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Gov Invites Broadband ISPs to £800m UK Project Gigabit Rollout

22nd Aug, 2022 (1 Comment)

The Government’s Building Digital UK team has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) for their Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy (GIS) programme, which is valued at £800m+ and reflects the part of their £5bn Project Gigabit scheme that aims to help gap-fund the rollout of gigabit-capable broadband ISP networks into rural areas.

CityFibre Refreshes Brand – Brings Full Fibre to 1.9 Million UK Homes

22nd Aug, 2022 (26 Comments)

Major alternative network provider CityFibre, which is currently investing over £5bn (debt and equity) to make their full fibre (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP network available to almost 8 million premises (c.30% of the UK) by the end of 2025 (here), has today announced a “major brand update” (i.e. they have a new logo).

Caveats as SpaceX Trial Cheaper Starlink Satellite Broadband Plan

22nd Aug, 2022 (18 Comments)

One of the biggest obstacles to wider UK adoption of SpaceX’s popular Starlink service, which offers ultrafast latency and broadband via a mega constellation of small satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has been price. But a trial in France that cuts the monthly rental to €50 (£42) may be a sign of things to come. But say goodbye to unlimited.

Virgin Media O2 UK Lays Groundwork for Faster Upload Speeds

20th Aug, 2022 (88 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) appears to be in the process of laying the groundwork for both faster upload speeds and latency times (ping), which comes after a growing number of the provider’s customers began reporting activation of the first DOCSIS 3.1 channels for upstream on their HUBs.

Scotland Unveil £36m Extension of R100 Fibre Broadband Rollout

19th Aug, 2022 (19 Comments)

The Scottish Government has unveiled an extension of their existing £600m Reaching 100% (R100) contract with BT (Openreach), which will see a further £36m being invested to cover an additional 2,637 rural properties with a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network. But completion is now 2028!

Ofcom Finds Sky UK Breached Rules on Contract Notifications UPDATE

19th Aug, 2022 (23 Comments)

A long-running investigation by the UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today concluded that Sky (Sky TV, Sky Broadband etc.) broke consumer protection rules by failing to send end-of-contract notifications to their satellite based Pay TV customers.

ISP Zone Broadband UK Joins MS3’s FTTP Broadband Network

19th Aug, 2022 (4 Comments)

Internet provider Zone Broadband, which is normally more accustomed to selling packages via Openreach’s national network, has this week become the latest UK retail ISP to hop on to MS3‘s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the North of England.

Good Law Project Questions Award of £70bn Net Zero Contract by Broadband Group

19th Aug, 2022 (7 Comments)

The Good Law Project (GLP) has filed judicial review proceedings against the East of England Broadband Network (E2BN) for their alleged decision to “unlawfully award” a £70bn ‘Everything Net Zero‘ Framework Agreement to the Place Group, which they claim is a micro “company with scant emissions reduction expertise“.

Trooli Bring Full Fibre to 275,000 UK Premises and Hits Derbyshire

18th Aug, 2022 (11 Comments)

Broadband ISP Trooli has announced that their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which aims to reach at least 1 million UK premises by the end of 2024, has now extended to cover a total of 275,000 premises (up from 220k in May 2022) – nearly triple the coverage they had a year ago. They’re also entering Derbyshire.

Cloud Gaming ISP ZYBRE Offers Discounts on Restaurants and UK Attractions

18th Aug, 2022 (3 Comments)

Cloud gaming ISP ZYBRE has announced that customers of their broadband packages, which are available to those taking FTTP services via Openreach or MS3’s platforms, are now able to receive a reward card that entitles them to discounts on eating out, cinema and money off top UK attractions.

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AI Firewall Helps EE UK Block 1 Million International Scam Calls a Day

18th Aug, 2022 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator EE – including broadband ISPs BT and Plusnet – have today revealed that they’ve blocked 11 million international scam calls since July, with the rate rising to 1 million a day. This comes after they launched a new AI powered firewall to filter out callers from international locations posing to be from UK-based numbers for legitimacy.

Three UK Appoints New Chief Network Officer, Iain Milligan

18th Aug, 2022 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has announced that their existing Chief Network Officer (CNO), Carlo Melis, is to be replaced by Iain Milligan next month. Carlo is understood to be returning to his native Italy to become Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Three’s sister company, Wind Tre.

Newark to Benefit from CityFibre’s £10m FTTP Broadband Rollout UPDATE

18th Aug, 2022 (6 Comments)

CityFibre UK has today confirmed that they’ll invest £10m to cover almost all of the premises in the Nottinghamshire (England) market town of Newark (Newark-on-Trent) with their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. Construction work is planned to begin this November 2022.

Scientists Find Way to Help WiFi Network Signals Go Through Walls

18th Aug, 2022 (7 Comments)

Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology and the University of Rennes in Austria have found an interesting solution that could help WiFi signals from your local wireless network to more effectively penetrate through walls and boost coverage, which can be thought of as being similar to an anti-reflective coating on glasses.

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The Plan to Add Broadband and Mobile Cover to UK Property Listings

18th Aug, 2022 (15 Comments)

The National Trading Standards – Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT), which works to protect consumers by enforcing existing legislation, is reportedly considering updating the material information rules for property listings to require that agents include data on broadband ISP and mobile coverage.

London ISP Community Fibre Appoints Ex-Hyperoptic Man as CFO

17th Aug, 2022 (1 Comment)

London-focused broadband ISP CommunityFibre (CF), which has already built to 500,000 premises with their 3Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (aiming for 2.2 million by the end of 2024), has today appointed Hyperoptic’s former finance chief – Peter White – to be its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

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Virgin Media O2 Update on Broadband and 5G Progress in Scotland

17th Aug, 2022 (4 Comments)

Telecoms giants Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today jointly issued somewhat of a brief progress update on the work they’ve been doing to deploy both gigabit-capable fixed line broadband ISP connectivity and 4G and 5G mobile networks to consumers across Scotland.