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RootMetrics Test Names EE as BEST UK Mobile Network for H2 2024

4th Feb, 2025 (8 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has today published their H2 2024 study of UK mobile networks (calls, texts etc.) and mobile broadband performance, which once again sees EE (BT) continuing to win all the award categories, followed by Vodafone and Three UK. But O2 (Virgin Media) found itself at the bottom of the table.

Vodafone UK Surge to 1.55 Million Broadband Users as Mobile Falls to 18.3M

4th Feb, 2025 (11 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK has today published their Q3 FY25 financial results, which confirms that their fixed line broadband base grew by a new record to total 1.549 million customers (up by 72k in Q3 vs 50k in Q2). But their mobile base fell again to total 18.3m (down by -174k vs -93k in Q2), due entirely to a fall in their prepaid/PAYG base.

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Broadband ISP Grain to Rollout its UK Full Fibre Network into Bury

4th Feb, 2025 (0 Comments)

Alternative network operator Grain (Grain Connect) has confirmed that they’re planning to expand their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network into the Greater Manchester (England) town of Bury. The UK network currently covers over 220,000 premises and connects 30,000 customers.

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New West of England Digital Office Looks to Boost Broadband Investment

3rd Feb, 2025 (1 Comment)

The West of England Combined Authority, which is led by Mayor Dan Norris and represents the local authorities of Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Bath and North East Somerset (BNES), has today invested £2.5m to deliver a “Digital Office” that it hopes will “unlock” a £1.3bn annual boost to the region’s economy “powered by private investment in better broadband and mobile connectivity“.

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Government Invests £16m to Help Develop LEO Broadband Satellite Tech

3rd Feb, 2025 (1 Comment)

The government has today released a further £16m of public funding from the UK Space Agency’s £160m Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit (C-LEO) programme, which will be used to develop new satellite technologies that can enhance global connectivity by providing “high-speed internet access” (broadband) to remote and underserved areas etc.

Ofcom Grant UK Licence for Amazon’s Project Kuiper Broadband Satellites

3rd Feb, 2025 (0 Comments)

Ofcom has today grant Amazon’s Project Kuiper a UK Earth Station Network Licence (ESNL), which will support their effort to launch a global mega-constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to deliver affordable ultrafast broadband and mobile (4G, 5G) services. The UK telecoms regulator also made more spectrum available in the 28GHz and 32GHz bands.

Westminster City Council Trials Free Connected London WiFi Service

3rd Feb, 2025 (7 Comments)

The Westminster City Council (WCC), supported by the Mayor of London (Sadiq Khan), has worked with wireless technology provider Guglielmo and the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) to launch a free public WiFi network trial with a single sign-on (OpenRoaming) technology. This will be available to anyone living, visiting or working in the city.

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Roughly 4 to 5 Starlink LEO Broadband Satellites Now Burning Up Per Day

3rd Feb, 2025 (18 Comments)

Data released by an independent researcher has revealed that SpaceX appears to now be “retiring and incinerating” about 4 or 5 Starlink broadband satellites from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) every day, which is up sharply from before May 2024, when the average was closer to just one per day. But the exact reason for this seeming mass retirement surge remains unclear.

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Broadband ISP Grain Pledges UK Package Price Freeze Until 2027

3rd Feb, 2025 (3 Comments)

Alternative network operator Grain (Grain Connect), which has built their own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network to cover over 220,000 UK premises and 30,000 customers, have maintained their promise of no mid-contract price hikes and also pledged to retain their current price freeze until 2027 (if you sign up before 21st Feb 2025).

Toob Expand Cheap Gigabit Broadband to 16 New UK Locations and Add 150Mbps Plan

3rd Feb, 2025 (4 Comments)

Hampshire-based broadband ISP toob, which has already deployed a 900Mbps+ full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of Southern England, have announced that they’ve expanded the availability of their services – under their partnership with CityFibre – to add 16 cities and towns across seven UK counties. We’ve also spotted a new 150Mbps package.

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Gov Reportedly Looking to Cut Support for £1bn Rural UK 4G Mobile Rollout

2nd Feb, 2025 (16 Comments)

A major newspaper has reported that the Government may be looking to reduced their funding commitment for the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme and its efforts to extend 4G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage into remote rural areas. The move could significantly cut the number of mobile masts due to be built with public funding.

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Openreach Reveal Storm Eowyn Badly Damaged Over 500 UK Telecoms Poles

1st Feb, 2025 (27 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has revealed that Storm Éowyn (pronounced ‘Ay-oh-win’), which violently struck the United Kingdom at the end of last week on Friday 24th January 2025 (here and here), has so far left more than 500 broadband / telecoms poles “badly damaged“, with reports continuing to come in.

Wireless and Full Fibre Broadband ISP Orbital Net Acquires ClubWifi

31st Jan, 2025 (0 Comments)

Independent Kent-based UK ISP Orbital Net (Orbital Internet Group), which runs the Vfast sub-brand that sells packages to homes via a mix of fixed wireless (FWA) and full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks, has today announced that they’ve acquired ClubWifi, which is a key supplier of commercial WiFi services to holiday parks, marinas and more.

Ofcom Probes Deeper into Flaws of New UK Broadband Switching Process

31st Jan, 2025 (9 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has called on major ISPs – including BT, Sky Broadband, Vodafone, TalkTalk, and Virgin Media – to provide more information in an effort to help them understand why the new consumer broadband and phone switching system (One Touch Switching) is still struggling to successfully complete many consumer migration requests.

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Quickline Connect First North Yorkshire Homes Under Gigabit Broadband Contract

31st Jan, 2025 (2 Comments)

Rural focused UK ISP Quickline has today announced that they’ve connected the first homes under their £73.5m state-aid supported Project Gigabit roll-out contract for North Yorkshire (Lot 31). This will see their gigabit-capable broadband network extending to cover an additional 36,300 premises in some of the hardest-to-reach areas of the county.

New Kent UK Homeowners Criticise Persimmon Over FTTP Broadband Monopoly

31st Jan, 2025 (57 Comments)

Residents living in new build homes on the ‘Mascalls Grange Estate’ in Paddock Wood (Kent, England), which was constructed by Persimmon Homes, have called for help after suffering a “nightmare” of protracted broadband outages. But locals have been unable to escape the developer’s sibling ISP, FibreNest, because they have a “monopoly” over the area.

UK Remains Top of G7 Focused Digital Connectivity Readiness Index

30th Jan, 2025 (7 Comments)

Consultancy firm FarrPoint has published the first 2025 edition of their Digital Connectivity Readiness Index (DCRI), which ranks the G7 countries by the quality and coverage of their digital infrastructure (broadband, 5G etc.), as well as other areas like digital skills and online security etc. Overall, the United Kingdom continues to rank top and has improved its scores.