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CityFibre Deal Expands FTTP to 500 Homes in Newark and Sherwood

7th Dec, 2023 (12 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has announced that they’ve managed to reach a new landlord agreement (wayleave) with the Newark and Sherwood District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The deal will enable them to roll-out their full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover an additional 500 homes in the area.

Broadband ISP Virgin Media O2 Promote Social Tariff to All UK Users

7th Dec, 2023 (13 Comments)

In somewhat of an industry first, Virgin Media (VMO2) has today announced that they’re launching a new awareness campaign for their cheaper broadband social tariffs, which will see the ISP contacting every one of their 5 million UK customers to make them aware of the option and offer to support those struggling with bills. O2 also plan a mobile social tariff.

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Sky UK Puts Sky Mobile and Sky Broadband Staff into One Team

7th Dec, 2023 (17 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband and mobile operator Sky Mobile may or may not be interested to know that the provider has setup a new internal Connectivity team, which brings together the two previously separate teams for their mobile and broadband divisions into one combined group.

Broadband ISP BT Sees Record UK Internet Traffic of 30.1Tbps UPDATE2

7th Dec, 2023 (13 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has revealed that the overall volume of internet traffic across their fixed broadband ISP network reached a new peak of 30.1Tbps (Terabits per second) last night at around 9pm, which is up from around 28Tbps last year and 25Tbps in 2021.

Opensignal Rate UK Broadband ISPs by Quality and Speed

7th Dec, 2023 (6 Comments)

Benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published a supposedly “definitive” study of fixed broadband speeds across the United Kingdom, which reveals which ISPs are delivering both the best service quality and speeds to consumers. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the table ends up being topped by CommunityFibre, Virgin Media and Hyperoptic etc.

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Openreach List 142 New UK Locations for FTTP Broadband Build

7th Dec, 2023 (88 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed the next batch of 142 new locations to benefit from their ongoing deployment of a new multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which has just officially reached the half-way point by covering over 12.5 million UK premises.

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Openreach Extend FTTP to 44K Premises in Wales Under Gov Contract UPDATE

6th Dec, 2023 (6 Comments)

Openreach has today revealed that their £57m state aid supported Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contracts with the Welsh Government (WG), which required them to extend their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to 39,000 extra premises in rural Wales, ultimately delivered 44,000 and came in under budget.

Full Fibre Business ISP Vorboss to Deploy Vorspin Cargo e-Bike UPDATE

6th Dec, 2023 (10 Comments)

Network builder and UK broadband ISP Vorboss, which is investing £300 million to deploy a new 100Gbps full fibre network – dedicated to business – across central London, are preparing to introduce their own-designed “Vorspin” (working title – may change) cargo e-bike around the city in order to support their network rollout.

7,000 Extra Skipton and Glusburn Premises Get Virgin Media O2’s Full Fibre

6th Dec, 2023 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) and network operator nexfibre have confirmed that an additional 7,000 homes and businesses in the North Yorkshire (England) town of Skipton and village of Glusburn have now been reached by their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network.

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Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reaches 80 Percent of UK Homes

6th Dec, 2023 (18 Comments)

The latest independent data has revealed that a shade over 80% of “homes” across the United Kingdom can now access a gigabit-capable broadband ISP connection (1000Mbps+), which is up from just over 72% at the end of last year. The figure drops to 60% when only looking at Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology (up from 45%).

EE UK Launch EE TV Service with Apple TV and Free Multi-room

6th Dec, 2023 (18 Comments)

Mobile network operator and broadband ISP EE have today officially launched their new paid EE TV service to customers, which is largely a re-branding of the BT TV service and one that includes a few changes. This is all part of the group’s ongoing effort to turn the provider into their “flagship brand for our consumer customers”.

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Quickline Extend FTTP Broadband to 5 North Yorkshire UK Villages

6th Dec, 2023 (1 Comment)

Hull-based UK ISP Quickline, which is deploying a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across North East England, has today announced that their new fibre infrastructure has just gone live for homes and businesses in five more North Yorkshire villages – including Hebden, Barden, Burnsall and Hetton.

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Broadband ISP Zen Internet Complete UK Exchange Rollout Project UPDATE

6th Dec, 2023 (16 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has revealed that they’ve finally completed their exchange rollout (unbundling) programme, which means that over 80% of the United Kingdom should now be within reach of their cheaper on-net based Ethernet (leased lines) and broadband products (e.g. FTTP).

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Openreach UK to Launch FTTP Broadband Advanced Installs in Jan 2024

6th Dec, 2023 (28 Comments)

Openreach has announced that their new “Advanced Connection” service for those ordering a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP product will leave its pilot phase and get a full launch from 2nd January 2024. The new option aims to tackle situations where an installation might be more complex than usual.

Study Suggest Vodafone and Three UK Merger Won’t Harm Consumers

5th Dec, 2023 (36 Comments)

A new meta-study from consultancy firm Compass Lexecon has examined markets where mergers reduced the number of primary mobile network operators from 4 to 3 and found little evidence to suggest that they harm consumers, which could bode well for Vodafone and Three UK’s proposed, if still somewhat controversial, tie-up.

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OneWeb LEO Broadband Satellites Help to Monitor Space Weather

5th Dec, 2023 (0 Comments)

Satellite operator OneWeb (Eutelsat) is working with the Imperial College London (ICL) in England on a new project that will explore the possibility of harnessing the company’s ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to help monitor global space weather, which may in turn help to protect other satellites and ground services.

Virgin Media O2 UK Small Cell Trial Brings Faster 4G to Skegness

5th Dec, 2023 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has successfully boosted their 4G mobile (mobile broadband) capacity across the popular seaside resort of Skegness, which sits in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. The enhanced coverage was achieved as part of a small cells trial with IaaS provider Ontix.