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9th Jan, 2024 (1 Comment)
Paris-based Vantiva, which was formerly known as Technicolor (they make a lot of budget broadband routers for ISPs), has today announced the completion of their acquisition of CommScope‘s Home Networks business. CommScope also supplies network technologies to internet and full fibre operators in the UK and elsewhere.
9th Jan, 2024 (1 Comment)
The Zayo Group, which operates a large metro and long-haul fibre optic network that delivers global reach, has announced an expansion of their “near-net” that will put their 100Gbps capable connectivity within reach of thousands more businesses across Western Europe (inc. the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, and France).
8th Jan, 2024 (20 Comments)
The Wi-Fi Alliance has today official begun certification for the next generation of Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) capable wireless networking devices. The new Wi-Fi 7 standard is expected to “see rapid adoption“, with more than 233 million devices predicted to enter the market in 2024 alone. Just don’t expect to see those dizzy speed claims of 46Gbps in the real-world.
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8th Jan, 2024 (12 Comments)
Rural broadband ISP Wildanet, which is busy building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of rural Cornwall and Devon in England, has today announced that they’ve become the first alternative network in the United Kingdom to be certified as a “B Corporation” (i.e. meeting key social and environmental standards).
8th Jan, 2024 (10 Comments)
Broadband, mobile and technology giant BT Group (inc. Openreach, Plusnet and EE) has this afternoon revealed the start date for their future CEO, Allison Kirkby, who will now officially replace Philip Jansen in the role on 1st February 2024. Allison was named as the group’s new CEO last year (here), albeit without a solid handover date.
8th Jan, 2024 (5 Comments)
Leicester-based broadband ISP Gigabit Networks has today announced that, thanks to their expanded availability across multiple alternative networks, their full fibre (FTTP and Ethernet) services are now able to reach a total of around 1 million businesses (on net) across the United Kingdom.
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8th Jan, 2024 (7 Comments)
Three years have now passed since UK broadband ISP FACTCO confirmed that it would be deploying their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the small commuter village of Stocksfield in the south of Northumberland (England), but so far not a single property in the community has gone live.
8th Jan, 2024 (10 Comments)
Network operator Neos Networks, which runs one of the biggest 34,000km long business fibre networks in the UK – spanning 550 exchanges, 90+ data centres and 676 Points of Presence (PoPs), has today upgraded their Managed Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) product to provide capacities up to 10Gbps as standard (previously it only offered up to 1Gbps).
8th Jan, 2024 (49 Comments)
UK ISP BT and its digital incubation team, Etc. (that is their actual name), has this morning kicked off the first pilot of an Electric Vehicle (EV) charger that has been repurposed from one of Openreach’s old street cabinets, which was “traditionally used to store broadband and phone cabling“. Up to 60,000 more could follow.
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5th Jan, 2024 (15 Comments)
One of our readers has spotted that London broadband ISP CommunityFibre appears to have significantly discounted some of their UK business plans, which for example means that their top 10Gbps (8.6Gbps average speed) tier can now be taken for just £350 per month +vat on a 36-month term (previously £730) or £300 for 60-months.
5th Jan, 2024 (22 Comments)
Welsh broadband ISP Ogi, which is deploying a multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South Wales, has today had a significant package refresh that means new customers will benefit from dramatically lower prices and some faster download speeds.
4th Jan, 2024 (13 Comments)
Energy and telecoms provider UW (Utility Warehouse), which is also known as Telecom Plus, has today issued a press release where they claim to have “launched the cheapest broadband deal in the UK” for new customers, with prices from £19.99 per month for 18-months. But there are some caveats to this, so take it with a pinch of salt.
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4th Jan, 2024 (39 Comments)
A new Opinium survey of 2,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch.com and conducted in late November 2023, has warned that 13% of mobile users still don’t know if their phone is 4G or 5G ready and 5% say they still use a 3G handset.
4th Jan, 2024 (3 Comments)
Business ISP and managed service provider Evolve has today become the latest provider to hop onto MS3‘s new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the North of England (mostly the East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire regions), which ultimately aims to reach 535,000 UK premises by the end of 2025.
4th Jan, 2024 (0 Comments)
Hull-based ISP Quickline, which is rolling out a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across parts of England, has today announced that their network has gone live across two new rural villages – Keelby in Lincolnshire and Thorpe Willoughby in North Yorkshire (total of almost 3,500 extra homes passed).
4th Jan, 2024 (12 Comments)
SpaceX has moved a step closer to introducing a global 4G mobile service via Starlink‘s mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which occurred after the company successfully launched its first six satellites with support for their new ‘Direct to Cell’ product this week.
3rd Jan, 2024 (6 Comments)
Alternative network builder and ISP Truespeed, which has spent the past few years deploying their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to homes in the South West of England, has reportedly been hit with £34,000 worth of fines and charges for roadworks offences in Somerset.
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