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New Small Cells in Chester to Boost Mobile Connections, O2 UK First to Adopt

21st Nov, 2024 (5 Comments)

Residents, visitors and businesses in the Cathedral City of Chester (Cheshire, England) may be pleased to learn that local 4G and possibly 5G mobile (mobile broadband) connections are set for a boost with the deployment of a new small cell network from Ontix, which follows a recent survey of local coverage by consultancy FarrPoint.

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Multiboost Gain Ofcom UK Approval for Indoor Mobile Signal Boosters

21st Nov, 2024 (4 Comments)

Consumers may like to know that Ofcom’s earlier move to soften their requirements for licence exempt indoor or in-vehicle “mobile phone repeaters” (here) is starting to bear fruit. Multiboost has just announced that their ‘PRO’ kit is now fully compliant with the regulator’s standards, which means more choice for homes and businesses.

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Fusion Fibre Group Gives Smaller UK ISPs Access to their Broadband Network

21st Nov, 2024 (0 Comments)

Rural ISP and broadband network builder, Fusion Fibre Group (FFG), which has deployed a number of its own full fibre (FTTP) networks across various communities, has today announced plans to launch a channel partner programme that will allow smaller providers to resell their services.

EE UK to Refresh Mobile Roaming Plans and Scraps Old Products UPDATE

21st Nov, 2024 (45 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has begun to inform their UK customers, specifically those with inclusive roaming, that their “current roaming products will be removed” from 25th December 2024. The plan is to replace them with new roaming plans, due for launch on 4th Dec 2024, but this has left some existing customers confused about the impact.

High Court Rejects LetterOne Appeal Over Forced Sale of UK Broadband Biz

21st Nov, 2024 (9 Comments)

The High Court in London has dismissed an appeal by investment firm LetterOne, which had been asking the court to rule that it was unlawfully ordered, under the new National Security and Investment Act (NSIA), to sell Upp’s full fibre broadband network by the UK Government. The company is now considering whether or not to challenge the outcome.

Accounts for UK Broadband ISP Airband Highlight Funding Risks and Job Cuts UPDATE

21st Nov, 2024 (11 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Airband, which has deployed a full fibre (FTTP) and wireless (FWA) broadband network that covers parts of Wales and South West England, recently published their latest accounts to the end of 2023 and revealed a sharp fall in employees (from 485 to 235) and the urgent need for new funding by 1st February 2025.

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Netomnia Broadband ISP YouFibre Tops 150,000 UK Customers

20th Nov, 2024 (36 Comments)

Gigabit broadband ISP YouFibre, which sells packages via Netomnia (inc. Brsk) and Cityfibre’s respective 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks – across different parts of the United Kingdom, has today announced that they’ve more than doubled their customer base in just 10 months to total 150,000.

Dotlines Launches in UK and Preps New Broadband ISP – Carnival Internet

20th Nov, 2024 (0 Comments)

Global tech company Dotlines has today launched into the UK (Dotlines UK) with a plan to offer a variety of business and household solutions, from digital security to connectivity. A quick look at the company’s website shows that one of their brands will be a new broadband ISP called Carnival Internet UK.

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Survey Claims Smaller UK Firms Sceptical of Alternative Broadband Networks

20th Nov, 2024 (2 Comments)

A new survey conducted by business ISP and VoIP provider bOnline, which interviewed 407 small business owners during October 2024, has claimed that 74% of respondents are not sure if an alternative broadband network (altnet) is available in their area, and amongst those that believe there is, the majority (65%) have not yet tried to access them.

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Virgin Media O2 Switches On New UK Converged Interconnect Network

20th Nov, 2024 (17 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has today announced that they’ve switched on their new “next generation” Converged Interconnect Network (CIN), which brings together its fixed line (FTTP, DOCSIS) and mobile networks (4G, 5G etc.) in a way that will make them more efficient, resilient, scalable and flexible.

Virgin Media O2 UK Offer Free Access to AI Search Engine Perplexity Pro

20th Nov, 2024 (7 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media and O2’s various broadband, mobile, phone and TV packages may like to know that their ‘Priority’ app, which rewards existing subscribers with various special offers and discounts, is now allowing access to AI-powered tool ‘Perplexity Pro‘ at no extra cost for one year (normally £150 per year).

Rural UK Broadband ISP Gigaclear Appoints New Financial Boss

20th Nov, 2024 (2 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural ISP and full fibre network builder Gigaclear has today announced that they’ve finally appointed a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Hugo Eales, which comes after the departure of both their former CEO, Gareth Williams, and CFO, Ian Wade, earlier in 2024 (here).

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Mobile Operators Fear UK 5G Rollout At Risk from Dispute with Leasing Firm

19th Nov, 2024 (10 Comments)

Mobile network operators (e.g. EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three UK) appear to be increasingly raising concerns over the impact that leasing firm AP Wireless is having on their already sluggish deployment of 5G based mobile broadband technology. This is said to be pushing up their build costs and thus allegedly threatening the viability of future deployments.

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Lightning Fibre Resume Stalled Full Fibre Broadband Build in Tenterden

19th Nov, 2024 (0 Comments)

Eastbourne-based network operator and UK ISP Lightning Fibre, which has been building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Sussex and Kent in England, has today confirmed that they’ve resumed their roll-out in the town of Tenterden. The build was stopped during early 2024, while the operator went through a re-structure.

Quickline Bring FTTP to 4 Villages in Yorkshire Project Gigabit Broadband Build

19th Nov, 2024 (3 Comments)

Alternative network operator and UK ISP Quickline has today issued another small progress update on their £60m state aid supported gigabit broadband roll-out contract for North and West Yorkshire (Lot 8 – here), which ultimately aims to reach 28,000 additional premises in hard-to-reach rural areas.

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Streetwave to Conduct County-Wide Mobile Coverage Study of Argyll and Bute

19th Nov, 2024 (0 Comments)

The Argyll and Bute Council (ABC) in Scotland has joined forces with network analyst firm Streetwave and the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) to conduct the “first county-wide mobile coverage survey” in Scotland, which will mirror similar studies that are already being conducted across other parts of the UK.

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Broadband ISP YouFibre Deploy First UK 400Gbps vCGNAT Servers

19th Nov, 2024 (27 Comments)

Broadband ISP YouFibre, which is one of the retail outlets for Netomnia’s (inc. Brsk) 8Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network, has worked with NFWare to deploy the “industry’s first” 400Gbps virtual Carrier Grade Network Address Translation (vCGNAT) servers to its customers. The move should help them to keep up with their rapid subscriber growth.