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CityFibre’s FTTP Broadband Network Covers 3.37 Million UK Premises

16th Dec, 2023 (28 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has informed ISPreview that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has just passed 3.37 million UK premises (3m of which are ‘Ready for Service’ by an ISP), which is up from 3 million (2.6m RFS) at the end of August 2023.

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Rural UK Broadband ISP Gigaclear Secure £1.5bn Debt Facility

15th Dec, 2023 (22 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has already extended their gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 500,000 premises (430k Ready for Service) across parts of 26 counties in England, has today secured a major new debt facility of up to £1.5bn to help fuel their roll-out.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk UK Expands Android TV Hub Availability

15th Dec, 2023 (22 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has announced that their Android TV powered ‘TV Hub‘ box, which was initially only made available to their full fibre (FTTP) customers, has expanded its availability to include both new and existing customers on their FTTC based “fibre broadband packages” (Fibre 35 & 65).

Quickline Put Full Fibre Live in 4 More Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Villages

15th Dec, 2023 (0 Comments)

Hull-based UK broadband ISP Quickline, which is deploying a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across North and East England, has today announced that their network has gone live across two more villages in Lincolnshire and a further two in North Yorkshire.

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Cityfibre Complete Rollout of FTTP Broadband in Southend-on-Sea

15th Dec, 2023 (22 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has announced that they’ve completed their £51m project to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across the city of Southend-on-Sea (Essex), which originally began in 2019 and has now covered over 70,000 premises (RFS).

Winter 2023 BDUK Update on UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

15th Dec, 2023 (3 Comments)

The Building Digital UK agency has released their Winter 2023 (Dec) progress update on the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which is so far running live contracts and procurements worth over £2bn in state aid to help extend coverage to an extra 1.1 million hard to reach premises.

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Connect Fibre Win Derbyshire UK Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contract

15th Dec, 2023 (1 Comment)

The UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme has today announced that they’ve awarded the regional £33m (state aid) rollout contract for Derbyshire (LOT 3) in England to ISP Connect Fibre, which will aim to extend their full fibre network to an additional 17,000+ premises in hard to reach rural areas.

ISP TalkTalk to Acquire Shell Energy’s UK Broadband Customers

14th Dec, 2023 (39 Comments)

News reports claim that the Octopus Energy Group will shortly sell Shell Energy’s remaining internet and phone customers, reflecting a total base of around 480,000, to budget broadband ISP TalkTalk for an as yet undisclosed sum. The deal could be formally announced within the next few days.

BDUK Publish Evaluations of UK Gigabit Broadband Programmes

14th Dec, 2023 (1 Comment)

The Government’s executive Building Digital UK agency has today published a series of reports that evaluate different parts of their gigabit and full fibre broadband upgrade programmes, albeit broadly all focused on dark fibre style deployments to connect public sector sites (e.g. schools, council offices, hospitals etc.).

Business UK ISP and Cloud Provider FluidOne Acquires CNC Ltd

14th Dec, 2023 (0 Comments)

Business focused UK ISP and communications provider FluidOne has today announced the acquisition of Brighton based IT managed service provider (MSP), Computer and Network Consultants Limited (CNC), for an undisclosed sum. The move forms part of the provider’s wider strategic effort to expand its offerings in 2024

Small EE Based UK Mobile Operator Zevvle Ceases Trading

14th Dec, 2023 (3 Comments)

Back in 2020 we reported on the launch of a new Birmingham-based Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) called Zevvle (here), which offered a bit of a different twist on pay-as-you-go data (mobile broadband) pricing. But mounting costs and limited customer adoption appear to have now put an end to the provider.

Virgin Media O2 UK TV Customers Get 24/7 Christmas Channel

14th Dec, 2023 (2 Comments)

Just can’t get enough Christmas? Not got tired of every single shop playing the same endless Christmas songs on a loop until your brain screams for death? Well, good news, because customers of Virgin Media’s Pay TV services have now been given access to an all-new 24/7 Christmas themed FAST channel. Yay.

Connexin Appoint New Managing Director to Oversee Full Fibre Build

14th Dec, 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Connexin has today announced the appointment of a new Managing Director for Connexin Fibre, Shadi Halliwell, who it’s hoped will be able to boost their ongoing work to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Hull and Yorkshire in England.

UK Gov Confirm Scotland to Get £450m for Gigabit Broadband Upgrade

14th Dec, 2023 (5 Comments)

The UK Government has finally revealed that Scotland’s share of the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme will be an “estimated” £450m, although market engagement work is ongoing (i.e. getting feedback from suppliers) and has yet to reach the procurement stage – this was originally supposed to happen in the autumn.

MPs Debate 2025 Switch-off Dangers of Analogue UK Phone Services

14th Dec, 2023 (71 Comments)

A meeting in the House of Commons was held yesterday that saw MPs from different parties debate the forthcoming withdrawal of BT and Openreach’s old copper-based analogue line networks (PSTN phones and WLR) by Dec 2025, which touched on a variety of issues from battery backup to problems with the reliability of digital replacements.

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ASA Enforce New Mid-Contract Price Hike Rules for UK Broadband ISPs

14th Dec, 2023 (8 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will tomorrow officially begin to enforce new guidance for how UK broadband ISPs and mobile network operators should communicate mid-contract prices hikes to consumers, which could make such policies clearer and more transparent. But it arrives as Ofcom move (here) to ban the practice.

Survey – 29% of UK Businesses Not Ready for End of Old Phone Lines

14th Dec, 2023 (5 Comments)

A new report from business broadband ISP and communications provider Gamma and the Centre of Economics Business Research (CEBR) has claimed that 29% of UK businesses are still “completely unaware” of the upcoming move to switch-off the old copper-based Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) in December 2025.