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Rural Full Fibre UK ISP Gigaclear Praise ATS for Training its Engineers

11th Oct, 2023 (3 Comments)

Rural ISP Gigaclear, which covers 500,000 premises (430k Ready for Service) across 25 counties in England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has praised ATS Group for helping to train their engineers in the South of England and getting them into the field far quicker than before.

Mobile Operator Giffgaff Finally Launches UK eSIM Support

11th Oct, 2023 (28 Comments)

Mobile network operator giffgaff has just become the latest provider to introduce eSIM (Electronic SIM) support, although at present they only appear to be allowing existing customers with the operator’s latest Smartphone app installed (iOS App and Android App) – version 12.13.0-v337 or above – to transition from a physical to electronic SIM.

Final Call as the UK BT Sport TV App to Shut Down This Week

10th Oct, 2023 (9 Comments)

People who are still using the BT Sport TV App have today been given a final warning about its imminent shut down, which is due to occur on the 12th October 2023. Customers who wish to keep accessing the same content (now re-branded as TNT Sports) will instead need to download the Discovery+ App.

Vodafone to Develop New OpenRAN Mobile Chips with ARM

10th Oct, 2023 (4 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone has announced a new collaboration with British semiconductor firm ARM, which is designed to help fast-track the development of new platforms (chipsets) for their future 4G and 5G based Open Radio Access Networks (Open RAN).

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Nokia Sets 800Gbps World Record for Transoceanic Fibre Optic Speeds

10th Oct, 2023 (11 Comments)

Nokia’s Bell Labs research division has established two new world records in submarine optical communications. The first achieved a net data rate of 800Gbps (Gigabits per second) on a single optical wavelength at a distance of 7865km, while the second hit a net throughput of 41Tbps (Terabits) over 291 km via a C-band unrepeated transmission system.

Persimmon Homes UK ISP Fibrenest Launch New Broadband Router UPDATE

10th Oct, 2023 (11 Comments)

Broadband provider FibreNest, which is the Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) operator for Persimmon Homes‘ new build UK housing developments, appears to have introduced a new router for customers who are just joining the service. The new unit replaces their previous Linksys Velop system, although we’re unsure whether it’s an improvement.

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Openreach Tops 1 Million FTTP Broadband Premises in Scotland

10th Oct, 2023 (7 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has announced that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network now covers just over 1 million properties in Scotland, which is up from 949,000 in late August 2023 and 800,000 in mid-March 2023. The operator has also revealed the 20 locations with the best “ultrafast broadband coverage” on their network.

Full Fibre UK ISP and AltNet Toob to Focus on Growing Take-up

9th Oct, 2023 (27 Comments)

Nick Parbutt, the boss of network builder and UK gigabit broadband ISP toob, has revealed that the operator may have changed its strategy to focus more on growing customer take-up than on expanding their network coverage. But at this stage it’s unclear whether this will impact their existing coverage target.

Sizewell C Deal Helps Openreach Extend FTTP Broadband in Suffolk UK

9th Oct, 2023 (6 Comments)

Network provider Openreach (BT) has announced that an additional 5,000 homes in East Suffolk (England), covering an area in and around the town of Leiston, are due to gain access to their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network thanks to a new contract with the Sizewell C nuclear power development.

O2 UK Relaunch Recycle for Business to Help Firms Trade in Old Tech

9th Oct, 2023 (1 Comment)

The business division of mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) has today relaunched their ‘O2 Recycle for Business’ service to help companies of all sizes trade in their old technology – where they can receive cash back, credit towards new devices, or donate funds to charity.

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Hey! This is Not the Correct Way to Install a Full Fibre Cable UPDATE

7th Oct, 2023 (85 Comments)

Over the year’s ISPreview has seen a few cases of wonky UK home broadband installations. The latest example comes courtesy of F&W Networks and supporting ISP Hey! Broadband, which post-install informed one of their customers that they “do not bury ducts, you will need to bury them yourself” (i.e. leaving fibre exposed across a front lawn).

Cable Thieves Knock Out Openreach Broadband in Rickmansworth UPDATE

6th Oct, 2023 (2 Comments)

Some 880 homes, businesses and schools in the Hertfordshire (England) town of Rickmansworth, which is home to a total population of over 25,000, have been left without a working fixed broadband ISP and phone service. The situation occurred after criminals damaged Openreach’s local network while attempting to steal their copper telecoms cable.

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Quickline’s Full Fibre Live in 5 More Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Villages

6th Oct, 2023 (4 Comments)

Hull-based UK broadband ISP Quickline, which is deploying their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 96 rural locations (55,000 premises) across North East England, has just gone live in 5 more villages – Hunmanby and Staxton in North Yorkshire, plus Keelby, Folkingham and South Ferriby in North Lincolnshire.

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Which? Launch Campaign to Ban Mid-Contract Broadband Price Hikes

6th Oct, 2023 (56 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has today launched the “Right to Connect” campaign, which accuses UK mobile and broadband providers of “duping consumers with their sneaky mid-contract price hikes” and is instead calling on the regulator, Ofcom, to “ban this practice” and deliver generally “clearer and fairer pricing“.

Amazon Launching First 2 Project Kuiper LEO Broadband Satellites

6th Oct, 2023 (11 Comments)

Internet giant Amazon will today launch their first two prototype satellites – Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2 – into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) as part of plans to test the technologies that will be used in Project Kuiper, which aims to loft a mega constellation of satellites to deliver ultrafast broadband and 4G/5G mobile across the world.

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Brsk, FullFibre Ltd and IX Wireless Face More Pole Complaints

6th Oct, 2023 (29 Comments)

Several broadband ISPs and network builders, including Brsk, FullFibre Ltd and IX Wireless, have this week become the latest in a long line of UK operators to face complaints from various different communities about their decision to deploy telecoms poles to run new full fibre and wireless networks.

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CEO of ISP Quickline Warns Rural Areas to Wither and Die Without Fast Broadband

6th Oct, 2023 (2 Comments)

The boss of UK broadband ISP Quickline, which is building a gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network to 96 rural locations (55,000 premises) across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (deployment plan), has warned that isolated communities could “wither and die” if they are not connected to “reliable, high-speed broadband“.