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LightSpeed-Broadband-fibre-cables

22nd Dec, 2022 (5 Comments)

Lincolnshire-based UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which is rolling out a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 200,000 premises across the East of England (rising to 1 million by the end of 2025), has appointed Jason Coward to be its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) as it continues with a shake-up of senior management.

Fibrus-Logo-2022

22nd Dec, 2022 (0 Comments)

Network builder Fibrus, which is deploying a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks across parts of both Northern Ireland and the North of England, has been awarded four key accreditations, including the ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 certifications for health and safety, environmental and quality management.

openreach logo 2017

21st Dec, 2022 (6 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has published a summary of their network traffic for 2022, which among other things reveals the average monthly UK data consumption of broadband users across their network for the past year. For example, the busiest month in 2022 was actually January, when a total of 5,701PB (PetaBytes) passed over their network.

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Virgin_Media_O2_VMO2_UK_Colourful_Logo_2021

21st Dec, 2022 (5 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media (VMO2) has today published their usual round-up of customer connectivity habits for 2022, which among other things noted that customers downloaded 9% more broadband data per day than the previous year, with mobile traffic up 36% year-on-year.

Umlaut-uk-mobile-testing-map-2022

21st Dec, 2022 (21 Comments)

Connect and Umlaut have today published their annual UK Mobile Network Test study, which used a range of different benchmarks to test 4G (voice and data / broadband) and 5G service performance across 19 cities, 40 towns and along over 10,000km of major roads. Overall, EE managed to come top again.

london underground tube

21st Dec, 2022 (6 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operators EE (BT) and Vodafone have announced that they’ve extended their 4G network on the London Underground to include six more stations, covering parts of the Central and Northern lines, which reflects a partnership with BAI Communications. This builds on their already live coverage on the eastern half of the Jubilee Line.

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bt_digital_voice_alexa_handset

21st Dec, 2022 (57 Comments)

Broadband provider BT has issued an update on the national UK rollout of their new Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) based Digital Voice product, which was “paused” in May 2022 (here) following complaints about service outages during power cuts etc. But the ISP now says this is “likely” to restart during the “spring of 2023“.

Fibrus EV Car Charger and Staff

21st Dec, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Fibrus, which is busy rolling out their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks across parts of both Northern Ireland and the North of England, has revealed that 14 of their vehicles are now electric (EV) and they’ve deployed five rapid chargers at their Dargan site to support that.

exchange fibre openreach

20th Dec, 2022 (6 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced large price increases across their various high-capacity Ethernet (EBD, EAD etc.) products and Excess Construction Charges (ECC) for UK ISPs, which are all due to be introduced from April 2023. The changes also help to position their 1Gb services as the new entry-level products.

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Upp-Engineers-Jacket

20th Dec, 2022 (11 Comments)

The UK Government’s Secretary of State for Business, Grant Shapps, has ordered investment company LetterOne (L1T FM Holdings UK) to sell its entire stake in alternative broadband network provider Upp (formerly Fibre Me) in order to “prevent, remedy, or mitigate the risk to national security“.

County Broadband Engineers Viewing plans

20th Dec, 2022 (0 Comments)

Rural ISP County Broadband, which aims to cover 500,000 premises across the East of England with their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2027, has appointed civil engineering firm Highway Workforce to help conduct their ongoing rollout across rural parts of Norfolk in England.

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20th Dec, 2022 (3 Comments)

A new alternative network (altnet) builder called Meliora Networks Limited has emerged on to the scene with a plan to rollout a hybrid Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and gigabit-capable Full Fibre broadband network, which will focus on “areas of the UK that do not presently have access to next generation connectivity.”

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Freshwave-London-Square-Mile

20th Dec, 2022 (5 Comments)

Mobile giant EE (BT) has officially become the first operator to make use of Freshwave‘s deployment of a new small cell based outdoor 4G and 5G mobile network in the central City of London area, which is currently in the pilot phase. O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone are expected to follow.

video streaming player

20th Dec, 2022 (63 Comments)

The UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) announced an interesting new campaign in partnership with Meta yesterday, which among other things decided to label “password sharing on streaming services [e.g. Netflix, Amazon Prime etc.] … without paying a subscription” as breaking copyright law. That’s a lot of new criminals.

Starlink for Moving Motorhomes RV Pictures

20th Dec, 2022 (2 Comments)

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced that Starlink’s global mega constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast broadband ISP satellites has managed to grow its customer base to over 1 million, which is double the 500,000 they reported just six months ago in June 2022.

virgin media gigabit van 2020 Wales

20th Dec, 2022 (22 Comments)

Sources have indicated to ISPreview that broadband customers of UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) might face bigger price hikes in the future than usual, with the provider being tipped to adopt the same annual style of inflation busting RPI + 3.9% hikes as those of their mobile base (e.g. O2 sims).

BT-Wholesale-EE-Three-UK-CRAN-5G-Trial-Mast-in-Leeds

19th Dec, 2022 (20 Comments)

BT Wholesale – supported by EE and Three UK – is conducting a new “state-of-the-art” 5G (mobile broadband) technology trial in Leeds, where they’re deploying a Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) that in future could be installed as individual street works or fitted in existing street-furniture (e.g. lampposts) to extend the signal.

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