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Rural UK Broadband ISP Airband Appoints New Chairman

3rd May, 2023 (4 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Airband, which is deploying a mix of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks across various parts of the UK, has announced the appointment of Ian Fishwick as both their new Chairman of the Board and a Non-Executive Director.

EE UK Launch New Console Trade-In Service and PC Gaming Laptop Bundles

3rd May, 2023 (4 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE (BT) has today launched a new console (video gaming) trade-in service that offers cashback for old gaming hardware. On top of that, they’ve also launched a new range of PC gaming packages featuring premium laptops, which are designed to complement their 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) plans.

Business UK ISP Sky Connect Rebrands Under Sky Business

3rd May, 2023 (1 Comment)

Sky’s (Sky Broadband) sibling ISP for small business broadband customers, Sky Connect, has today joined with Sky Business TV to both relaunch under the singular Sky Business brand – providing both business connectivity and entertainment products.

Vodafone UK and ITN Test 5G Standalone for Live Broadcast TV

3rd May, 2023 (9 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone and TV broadcaster ITN have today announced that the Coronation of King Charles III will be the first UK broadcast to be enabled by a public 5G Standalone (SA) network, which will harness a specific “network slice” on the operator’s trial network.

Survey Finds Confusion Over UK Broadband and Mobile Contracts

3rd May, 2023 (5 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 2,003 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch.com, has found that average monthly bills for broadband ISP bundles and mobile phones have increased by £18.50 and £9.50 (per month) respectively this year. Despite that, 27% of broadband and 22% of mobile users still do not know when their contracts end.

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Connect Fibre Bring FTTP Broadband to Thorne and Killamarsh

3rd May, 2023 (0 Comments)

ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets), which aims to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England with their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has continued their steady rollout and now looks set to go live in the large village of Killamarsh (Derbyshire) and the town of Thorne (South Yorkshire).

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Guernsey ISP Sure Extend 1Gb FTTP Broadband to 9,000 Homes

3rd May, 2023 (4 Comments)

The States of Guernsey has confirmed that their joint £37.5m project with incumbent broadband ISP Sure, which aims to build a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the entire English Channel Island of Guernsey (30,000 premises) by the end of 2026, is running ahead of schedule and has now covered 9,000 homes.

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First of 120 Planned UK Gov Funded 4G Mast Upgrades Goes Live in Scotland

3rd May, 2023 (1 Comment)

The first UK government-funded rural 4G mobile mast upgrade has today been completed in the Lockerbie area in Scotland, which forms part (£75m) of their industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project with EE (BT), Vodafone, Three UK and O2 (Virgin Media). A further 120+ masts in Scotland are also set for upgrades.

Rural UK Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear Celebrates 75,000 Customers

2nd May, 2023 (14 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has deployed a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 380,000 premises (mostly in England), have today celebrated after they announced the connection of their 75,000th customer to the network.

Virgin Media O2 UK Appoints New COO and MD for Fixed Network Expansion

2nd May, 2023 (8 Comments)

Broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media O2 has today announced that, as part of their efforts to reorganise and focus the company on a “customer-first, digital-first and converged mentality and mission that lays the ground for future growth“, they’ve appointed a new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and MD for Fixed Network Expansion.

Sky TV’s Plan to go Dishless in the UK Sees Cracks in Glass

2nd May, 2023 (56 Comments)

Sources within Sky UK (Comcast) have reportedly told a major newspaper that sales of their Sky Glass product, which launched in late 2021 and is essentially a Sky branded TV that also streams content over your home broadband ISP connection (inc. WiFi) instead of via a Satellite dish, have “underwhelmed“.

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Analysts Find Gaps in Mobile Signal on London to Edinburgh Train

2nd May, 2023 (17 Comments)

Mobile network analysts at Streetwave have published the results of a new survey, which examined the mobile signal quality on the London (England) to Edinburgh (Scotland) train route. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the route was found to suffer from various “not-spots“, while EE’s network performed the best for mobile broadband.

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Openreach Add 10 New UK Locations to FTTP Broadband Rollout

2nd May, 2023 (76 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today issued another update to their £15bn UK rollout of a new multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which adds 10 new locations to their deployment plan – covering an additional 124,000 homes and businesses in places across England, Wales and Scotland.

Three UK Continues to Deliver Fastest 5G Download Speeds

2nd May, 2023 (13 Comments)

The latest data from Ookla, which runs the popular Speedtest.net service, has revealed that mobile network operator (MNO) Three UK is still beating rivals at Vodafone, O2 (VMO2) and EE (BT) for average median 5G broadband download speeds – scoring 275.85Mbps (Megabits / sec) in Q1 2023. Roughly double their nearest rival.

April 2023 BT Progress Update on 10Mbps UK Broadband USO

2nd May, 2023 (7 Comments)

UK ISP BT has published their latest biannual (April 2023) update on the progress they’ve made in delivering the 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband, which reveals that they’ve so far built a USO connection to over 7,000 premises (up from 5,900 in Oct 2022), with 800 further builds in progress (down from 2,000).

AltNet Woes Grow as UK Full Fibre ISP Zzoomm Sees Job Losses

2nd May, 2023 (30 Comments)

Oxfordshire-based alternative network and UK broadband ISP Zzoomm has reportedly become the latest full fibre builder to hit troubled waters. The provider is understood to be laying off 300 employees in its construction team (engineers and office jobs), which is said to reflect about 50% of their workforce.

A Quarter of UK Mobile Users Embarrassed of Smaller Operators

2nd May, 2023 (34 Comments)

A new Censuswide survey of 1,004 UK contract customers on Vodafone, O2 (VMO2), EE (BT) and Three UK, which was commissioned by Lyca Mobile, has found that 24% of respondents said they would be “embarrassed” to reveal that they get their mobile contract from an alternative operator.