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Vodafone and Three UK Sign Agreement for Mobile Mega Merger

14th Jun, 2023 (73 Comments)

Mobile network operators Vodafone and Three UK (CK Hutchison) have today confirmed that they’ve reached a formal merger agreement, which is said to be worth an estimated £15bn and will see the former party owning a 51% slice of the business (CKH will hold 49%). But they’ll still have to satisfy the regulators, and that may require concessions.

Zzoomm FTTP Broadband Goes Live in Bewdley, Worcestershire

14th Jun, 2023 (1 Comment)

Network builder and UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced that the first customers in the Worcestershire (England) town and civil parish of Bewdley are now able to connect to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure, although the same area is also being targetted by Openreach and FullFibre Limited.

Openreach Trial G.fast Broadband DLM Tweak to Improve Speeds UPDATE

14th Jun, 2023 (25 Comments)

Openreach has notified UK ISPs of an upcoming trial on their hybrid-fibre G.fast based “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) products (including SOGFAST), which looks as if it will attempt to improve line performance by establishing the “most effective” Dynamic Line Management (DLM) thresholds.

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Hyperoptic’s Anti-Mid Contract Price Hikes Campaign Backed by Labour

14th Jun, 2023 (15 Comments)

The UK Labour Party’s Shadow Digital Minister, Stephanie Peacock MP, has this week given her support to full fibre broadband ISP Hyperoptic in its ongoing campaign to stop mid-contract price rises by rivals, which often increases consumer prices well above the current level of inflation (hikes of 13-15% hit many consumers earlier this year).

Survey Claims 19% of UK Mobile Users Have Never Changed Network

14th Jun, 2023 (15 Comments)

A new survey conducted by Opinium with 2,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Sky Mobile (vested interest), has found that 19% of UK mobile phone users have never changed their network operator, while 28% haven’t switched for more than 5 years and could thus potentially be missing out on over £100 every year in savings.

ISP Home Telecom Joins F&W Networks UK FTTP Broadband Network UPDATE

13th Jun, 2023 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP Home Telecom has signed a new partnership that will enable them to harness F&W Networks‘ new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which already covers 335,000 premises across the UK (not all are Ready for Service) and aims to reach 1 million premises by 2025.

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Colt Completes New Dark Fibre Link via the Channel Tunnel

13th Jun, 2023 (7 Comments)

Colt Technology Services has confirmed the completion of a new multi-Terabit speed capable Dark Fibre (G.652D/G.657) cable along the Channel Tunnel, which runs between the UK (Folkestone, Kent) and France (Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais) under the English Channel sea.

KCOM Build FTTP Broadband to Rural Village of East Cottingwith

13th Jun, 2023 (12 Comments)

Hull-based UK broadband ISP KCOM, which is currently extending their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across more of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has added the small rural East Yorkshire village of East Cottingwith (population of around 350) to their coverage.

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Openreach Tight Lipped on Proposal for UK EV Chargers Next to FTTC Cabs

13th Jun, 2023 (43 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach has declined to elaborate on a recently revealed proposal from their CEO, Clive Selley, which confirmed that the UK broadband giant was “exploring whether it’s practical” to deploy public EV chargers next to some of their 90,000 or so FTTC (VDSL2) street cabinets.

Mobile Network Builder BAI Communications Shifts Global HQ to UK

13th Jun, 2023 (2 Comments)

Mobile infrastructure firm BAI Communications (BAI), which is in the process of rebranding to Boldyn Networks (here) and has deployed several “neutral host” style 4G and 5G mobile broadband networks in the UK (i.e. mobile operators buy access via wholesale), has announced that they will establish their new global HQ in London.

Starlink Expands UK Coverage to Include All of Remote Shetland

12th Jun, 2023 (8 Comments)

Good news. After very recently remarking on another story that Starlink’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites still didn’t cover the whole of Shetland in North Scotland, the network coverage has now grown to cover the whole island.

UK Gov Updates on Rural Satellite Broadband Trial and New Pilots UPDATE

12th Jun, 2023 (13 Comments)

The Government has revealed some new details about their previously announced trial (here) to deliver “high-speed broadband” via Satellite ISP solutions to Shetland. At the same time, they’ve also launched a new Smart Infrastructure Pilots Programme (SIPP) and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Telecoms Diversification with Australia.

O2 UK Deploy Secret Shoppers – Embarrass EE, Vodafone and Three

12th Jun, 2023 (18 Comments)

Cheeky mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) recently hired a team of “independent secret shoppers” to visit EE (BT), Vodafone and Three UK stores to see what contracts were available to them, which found that split contracts (i.e. separate contracts for the handset and airtime) are “harder to get hold of than some networks have customers believe.”

Zzoomm’s FTTP Broadband Goes Live in Congleton, Cheshire UK

12th Jun, 2023 (1 Comment)

Broadband network builder and UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced that the first customers in the Cheshire town of Congleton are now able to connect to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure, which follows only a year after the build itself (here) was first announced.

Broadband ISP ZYBRE Finally Closes to New UK Customers

12th Jun, 2023 (8 Comments)

In news that will come as a surprise to nobody familiar with recent events. Troubled internet service provider ZYBRE (Air Broadband) has replaced the front page of their website with a notice to say they’ve “decided to cease taking on new customers” due to “continued pressures” that they’ve “not been able to overcome“.

Broadband ISP BT Trial TNT Sports Service Ahead of UK Rebrand

10th Jun, 2023 (20 Comments)

Some customers of BT’s consumer products are being invited to trial TNT Sport ahead of the big rebranding under a new joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery, which is currently scheduled to take place from 18th July. TNT Sports is the new name for BTSport – offering exclusive live TV sport (Premier League, UEFA Leagues etc.).

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New UK Measures to Tackle Dumping of Optical Fibre from China

9th Jun, 2023 (12 Comments)

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), which is an arm’s length body of the UK government that exists to tackle unfair import practices and unforeseen surges of imports, has today recommend the introduction of new trade remedies to protect the country’s optical fibre industry from “harm caused by low-priced imports from China“.