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Openreach UK to Launch FTTP Broadband Advanced Installs in Jan 2024

6th Dec, 2023 (28 Comments)

Openreach has announced that their new “Advanced Connection” service for those ordering a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP product will leave its pilot phase and get a full launch from 2nd January 2024. The new option aims to tackle situations where an installation might be more complex than usual.

Study Suggest Vodafone and Three UK Merger Won’t Harm Consumers

5th Dec, 2023 (36 Comments)

A new meta-study from consultancy firm Compass Lexecon has examined markets where mergers reduced the number of primary mobile network operators from 4 to 3 and found little evidence to suggest that they harm consumers, which could bode well for Vodafone and Three UK’s proposed, if still somewhat controversial, tie-up.

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OneWeb LEO Broadband Satellites Help to Monitor Space Weather

5th Dec, 2023 (0 Comments)

Satellite operator OneWeb (Eutelsat) is working with the Imperial College London (ICL) in England on a new project that will explore the possibility of harnessing the company’s ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to help monitor global space weather, which may in turn help to protect other satellites and ground services.

Virgin Media O2 UK Small Cell Trial Brings Faster 4G to Skegness

5th Dec, 2023 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has successfully boosted their 4G mobile (mobile broadband) capacity across the popular seaside resort of Skegness, which sits in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. The enhanced coverage was achieved as part of a small cells trial with IaaS provider Ontix.

EE UK Complete Scotland 4G Mobile Infill Rollout with New Masts

5th Dec, 2023 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has successfully installed two new 4G mobile (mobile broadband) masts at Out Skerries and Foula on two of the UK’s most remote inhabited islands. This is also important because they mark the completion of the operator’s rollout under Scotland’s £28.75m 4G Infill programme (S4GI).

Questions for Broadband as Octopus Finish Shell Energy UK Purchase

5th Dec, 2023 (18 Comments)

Broadband ISP and energy provider Shell Energy has confirmed that the Octopus Energy Group have now completed their acquisition of the UK retail provider from the Shell Group, which follows the signing of a related deal in September 2023 (here). But uncertainty remains over the future of their internet and phone customers.

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Expectations for UK ISPs as Ofcom Move to Tackle Internet Porn

5th Dec, 2023 (28 Comments)

Ofcom has today set out DRAFT guidance on how “highly effective” UK internet age verification checks must be implemented to stop children from accessing online porn websites and services as part of the wider Online Safety Act. But concerns remain over user privacy, while broadband ISPs may be asked to block websites that fail to comply.

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CityFibre UK Puts Swindon FTTP Broadband Rollout on Pause

4th Dec, 2023 (50 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has revealed that, following an “ongoing review of prioritisation of our deployment locations“, they have taken the decision to pause their £40m project to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the Wiltshire town of Swindon.

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ITU Sets Framework for Future 6G Mobile Broadband Standard

2nd Dec, 2023 (14 Comments)

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has today published the first framework for the future 6G mobile (mobile broadband) and wireless networking technology (IMT-2030), which will support the development of related standards and radio interface technologies. The framework also reveals more about its potential capabilities.

MS3 UK Puts New FTTP Broadband Network Live in Mexborough

1st Dec, 2023 (13 Comments)

Network operator MS3, which is supported by 30 UK ISPs as part of their work to roll-out a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the North of England (here), has just started to go live in the South Yorkshire town of Mexborough.

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Ofcom UK Tackle Consumer Harm Caused by Cash for Calls Schemes

1st Dec, 2023 (4 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today launched a new consultation that looks set to tackle the risk of consumer harm from so-called “cash for calls” schemes. This will work by making clear that revenue sharing on certain phone number ranges (e.g. 084 and 087) will not be permitted.

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Customers of Three UK Suffering Network Connectivity Woes UPDATE5

1st Dec, 2023 (163 Comments)

Some customers of mobile operator Three UK are this morning reporting network connectivity and signal problems from a number of different locations across the country, which is preventing users from making or receiving calls and stops mobile data (broadband) via 3G, 4G and 5G connections from working.

Management Buyout Hits Giggle’s Glasgow Focused Full Fibre Build

1st Dec, 2023 (2 Comments)

One of the UK market’s youngest alternative network providers, Giggle, which was only in the early stages of investing “close to” £100m on the rollout of a new gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network across 300,000 premises in Glasgow (Scotland), appears to have experienced a management buyout.

Spring Fibre Appoints CFO Ahead of UK Full Fibre Rollout

1st Dec, 2023 (1 Comment)

Alternative network builder Spring Fibre, which is still in the very early stages of deploying a new 10Gbps capable wholesale Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network for UK ISPs (starting in Lincolnshire), has today appointed Sarah Herriman as their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

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FACTCO Bring FTTP Broadband to Hale Village in Cheshire UK

30th Nov, 2023 (0 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP FACTCO has today announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has gone live for 800 premises across the riverside Cheshire (England) village and civil parish of Hale, which sits just a bit South East of Liverpool.

Openreach Extend UK 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps FTTP Pilot into 2024 UPDATE

30th Nov, 2023 (83 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has just announced that their ISP pilot of faster Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband tiers, which pushes top download speeds to 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps (both offer 120Mbps upstream), has been extended yet again until 29th February 2024.

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ISP BT Speeds Up New UK Broadband Provisions via Automation

30th Nov, 2023 (1 Comment)

The BT Group has moved to simplify and speed up the delivery of its network services to customers (orders etc.) by adopting Ciena’s Blue Planet automation system, which essentially replaces half a dozen of their legacy systems and processes with more digital automation.