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Cuckoo Alex and Giganet Jarlath

5th Sep, 2022 (14 Comments)

Network operator and ISP Giganet, which offers gigabit broadband to UK homes and businesses via its own full fibre infrastructure (as well as via third-parties including Openreach and CityFibre), has today announced the acquisition of upcoming internet provider Cuckoo as part of efforts to grow its reach into the wider market.

Mobile phone communication

3rd Sep, 2022 (2 Comments)

Mobile operators and some broadband ISPs including Vodafone, BT, EE, Plusnet, iD Mobile, O2 and Virgin Media have in the last week responded, separately, to the massive floods in Pakistan by giving their UK customers free calls to the country and roaming.

Pure Broadband ISP Logo 2022

3rd Sep, 2022 (1 Comment)

Hull-based UK ISP Pure Broadband, which in March 2022 announced that their broadband packages had been made available via MS3’s new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the North of England (here), has suddenly stopped offering related services since being taken over by Connexin in July (here).

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connected britain award

2nd Sep, 2022 (0 Comments)

The annual Connected Britain Awards 2022 (Total Telecom) event is just around the corner and they’ve today published their short list of potential winners for this year, which sees various UK full fibre network builders and broadband ISPs being named across multiple categories (e.g. “Broadband Provider of the Year“).

gtc engineer and van

2nd Sep, 2022 (4 Comments)

ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that their partnership with Open Fibre Networks Limited (OFNL / GTC / BUUK) is being extended, which will enable them to expand their rival gigabit broadband, TV and phone network to cover UK homes on some of the operator’s existing (older) sites.

gigaclear engineers in rural uk field

2nd Sep, 2022 (7 Comments)

A small number of Gigaclear’s rural UK broadband customers on their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in Essex (Area 2) – primarily residents in the village of White Colne – have complained after a service fault resulted in a loss of connectivity that has so far persisted for two long weeks.

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Community Fibre Engineers in Street Splicing 2022

1st Sep, 2022 (11 Comments)

London-focused broadband ISP CommunityFibre (CF), which has already covered 500,000 premises with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (aiming for 2.2 million by the end of 2024), today claims to have become the “UK’s first 5Gbps 100% full fibre broadband for businesses” with their new 5GIGAFAST tier.

grain_connect_street_sign

1st Sep, 2022 (12 Comments)

Broadband ISP and digital infrastructure builder Grain (Grain Connect) has today added three new locations to their ongoing UK rollout of a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which will see them building across Watford (Hertfordshire), Reading (Berkshire) and Northampton (East Midlands).

broadway_partners_ftth_rural_lane

1st Sep, 2022 (2 Comments)

Broadway Partners (ISP Broadway Broadband) has today issued a small update on the progress of their part publicly funded effort to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover several rural communities in Pembrokeshire (Wales), which states that they’ve just “connected” 88 premises in Ambleston.

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GoFibre Engineer on Telegraph Pole

1st Sep, 2022 (4 Comments)

Scottish broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which is partnered with Marykirk.com (here), has today added the small rural town and civil parish of Melrose in the Scottish Borders area to their ongoing rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in Scotland.

ZYBRE-Cloud-Gaming-UK-Broadband-ISP

1st Sep, 2022 (12 Comments)

Cloud gaming ISP ZYBRE has today launched somewhat of a unique (or niche) new broadband and phone tariff to “help manage the cost of household bills“, which charges from just £5.99 per week for a download speed of up to 40Mbps on a “52-week contract” (12-month minimum term). There’s also a 0.5Mbps package coming.

Octaplus-Broadband-ISP-Logo

1st Sep, 2022 (4 Comments)

A new retail broadband ISP, phone and Pay TV provider has launched in Hull (East Yorkshire) called Octaplus (aka – Octaplus Supercharged), which appears designed to serve UK premises that are being covered by MS3‘s new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

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Connectus Group

31st Aug, 2022 (0 Comments)

Business ISP and Managed Service Provider (MSP) Connectus has extended their gigabit-capable fibre optic network footprint to include two new Cheshire (England) business hubs in Canalside and Northwhich, as well as in the Southside area of Birmingham and at Woodside on the Wirral.

Pound money uk piggy bank savings image

31st Aug, 2022 (32 Comments)

The CEO of ISP and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), Lutz Schüler, has today joined growing calls for the UK government to provide more direct support during the cost-of-living crisis by cutting the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) on cheaper social tariffs for home broadband and mobile services from 20% to 5%.

Fibrus-Kendal-Agreement-in-Cumbria

31st Aug, 2022 (2 Comments)

Belfast-based UK ISP Fibrus, which is busy building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across Northern Ireland and Northern England, has today announced that their network build has started in a second town in Cumbria – Kendal (this follows their initial build in Penrith).

CityFibre Engineer on Planning Tablet

31st Aug, 2022 (6 Comments)

CityFibre has today announced that they’ll invest £14m to extend their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the large market and commuter town of Wellingborough in North Northamptonshire (England), which is set to begin in October 2022.

Royal Caribbean Navigator-of-the-Seas Ship

31st Aug, 2022 (7 Comments)

The Royal Caribbean Group, which operates luxury cruises from various ports around the world (e.g. Southampton in England), has announced that it is to become the first fleet in the cruise industry to adopt Starlink’s (SpaceX) new network of low-latency ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

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