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Toob Expand FTTP Broadband to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

22nd Jun, 2023 (15 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP toob, which aspires to cover 1 million premises across the South of England by 2027 with their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today revealed that their coverage is being expanded along the Dorset coastline to include Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

CityFibre Secure Wayleaves to Build FTTP to 1 Million UK Social Homes

22nd Jun, 2023 (4 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has today announced that they’ve secured enough legal UK land and property access agreements (wayleaves) to connect over 1 million homes owned by local authorities and housing associations to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network.

Full Fibre Operator VX FIBER Pauses UK Rollout and Cuts Jobs

22nd Jun, 2023 (21 Comments)

More bad news for alternative networks today. Swedish provider VXFIBER, which alongside subsidiary and ISP LilaConnect had recently been busy rolling out several new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP networks in the UK, has confirmed to ISPreview that they’ve paused the rollout.

Sky UK Reveal Price of Sky Live 4K Smart Camera for Sky Glass UPDATE

22nd Jun, 2023 (19 Comments)

Sky has today finally taken the wrapping off their new dedicated 4K HDR smart camera add-on for the Sky Glass TV product, which otherwise uses your broadband ISP and Wi-Fi connection to stream their on-demand video content and live TV channels directly to Sky’s own brand TV sets (without a satellite dish).

Openreach Slowly Nears Completion of Devon and Somerset FTTP Contract

21st Jun, 2023 (17 Comments)

The state aid supported Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme in England has today issued a progress update on their £6m Fibre Extension Programme (FEP) contract with Openreach (BT), which was originally due to cover 2,000 rural premises with Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband by the end of 2021.

Lyca Mobile UK Appoints New CEO Richard Schäfer

21st Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

British multinational corporation and mobile network operator Lyca Mobile, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) based off O2’s (VMO2) national platform, has today announced the appointment of Richard Schäfer to be their new CEO (Mobile and Group) – having previously served as Lyca Group CFO since May 2021.

Good News for Astronomers – Starlink’s v2 Broadband Satellites Are Very Faint

21st Jun, 2023 (6 Comments)

A new piece of research, from a distinguished group of engineers and astronomers, has indicated that Starlink’s latest “V2 Mini” (Bus F9-2) ultrafast broadband satellites, which sit in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and began to be launched earlier this year (here), are over ten times fainter than SpaceX’s first generation (GEN1) spacecraft.

Wildanet Team with Signed Armed Forces Covenant

Alternative Full Fibre ISP Wildanet Signs Armed Forces Covenant

21st Jun, 2023 (2 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Wildanet, which is building a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Cornwall and Devon in England, has this week become the latest provider to sign the Armed Forces Covenant (AFC) – witnessed by several of the many ex-service personnel already working for the company.

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H2 2022 – Full Fibre Broadband Covers 98% of New Build UK Homes

21st Jun, 2023 (1 Comment)

The latest H2 2022 study into the broadband coverage of UK new build homes reveals that 98.3% of houses constructed by the end of 2022 were covered by a fixed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (unchanged from H1 2022), which falls slightly to 98.1% when only looking at the latest early data for 2023.

MP Tim Farron Calls on Gov to Probe U-Turn on B4RN’s Cumbria FTTP Build

20th Jun, 2023 (11 Comments)

The Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron, has once again gone to bat for UK broadband ISP B4RN after the Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency unexpectedly pulled the rug out from under one of their rural gigabit voucher based full fibre builds in Cumbria (i.e. the project for Warcop, Sandford, Coupland Beck, Bleatarn and Ormside).

Rural UK Full Fibre ISP Airband Reportedly Seeking New Funding

20th Jun, 2023 (4 Comments)

Alternative network provider Airband, which aims to cover 600,000 UK premises in rural areas via a mix of their wireless (FWA) and full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks by the end of 2025, has reportedly appointed restructuring firms AlixPartners and Houlihan Lokey to help find additional funding amid difficult conditions.

Job Cuts Set to Strike More of Virgin Media O2’s UK Staff UPDATE

20th Jun, 2023 (28 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), which is known to employ around 16,000 people across the United Kingdom, has confirmed to ISPreview UK that an unspecified number of their workers were notified this week that they were likely to be made redundant in the near future.

BT Start Deploying UK Digital Voice Service Across East Midlands

20th Jun, 2023 (39 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT has this morning confirmed that they’ve begun the expected region-by-region roll out of their Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) based home phone service, Digital Voice, in the East Midlands of England. Once completed, the deployment will next be extended to Yorkshire & Humberside, and then Northern Ireland.

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Virgin Media’s UK Broadband ISP Customers Suffer Email Outage UPDATE5

19th Jun, 2023 (115 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP Virgin Media’s (VMO2) internet service, specifically those that still use their email platform, appear to be experiencing an outage that seems to have started late on Sunday evening. But the majority of people only began to notice it earlier this morning, and the situation is currently ongoing.

Virgin Media O2 UK Extends Nokia Deal for Faster 5G Mobile Kit

19th Jun, 2023 (17 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has confirmed that they’ve signed a new 3-year extended supplier agreement with Nokia, which will see them continue deploying and upgrading their UK 5G network using Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment (Airscale) from the Finnish company – focused on delivering “increased reliability, performance, and capacity.”

EE UK Boosts 4G Mobile Broadband Capacity in Wimbledon

19th Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has moved to upgrade their network coverage and data capacity for residents and visitors to the famous London village of Wimbledon, which involved upgrades to 17 existing 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) sites, as well as the deployment of new Small Cells to improve coverage in busy areas.

BT’s Professor Tim Whitley Scoops King’s Birthday Honours

19th Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

The annual King’s Birthday Honours (2023) were published at the end of last week, which sadly only included one figure from the United Kingdom’s broadband and telecoms sector. Professor Tim Whitley, a distinguished engineer and BT’s Managing Director for Applied Research.