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BT to Freeze Pay of CEO Philip Jansen at £1.1m Until Retirement UPDATE

8th Jun, 2023 (28 Comments)

Reports indicated that the UK broadband and mobile giant, BT Group, will freeze the base pay of its CEO, Philip Jansen, at £1.1m – to be renewed on a rolling basis – until he leaves the company. Mr Jansen’s annual salary was fixed for 5 years when he joined, but this agreement was due to expire.

GoFibre Confirm No Plan for Big Job Cuts After Some Staff Go

8th Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

Rural UK broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which is in the process of deploying a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Scotland and the North of England, has confirmed that it has “no plans for large-scale redundancies” after some workers were recently let go.

Business ISP Connectus Secure Funding Boost from Time Finance

7th Jun, 2023 (3 Comments)

Business focused UK ISP and Managed Service Provider (MSP) Connectus has today announced that they’ve secured an unspecified amount of new funding from Time Finance, which has apparently provided a revolving credit facility to help fund their future expansion, additional staff hires and new acquisitions.

Government Appoints UK’s First Rural Connectivity Champion

7th Jun, 2023 (22 Comments)

The Government (DEFRA & DSIT) has followed this week’s publication of its new Unleashing Rural Opportunity paper (here) by announcing that it has appointed the MP for Barrow and Furness in Cumbria, Simon Fell, to be the UK’s first “Rural Connectivity Champion” to support rural areas in accessing faster broadband etc.

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Q1 2023 Openreach Progress Update on Wales FTTP Build Contract

7th Jun, 2023 (11 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has released their Q1 2023 progress update on the £52.5m Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contract with Openreach (BT), which confirms that a total of 36,869 extra premises (up from 35,770 in Q4 2022) have now gained access to their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network.

OneWeb Launch 100Mbps+ Connectivity for Maritime Sector

6th Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

British registered space firm OneWeb, which is part-owned by the UK government, has today launched their 100Mbps+ “enterprise-grade flexible connectivity packages” for the maritime sector – delivered via the operator’s new global constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based broadband satellites.

Engineering Firm Obelisk Acquire Telecoms Division of Balfour Beatty

6th Jun, 2023 (0 Comments)

Telecoms and civil engineering firm Obelisk (Constructel Visabeira), which is involved in the construction of some UK full fibre broadband networks, has today announced their acquisition of the telecoms division of international infrastructure group, Balfour Beatty.

Shell Puts FOR SALE Sign Over UK Broadband ISP Shell Energy

6th Jun, 2023 (20 Comments)

The parent company of UK retail energy and broadband provider Shell Energy has announced their intention to sell the company, which follows a major “strategic review” of the business that was launched in January 2023 due to “tough market conditions“. Reports claim that Ovo and Octopus Energy may have already placed bids.

Dedicated Wales Mobile Operator RWG Mobile Launch 5G

6th Jun, 2023 (12 Comments)

RWG Mobile, which describes itself as being the nation’s only “dedicated, all-Wales mobile network provider”, has today announced that they’ve finally made 5G based mobile broadband connectivity available to all of their consumer and business customers, “at no extra cost“. Most other operators did this a while ago.

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85,504 Premises in N.Ireland Need Help to Get Gigabit Broadband

6th Jun, 2023 (4 Comments)

The Building Digital UK agency and Department for the Economy (DfE) have published a new Public Review (PR) consultation for Northern Ireland, which reveals that some 85,504 premises might need state aid help under the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme in order to access 1Gbps speeds.

Job Losses at UK Full Fibre AltNet Broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre UPDATE2

6th Jun, 2023 (48 Comments)

Exeter-based broadband ISP and network builder Jurassic Fibre, which is deploying a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset in England, appears to have recently cut an unspecified number of jobs – mostly impacting those in their civil engineering division. Swish Fibre also seems to be impacted.

Starlink UK Customers Complain of Broadband Speed Throttling UPDATE

6th Jun, 2023 (29 Comments)

Some customers of SpaceX’s popular Starlink broadband ISP in the UK have started reporting that their download speeds are being throttled, often to around 50Mbps, when they hit a certain threshold. So it’s perhaps no coincidence that they’ve also launched a ‘PRIORITY – 1TB‘ plan for £180.

Gov Launch New £7m Fund to Test UK Rural Broadband Solutions UPDATE

6th Jun, 2023 (8 Comments)

The UK Government will today launch a new £7 million fund as one part of their wider Unleashing Rural Opportunity strategy, which will be used to “test out new ways” of bringing together satellite, wireless (FWA and mobile) and fixed line broadband ISP solutions to help “support farmers and tourism businesses” in rural areas.

Full Fibre ISP Ogi Awards Over £37k to Communities in Wales

6th Jun, 2023 (1 Comment)

Infracapital-backed network builder and ISP Ogi, which is investing £200m on the deployment of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across 150,000 premises in Wales by 2025 (47,500 premises covered by March 2023), has revealed that they’ve awarded £36,750 to community groups within their patch.

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FTTP Builder Digital Infrastructure Covers 100K UK Premises and Hires New CEO

5th Jun, 2023 (6 Comments)

Network operator Digital Infrastructure – supported by ISP BeFibre – has today announced that their gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure is now “well on its way to rolling out to a fully designed base of 400,000 premises, with over 100,000 now ready for connection.” On top of that, they’ve appointed a new CEO, Paul Doyle.

Openreach Offer £20k Reward to Catch Thamesmead Cable Thieves

5th Jun, 2023 (12 Comments)

Openreach (BT) and Crimestoppers have begun offering a reward of £20,000 to help catch the criminals who were responsible for several thefts of their copper broadband and phone cables around the Thamesmead area of South-East London, which caused significant service disruption for locals.

New UK ISP Earth Broadband Launches to Put the Planet First UPDATE

5th Jun, 2023 (25 Comments)

A new broadband ISP called Earth Broadband (earth.) has launched that claims to be doing things differently by “putting customers and the planet first, and with fast speeds and fair pricing.” In particular, some of the money from subscriptions will be used to help remove plastic from the ocean and plant 5 extra trees every month.