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MedUX Study Tests UK 5G Mobile Network Performance in London

17th Jan, 2024 (4 Comments)

Network testing and benchmarking firm MedUX has today published new research, which examines the performance and quality of 5G (mobile broadband) networks – including EE (BT), O2 (VMO2), Vodafone and Three UK – across London. The results indicate that EE is leading the pack in most areas, at least in the UK’s capital.

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StreetWave Name Three UK Fastest for Mobile Data in Edinburgh

17th Jan, 2024 (8 Comments)

Mobile network analysts at Streetwave have published the results of a new real-world benchmark into mobile network performance across the city of Edinburgh in Scotland, which concluded that Three UK delivered the “fastest network” (mobile broadband) across most homes. But Vodafone had the fastest average upload speeds.

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Jan 2024 Inflation Figures Reveal UK Broadband ISP Price Hikes

17th Jan, 2024 (22 Comments)

The Office for National Statistics has published their latest UK inflation figures, which saw the Consumer Price Index fall to 4% (down from 10.5% this time last year) and the Retail Price Index reach 5.2% (down from 13.4%). As a result, we now know how big the annual inflation-linked price hikes will be from most of the major UK ISPs.

Mobile Operator VOXI UK Offers Free Access to Moneyhub

17th Jan, 2024 (0 Comments)

Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is a virtual network operator (MVNO) sibling of Vodafone UK, has begun to offer some of their existing customers 12-months of free access to Moneyhub’s financial wellness app (usually £14.99 annually) as part of their customer rewards programme (‘Drop’).

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Virgin Media’s FTTP Covers 12,000 Premises in Heysham and Lancaster

16th Jan, 2024 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) and nexfibre have today announced that more than 12,000 extra homes and businesses – across both the large coastal village of Heysham and the small city of Lancaster in Lancashire (England) – can now access their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network.

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CityFibre UK’s Newcastle Full Fibre Build Tops 50,000 Premises

16th Jan, 2024 (9 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has announced that their £50m project to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the northern city of Newcastle (Tyne and Wear), which first began at the end of 2019 (here), has now covered 50,000 premises in the city and rising.

Broadband ISP BT Confirm New UK Pricing Policy for 2024 – Drops Inflationary Hikes UPDATE

16th Jan, 2024 (35 Comments)

Following Ofcom’s recent proposal to BAN providers from doing mid-contract price hikes that are linked to inflation and percentage changes (here), telecoms giant BT has today become the first major operator to confirm that they will instead be adopting “clear and simple” price changes from “early summer” (not in time to stop the next hike, though).

Mobile Operator Spusu Adds WiFi Calling to All UK Plans

16th Jan, 2024 (15 Comments)

Mobile network provider spusu, which hold a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement via BTWholesale that enables them to harness EE’s national UK network, has today announced the launch of Wi-Fi Calling (VoWiFi) support across all of their plans.

Survey Claims Londoners Lose 1 Day a Year to Slow, Unreliable Broadband UPDATE

16th Jan, 2024 (1 Comment)

A new OnePoll UK survey of 2,560 adults based in London, which was commissioned by London-focused broadband ISP and network builder G.Network, has claimed that 17% of people in the capital lose more than a day each year waiting for slow and unreliable internet connections.

EE Complete First Phase of Shared UK Rural 4G Mobile Upgrade

16th Jan, 2024 (5 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ve completed – six months ahead of schedule – the first phase of their roll-out under the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which aims to extend geographic 4G (mobile broadband) coverage (aggregate) to 95% of the UK by the end of 2025.

Vodafone UK Warn Over Costs of Adding Battery Backup to Mobile Sites

16th Jan, 2024 (22 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today highlighted the potentially huge cost challenges involved with adding backup power (batteries etc.) to their network of 12,000+ mast sites across the country, which could be one of the possible outcomes from Ofcom’s new probe into the issue of inadequate power backup.

Vodafone Bringing Microsoft’s AI and Cloud to UK Customers

16th Jan, 2024 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today signed a major 10-year strategic partnership with Microsoft, which aims to benefit more than 300 million businesses, public sector and consumer customers across Europe, the UK and Africa by harnessing various technologies (e.g. generative AI, digital services and the cloud).

Broadband ISP Plusnet Recovers from DNS Linked Mass Outage

16th Jan, 2024 (6 Comments)

Low-cost focused UK broadband ISP Plusnet (BT Group) has apologised to customers after their internet service was hit by a “mass outage” that struck yesterday afternoon and lasted for several hours. The issue appears to have been related to a problem with their Domain Name System (DNS).

Toob Expands FTTP Broadband into Three New UK Locations

15th Jan, 2024 (4 Comments)

Hampshire-based network builder and gigabit broadband ISP, toob, which is both rolling out its own full fibre (FTTP) network and also sharing some of CityFibre’s similar infrastructure in parts of South England, has today announced a number of related expansions into Waterlooville (own build) and Chichester & Bognor Regis (City Fibre).

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Targeted Attack Hits Ogi’s Full Fibre Broadband Network in Wales

15th Jan, 2024 (20 Comments)

Broadband ISP Ogi, which is deploying a multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South Wales, has informed ISPreview that the police have been called in after their new network suffered “extensive” damage in a “targeted attack” that left some customers disconnected.

ISP Connexin Launch New Business Broadband Plans in Hull UK

15th Jan, 2024 (0 Comments)

Internet provider Connexin, which is busy deploying a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Hull, East Lincolnshire and Yorkshire in England, has today launched a new range of “all-in-one broadband” packages for small and medium-sized businesses (SME) in the Hull area.

Government Confirms Gigabit Broadband Covers 80 Percent of UK

15th Jan, 2024 (21 Comments)

The Government has today confirmed that 80% of the United Kingdom now has access to a gigabit-capable broadband ISP network, which marks good progress on their way to achieving at least 85% coverage by 2025, and then “nationwide” (c.99%) coverage by 2030. But most of the progress so far has been fuelled by commercial builds.