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AltNets Brightstar and Urbanfibre Plan UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

16th Mar, 2022 (0 Comments)

Two new Alternative Network (altnet) builders – Brightstar Limited and Urbanfibre Limited – have today revealed some tentative details about their proposed plans to build or expand an existing Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across some parts of the country.

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Mobile Broadband Speeds on Different iPhone Models Compared

16th Mar, 2022 (0 Comments)

New data from crowdsourced mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has compared how the 4G and 5G based UK mobile broadband download and upload speeds compared across Apple’s various iPhone generations (up to the iPhone 13). Unsurprisingly, the latest 5G equipped iPhone 12 and 13 delivered significantly faster performance.

Openreach Seek Changes to Upgrade Fibre for UK Flats and Poles

16th Mar, 2022 (5 Comments)

Openreach’s (BT) Director of Corporate Affairs, Catherine Colloms, has told a UK committee for the new Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) that the proposed law doesn’t do enough to help them bring gigabit broadband ISP network upgrades to large residential buildings (MDUs) and telegraph poles.

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Wales to Close Top Up Scheme for Gigabit Broadband Vouchers

16th Mar, 2022 (3 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has confirmed that its top-up funding for the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS), which offers grants to help rural homes install gigabit-capable internet connections, will end on 31st March 2022 because “budget pressures” mean they can no longer afford to continue to “underwrite the UK Government“.

ISP Gigaclear Starts FTTP Broadband Rollout in Blandford Forum

15th Mar, 2022 (1 Comment)

Infracapital-backed UK ISP Gigaclear has begun street works in the rural Dorset (England) market town of Blandford Forum, which is also expected to cover parts of Blandford St. Mary. Over 6,000 local homes and business premises are due to gain access to their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network.

Vodafone UK Trial Creates First On-Demand 5G Network Slice

15th Mar, 2022 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone and their strategic supplier Ericsson have today announced having created the UK’s “first on-demand 5G network slice” in a successful lab trial, which could pave the way for future mobile broadband networks that can be created to serve different types of use with relative ease.

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Ofcom UK Sets Out Approach to LEO Broadband Satellites

15th Mar, 2022 (2 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published their proposals for a new ‘Space Spectrum Strategy’, which among other things sets out their approach to supporting the growth of satellite broadband services, such as via the new mega constellations of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) platforms from SpaceX (Starlink) and OneWeb.

Three UK Preparing to Launch Apple Watch and eSIM in Q2 2022

15th Mar, 2022 (28 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that, after years of waiting and more than a few false starts (here), they will finally aim to launch eSIM support for 4G and 5G devices during Q2 2022, starting with the Apple Watch during the same period (other handsets will follow).

FullFibre Ltd Add 2 New Towns to their UK FTTP Broadband Build

14th Mar, 2022 (13 Comments)

Network builder FullFibre Limited has today added another two towns across Worcestershire and Warwickshire in England to benefit from their rollout of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which aims to cover “at least” 500,000 UK premises by 2025.

Frustration in Swindon UK as CityFibre Keep Blocking Driveways

14th Mar, 2022 (15 Comments)

CityFibre’s £40m investment to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the Wiltshire town of Swindon, which began in late 2020 (here), has in recent weeks generated a few complaints after contractors blocked some residents inside their homes – often without prior notice.

New ISP Hull Fibre Joins MS3’s FTTP Broadband Network

14th Mar, 2022 (3 Comments)

A new ISP called Hull Fibre has today become the latest internet provider to offer gigabit-capable broadband services to homes via MS3’s wholesale-only Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which is currently busy building across parts of Hull and the North of England. But they’ve got some bugs to fix.

Mobile Operators in UK Competition Moan vs Apple Private Relay

14th Mar, 2022 (14 Comments)

The Mobile UK trade body, which represents Three UK, EE (BT), O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone, has called upon the Competition and Markets Authority to probe the impact of Apple’s new iCloud linked internet privacy tool – ‘Private Relay‘ – due to concerns over its negative impacts on their network optimisation and filtering measures.

Mystery ISP Becomes First to Adopt Number Porting Flexibility

12th Mar, 2022 (7 Comments)

The Office of the Telecoms Adjudicator recently revealed that a “major” UK ISP had become the first to adopt the new ‘Right to Port‘ requirement for fixed line phones, which introduces some useful extra flexibility for phone users who want to switch (port) their number between operators. But none of the big players will confirm it.

Ofcom UK Tweak Geographic Phone Numbering and Local Dialling

11th Mar, 2022 (20 Comments)

Ofcom has today set out their final changes to the rules that govern the use of phone numbers in the UK, which has opted to retain the existing rules on geographic numbering and remove the obligation on telecoms providers and broadband ISPs to provide local dialling to customers.

Netflix Hikes UK Prices for Internet Video Streaming Service

11th Mar, 2022 (32 Comments)

The most popular broadband-based Movie and TV video streaming service, Netflix, has today announced that they are to hike the monthly prices on all three of their plans for new and existing customers, with even the entry-level ‘Basic‘ plan going up in price for the first time in a decade!

Scottish Borders Secondary Schools Connected via Gigabit Fibre

11th Mar, 2022 (0 Comments)

Scotland-based UK business ISP Commsworld, under direction from consultancy firm CGI, have recently finished laying 20km of fibre optic cabling to overhaul and upgrade their Borders infrastructure, resiliency and capacity to help connect all of the region’s nine secondary schools to gigabit speed broadband.

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620 Public Buildings in Wales Upgraded via Full Fibre Broadband

10th Mar, 2022 (3 Comments)

The UK Government (Building Digital UK) has this evening announced the completion of the “largest public sector broadband project” in Wales, which has enabled 620 public sector sites (hospitals, police stations, libraries etc.) to get access to a lightning-fast full fibre network connection.