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Ofcom Summer 2023 Study – Full Fibre Broadband Covers 52% of UK

7th Sep, 2023 (25 Comments)

Ofcom’s summer 2023 study of UK fixed broadband and mobile coverage has reported that “full fibre” (FTTP) now reaches 52% of the UK (up from 48% in Jan 2023), while 75% are within reach of a gigabit-capable network (up from 73%) and 76-85% of premises can get an outdoor 5G signal from at least one operator (up from 73-82%).

Virgin Media O2 UK Reveals Plan to Switch Off 3G from 2025

7th Sep, 2023 (37 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media / VMO2) has today become the final operator to reveal their plan for switching off the old 3G mobile (mobile broadband) network, which unlike their rivals is a process that won’t actually begin until 2025. The withdrawal will then occur in phases, with completion by the end of that same year.

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Survey Claims 21.7 Million UK People Hit by Broadband Outages

7th Sep, 2023 (8 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 2,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch, has claimed that over 21.7 million people experienced “broadband outages” of 3 or more hours over the last year – double 2022’s figure of over 11m. This stopped 15% of respondents from working and is estimated to cost the economy £2bn (lost productivity).

Broadband Users Left Upset or Confused After Speaking to their ISP

7th Sep, 2023 (18 Comments)

A new Attest survey of 1,000 UK broadband bill payers, which was commissioned by full fibre ISP Hyperoptic and conducted between 25th to 29th August 2023, has claimed that 25% of broadband customers feel furious, upset or confused after speaking to their internet provider, yet just 5% are in the process of switching.

Openreach Complete Build Phase of Wales Full Fibre Contract

7th Sep, 2023 (5 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has released a new update on the £52.5m Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contract with Openreach (BT), which confirms that the “build phase of the contract has now concluded” and a total of 37,497 extra premises (up from 36,869 in Q1) have gained access to their full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network.

Government Softens Stance on UK End to End Encryption Ban

6th Sep, 2023 (19 Comments)

The UK Government appears to have softened its controversial stance on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in the looming Online Safety Bill (OSB), which threatened to undermine the security of internet messaging and communication platforms by allowing private messages to be filtered and moderated.

Trenches Law Seeks Code Powers from Ofcom to Help UK FTTP Builds

6th Sep, 2023 (4 Comments)

Legal firm Trenches Law, which works with various UK full fibre broadband (FTTP) operators to help them simplify and manage the complex wayleave process (legal land/property access agreements), looks set to expand the features they can offer client networks by seeking Code Powers from Ofcom.

Telecom Acquisitions ISPs Gain Access to MS3’s UK Fibre Network

6th Sep, 2023 (1 Comment)

Network operator MS3, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 535,000 premises across the North of England by the end of 2025 (here), has today announced that several ISPs managed under the central Telecom Acquisitions (TAL) group have gained access to their network.

VIDEO – Richard Tang Interviews Graeme Oxby, CEO of Community Fibre

6th Sep, 2023 (3 Comments)

The CEO of UK ISP Zen Internet, Richard Tang, has today published another informative video interview, this time with the CEO, Graeme Oxby, of London FTTP broadband network builder CommunityFibre. The interview covers take-up, coverage, consolidation, pricing, social tariffs and much more.

Virgin Media O2 Linked Nexfibre Acquire UK FTTP AltNet Upp UPDATE

6th Sep, 2023 (53 Comments)

Network builder nexfibre, which is working in partnership with broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) – at wholesale – to roll-out a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across up to 5-7 million extra UK premises, has today announced the acquisition of full fibre operator Upp in the East of England.

Artists Paint More of WightFibre’s Broadband Street Cabinets

6th Sep, 2023 (1 Comment)

Artists Emma and Hollie of Community Murals have continued their efforts to tackle graffiti on the Isle of Wight, not least by working with councils and broadband ISP WightFibre to paint more of the operator’s full fibre street cabinets with attractive murals. The latest ones can be found in parts of Newport, such as the bus station.

UK and Chinese Universities Team Up to Research Streaming Tech for 6G

5th Sep, 2023 (13 Comments)

A team of researchers from Edge Hill University’s Engineering Department and Sichuan University’s College of Electronics and Information Engineering – led by Professor Ray Sheriff – have joined forces to “pave the way for ultra-5G and 6G networks by investigating how Versatile Video Coding (VVC)” can be enhanced and optimised.

OneWeb Spotted Testing Personal LEO Satellite Broadband Dish UPDATE

5th Sep, 2023 (8 Comments)

Space broadband provider OneWeb, which is part-owned by the UK government and typically offers its services to organisations rather than individuals (e.g. ISPs, businesses, governments, shipping etc.), has begun testing a new foldable, person portable User Terminal (UT) in London today.

Gigabit Networks Targets National UK CityFibre FTTP Availability UPDATE

5th Sep, 2023 (9 Comments)

Leicester-based broadband ISP Gigabit Networks, which previously focused on connecting premises across the Midlands of England via CityFibre’s full fibre network (they also work with FullFibre Limited), has today announced the expansion of their service availability to encompass CityFibre’s national footprint.

Vodafone to Extend 5G Cover via Amazon’s Project Kuiper Satellites

5th Sep, 2023 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone and Vodacom have today announced that they’ve agreed a “strategic collaboration” deal to harness Amazon’s future Project Kuiper constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband satellites, which will be used to help extend the reach of their 4G and 5G networks across Europe and Africa.

Mobile Calling Bug Still Impacting UK Vodafone, EE and O2 Users UPDATE2

5th Sep, 2023 (22 Comments)

Some customers of mobile network operators EE (BT), Vodafone and O2 (Virgin Media) are this morning continuing to report problems with making and receiving calls between the aforementioned networks (this also impacted some landline calls), which is an issue that first began around midday on Monday (4th Sept).

Openreach Stops Selling New UK Analogue Copper Phone Lines

5th Sep, 2023 (58 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has this morning confirmed that they’ve formally introduced their long-planned UK wide “stop sell” on sales of new Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) and related broadband ISP products, which is part of their aim to completely withdraw the old copper-based Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) by December 2025.