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Zzoomm-Engineer-Outside-Street-Cabinet

27th Jun, 2023 (7 Comments)

Oxfordshire-based full fibre network builder and UK ISP Zzoomm has today published a summary of their annual financial results, which among other things reveals that their FTTP broadband network now covers (RFS) over 140,000 properties (2022: 38,000) and they’re home to over 12,000 (2022 3,700) customers.

Lyca Mobile 2021 Logo

27th Jun, 2023 (76 Comments)

Customers of UK mobile operator Lyca Mobile, which until now has long held a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement to harness O2’s (VMO2) national network, have over the past few days begun informing ISPreview that their service has been stealthily switched to an EE based platform.

Openreach 2022 Engineer Outside Van

27th Jun, 2023 (26 Comments)

Ofcom has published their annual 2023 monitoring report into Openreach’s independence from BT, which found that the commitments made by the operator “have generally proved to be successful“. But the regulator warns against complacency and cautions BT’s CEO, Philip Jansen, against repeating some of his recent remarks.

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Gigaclear Engineer Outside FTTP Cabinet

27th Jun, 2023 (4 Comments)

UK ISP Gigaclear, which has so far deployed a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to 450,000 premises in rural areas (across 23 counties), has today announced that they’ve kicked off a new expansion phase in Yorkshire (England) that will see them add another 16,000 premises to the total.

Engineers Over Fibre Chamber Openreach 2022

27th Jun, 2023 (3 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today opened an investigation into the Quality of Service (i.e. minimum standards for repairs and new line provision) targets that they impose upon some of Openreach’s (BT) broadband and Ethernet products, which comes after the regulator found that the operator had fallen short in several areas.

county_broadband_digger_and_engineer_picture

27th Jun, 2023 (1 Comment)

Alternative network provider County Broadband, which aspires to cover 500,000 premises across the East of England with their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2027, has revealed that the specialist team they created to help reach the most remote homes has now completed 200 connections.

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CityFibre-Engineer-Holding-Hat-2023

27th Jun, 2023 (31 Comments)

Broadband provider Yayzi appears to have quietly become the first ISP on CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to launch a symmetric speed 2.5Gbps package for UK consumers, which will set you back just £45 per month on an 18-month term (inc. free wireless router). Now that’s cheap.

Quickline Engineer Outside Van 2023

27th Jun, 2023 (4 Comments)

Network builder and ISP Quickline, which is currently rolling out their new gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) infrastructure to 96 rural locations (55,000 premises) across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has launched a new “zero cost, zero conditions broadband deal” to help attract new customers away from rivals in their patch.

BT-TV-Box-Pro

27th Jun, 2023 (11 Comments)

Credible sources have informed ISPreview that broadband ISP and mobile operator EE, as part of BT’s ongoing work to turn the provider into their “flagship brand for our consumer customers” (here), are allegedly preparing to rebrand the BT TV service to EE TV and re-launch it alongside free multi-room support, while also adding YouTube.

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farmers_field_broadband_and_mobile

26th Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

The National Farmers Union recently published the results of their latest annual survey of 814 members across England and Wales, which among other things found that 36% can now access “supefast broadband” (24Mbps+) speeds (up from 20% two years ago), while 80% had access to 4G on their mobiles and 10% could get 5G.

concept of wireless radio Internet. 5G mobile technologies.

26th Jun, 2023 (18 Comments)

Finnish telecoms firm Nokia has hit a new milestone in 5G based mobile broadband speeds – when setup as a Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network – using millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum, which saw them successfully achieve sustained average downloads of over 2Gbps (Gigabits / sec) at a distance of 10.86km.

highnet_logo

25th Jun, 2023 (1 Comment)

Inverness-based business broadband ISP and IT solutions provider HighNet has this week started to inform their customers of a re-brand, which will see the provider take the name of their parent brand, Focus Group – the same company that acquired the provider all the way back in April 2021.

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Broadband-speed-meter

24th Jun, 2023 (22 Comments)

We take a quick look back to see how the average UK broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available fixed line ISPs and mobile operators over the past six months. Suffice to say, the growing coverage of gigabit-capable fixed line and 5G networks continues to push performance.

Truespeed Engineers at Work

23rd Jun, 2023 (12 Comments)

Fibre optic builder and rural ISP Truespeed, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to homes in the South West of England, has been fined £16,000 by Taunton Magistrates Court after it was found to have breached Section 60 and 65 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

Female Engineer Pulling Fibre Cable

23rd Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today joined forces with BT, Sky Broadband, TalkTalk, Openreach, Three UK, Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone to agree a new pledge that commits them all to help get more women into senior technology positions – across a historically male-dominated sector.

Quickline Training Centre Picture Outside Network Rack

23rd Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

Hull-based broadband ISP Quickline, which is currently working to deploy their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network to 96 rural locations (55,000 premises) across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has today announced the opening of a new training centre, stores and test laboratory for the development of innovative technologies.

Vodafone UK 5G rooftop mast cell site

23rd Jun, 2023 (45 Comments)

Vodafone has today announced that they’ve become the first mobile operator in the UK to launch a package for customers based off their new 5G Standalone (SA) technology – called ‘5G Ultra‘, which promises faster mobile broadband speeds and better performance in other areas. But there are a few caveats too.

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