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BT and Nokia in UK Trial of 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) Tech

16th Oct, 2023 (3 Comments)

Sometimes, less is more, or at least that’s the idea behind BT (EE) and Nokia’s latest trials of 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) technology and devices at the operator’s Adastral Park site in Ipswich (England). RedCap is a technology introduced in 3GPP Release 17 that brings 5G to devices that do not require its full capabilities.

JET Launch World’s First Permanently Deployable Floating 5G Base Station in UK

16th Oct, 2023 (8 Comments)

Bromsgrove-based JET Connectivity, which was spun out from JET Engineering Services and develops 5G (wireless broadband) mesh communications for the marine environment, has launched the “world’s first permanently deployable 5G floating base station” (cell tower) in Grimsby to help connect an operational offshore wind farm.

New Vodafone UK Broadband App Cuts Alexa from WiFi Booster

16th Oct, 2023 (8 Comments)

Customers of UK mobile operator and broadband ISP Vodafone, specifically those taking their original Pro Broadband (Pro 1) package for homes, have been informed that the included WiFi booster device will soon lose the use of its built-in Alexa voice assistant. This is because the new home broadband app they’re planning to launch doesn’t support it.

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IX Wireless Move Ahead with Broadband Rollout Plan for Tameside

14th Oct, 2023 (23 Comments)

Network operator IX Wireless, which is building a new UK fibre-fed fixed wireless broadband network – supported by ISP 6Gi (not related to 6G mobile technology), appears close to expanding their existing roll-out into Tameside (Greater Manchester) after it applied to Oldham council for 29 poles to be installed, each 15 metres high.

Opensignal Compare European and UK Fixed Broadband Speeds UPDATE

14th Oct, 2023 (9 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has published a new study of fixed broadband speeds across 28 European countries, which reveals that the United Kingdom performs poorly against its peers – placing mid-table for downloads and toward the bottom for uploads.

IFB Sign Contract to Help Bring Full Fibre to 50 Aberdeen Education Sites

13th Oct, 2023 (2 Comments)

Aberdeen-based UK broadband and I.T solutions provider Internet for Business (IFB) has secured a new contract worth £300,000 that will see them support and deliver the rollout of a new full fibre network in the Scottish city, which aims to bring multi-gigabit speeds to 50 key Aberdeen City Council (ACC) education locations.

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Openreach Name 28 New UK Areas for Copper to FTTP Switch – Tranche 14

13th Oct, 2023 (25 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has released the next batch of 28 UK exchanges under Tranche 14 of their “FTTP Priority Exchange Stop Sell” project, which reflects locations where over 75% of premises are able to get full fibre broadband and can thus stop selling copper based phone and broadband products (i.e. FTTP becomes the only product available).

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Virgin Media O2 Business Users with Static IPs Suffer UK Broadband Outage UPDATE2

13th Oct, 2023 (8 Comments)

Customers of UK broadband ISP Virgin Media O2 Business (VMO2), specifically those with a Static IP address assigned to their connection, are reporting that the provider suffered a major service outage yesterday that appears to have started at around midnight the day before and is still be impacting some users this morning.

UK ISP Zzoomm Sees 33 Percent Full Fibre Take-up in Henley

13th Oct, 2023 (13 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zzoomm has reported that take-up of their multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in one of their first locations to go live during early 2020, the Oxfordshire (England) town of Henley-on-Thames, has now hit 1 in 3 premises (roughly 33%) and growing.

Mobile Operator O2 UK Boosts Data on Pay As You Go Plans

12th Oct, 2023 (13 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) has today refreshed some of their SIM Only “Pay As You Go” mobile plans (Big Bundles), which sees a number of their plans getting a data allowance (mobile broadband) boost for no extra cost. The £15 for 25GB “Rolling Plan” has also been boosted to 30GB, although the rest of their Rolling Plans are unchanged.

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Starlink Updates on Plan for 4G Space Mobile Direct to Cell Service

12th Oct, 2023 (2 Comments)

SpaceX’s global network of Starlink ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) have just moved a step closer to launching their new ‘Direct to Cell‘ product, which will harness that same network in order to deliver a 4G mobile service to unmodified Smartphones across the world (regulation and ground stations allowing).

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Boldyn Networks Build New UK Fibre Network in Kingston upon Thames

12th Oct, 2023 (3 Comments)

Digital infrastructure firm Boldyn Networks (formerly BAI Comms) has announced that they’re working with the Greater London Authority (GLA), Virgin Media and Transport for London (TfL) to deploy a new “high-speed” full fibre network across the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

David Davis MP Pressures KCOM to Help Resolve FTTP Poles Dispute

12th Oct, 2023 (19 Comments)

The MP for Haltemprice and Howden, David Davis, has called on ISP KCOM, MS3, Connexin and other alternative broadband network operators in East Yorkshire (England) to help resolve the “unsightly mess of unnecessary street furniture” (a reference to recent protests against poles) by fairly sharing access to existing ducts and poles.

First Connections Live on Ogi’s New Cardiff Full Fibre Network

12th Oct, 2023 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed UK broadband ISP Ogi has this morning revealed that their new multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the city of Cardiff (Wales) has finally started to go live. But for now the provider’s local deployment is largely focused upon catering for businesses (they focus on homes in other locations).

Competition Authority Consults on Vodafone and Three UK Merger

11th Oct, 2023 (20 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today opened up a consultation for feedback on the proposed mobile mega-merger between Three UK and Vodafone (here), which would reduce the number of mobile operators in the market from four to three and may thus impact upon competition, consumer prices, jobs and security.

G.Network Sign First UK ISP to London Fibre Network at Wholesale

11th Oct, 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder G.Network, which is rolling out a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network to homes and businesses across parts of London, has today announced that business provider Spitfire has officially become their first wholesale partner on the new infrastructure.

Lyca Mobile UK Confirm Personal Data Breached by Hackers

11th Oct, 2023 (26 Comments)

Mobile operator Lyca Mobile, which last week confirmed that it had been struck by a serious cyberattack that disrupted their systems and connectivity services across the UK (as well as in various other countries), has now confirmed that the hackers also “accessed at least some of the personal information held in our systems“.