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Rural Wales Broadband ISP Ogi Opens 8th Round of Community Fund

11th Oct, 2024 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed network builder and UK ISP Ogi, which is investing £245m into the deployment of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across South Wales, has confirmed that they’ve opened up their “Cefnogi” local community support fund for an 8th round of projects.

Sky UK Extends Satellite TV Partnership with SES Until 2029

10th Oct, 2024 (12 Comments)

Global satellite provider SES, which operates a network of nearly 70 satellites that can deliver video and data services to 99% of the world’s population, has today announced an extension of their existing partnership with Sky that will see them continuing to provide capacity to support the Sky Q TV service in the UK and Ireland until the end of 2029.

Onestream Claims to be First UK Broadband ISP to Encourage Router Reuse

10th Oct, 2024 (29 Comments)

Hampshire-based broadband ISP Onestream, which sells internet access packages using Openreach’s national network, today claims to have become “the first” internet provider to offer all its customers the “game-changing” option to reuse their existing router when they switch – “saving money and preventing devices becoming electronic waste.”

EE UK Overcharges Some Mobile Customers by Hundreds of Pounds

10th Oct, 2024 (6 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE UK has confirmed to ISPreview that it overcharged a “very small” number of customers, in some cases by hundreds of pounds, for calls that should have been included as part of their bundled allowance. The issue appears to have occurred as part of the operator’s move to adopt a new billing system.

80 Percent of Stoke Covered by Freedom Fibre’s FTTP Broadband

10th Oct, 2024 (2 Comments)

ISP LilaConnect, which following the VX FIBER UK acquisition is now part of Freedom Fibre‘s gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network (here), has today revealed that their fibre coverage in the Staffordshire (England) city of Stoke-on-Trent has now expanded to pass 80% of local premises (103,784).

CNI Boosts Broadband Infrastructure Sharing with AssetHub

9th Oct, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Cooperative Network Infrastructure scheme in Tameside, Blackpool, Manchester and Sussex (England), which helps to enable the commercial re-use of existing local authority owned cable ducts and fibre to aid the roll-out of gigabit-capable broadband, has made it easier to share related assets (fibre, street furniture etc.) via a new partnership with AssetHUB.

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Regulator Fines Manx Telecom £100k Over Fibre Dispute with BT and Sure

9th Oct, 2024 (0 Comments)

The Communications and Utilities Regulatory Authority (CURA) for the Isle of Man, which is a British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, has fined dominant broadband and telecoms operator Manx Telecom £100,000 for failing to correctly handle Sure’s request for an interconnection with BT’s subsea fibre cable.

ASA Ban Ads for Major UK Telecoms Providers Over Misleading Price Hikes UPDATE

9th Oct, 2024 (9 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has today banned a series of website-based adverts for major broadband ISPs and mobile network operators, including BT, EE, Plusnet, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media, after the way they all presented their annual mid-contract price hikes was found to be “misleading“.

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New Digital UK Map of Underground Cables to Enter Public Beta in 2025

8th Oct, 2024 (10 Comments)

The Government has announced that their new National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), which is a digital UK map of underground pipes and cables (broadband, water etc.) that is partly designed to help reduce accidental damage, will finally be made available as a public beta service by spring 2025.

Voneus Bring Gigabit Broadband to Tiny Pembrokeshire Village of Dale

8th Oct, 2024 (7 Comments)

After some false starts in the past, residents of the tiny coastal Pembrokeshire (Wales) village of Dale can now finally start enjoying access to a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which is thanks to a deployment by local ISP Voneus that was funded by the government’s gigabit voucher scheme.

EE Extends Sky Partnership and Brings Sky Stream to UK Customers

8th Oct, 2024 (27 Comments)

Mobile operator and broadband ISP EE (BT) has today announced that they’ve extended and expanded their strategic partnership Sky UK, which among other things means that Sky Stream will launch in EE retail stores, via the their website, and telesales from 15th October 2024; it can also now be taken alongside EE’s home broadband and mobile services.

Brsk UK to Extend FTTP Broadband Network into Colne, Lancashire

8th Oct, 2024 (0 Comments)

Alternative network operator and ISP Brsk, which has already built their 2Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover “over” 676,000 UK homes and is in the process of being merged with Netomnia (here), has today announced that their full fibre service is being extended to cover 11,000 premises in the Lancashire town of Colne.

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Vodafone UK Spotted Preparing Wi-Fi 7 Broadband Routers for Launch

8th Oct, 2024 (9 Comments)

Mobile and broadband ISP Vodafone appears to be preparing to launch a new range of Wi-Fi 7 capable routers and wireless mesh extenders for their fixed line customers in the future, including the Ultra Hub 7 Fibre (FG4278VF), Super Wi-Fi 7 (RP761BVDF) and Ultra HUB7 (DG4278VF). But the details are currently wafer thin.

SMF Study Identifies Weaknesses in UK 5G Mobile Deployments

7th Oct, 2024 (11 Comments)

A new report from the Social Market Foundation (SMF), which is a cross-party think-tank, has highlighted how the UK is still a long way from reaping the benefits of achieving ubiquitous 5G mobile (mobile broadband) connectivity. The report finds this is partly because previous policies toward mobile telecoms have “unintentionally hindered investment.” Solving that won’t be easy.

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Wi-Fi Calling and VoLTE Now Available to All Giffgaff UK Customers

7th Oct, 2024 (16 Comments)

Mobile network provider giffgaff, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on O2’s platform in the United Kingdom, has announced the completion of their effort to deploy two long awaited new service features – Wi-Fi Calling and 4G Calling (VoLTE). This process originally began during the spring (here).

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Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reaches 85 Percent of UK Premises

7th Oct, 2024 (26 Comments)

New independent data has revealed that 85.06% of premises across the United Kingdom can now access a gigabit-capable broadband ISP connection (1000Mbps+), which is up from 80% at the end of 2023 and means the first target under the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit programme has likely been achieved. The figure drops to 70.84% when only looking at full fibre (FTTP) lines.

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MP Criticises UK Gov Proposal to Spend Rural Broadband Money in Cities

7th Oct, 2024 (10 Comments)

The Shadow Technology Secretary, Andrew Griffith MP, has warned the new UK Government against a “shocking waste of taxpayers’ money” by potentially shifting public funding, which is currently earmarked for the rural-focused Project Gigabit broadband roll-out, and using it to help upgrade parts of major towns and cities (e.g. central London).