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Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Launch Home Mesh WiFi Service UPDATE

2nd Mar, 2022 (5 Comments)

City-focused full fibre (FTTB/P) broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which is present in parts of 57 UK towns and cities, has today launched a new mesh WiFi service called ‘Total Wi-Fi’, which aims to give new and existing customers the “ultimate [Wi-Fi] speed, reliability, and coverage – in every room.” But it will cost extra.

Jurassic Fibre Cut FTTP Broadband Prices in South West England

2nd Mar, 2022 (12 Comments)

Broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is busy building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England (Devon, Somerset and Dorset), appears to have just significantly reduced the pricing of their packages for local homes by around 50%.

War in Ukraine Casts Shadow Over Future OneWeb Satellite Launches UPDATE2

2nd Mar, 2022 (20 Comments)

Calls are growing for the UK Government to take action to stop OneWeb, a British-registered company where it holds a key £400m stake after helping to rescue it from bankruptcy in 2020 (alongside a consortium of investors), from using Russian rockets for future launches of OneWeb’s ultrafast low-latency broadband satellites.

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Gov Consults on New UK Telecoms and Internet Security Code UPDATE

1st Mar, 2022 (2 Comments)

The UK Government has today begun to consult on draft regulations for their new Telecommunications (Security) Act which, aside from banning Huawei inside 5G mobile networks (and restricting their involvement with FTTP broadband), will also impose a cacophony of tedious new security rules on telecoms operators.

Zzoomm Freeze FTTP Broadband Prices as Berkshire Towns Go Live

1st Mar, 2022 (12 Comments)

The Berkshire (England) towns of Sandhurst and Crowthorne have just become the latest to start going live on Zzoomm’s new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which should eventually reach over 10,500 premises in the two locations. The UK ISP has also frozen their prices.

Cornwall Focused ISP Wildanet Keeps Broadband Prices Frozen

1st Mar, 2022 (1 Comment)

Rural UK ISP Wildanet, which last year began the £50m rollout of a new gigabit-capable broadband (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network in Cornwall (here), has today confirmed that they “have no plans to put our prices up” like many of the market’s largest providers (most of those recently hit consumers with huge price hikes).

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ISP Ogi Unbundles 20 Exchanges in Wales to Aid FTTP Broadband

1st Mar, 2022 (9 Comments)

Broadband ISP Ogi has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they’ve just managed to unbundle and backhaul their 20th handover exchange in South Wales, which gives them more control to offer cost-effective Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) packages on Openreach’s UK network (i.e. in areas where they aren’t building their own fibre.. yet).

Netomnia Add Guildford, Carlisle and Darlington to UK Full Fibre Rollout

1st Mar, 2022 (1 Comment)

Broadband network builder Netomnia has today added the UK towns and cities of Guildford (Surrey), Carlisle (Cumbria) and Darlington (Durham) to their build plan for a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which once live will be sold to consumers via ISP partner YouFibre.

Airband Upgrades Wireless Broadband in Dartmoor and Exmoor

1st Mar, 2022 (1 Comment)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme have announced that UK ISP Airband has upgraded their Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) network in remote rural parts of England’s Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks, which should bring more capacity and reliability.

Ofcom UK Propose Upper 6GHz Band for Shared Access Licences

28th Feb, 2022 (3 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed to make the upper 6GHz radio spectrum band (6425-7070MHz) available to Shared Access Licences for low-power, indoor use. But the move raises questions over the future use of this band to help improve 5G and WiFi performance, which has not yet been ruled out.

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New Grant Opens to Boost Broadband in South Herefordshire

28th Feb, 2022 (1 Comment)

The Fastershire broadband project is starting to make a new Digital Household Grant (DHG) available to homes in some rural parts of South Herefordshire (i.e. those that were originally due to receive FTTP broadband via UK ISP Gigaclear), which will enable them to help cover the installation cost of an “interim broadband solution.”

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Civil Engineer Firm O’Connor Utilities Acquires FKS (UK) Limited

28th Feb, 2022 (2 Comments)

Civil engineering firm O’Connor Utilities (OCU Group Limited), which among other things is helping a number of operators to build full fibre broadband ISP networks across the UK (Netomnia, CityFibre, Ogi etc.), has today announced the acquisition of telecom installation service provider FKS (UK) Limited.

Hyperoptic Aim Gigabit Broadband at 2 Million UK Homes by 2023

28th Feb, 2022 (11 Comments)

City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which is backed by global investment firm KKR, has today confirmed that their alternative “full fibre” (FTTP/B) network has now covered over 750,000 UK premises. The operator has also set a new target of covering 2 million homes by the end of 2023.

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North Lanarkshire Approve GBP150m Broadband and WiFi Upgrade

27th Feb, 2022 (2 Comments)

The North Lanarkshire Council in Scotland has announced that up to £150 million could be spent as part of an “initial” 15-year deal with ISP Commsworld, which will work to create lots of free public WiFi networks and to upgrade local public sector sites to gigabit broadband connectivity. Local homes and businesses may also benefit.

Copper Thieves Strike Openreach’s Network in Cambridgeshire AGAIN

25th Feb, 2022 (20 Comments)

The previous offer of a £20K reward to help catch those responsible for a string of copper cable thefts in rural Cambridgeshire (England) has not been effective, yet. Openreach’s (BT) network in the county has again been hit by the crime, which saw 3.4km of underground cable stolen and broadband disrupted for 3,000 properties.

Vodafone UK, BT, VMO2, 3 and Sipgate Give Free Calls to Ukraine UPDATE3

25th Feb, 2022 (17 Comments)

Mobile and broadband ISPs Vodafone UK, O2 and Virgin Media, TalkTalk, Three UK, BT (inc. Plusnet and EE), Ogi, Giffgaff and Sipgate have today responded, separately, to the absolutely horrific events being seen in Ukraine over the past few days by giving their customers free calls and roaming to the country.

The 4th Utility ISP Set to Expand UK Rollout of FTTP Broadband

25th Feb, 2022 (7 Comments)

UK ISP 4th Utility is now ramping up their rollout of a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to include existing homes (SDU) and large residential blocks (MDU). Until now the operator has tended to only focus on new builds (plus commercial properties) and will soon have passed 36,000 homes.