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First of 120 Planned UK Gov Funded 4G Mast Upgrades Goes Live in Scotland

3rd May, 2023 (1 Comment)

The first UK government-funded rural 4G mobile mast upgrade has today been completed in the Lockerbie area in Scotland, which forms part (£75m) of their industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project with EE (BT), Vodafone, Three UK and O2 (Virgin Media). A further 120+ masts in Scotland are also set for upgrades.

Rural UK Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear Celebrates 75,000 Customers

2nd May, 2023 (14 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has deployed a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 380,000 premises (mostly in England), have today celebrated after they announced the connection of their 75,000th customer to the network.

Virgin Media O2 UK Appoints New COO and MD for Fixed Network Expansion

2nd May, 2023 (8 Comments)

Broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media O2 has today announced that, as part of their efforts to reorganise and focus the company on a “customer-first, digital-first and converged mentality and mission that lays the ground for future growth“, they’ve appointed a new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and MD for Fixed Network Expansion.

Sky TV’s Plan to go Dishless in the UK Sees Cracks in Glass

2nd May, 2023 (56 Comments)

Sources within Sky UK (Comcast) have reportedly told a major newspaper that sales of their Sky Glass product, which launched in late 2021 and is essentially a Sky branded TV that also streams content over your home broadband ISP connection (inc. WiFi) instead of via a Satellite dish, have “underwhelmed“.

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Analysts Find Gaps in Mobile Signal on London to Edinburgh Train

2nd May, 2023 (17 Comments)

Mobile network analysts at Streetwave have published the results of a new survey, which examined the mobile signal quality on the London (England) to Edinburgh (Scotland) train route. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the route was found to suffer from various “not-spots“, while EE’s network performed the best for mobile broadband.

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Openreach Add 10 New UK Locations to FTTP Broadband Rollout

2nd May, 2023 (76 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today issued another update to their £15bn UK rollout of a new multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which adds 10 new locations to their deployment plan – covering an additional 124,000 homes and businesses in places across England, Wales and Scotland.

Three UK Continues to Deliver Fastest 5G Download Speeds

2nd May, 2023 (13 Comments)

The latest data from Ookla, which runs the popular Speedtest.net service, has revealed that mobile network operator (MNO) Three UK is still beating rivals at Vodafone, O2 (VMO2) and EE (BT) for average median 5G broadband download speeds – scoring 275.85Mbps (Megabits / sec) in Q1 2023. Roughly double their nearest rival.

April 2023 BT Progress Update on 10Mbps UK Broadband USO

2nd May, 2023 (7 Comments)

UK ISP BT has published their latest biannual (April 2023) update on the progress they’ve made in delivering the 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband, which reveals that they’ve so far built a USO connection to over 7,000 premises (up from 5,900 in Oct 2022), with 800 further builds in progress (down from 2,000).

AltNet Woes Grow as UK Full Fibre ISP Zzoomm Sees Job Losses

2nd May, 2023 (30 Comments)

Oxfordshire-based alternative network and UK broadband ISP Zzoomm has reportedly become the latest full fibre builder to hit troubled waters. The provider is understood to be laying off 300 employees in its construction team (engineers and office jobs), which is said to reflect about 50% of their workforce.

A Quarter of UK Mobile Users Embarrassed of Smaller Operators

2nd May, 2023 (34 Comments)

A new Censuswide survey of 1,004 UK contract customers on Vodafone, O2 (VMO2), EE (BT) and Three UK, which was commissioned by Lyca Mobile, has found that 24% of respondents said they would be “embarrassed” to reveal that they get their mobile contract from an alternative operator.

Some Virgin Media UK Users Can’t Load Popular jQuery Library

29th Apr, 2023 (15 Comments)

Several of Virgin Media’s (VMO2) UK broadband ISP customers, both on their business and residential connections, have reported that the provider appears to be blocking or incorrectly routing calls to load the popular jQuery library (code.jquery.com) – this is used by many websites, including this one, for some processes.

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A Comical Case of Starting and Stopping Openreach FTTP Builds

29th Apr, 2023 (56 Comments)

Sometimes the UK rollout of a new full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network in an area can be a bit of a roller coaster, which is something we’ve touched on a few times before (example). But today it’s the turn of Openreach, which recently seemed to suffer an almost comical level of difficult with deciding whether or not they’re even building.

Ofcom UK Test New Way to Detect and Block Spoofed Numbers

28th Apr, 2023 (13 Comments)

Ofcom has today begun seeking feedback from the industry on the potential future adoption of Calling Line Identification (CLI) authentication, which – once the UK has fully transitioned to digital landlines – could be adopted as a new approach to detecting and blocking “spoofed” (fake) phone numbers.

Netomnia Add 5 New Locations to UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

27th Apr, 2023 (46 Comments)

Fibre builder Netomnia – supported by UK ISP YouFibre – have today added 5 new locations to their rollout of a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which will ultimately expand their coverage to a further 218,000 premises in England and at an additional cost of £66 million.

Vodafone Appoints Margherita Della Valle As New Group CEO

27th Apr, 2023 (2 Comments)

UK-based global mobile operator Vodafone has today confirmed that their Interim Group CEO, Margherita Della Valle, has just been appointed as their permanent group CEO. She will also continue on as Group Chief Financial Officer until an external search for a new CFO is complete.

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Ofcom UK Name Shell Energy as UK ISP with Most Complaints in Q4 2022

27th Apr, 2023 (12 Comments)

The latest Ofcom study of UK consumer complaints for Q4 2022 has, once again, named and shamed Shell Energy for attracting the most consumer moans about both home broadband and landline phone services, while BT did the same for Pay Monthly Mobile services and Virgin Media for Pay TV.

Gov Prep Phase 2 of £5bn UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

27th Apr, 2023 (7 Comments)

Planning is reportedly underway for the next phase of the UK Government’s £5bn rural Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which would see more public funding from the existing commitment being set aside to help reach digitally disadvantaged premises (remote and urban) that the initial scheme has so far been unable to tackle.