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Tom Rigg and Michael Lee Standing Next to B4RN Cabinet

Rural 10Gbps UK Broadband ISP B4RN Promotes Tom Rigg to CEO

8th Aug, 2024 (1 Comment)

Rural focused UK broadband network B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which is a community benefit ISP that has rolled out their 10Gbps FTTP network to 25,000 premises across England (inc. 13,000+ customers), has announced that existing CEO Michael Lee is to step down on 1st September 2024 and be replaced by Tom Rigg.

HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband

8th Aug, 2024 (3 Comments)

New analysis published by High Speed 2 Ltd, which is a non-departmental public body that is wholly funded by the UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT), has claimed that the HS2 rail project could help “thousands of properties” across 538 postcodes to gain access to “ultrafast broadband speeds” and better mobile connectivity.

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Vodafone UK Extend 5G Ultra Service to Enterprise and SMB Customers

8th Aug, 2024 (9 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that their 5G Ultra service, which uses 5G Standalone (SA) technology to deliver faster mobile broadband speeds and better performance in other areas, has now been made available to Enterprise and SMB (business) customers in the UK. The service originally launched for consumers over a year ago.

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AssetHUB Claims 100,000km of UK Fibre May be Left Underutilised

8th Aug, 2024 (16 Comments)

Asset reuse specialist AssetHUB has today claimed that an estimated 100,000km of publicly funded full fibre broadband cables in UK rural and hard to reach areas, allegedly worth over £1.4bn (total state aid), could be “left underutilised due to a lack of visibility” and “despite open networking being a condition of receiving taxpayers’ money“.

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Study Finds Starlink’s Direct to Cell Mobile Data Satellites are Quite Bright

8th Aug, 2024 (5 Comments)

A recent study has warned that Starlink’s (SpaceX) latest broadband and Direct to Cell based satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) are somewhat brighter than the company’s previous spacecraft, which risks adding to the headaches that observational sciences (e.g. astronomy) already have to tackle.

ISP Grain Breaks Own Record with 29 Minute UK FTTP Broadband Install

7th Aug, 2024 (28 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP and network builder Grain (Grain Connect) claims to have broken their previous home installation record of 36 minutes (here). The event occurred yesterday after a new customer signed-up and had a brand-new Full Fibre (FTTP) broadband service installed into their home in just 29 minutes.

Trenches Law Closes Wayleave Division Setup to Help UK FTTP Builds UPDATE

7th Aug, 2024 (2 Comments)

Telecoms focused legal firm Trenches Law has revealed to ISPreview that, “due to industry conditions”, they’ve taken the decision to close Trenches Wayleave Ltd, which is the branch that was set-up to help various UK full fibre broadband operators to simplify and manage the often complex wayleave process (legal land/property access agreements).

UK Broadband and Mobile Providers Balk at Ofcom’s Call for Battery Backup

7th Aug, 2024 (24 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has published some of the responses they’ve received from fixed broadband ISPs and mobile operators to their consultation on enhancing network resilience in order to “reduce the risk of network outages“ (here). Suffice to say that many operators are balking at the costs of deploying national battery backup.

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World Broadband Lines Top 1.45bn as UK Full Fibre Grows 7.2% in Q1 2024

7th Aug, 2024 (0 Comments)

The latest research from Point Topic has revealed that global fixed broadband lines grew by 1.22% (17.55 million) in Q1 2024 (down from 1.6% in Q3 2023) to end the quarter on a total of 1.45 billion connections. But the subscriber growth rate of “full fibre” (FTTP/B) networks in the UK jumped to 7.2% (up from 1.5% in Q3).

NOW TV Broadband Launch Sky UK Powered 300Mbps Full Fibre Plan

7th Aug, 2024 (0 Comments)

People looking to join Sky’s sibling NOW Broadband ISP sub-brand, which is better known for its NOW TV streaming service, may like to know that they will today launch an additional 300Mbps full fibre (FTTP) package via Openreach’s national network. Previously their fastest package topped out at 100Mbps.

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Landowners Score Key Win in Battle Over UK Mobile Cell Sites and Rents

6th Aug, 2024 (1 Comment)

A new ruling by the Scottish Lands Tribunal, which could have significant industry-wide ramifications, has re-opened the contentious issue of land ownership and rent reductions on UK mobile masts (inc. rooftop sites), such as those that may occur when mobile or wireless broadband operators attempt to renew an existing lease at a much lower rent.

Lightning Fibre Seek Code Powers to Continue UK FTTP Broadband Build

6th Aug, 2024 (4 Comments)

Eastbourne-based alternative UK broadband ISP Lightning Fibre, which fell into administration earlier this year and ended up being acquired by existing backer Foresight Group via a new company called LF Holdco2 Ltd (here), are now seeking Code Powers from Ofcom for the new holding company in order to continue their full fibre build.

ISPA Unveil First Finalists for 2024 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards UPDATE2

6th Aug, 2024 (4 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has just published the first of two shortlists of finalists for their 2024 annual industry awards event, which sees 37 organisations (broadband ISPs, network builders etc.) being nominated across 11 categories, with a shortlist for a further 7 categories due to be announced later in the year.

Ofcom’s New Broadband Switching System May Clash with 14 Day Cooling Off Period UPDATE

6th Aug, 2024 (15 Comments)

The MD of UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has today pointed out another potential issue with Ofcom’s new One Touch Switch (OTS) system for quicker and easier switching between broadband providers, which could conflict with the statutory 14-day cooling-off period.

Scotland Partly Pauses R100 Gigabit Broadband Voucher Applications

6th Aug, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Scottish Government (SG) has confirmed to ISPreview that they will be introducing a “temporary pause” on Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme (SBVS) applications for gigabit-capable projects covering multiple premises, which is intended to ensure the “best use of public funds” and to help “deliver an optimised roll out schedule“.

Mobile Operator Three UK Adopts New Price Hikes Policy

6th Aug, 2024 (16 Comments)

Mobile network operator Three UK has today followed BT, EE, Plusnet, Vodafone and TalkTalk by introducing a new pricing policy that aligns with Ofcom’s new guidance banning inflation-linked annual telecoms price rises (i.e. annual price increases will in the future be outlined in “pounds and pence”).

Sky TV Launching Sky Sports+ Across UK on Thursday 8th August

5th Aug, 2024 (11 Comments)

Sky UK (Sky Glass, Sky Stream etc.) has today announced the expected launch of their new Sky Sports+ service, which will become available nationwide from Thursday 8th August 2024. Sky Sports+ is to be included with Sky Sports “at no extra cost” and brings a bunch of new features and content.