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Business ISP Spitfire Extend UK Wholesale Partnership with CityFibre

16th Nov, 2023 (8 Comments)

Business communications and broadband ISP Spitfire has today announced an extension of their existing partnership with UK network operator CityFibre, which will enable them to sell the operator’s layer 2 business Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband product to customers.

ISP Brsk Add 2 West Yorkshire Towns to UK Full Fibre Rollout

16th Nov, 2023 (6 Comments)

Network builder and broadband ISP Brsk has announced that they’ve added the two West Yorkshire towns of Brighouse and Elland to their ongoing roll-out plan for a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Midlands of England (rollout plan). The expansion will also include surrounding locations.

Broadband ISP BT Confirm Plan for Openreach Exchange Closures

16th Nov, 2023 (28 Comments)

The Chief Security and Networks Officer of UK ISP BT (inc. EE and Plusnet), Howard Watson, has today published a blog post that reveals the approach they intend to take with customers as part of Openreach’s plan to close around 4,600 exchanges across the country – starting with a pilot in Deddington, Ballyclare and Kenton Road.

Winning Projects of the UK Gov’s New 5G Investment Named UPDATE

16th Nov, 2023 (2 Comments)

Oxfordshire in England has today been named as one of the first places to benefit from the UK Government’s (DSIT) new £40m 5G Innovation Regions (5GIRs) fund, which was recently setup (here) to help local and regional authorities to test and adopt 5G and other advanced wireless broadband networks for homes and businesses.

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New Delivery Options for Openreach’s Full Fibre Infrastructure Build

15th Nov, 2023 (3 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has introduced new delivery options for their commercial UK Full Fibre Infrastructure Build (FFIB) product, which are intended to “improve operational effectiveness leading to reduced mean time to deliver” when getting related sites into a Customer Ready for Service (CRFS) state.

Go Fibre and Upp Adopt New UK Full Fibre Street Cabinets

15th Nov, 2023 (7 Comments)

Network technology firm Xantaro has revealed that they’ve launched a new “turnkey street cabinet” solution, which is designed to support UK alternative networks with their rollout of gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband infrastructure, and it’s already been adopted by ISPs GoFibre and Upp (now acquired by nexfibre).

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SPL to Trial UK Airborne 5G Mobile via BN2T-4S Islander Aircraft

15th Nov, 2023 (7 Comments)

Stratospheric Platforms (SPL) and BT (EE) revealed earlier this year that they were developing a UK trial to harness High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) aircraft to help extend 5G (mobile broadband) coverage into remote rural areas (here). SPL now intends to trial similar technology, during 2024, aboard a Britten-Norman Islander aircraft.

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O2 UK Launch FREE Crafty Lager 7726 with Ross Kemp to Tackle Scams

15th Nov, 2023 (10 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have joined TV celebrity Ross Kemp to launch a new “limited-edition fraud-fighting beer” – Crafty Lager 7726, which will be offered for free and has been created to help get the nation talking about scams during International Fraud Awareness Week (12 – 18th November).

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Neos Networks Brings Gigabit Upgrade for UK ISP Internet Central

15th Nov, 2023 (1 Comment)

Business ISP Internet Central, which is one of the UK’s oldest internet providers, has announced that Neos Networks are helping the provider to upgrade their network capacity and capabilities into the gigabit broadband era across the Midlands and Northwest of England.

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British Cruise Line Ambassador Adopts Starlink Broadband

15th Nov, 2023 (4 Comments)

Customers travelling on ships belonging to the Ambassador Cruise Line, which is a British cruise line with its HQ in Purfleet (Essex), may be pleased to know that their onboard WiFi connectivity will soon be getting faster broadband speeds after the company adopted Starlink’s constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites.

New Guidance for UK Telecoms SMEs on How to Reach Net Zero

14th Nov, 2023 (11 Comments)

The Digital Connectivity Forum (DCF), an industry think-tank for the UK Government, has today published new guidance to telecoms SMEs on how they can reach Net Zero targets (i.e. the goal of an organisation to remove as many carbon emissions as they produce).

Ubiquiti Finally Adds Support for the UK to UniFi Talk App

14th Nov, 2023 (6 Comments)

Technology and networking company Ubiquiti has announced that their popular UniFi Talk application, which is an affordable and subscription-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone solution that first launched in 2020, is now finally becoming available in the United Kingdom.

BT’s Triennial Pension Evaluation Sees Funding Deficit Fall to £3.7bn

14th Nov, 2023 (12 Comments)

BT Group has today published their triennial Pension Scheme (BTPS) valuation – one of the UK’s largest private sector pension schemes with c.270,000 members and £47bn of assets under management, which shows progress on their recovery plan and the funding deficit falling from £7.98bn in 2020 to £3.7bn now.

Vodafone UK Top 1.29 Million Broadband and 18.23m Mobile Users

14th Nov, 2023 (12 Comments)

Mobile operator and UK ISP Vodafone has today released their Q2 FY24 financial results, which saw their fixed line broadband base grow more slowly to total 1.292 million customers (up by 27k in the Q2 vs 42k in Q1 FY24), while their mobile base increased to 18.242 million (up by 218k vs 104k in the previous quarter).

Rural ISP Wessex Internet Get £35m to Boost UK Full Fibre Build

13th Nov, 2023 (8 Comments)

Gigabit broadband ISP and network builder Wessex Internet has secured £35 million of addition funding, including a Senior Debt Facility from Triodos Bank UK, which will be used to help fuel their deployment of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service across rural parts of Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset in England.

Customers of Virgin Media UK Suffering Account Update Bug

11th Nov, 2023 (26 Comments)

The web development team at broadband ISP, pay TV and phone provider Virgin Media UK (VMO2) must be seriously overworked because it appears as if they’ve been unable to resolve a small but annoying bug for well over a year, which prevents some customers from being able to update their contact phone number online.

ISPA Names WINNERS of the 2023 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards UPDATE

10th Nov, 2023 (37 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has this morning revealed the winners of their 25th annual 2023 internet industry and broadband awards, which among other things saw several ISPs taking home more than one award across different categories, including Hyperoptic, CommunityFibre and Brsk.