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CityFibre Prep £14m Rollout of 1Gbps Broadband in Wellingborough

31st Aug, 2022 (6 Comments)

CityFibre has today announced that they’ll invest £14m to extend their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the large market and commuter town of Wellingborough in North Northamptonshire (England), which is set to begin in October 2022.

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Royal Caribbean Cruise Ships Get Starlink’s Ultrafast Broadband

31st Aug, 2022 (7 Comments)

The Royal Caribbean Group, which operates luxury cruises from various ports around the world (e.g. Southampton in England), has announced that it is to become the first fleet in the cruise industry to adopt Starlink’s (SpaceX) new network of low-latency ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Opensignal Show Divide in UK Rural vs Urban Mobile Broadband Speed

31st Aug, 2022 (10 Comments)

New data from mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has looked at the mobile broadband network experience in rural and urban areas of the United Kingdom on 4G and 5G based networks, which naturally finds that rural areas suffer slower speeds. But the performance gap on 5G isn’t as big as we expected.

Openreach Finish Superfast North Yorkshire UK Broadband Contract

31st Aug, 2022 (8 Comments)

The state-aid backed Superfast North Yorkshire (SFNY) project has announced that Openreach (BT) have officially completed their fibre-based (FTTC and FTTP) deployment contract under the scheme, which has so far enabled more than 190,000 extra premises to access faster broadband speeds since 2021 (take-up is at 80%).

WightFibre Become First UK Operator to Switch Off Copper Network

30th Aug, 2022 (21 Comments)

Broadband ISP WightFibre, which operates a network across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire in England, today claims to have become the first telecommunications operator in the UK to switch off their old copper network – beating KCOM, Virgin Media and Openreach (BT) to the punch.

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New UK Telecoms and Internet Security Code to Go Live in October

30th Aug, 2022 (2 Comments)

The UK Government has announced that network providers (e.g. broadband ISPs and mobile operators) will become subject to new regulations – under the Telecommunications (Security) Act – from 1st Oct 2022, which aside from restricting the use of Huawei, will also impose changes to make networks safer from cyberattack.

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Virgin Media O2 UK and NEC Extend OpenRAN Mobile to Field Trial

30th Aug, 2022 (1 Comment)

Broadband and mobile giant O2 (VMO2) has today announced that their early tests of Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN or O-RAN) technology – supported by NEC and Rakuten Symphony – are now being extended to the field phase, which will see the activation of the first live sites in VMO2’s commercial mobile network.

Netomnia Detail FTTP Broadband Builds for Middleton, Newbury, Folkestone and Dover

30th Aug, 2022 (11 Comments)

Network provider Netomnia (supported by UK ISP YouFibre) has today revealed more details about their planned rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Middleton, Newbury, Folkestone and Dover – these form part of their recently announced build plan to 2023.

Gov Issue Summer 2022 Update on UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

30th Aug, 2022 (5 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) programme has today published the latest quarterly Summer 2022 update for their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which reveals that they’ve launched new procurements in Hampshire and Shropshire, but are struggling in Staffordshire and Hertfordshire.

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Thousands of BT and Openreach Workers Head Back to Picket Lines

30th Aug, 2022 (36 Comments)

Up to 38,000 of BT and Openreach’s unionised workers will today be heading back to hundreds of picket lines across the UK as they begin a second major national strike, which is part of an ongoing pay dispute. The strike, which will run through today and tomorrow, is expected to cause more delays to service provisions etc.

North Dorset UK Sign First Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contract

30th Aug, 2022 (0 Comments)

The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced that the first subsidy contract under their new £5bn Project Gigabit broadband scheme has today been signed with ISP Wessex Internet, which is a smaller local supplier deal that will aim to reach 7,100 premises in rural parts of North Dorset (England).

Broadband ISPs and Ofcom UK Respond to Winter Blackout Fears

30th Aug, 2022 (23 Comments)

The news media has recently been full of scare stories that warn of electricity “blackouts” and “energy rationing“, which they claim could potentially last for several days during the depths of winter. But if the worst were to occur, then how would broadband ISPs and mobile operators’ cope. We investigate.

A Quick Guide to UK Social Tariffs – Get Broadband from £12.50 – UPDATE FebFe 2026

29th Aug, 2022 (0 Comments)

The cost-of-living crisis is having a horrific impact on the UK and forcing many households into poverty, including those that would have previously been considered secure. But the good news is that a growing number of home broadband ISPs and mobile operators have launched a range of cheaper “social tariffs“.

Lit Fibre CEO Shares His Perspective on the UK’s Full Fibre Market

28th Aug, 2022 (30 Comments)

The CEO and Co-Founder of alternative network ISP Lit Fibre, Tom Williams, has today – as part of an exclusive interview with ISPreview.co.uk – provided a progress update on their UK roll-out of a new gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network and shared his perspective on the current market.

ISP RunFibre Name 3 More Gloucestershire Villages for FTTP Rollout

27th Aug, 2022 (8 Comments)

Bristol-based UK ISP RunFibre, which is busy deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural areas in South Gloucestershire, has this month added the villages of Charfield, Little Badminton and Sopworth to their rollout plan.

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UK ISP Options on Openreach’s FTTP Broadband Network – 2022

27th Aug, 2022 (40 Comments)

We’ve today gone back to summarise most of the key UK consumer ISP choices on Openreach’s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based “ultrafast” (100Mbps+) broadband network, which is currently available to 8 million homes and businesses – rising to 10 million by the end of this year.

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UK Gov Respond to NIC’s Call for Clearer Gigabit Broadband Plan

26th Aug, 2022 (10 Comments)

The UK Government (DCMS) has today published their response to a number of recommendations made by last year’s National Infrastructure Commission‘s (NIC) report into Infrastructure, Towns and Regeneration (here), which called for better mobile coverage data, a clearer gigabit broadband plan and more effort to boost take-up.