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BT Staff Vote to Strike Over Pay as Openreach Prep Contingency Plan

30th Jun, 2022 (44 Comments)

The Communications Workers Union (CWU), which represents c. 40,000 staff at the UK telecoms and broadband ISP giant BT (inc. Openreach), has today – following a dispute over pay – voted to hit the operator with its first national strike in 35 years. Delays to service provision are expected, unless a last minute deal can be done.

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CityFibre to Rollout FTTP Broadband Across Yorkshire Housing

30th Jun, 2022 (12 Comments)

Network builder CityFibre has reached a new wayleave (access) agreement with Yorkshire Housing, a charitable housing association that manages nearly 20,000 homes across Yorkshire (England), which will enable them to deploy their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to “thousands of tenants“.

Virgin Media O2 UK to Expand 4G and 5G Small Cells Outside London

30th Jun, 2022 (7 Comments)

Broadband and mobile giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) has revealed that they’ve deployed more than 1,300 live 4G and 5G capable Small Cell sites across London, which are often used to boost mobile coverage and capacity in high density urban areas (shopping malls etc.). The operator plans to expand this into other parts of the UK.

ISP WightFibre Starts Transitioning Fleet to Electric Vehicles

30th Jun, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP WightFibre, which is currently deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 80,000 premises on the Isle of Wight (South Coast of Hampshire, England), has started a programme to switch their vehicle fleet to electric (inc. hybrid electric) with the arrival of several new cars and vans.

BT Seek Delay to UK Deadline for Removal of Huawei’s Telecoms Kit

30th Jun, 2022 (16 Comments)

The Chief Technology Officer for UK telecoms giant BT (EE), Howard Watson, has revealed that the operator is seeking more time from the Government for it to remove Huawei’s kit from the sensitive core of their national broadband and mobile network (this is due to be replaced by similar kit from Ericsson).

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Vodafone Claims 5G May Boost UK Economy by £7bn Per Year

29th Jun, 2022 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today published a new Digital Ambition 2030 study, which among other things claims that investment in 5G could be worth up to £7bn per year to the UK economy by 2030 and that failing to attract such investment may “undermine” the Levelling Up agenda, with “towns and smaller cities having the most to lose“.

Zzoomm Adds Sandbach in Cheshire to UK FTTP Broadband Build

29th Jun, 2022 (4 Comments)

UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has added the Cheshire East (England) town of Sandbach to their rollout plan, which is eventually expected to reach 7,000 premises in the community.

Full Fibre ISP YouFibre Hits 10,000 UK Customers and Offers 6 Months Free

29th Jun, 2022 (20 Comments)

Broadband ISP YouFibre has revealed that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which is being built by network partner Netomnia across various UK towns (live in 22), has just connected their 10,000th customer (up from 5,000 in Feb 2022). To celebrate, they’re offering new users up to 6 months free.

Mobile Operator Lebara UK Add WiFi Calling and 4G Calling

29th Jun, 2022 (125 Comments)

Mobile network operator Lebara, which harnesses Vodafone’s Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) platform, has begun contacting their existing customers to inform them that they’ve finally started rolling out two popular service features – Wi-Fi Calling and 4G Calling (VoLTE).

Broadband Stakeholder Group Replaced by UK Digital Connectivity Forum

29th Jun, 2022 (1 Comment)

The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), which is a think-tank that advises the UK Government on various related areas of telecommunications policy, is no more and has been replaced by the Digital Connectivity Forum (DCF). The new group touts a “redefined mission and vision” that has been crafted with industry stakeholders.

Uswitch Claims 11 Million UK People Hit by Major Broadband Outages

29th Jun, 2022 (8 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 4,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch, has claimed that almost 11 million consumers experienced “broadband outages” of 3 or more hours over the last year – stopping 16% of respondents from doing their work at home. As a result, the economy took a £1.28bn hit due to outages.

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Devon and Somerset Expand FTTP Rollout with Wessex Internet UPDATE

28th Jun, 2022 (1 Comment)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has announced that their existing full fibre broadband rollout contract with rural UK ISP Wessex Internet is to be extended, which will see a further 1,110 homes and businesses in South Somerset gaining access to their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

Fibre ISP Zzoomm Get Silver ERS Award as Forces-Friendly Employer

28th Jun, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zzoomm, which is busy building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach 1 million UK premises in 85 towns by the end of 2025, has been awarded the Silver ERS (Employment Recognition Scheme) award on National Reserves Day 2022 to recognise them as a forces-friendly (army etc.) employer.

CityFibre and O’Connor Utilities Launch Engineer Training Centre

28th Jun, 2022 (3 Comments)

The shortage of skilled UK fibre broadband engineers is quite a well-known problem, which has resulted in a number of network buildings and ISPs establishing their own training centres. CityFibre has now moved to do the same in South Yorkshire, which is being done in co-operation with civil engineering partner O’Connor Utilities.

Three UK Survey Claims SMEs Losing £18.77bn Due to Poor Connectivity

28th Jun, 2022 (11 Comments)

A new survey of over 1,000 British Micro and SME businesses, which was commissioned by Three UK, has warned that such firms (i.e. those who provide their employees with work phones) are losing out on an average of 1 hour of working time per employee per week due to poor connecting – costing them £18.77bn a year.

G.Network Bring Full Fibre to One of UK’s Largest Housing Associations

28th Jun, 2022 (4 Comments)

London-focused gigabit-broadband builder and ISP G.Network has signed a master wayleave agreement (legal land / property access) with one of the UK’s largest housing associations, London and Quadrant (L&Q), which will enable their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach tens of thousands more premises.

Broadband ISP BT Extends the UK Availability of its Social Tariffs

27th Jun, 2022 (6 Comments)

UK ISP BT has this afternoon announced that their low-cost home broadband social tariffs – ‘Home Essentials‘ – are also being made available to thousands of additional households, often alongside the inclusion of free laptops.