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Hiya-Protect-working-on-smartphones

24th Jan, 2023 (7 Comments)

Customers of UK broadband ISP BT (including EE) look set to benefit from improved protection against SPAM and fraud calls, which reflects the fact that they’ve just become the first major telecoms provider in the country to adopt Hiya’s AI-based voice security solutions – Hiya Protect – in conjunction with Ericsson.

British police by 123rf

23rd Jan, 2023 (11 Comments)

The West Mercia police force in Shropshire (England) are appealing for information after repeated attacks by criminals, which have occurred over the last four weeks, caused an estimated £13,000 worth of damage to broadband infrastructure belonging, we think, to Openreach in the village of Selattyn (near Oswestry).

finger touching fiber optic on technology background

23rd Jan, 2023 (18 Comments)

Telecoms data analysts at global market intelligence firm ThinkCX have published a new update that forecasts how increasing consolidation in the United Kingdom’s overcrowded market for alternative broadband network (altnet) providers could play out during 2023. Needless to say, the new update holds few surprises.

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bt beyond limits uk isp logo

23rd Jan, 2023 (14 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has this morning opened an investigation into broadband ISP and telecoms giant BT (including subsidiaries EE and Plusnet), which focuses upon their compliance with its obligation to provide customers with clear and simple contract information before they sign up to a new deal.

TalkTalk-Logo-in-Office-Next-to-Balloons

23rd Jan, 2023 (6 Comments)

Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk, which in recent years has expanded beyond Openreach’s UK network and now offers services via several other alternative full fibre (FTTP) networks, has given a strong indication of further AltNet aggregation to come by adopting Strategic Imperatives’ Fibre Café aggregation platform.

Ogi Engineer Standing in Front of Building

23rd Jan, 2023 (17 Comments)

Infracapital-backed Network builder and broadband ISP Ogi, which is investing £200m to roll-out a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 150,000 premises in rural parts of Wales by 2025, has this morning announced a list of the next 23 towns and villages to benefit from their deployment.

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Cityfibre-ONT-Installed-in-Home-2023

21st Jan, 2023 (92 Comments)

Alas, as the editor of ISPreview.co.uk, I don’t have a magic wand for making full fibre networks appear outside my door. Just like everybody else, I was forced to wait.. and wait. But the day did finally come and from an operator that, like so many other alternative networks these days, didn’t even exist for consumers until a few years ago.

Fibrus-Logo-2022

20th Jan, 2023 (3 Comments)

Infracapital-backed UK ISP Fibrus, which is building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks across Northern Ireland and the North of England, has today pledged to retain their existing policy against mid-contract price rises and their buyout promotion to help new customers leaving their old provider.

Quickline Engineer Outside Van 2023

20th Jan, 2023 (6 Comments)

Broadband ISP Quickline, which is currently rolling out a mix of Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based networks across parts of Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire in England, has responded to this week’s price hikes (up to 14.4%) at the biggest providers (here) by reaffirming its own two-year price freeze.

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vodafone uk london 5g engineer

20th Jan, 2023 (21 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has confirmed that the first “trial” customers are now able to connect to one of the UK’s first deployments of an ultrafast cloud-based 5G Standalone (SA) network, which has been built across parts of several cities including London, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Bath, Glasgow and Birmingham.

openreach uk phone exchange engineer 2021

19th Jan, 2023 (34 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced the addition of a further 51 UK exchanges under ‘Tranche 11‘ of their project to move away from copper-based analogue phone (PSTN / WLR etc.) services and on to a new all-IP network, which can also occur once over 75% of premises in each area are able to get FTTP broadband.

cityfibre_street_cabinet_ftth_edinburgh

19th Jan, 2023 (36 Comments)

A new study from CityFibre, which is building a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network across the UK, has claimed that consumers switching to entry-level broadband plans from ISPs on their network could save as much as £119 in 12 months (rising up to £458 for those requiring 1Gbps speeds). Plus, you can now get an extra £50 discount.

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Vorboss-Engineers-Behind-Barriers

19th Jan, 2023 (0 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Vorboss, which is investing £250 million to deploy a 100Gbps capable dedicated full fibre broadband and Ethernet network for businesses in London (mostly around the central areas), has today appointed John Browett as their new Chairman.

Fiber Optic cables connected to an optic ports and Network cables connected to ethernet ports

19th Jan, 2023 (9 Comments)

One of the country’s fastest growing edge colocation data centre providers, Proximity Data Centres, has announced that they’re planning to roll-out of a new network of regional internet exchanges across the United Kingdom and Europe. Better network latency will be one of the key outcomes.

Wildanet Engineer's Hand Connecting FTTP Lines

19th Jan, 2023 (11 Comments)

The fifth contract awarded under the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme – worth £36 million – has today been handed to UK ISP Wildanet, which will upgrade connectivity for more than 19,250 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across rural parts of Cornwall in South West England.

bt smart hub 2 router front

18th Jan, 2023 (29 Comments)

BT’s consumer division (inc. EE and Plusnet) has today set out their approach to this year’s annual price hikes, which will see them increase their broadband, phone and other prices by the contracted CPI of 10.5% plus 3.9% – for a total of 14.4% – for the “majority” of their customers from 31st March. But there are exceptions.

iD Mobile UK on green background

18th Jan, 2023 (7 Comments)

Low-cost mobile operator iD Mobile (Currys) has announced that they’ve signed a new multi-year extension deal to continue their long-standing Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) partnership with Three UK, which has been in place ever since they first launched back in 2015.

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