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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“.

UK ISP Glide Reports Strong Increase in Data Consumption

5th Oct, 2023 (3 Comments)

Business and residential ISP Glide Group, which is busy expanding their full fibre broadband network across more of the UK (leased lines and FTTP etc.), has reported a surge in network demand with its data revealing a 25% increase in network volume compared to the same period last year.

Wessex Internet’s North Dorset Project Gigabit Broadband Network Goes Live

5th Oct, 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder Wessex Internet has today announced that the first customers have gone live as part of their first £6m Project Gigabit contract with the UK government, which is deploying a new full fibre (FTTP) network to 7,100 uncommercial premises in rural parts of North Dorset (England).

Telcom Chosen to Build Cardiff’s New Hyperfast Full Fibre Network

5th Oct, 2023 (1 Comment)

The Cardiff Council (Gyngor Caerdydd) in South Wales has chosen network operator and broadband ISP Telcom (ClearFibre, WeFibre, HyperCity etc.) to supply residents and businesses across the city with “hyperfast gigabit connectivity“, focusing on the patchwork of remaining areas that are still deemed to be poorly served.

Ofcom Sends UK Cloud Market to the Competition Watchdog UPDATE

5th Oct, 2023 (6 Comments)

The UK communications and media regulator, Ofcom, has today formally referred the public cloud infrastructure services market, which is dominated by Amazon (AWS) and Microsoft (Azure), to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for further investigation after uncovering “features that could limit competition“.

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UK Joins Global Coalition to Develop Next Gen Telecoms

5th Oct, 2023 (2 Comments)

The Government has this morning announced that the UK is to join the Global Coalition on Telecommunications (GCOT) and commit £70m to the Future Telecoms UKRI Technology Missions Fund (TMF) Programme. Both of which are intended to help research and develop the next generation of telecoms, broadband and 6G networks etc.

Ogi Extend Full Fibre Broadband Build in South Wales to Tenby

5th Oct, 2023 (17 Comments)

Infracapital-backed UK broadband ISP Ogi has announced that their rollout of a new multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in South Wales is being extended to cover around 5,000 premises in one of Pembrokeshire’s most iconic seaside towns, Tenby.

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ISP Hyperoptic Top 300,000 Customers on UK Full Fibre Network

5th Oct, 2023 (14 Comments)

Broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which is currently deploying their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP/B) network across parts of 64 UK towns and cities, has today announced that their network now covers “more than” 1.4 million homes (up from 1.15m in Feb 2023) and has a total base of 300,000 customers (up from 275,000).

KCOM Boost Biz Security and Offers Full Fibre Solution for Landlords

4th Oct, 2023 (0 Comments)

Hull-based broadband ISP KCOM, which is currently building their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to more of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has launched a service to improve online security for their business customers and introduced new Landlord packages to help spread fibre to more tenants.

Virgin Media O2 Helicopters Bring 4G Mobile Masts to Island of Islay

4th Oct, 2023 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has today announced that, as part of the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project to help boost 4G (mobile broadband) coverage across rural parts of the UK, they’ve begun improving their service on the remote Island of Islay (Scotland) by carrying a new mast to the location under a helicopter.