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Vodafone Expands EVO Plans to Include Laptops and Tablets

25th Jul, 2023 (6 Comments)

A couple of years ago Vodafone launched what it called an “evolution in mobile phone plans” with their new 4G and 5G supporting EVO packages, which gave customers more flexibility over payments, contract lengths and smartphone upgrades etc. Today they’ve extended that to include other device bundles, such as laptops and tablets.

New UK Home Broadband and Discounted Computer Scheme Launched

25th Jul, 2023 (7 Comments)

The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA), high street retailer Currys and Computer Recyclers have today teamed-up to launch the ‘Get Online @ Home‘ scheme, which offers special deals on broadband and discounted refurbished devices to the 11 million people across the UK who they claim are experiencing digital exclusion.

Cambridgeshire UK Highlights Progress of Dig Once Fibre Build

25th Jul, 2023 (0 Comments)

The Connecting Cambridgeshire project in England, which is being led by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, has today highlighted the progress they’re making in helping to accelerate the roll-out of gigabit-capable broadband across the county, with 21km of new fibre ducting already installed or soon to be deployed.

Broadband ISP Giganet Probes Degraded UK Service Problem UPDATE2

25th Jul, 2023 (3 Comments)

Internet provider Giganet are today reporting that they’re investigating a problem across their national UK network, which may be causing some leased lines (Ethernet) and full fibre (FTTP) broadband customers to experience degraded service quality.

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CommunityFibre Bring FTTP Broadband to 1Million London Homes

25th Jul, 2023 (16 Comments)

Network builder and UK broadband ISP CommunityFibre, which is rolling out a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across London, has today hit the coverage milestone of 1 million homes passed (up from 720,000 in December 2022) – plus 212,000 businesses on top (i.e. their network footprint expanded by 75% in the last 12 months).

Virgin Media O2 UK Cuts 2,000 Jobs as Broadband Customers Fall UPDATE2

25th Jul, 2023 (39 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have published their Q2 2023 results, which saw their fixed broadband base fall by -15,300 in the quarter to total 5,667,300 (vs 28.8k added in Q1) and the operator confirm earlier reports (here) of 2,000 job cuts. But they also accelerated their nextfibre FTTP reach by 175,500 premises.

RootMetrics Study Names Best UK Mobile Networks for H1 2023

25th Jul, 2023 (3 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has published their latest biannual H1 2023 study of UK mobile network (4G and 5G) and mobile broadband performance, which sees EE (BT) continue to pick up awards across all of the categories. But in terms of 5G data speeds, Three UK remains the operator to beat.

ISP Lightning Fibre Appoints Interim CEO as Ben Ferriman Exits

24th Jul, 2023 (8 Comments)

Network builder and UK broadband ISP Lightning Fibre, which is deploying a multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Sussex and Kent (England), has today announced the appointment of an interim CEO, Stefan Stanislawsk, to replace the company’s outgoing boss and founder, Ben Ferriman.

Freshwave Bring UK 4G and 5G Mobile to Elevators in Two London Towers

24th Jul, 2023 (6 Comments)

Wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave has revealed that they’re working with the One Nine Elms (R&F Properties UK) site in London to deploy in-building mobile connectivity for all four mobile operators in the two towers – including in the lifts, which the company claims is somewhat of a first for a residential development.

ITS Technology Approved for Crown Commercial Service’s NS3 Framework

24th Jul, 2023 (1 Comment)

The ITS Technology Group, which operates 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks (aka – Faster Britain) across urban parts of the United Kingdom for businesses and ISPs, has been approved as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Network Services 3 (NS3) framework.

Vodafone UK Grows to Total 1.265m Broadband Customers

24th Jul, 2023 (6 Comments)

Vodafone UK has today published their latest Q1 FY24 results, which saw fixed line broadband ISP base grow to total 1.265 million customers (up by 42k in the quarter vs 65k in Q4 FY23), while their mobile base increased to 18.024 million (up by 104k vs 118k in the previous quarter).

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CityFibre Targets UK AltNet Acquisitions Despite Big Losses

24th Jul, 2023 (51 Comments)

CityFibre, which is rolling out a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the UK, has published their annual accounts to the end of 2022 and revealed that their losses nearly doubled. But their network coverage also doubled to 2.2 million homes (RFS) and live consumer connections surged to 174k (up from 61k).

CityFibre Praises Improvement in Fault Repairs from UK Trial

22nd Jul, 2023 (22 Comments)

Network builder CityFibre has given themselves a pat on the back after trials of an enhanced platform “capable of true proactive fault repair“, which involved several broadband ISPs on their UK full fibre (FTTP) infrastructure, delivered an impressive improvement.

Vodafone UK – Total Mobile Data Usage Hit 64TB During Wimbledon

22nd Jul, 2023 (4 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone UK has revealed that 532,651 tennis-fans attended The Championships 2023 and tracking shows that over 64 TeraBytes (up by 36.5% from 2022) of mobile broadband data were consumed by Wimbledon-goers during the two-week tournament, which was also one of their first roll-outs of 5G Standalone tech.

Zzoomm’s Full Fibre Sees 20% Take-up in Sandhurst and Crowthorne

21st Jul, 2023 (13 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zzoomm, which aspires to reach 1 million premises in 85 UK towns with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2025, has revealed that take-up of the new service in the towns of Sandhurst and Crowthorne has already exceeded the 20% mark – only seven months after finishing the build.

Trouble for UK Full Fibre Builds as Makehappen Enters Administration UPDATE

21st Jul, 2023 (29 Comments)

Several key deployments of gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks across the United Kingdom are likely to be impacted after the Makehappen Group (website offline due to a bad SSL certificate), which is a civil engineer firm, fell into administration this week and effectively put 165 staff out of a job.

BT and OneWeb’s Rural Broadband Trial Goes Live in Devon UK

21st Jul, 2023 (13 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT and satellite operator OneWeb have completed the deployment of their new rural broadband trial on Lundy Island, near the North Devon coast, which aims to help bring “high-speed, low-latency internet connectivity” to residents – supported by the UK Government’s (DSIT) Alpha Trials programme.