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BT to Extract 200 Tonnes of UK Copper Cable in 2023 UPDATE

9th Jun, 2023 (48 Comments)

As the UK rollout of full fibre (FTTP) broadband gathers pace, BT are increasingly turning their attention to the challenge of how to extract all of that valuable copper leftover from their legacy phone network. Initial trials have already taken place, and they now expect to extract over 200 tonnes of copper cable this year.

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OneWeb LEO Satellite Test Delivers 195Mbps Broadband Speed

9th Jun, 2023 (4 Comments)

British registered OneWeb, which is part-owned by the UK government, and Eutelsat have demonstrated how fast the company’s new global constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based broadband satellites can operate when connected to one of Kymeta’s Hawk u8 user terminals, mounted on a 4×4 Land Rover Discovery.

GWS Name Virgin Media O2 Best Combined Mobile and WiFi Provider

8th Jun, 2023 (16 Comments)

Global Wireless Solutions has today published the results of a confusing new study that measured the network performance of operators that have combined their mobile and broadband ISP businesses. Overall, the study found that the fastest download speeds by a combined provider were seen by Virgin Media O2 (138Mbps average).

Virgin Media O2 Highlight Next SRN 4G Mobile Upgrades in the Highlands

8th Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

O2 (VMO2) has today confirmed that they will either build or upgrade a total of 30 masts in Jamie Stone MP’s constituency – Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross – over the “next few months“, which forms part of the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project to help boost 4G (mobile broadband) coverage.

EE Deploys 411 New Small Cells to Boost UK 4G and 5G Mobile

8th Jun, 2023 (24 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has announced that they’ve deployed another 411 small cells (tiny base stations) on UK street furniture and buildings in order to boost the coverage and speed of their 4G based mobile broadband network (total of 611), which they claim allows customers to “take advantage of download speeds of up to 300Mbps.”

Gigaclear Raise Full Fibre Target to 1 Million UK Premises on Funding Boost

8th Jun, 2023 (7 Comments)

Abingdon-based alternative network and UK ISP Gigaclear, which has built a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 380,000 premises in rural areas, has today secured fresh equity investment from Equitix – worth “up to” £420m – and raised their target to cover “over” 1 million premises by 2027.

BT to Freeze Pay of CEO Philip Jansen at £1.1m Until Retirement UPDATE

8th Jun, 2023 (28 Comments)

Reports indicated that the UK broadband and mobile giant, BT Group, will freeze the base pay of its CEO, Philip Jansen, at £1.1m – to be renewed on a rolling basis – until he leaves the company. Mr Jansen’s annual salary was fixed for 5 years when he joined, but this agreement was due to expire.

GoFibre Confirm No Plan for Big Job Cuts After Some Staff Go

8th Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

Rural UK broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which is in the process of deploying a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Scotland and the North of England, has confirmed that it has “no plans for large-scale redundancies” after some workers were recently let go.

Business ISP Connectus Secure Funding Boost from Time Finance

7th Jun, 2023 (3 Comments)

Business focused UK ISP and Managed Service Provider (MSP) Connectus has today announced that they’ve secured an unspecified amount of new funding from Time Finance, which has apparently provided a revolving credit facility to help fund their future expansion, additional staff hires and new acquisitions.

Government Appoints UK’s First Rural Connectivity Champion

7th Jun, 2023 (22 Comments)

The Government (DEFRA & DSIT) has followed this week’s publication of its new Unleashing Rural Opportunity paper (here) by announcing that it has appointed the MP for Barrow and Furness in Cumbria, Simon Fell, to be the UK’s first “Rural Connectivity Champion” to support rural areas in accessing faster broadband etc.

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Q1 2023 Openreach Progress Update on Wales FTTP Build Contract

7th Jun, 2023 (11 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has released their Q1 2023 progress update on the £52.5m Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contract with Openreach (BT), which confirms that a total of 36,869 extra premises (up from 35,770 in Q4 2022) have now gained access to their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network.

OneWeb Launch 100Mbps+ Connectivity for Maritime Sector

6th Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

British registered space firm OneWeb, which is part-owned by the UK government, has today launched their 100Mbps+ “enterprise-grade flexible connectivity packages” for the maritime sector – delivered via the operator’s new global constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based broadband satellites.

Engineering Firm Obelisk Acquire Telecoms Division of Balfour Beatty

6th Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

Telecoms and civil engineering firm Obelisk (Constructel Visabeira), which is involved in the construction of some UK full fibre broadband networks, has today announced their acquisition of the telecoms division of international infrastructure group, Balfour Beatty.

Shell Puts FOR SALE Sign Over UK Broadband ISP Shell Energy

6th Jun, 2023 (20 Comments)

The parent company of UK retail energy and broadband provider Shell Energy has announced their intention to sell the company, which follows a major “strategic review” of the business that was launched in January 2023 due to “tough market conditions“. Reports claim that Ovo and Octopus Energy may have already placed bids.

Dedicated Wales Mobile Operator RWG Mobile Launch 5G

6th Jun, 2023 (12 Comments)

RWG Mobile, which describes itself as being the nation’s only “dedicated, all-Wales mobile network provider”, has today announced that they’ve finally made 5G based mobile broadband connectivity available to all of their consumer and business customers, “at no extra cost“. Most other operators did this a while ago.

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85,504 Premises in N.Ireland Need Help to Get Gigabit Broadband

6th Jun, 2023 (4 Comments)

The Building Digital UK agency and Department for the Economy (DfE) have published a new Public Review (PR) consultation for Northern Ireland, which reveals that some 85,504 premises might need state aid help under the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme in order to access 1Gbps speeds.

Job Losses at UK Full Fibre AltNet Broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre UPDATE2

6th Jun, 2023 (48 Comments)

Exeter-based broadband ISP and network builder Jurassic Fibre, which is deploying a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset in England, appears to have recently cut an unspecified number of jobs – mostly impacting those in their civil engineering division. Swish Fibre also seems to be impacted.