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UK easy Group to Launch easySim for Low Cost Mobile Travel Data

19th Jun, 2023 (19 Comments)

A new mobile operator called easySim.global, which is part of the familiar Stelios-owned group of brands (e.g. easyJet, easyMoney, easyCar) and last existed around a decade ago as easyMobile before vanishing, appears set to launch this summer. But the focus this time will be on giving people low cost travel data all around the world.

Report – Mobile Broadband Can Help to Fight UK Digital Exclusion

19th Jun, 2023 (1 Comment)

A new report from trade body Mobile UK, which represents Three UK, EE (BT), O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone, has helped to highlight how mobile connectivity can tackle the digital divide and encourage more people online. But it also highlights the need for “better Government policy” to complement such efforts.

Sky to Launch 4K Smart Camera for Broadband-based Glass TV UPDATE

19th Jun, 2023 (25 Comments)

Customers of Sky UK’s standalone Sky Glass TV product, which uses your broadband ISP and WiFi connection to stream their on-demand video content and live TV channels directly to Sky’s own brand TV sets (without a satellite dish), may like to know that they will today (or tomorrow) be launching Sky Live – a dedicated smart camera add-on.

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City Focused UK Full Fibre ISP Hyperoptic to Cut Jobs as Build Slows

16th Jun, 2023 (32 Comments)

Network builder and broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which earlier this year revealed that their gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) network had covered 1.15 million UK homes (inc. 275,000 customers), has today announced that they’re proposing to make around 110 redundancies (mostly build engineers) and refocus others to customer-facing roles.

Winning Network Operators of the UK Fibre Awards 2023 Named UPDATE

16th Jun, 2023 (11 Comments)

The second annual UK Fibre Awards event was held yesterday in London, which saw various broadband ISPs and full fibre network builders across several categories pick up awards for their achievements. Some of the winners included Wessex Internet for best rural and overall fibre provider, while CityFibre came top for fibre investment.

Eutelsat Exits the Retail Satellite Broadband ISP Business

16th Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

European satellite operator Eutelsat, which is also the parent of UK ISP Konnect and bigblu, has announced that it’s reached a deal to sell its European broadband retail activities to an experienced private operator. The move impacts their retail activities in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Hungary, and Greece.

RM Technology Invests £1m Give More Schools Ultra-fast Broadband

15th Jun, 2023 (9 Comments)

Education technology provider RM Technology has completed a £1m upgrade of its network, which means that all links within their core network will be upgraded to support multi-100Gbps speeds with options to increase to 400Gbps capability in the future.

Austrian Mobile Operator Spusu Launch in UK with Cheap Unlimited Data

15th Jun, 2023 (59 Comments)

One of Austria’s top mobile operators, spusu, has today announced that they’ve launched in the United Kingdom with the aim of challenging the likes of giffgaff, VOXI and SMARTY. As part of that they’re offering customers a discounted unlimited plan (calls, texts and 5G data / mobile broadband) from just £19.90 per month.

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Ofcom to Only Conduct UK Customer Service Surveys Every 2 Years

15th Jun, 2023 (8 Comments)

Earlier this month the UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, proposed to stop publishing its annual summary of fixed home broadband ISP speeds (here). But they’ve today followed that by proposing to also reduce the frequency of their Comparing Customer Service (CCS) tracker surveys to every other year.

ISP EE UK Launch 1.6Gbps Full Fibre Broadband Plan and WiFi 6 Router

15th Jun, 2023 (76 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today, as previously leaked (here), announced the soft launch of the UK’s first 1.6Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) package on Openreach’s network and the supporting introduction of a new Wi-Fi 6 capable Smart Hub Plus (Smart Hub 3) router and other kit.

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New UK Ad Rules to Tackle Mid-Contract Broadband Price Hikes UPDATE2

15th Jun, 2023 (22 Comments)

The UK Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP and BCAP) – sister bodies to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) – have today set out new guidance for how broadband ISPs and mobile operators should communicate mid-contract prices hikes to consumers, which will make such policies clearer and more transparent.

Telcom Group Boost UK Full Fibre Build with IP Infusion Solutions

15th Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

Manchester-based network operator and ISP Telcom Group (ClearFibre, WeFibre, HyperCity etc.), which via its sub-brands is building various 10Gbps capable “full fibre” broadband and Ethernet networks across the Midlands and North West of England, has chosen solutions from IP Infusion to help upgrade their network.

BDUK Change Stalls One of B4RN’s Rural FTTP Builds in Cumbria UPDATE

14th Jun, 2023 (13 Comments)

Residents in the Eden Valley (Cumbria) villages of Warcop, Sandford, Coupland Beck, Bleatarn and Ormside have been left angry after the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency, which had been due to supply gigabit vouchers to help them get a new full fibre (FTTP) network installed, put their project into limbo.

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Vodafone and Three UK Sign Agreement for Mobile Mega Merger

14th Jun, 2023 (73 Comments)

Mobile network operators Vodafone and Three UK (CK Hutchison) have today confirmed that they’ve reached a formal merger agreement, which is said to be worth an estimated £15bn and will see the former party owning a 51% slice of the business (CKH will hold 49%). But they’ll still have to satisfy the regulators, and that may require concessions.

Zzoomm FTTP Broadband Goes Live in Bewdley, Worcestershire

14th Jun, 2023 (1 Comment)

Network builder and UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced that the first customers in the Worcestershire (England) town and civil parish of Bewdley are now able to connect to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure, although the same area is also being targetted by Openreach and FullFibre Limited.

Openreach Trial G.fast Broadband DLM Tweak to Improve Speeds UPDATE

14th Jun, 2023 (25 Comments)

Openreach has notified UK ISPs of an upcoming trial on their hybrid-fibre G.fast based “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) products (including SOGFAST), which looks as if it will attempt to improve line performance by establishing the “most effective” Dynamic Line Management (DLM) thresholds.

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Hyperoptic’s Anti-Mid Contract Price Hikes Campaign Backed by Labour

14th Jun, 2023 (15 Comments)

The UK Labour Party’s Shadow Digital Minister, Stephanie Peacock MP, has this week given her support to full fibre broadband ISP Hyperoptic in its ongoing campaign to stop mid-contract price rises by rivals, which often increases consumer prices well above the current level of inflation (hikes of 13-15% hit many consumers earlier this year).