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Circet Acquires UK Broadband ISP Engineering Firm Qube GB

28th Dec, 2022 (2 Comments)

Telecommunications focused civil engineering firm Circet has announced the acquisition of Qube GB, which describes itself as an “in-home telecom maintenance specialist” that provides engineering services to UK broadband ISPs likes BT, TalkTalk, Sky Broadband and are also expanding their services for alternative full fibre networks.

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Broadband Consumers Brace for Massive 2023 UK Price Hikes

28th Dec, 2022 (49 Comments)

As if 2022 wasn’t already devastating enough for the UK cost-of-living, the annual price hikes season is about to hit again for customers of the largest broadband ISPs and mobile operators, which for the second year running is expected to be driven by another huge increase in inflation. Expect hikes of around 14% or more.

2022 vs 2021 Top Fastest UK Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs

27th Dec, 2022 (20 Comments)

As another year passes, ISPreview.co.uk has taken a look back over the past 12 months to see how the average UK broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available fixed line ISPs, mobile operators and Starlink (satellite provider). Suffice to say, there’s been a huge performance jump between 2021 and 2022.

Scotland’s R100 Fibre Broadband Build Won’t Finish Until 2028

26th Dec, 2022 (35 Comments)

A new Freedom-of-Information (FoI) request has revealed that the Scottish Government‘s £600m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach (BT), which is extending fixed “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) across rural parts of the country (predominantly via FTTP), is now not expected to reach full completion until March 2028.

The Top UK Broadband ISPs and Mobile Operators for Haggling – 2022

24th Dec, 2022 (28 Comments)

A new survey of over 3,000 UK people has revealed that Virgin Media is the top broadband ISP and mobile operator for haggling, which reveals how much success consumers have had in getting a cheaper price from providers by negotiating with their retentions department.

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Three UK Extends 4G Mobile Cover on the London Underground

23rd Dec, 2022 (11 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today followed the earlier announcements from EE and Vodafone by confirming that their 4G (mobile broadband) network is also now live across six new stations on the London Underground (tube) network (here), covering parts of both the Central and Northern lines.

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Welsh Wireless Broadband ISP Bluewave Goes into Liquidation UPDATE

22nd Dec, 2022 (7 Comments)

The company behind fixed wireless broadband ISP Bluewave (Bluewave Communications Cymru), which serves rural premises across parts of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire in Wales with claimed download speeds of “up to” 40Mbps for £29.99 per month, has this month entered voluntary liquidation.

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Ogi Become First UK ISP to Deploy Nokia’s 25Gbps Full Fibre Tech

22nd Dec, 2022 (38 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder Ogi, which is investing £200 million to build a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 150,000 premises in Wales by 2025, has today become the first internet provider in the UK to deploy Nokia’s 25G PON technology commercially.

LightSpeed Broadband Appoints New CCO to Support Full Fibre Build

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.

Full Fibre UK Broadband ISP Fibrus Secures Key Accreditations

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.

A Summary of Openreach’s UK Network Traffic During 2022

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.

Virgin Media O2 Summarises UK Connectivity Trends for 2022

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.

EE Named Best Operator in Connect’s 2022 UK Mobile Network Test

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.

EE and Vodafone UK Extend 4G Mobile to 6 New London Underground Stations

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.

ISP BT to Restart Troubled UK Digital Voice Rollout in Spring 2023

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“.

Full Fibre ISP Fibrus Makes Progress on Transition to EV Fleet

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.

Openreach Increases Wholesale Ethernet Prices for UK ISPs

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.