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CityFibre Boost UK Gigabit Rollout with Visual Automation

16th Feb, 2022 (3 Comments)

CityFibre’s has today moved to boost their £4bn rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network by implementing Deepomatic’s Visual Automation Technology throughout its end-to-end network operations. Cost savings and faster installations for homes and businesses are expected.

Altnets Global Reach Networks and Open Infra Plan UK FTTP Builds

16th Feb, 2022 (1 Comment)

Two further alternative networks, Global Reach Networks and Open Infra, have today revealed that they plan to deploy their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP networks across different parts of the United Kingdom. But they’re arriving in a market that is already aggressively competitive with rival builds.

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Faster Broadband Coming to the Channel Islands and Isle of Man

16th Feb, 2022 (0 Comments)

Some 170,000 homes and businesses across the Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey) and Isle of Man could soon see faster broadband speeds after local ISP Sure completed a major network capacity upgrade, which was delivered by technology and civil engineering provider Telent.

Netomnia Prep GBP15m FTTP Broadband Rollout for Gravesend

16th Feb, 2022 (0 Comments)

Netomnia has just confirmed that they’ll invest £15m to deploy their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 51,000 premises in the Kent (England) town of Gravesend, which will be built by the operator’s civil engineering partner KN Circet GNS Communications.

Sutton to Boost Mobile Coverage with New Open Access Deals

16th Feb, 2022 (5 Comments)

Residents, visitors and businesses in the South London Borough of Sutton (England) could soon see an improvement in the area’s 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage after the Sutton Council signed two new open access agreements – one with Freshwave and the other with Ontix – as part of their Digital Strategy.

Virgin Media O2 UK Scraps Exit Charges for Off Net Home Movers

16th Feb, 2022 (18 Comments)

Customers of gigabit-capable broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) will be pleased to know that the operator has today finally moved to scrap one of their most irritating policies, which charged early exit fees when subscribers moved house into a location that was outside the operator’s existing network area (off-net).

Airband’s Pole Erections Failed to Follow Correct Procedure in Totnes UPDATE

16th Feb, 2022 (5 Comments)

Worcestershire-based UK broadband ISP Airband has reportedly admitted that it failed to follow the correct procedure when installing several new telegraph poles in the Devon town of Totnes, which caused upset among some local residents. The local erection of further poles is now said to be on-hold, at least temporarily.

Opensignal Compares Global Impact of 5G on Mobile Data Speeds

15th Feb, 2022 (2 Comments)

A new study from crowdsourced mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has examined how mobile broadband download speeds have changed, across 100 countries, since 5G networks were introduced. For example, average 4G and 5G download speeds in the UK were 39.7Mbps at the end of 2021, up from 21.7Mbps at the start of 2019.

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Netomnia Invest GBP8m to Rollout FTTP Broadband in Barry

15th Feb, 2022 (7 Comments)

Netomnia has today confirmed their second deployment location in Wales (after 55,000 premises in Bridgend), which will see them invest £8m to extend their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to serve around 29,000 premises in the coastal town of Barry (Vale of Glamorgan).

BT Make Home Essentials Broadband Plan Available on High Street UPDATE

15th Feb, 2022 (4 Comments)

UK ISP BT has today announced that they’re making their home broadband social tariffs – ‘Home Essentials‘ – available to sign-up for on the high street for the first time, which forms part of their response to today’s affordability report from Ofcom (here).

Three UK Launch New 5G Hub for Unlimited Home Broadband UPDATE

15th Feb, 2022 (84 Comments)

New customers of mobile operator Three UK, specifically those taking their 5G based unlimited Home Broadband packages (priced from £21 per month), are now being supplied with a new hub (router) from ZTE. This appears to replace the prior model that was supplied by Huawei (their 4G hub also moved to ZTE last year).

Virgin Media O2 Aims to Reach 50 Percent of UK with 5G in 2023

15th Feb, 2022 (13 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media / VMO2) has today pledged to extend their ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) network coverage to reach 50% of the UK’s population in 2023 (not to be confused with geographic coverage). At the same time, they’ve also revealed that their 5G network already reaches 64% of London’s population.

Uswitch 2022 Awards Reveal Top UK Broadband and TV Providers

15th Feb, 2022 (4 Comments)

The winners of the annual Uswitch.com Awards 2022 have today been announced, which saw UK ISP BT scoop the surprise win for ‘Broadband Provider of the Year‘ and they also picked up wins across various other categories too. But oddly, this year’s event scrapped the “fastest provider” category. Read on for the full list.

Ofcom Finds Just 55000 UK Homes on a Social Broadband Tariff UPDATE2

15th Feb, 2022 (14 Comments)

Ofcom has published their latest report on the availability and take-up of cheaper broadband social tariffs from UK ISPs, which finds that – out of an estimated 4.2 million households in receipt of Universal Credit – just 55,000 homes have taken such a package (1.2% of those eligible). The regulator calls on all providers to do more.

ISP Glide Appoints New Head of Regulation and Compliance

15th Feb, 2022 (0 Comments)

Business and residential ISP Glide Group, which is busy extending their UK full fibre broadband network (leased lines and FTTP etc.), has this week announced the appointment of Max Fernando as their new Head of Regulation & Compliance to represent the company in related discussions.

Connect Fibre Get Funding for Full Fibre Rollout in East England

14th Feb, 2022 (8 Comments)

Cambridgeshire-based UK ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd.) has today secured a “significant” new investment from Foresight Group LLP, which will enable them to rollout a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England.

WightFibre Connects 10,000th Broadband ISP Customer

14th Feb, 2022 (2 Comments)

Infracapital-backed broadband ISP WightFibre, which is busy investing £85m to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (South Coast of Hampshire, England), are celebrating today after they achieved an important milestone by connecting their 10,000th customer to the service.