve started their rollout of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network in the town of Dover (Kent). Separately, they’ve also issued a progress update on their £4.5m project to deploy the same network on the Isle of Wight (just off the south coast of Hampshire).

Ofcom Look to Approve BeetleSat’s LEO Broadband Satellites

29th Jan, 2024 (11 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has proposed to grant an Earth Station Network Licence (ESNL) to NSLComm in support of its plans to launch a new global constellation of 264 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which could be used to provide broadband to mobile sites (backhaul), as well as military, aviation, maritime and enterprises.

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Better Mobile Coverage Getting Closer on East Coast Mainline

29th Jan, 2024 (3 Comments)

The London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has reported that their joint project to deploy new 4G / 5G mobile network infrastructure into train tunnels outside London King’s Cross station has reached a key milestone, with a new (bespoke) antenna being installed inside the Gasworks and Copenhagen tunnels.

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Delays as CityFibre Suspends More UK FTTP Broadband Builds UPDATE3

29th Jan, 2024 (48 Comments)

As fibre optic network operator CityFibre continues its drive to reduce costs and boost coverage growth, such as via mergers and acquisitions (here), the news starting to reach us today is that they’ve also taken the decision to “pause” more of their full fibre (FTTP) broadband contracts with UK build partners (contractors).

RootMetrics Benchmark Reveals Top UK Mobile Networks for H2 2023

29th Jan, 2024 (7 Comments)

Mobile network analyst firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has published their latest biannual H2 2023 benchmark study of UK mobile networks (4G and 5G) and mobile broadband performance, which once again sees EE (BT) come top against rivals at Vodafone, Three UK and O2 (VMO2). But the picture for 5G performance isn’t so clear-cut.

CityFibre Target Five UK AltNet Acquisitions Over Next 2 Years

29th Jan, 2024 (27 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which is rolling out a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the United Kingdom, has provided an update on their ambitions to boost their full fibre coverage by acquiring some of the other operators in the alternative network space.

BT Group to Recruit 500 More UK Apprentices and Graduates

29th Jan, 2024 (7 Comments)

Broadband ISP and telecoms giant BT have today confirmed that they will recruit another 500 apprentices and graduates in 2024 (up from 400 in 2023) – forming part of their September 2024 intake. The roles will span across areas such as engineering (5G, FTTP etc.), customer service, applied research, data analytics and cyber-security.

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Gov Eligibility Conflict Disrupts Some UK Gigabit Broadband Builds

27th Jan, 2024 (15 Comments)

A tricky conflict over eligibility for gigabit broadband vouchers and state aid subsidised contracts via the UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit scheme, which is overseen by the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) agency, appears to be disrupting the roll-out of full fibre (FTTP) networks in some rural parts of the country.

Fern Trading’s UK Fibre Networks Start Shifting ISP Customers to Cuckoo

26th Jan, 2024 (21 Comments)

The ongoing efforts by investment group Fern Trading (Octopus Investments) to consolidate all four of their alternative UK full fibre broadband ISP networks (here) – Jurassic Fibre, Swish Fibre, Giganet and AllPoints Fibre – has reached a critical point, with customers starting to be migrated to a central retail provider, Cuckoo.

Quickline UK Deploy FTTP Broadband to 3 New Lincs Villages

26th Jan, 2024 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Quickline, which is building a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across parts of England, has announced that their network has just gone live across three new villages – Burton, Navenby and Metheringham – in rural Lincolnshire (total of over 2,000 extra premises passed).

BT Broadband UK Customers Suffer Xbox Game Pass Billing Errors

26th Jan, 2024 (10 Comments)

Internet, phone and TV provider BT (EE) has long bundled Xbox Game Passes on some of their broadband packages, particularly full fibre (FTTP) plans, which until recently often included a free 6-12 month subscription to the online gaming service. But some customers now complain the ISP has charged them for the service, without their knowledge or consent.

Competition Watchdog Investigates Vodafone and Three UK Merger UPDATE

26th Jan, 2024 (47 Comments)

In an expected development, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has today launched a formal Phase 1 investigation into the proposed mega-merger (here) between mobile operators Three UK and Vodafone, which will slash the number of mobile operators in the market from four to three and may impact upon competition, consumer prices, jobs and security.

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Full Fibre Broadband Builder CityFibre Celebrate £100m UK Revenue

26th Jan, 2024 (17 Comments)

CityFibre, which is busy rolling out a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the UK, has today celebrated reaching the £100m in revenue milestone in 2023. The operator also confirmed that their network now covers 3.5 million premises (3.2m Ready for Service) and has 337,000 live customer connections.

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Ofcom Shames Virgin Media and O2 for UK Telecoms Complaints UPDATE

25th Jan, 2024 (37 Comments)

Ofcom has published their latest study of UK consumer complaints for Q3 2023, which names Virgin Media as the worst for attracting the most gripes about fixed broadband, landline phone and pay TV services. Meanwhile, O2, which is part of the same company, attracted the most complaints for Pay Monthly Mobile services.