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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.

INCA Seek Feedback from AltNets to Assess UK Broadband Plans

14th Feb, 2022 (6 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents UK alternative broadband ISP networks, has called on AltNets to help it by participating in a new survey assessing the development of the country’s independent networks.

Quickline CEO Sean Royce in Rural UK Field

Quickline Claim UK First with Launch of 5G Standalone Broadband UPDATE

14th Feb, 2022 (6 Comments)

Broadband ISP Quickline has today claimed to be the “first” company in the UK to offer Standalone 5G (SA) technology, which will be used to bring superfast and ultrafast broadband speeds to rural areas. The first services will offer speeds of up to 450Mbps, but there are “plans” to hit “gigabit capability” by summer 2022.

Netomnia UK Confirm GBP21m Full Fibre Rollout for Hamilton

14th Feb, 2022 (7 Comments)

At the start of this year we noted that Netomnia were set to extend their UK rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to more of Scotland, with Hamilton being one of their targets (here). Today the operator has confirmed that they will invest £21m on the town’s build for “almost” 70,000 premises.

CTG Invests GBP125m to Upgrade 700K UK Homes to Full Fibre

14th Feb, 2022 (0 Comments)

The Complete Technology Group (CTG), which manages and audits broadband installations on behalf of landlords, has secured an investment of £125 million from InfraRed Capital Partners (InfraRed) to help them improve fibre optic connectivity in over 700,000 homes across the United Kingdom.

Openreach Trials New FTTP Broadband Speed Test for UK ISPs UPDATE

14th Feb, 2022 (17 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has launched a new “speed test trial” for UK ISPs on their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which aims to make it easier for providers to identify the cause of speed issues by ruling out as many other potential variables as possible.

Virgin Media O2 UK Moves to Cancel Vodafone Mobile Deal UPDATE

13th Feb, 2022 (35 Comments)

A new newspaper report today states that Virgin Media (VMO2) has moved to cancel their 5-year Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement with Vodafone UK, which was signed prior to the £31bn merger with O2 and replaced a prior MVNO deal with EE (BT).

Virgin Media Business UK Hitron CHITA Router

ISP Virgin Media Business UK Prep New Hitron Chita Router

12th Feb, 2022 (20 Comments)

After many years of waiting, it looks as if broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) will finally introduce a new DOCSIS 3.1 powered router for customers, which looks as if it will be based off the Hitron Chita cable gateway and could herald the long-overdue arrival of a new 1Gbps package.

Wildanet Appoint New Leaders for Cornwall’s Gigabit Broadband Rollout

11th Feb, 2022 (5 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Wildanet, which last year started the £50m rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network in Cornwall (here), has appointed Helen Wylde to be its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Virgin Media’s former COO, Paul Buttery, to join as Chair of the Board.

MP Casts Doubt on UK Broadband Benefits of HS2 Rail Project

11th Feb, 2022 (22 Comments)

The MP for Chesham and Amersham, Sarah Green, has challenged the UK Government to make progress on commitments made to local authorities along the Phase One rail route for High Speed 2 (HS2), which among other things included the promise to construct a new “broadband superhighway” to help expand faster internet access.

New ISP Association Commitments to Help Fix UK Digital Divide

10th Feb, 2022 (0 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), which is a trade body for broadband providers, has today partnered up with the Good Things Foundation, a digital inclusion charity, as part of a fresh attempt at helping to fix the digital divide so that more people are willing and able to get online.

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First Ever Independent 4G Coverage Map of Newcastle and North Tyneside

10th Feb, 2022 (11 Comments)

Technical UK consultancy firm FarrPoint has just created something rather special – the “first ever” independent 4G mobile (broadband) coverage map of Newcastle and South Tyneside. The study was designed to “comprehensively” map out the region’s mobile phone “not spots” in order to help the local authority to improve connectivity.

Quickline Full Fibre Engineer in Field UK

Quickline Build 900Mb Broadband to Lissington in Lincolnshire UK

10th Feb, 2022 (3 Comments)

East Yorkshire-based UK ISP Quickline has just connected homes and businesses in the Lincolnshire village of Lissington to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which forms part of their £6.1m state aid supported Building Digital UK (BDUK) contract with the Lincolnshire County Council (LCC).

Openreach Create 4000 New UK Jobs to Fuel FTTP Broadband Build

10th Feb, 2022 (26 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has this morning announced that they will create 4,000 new jobs during 2022 – including around 3,000 apprenticeships – to help support their ongoing deployment of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which aims to reach 25 million premises by December 2026.

Full Fibre UK ISP YouFibre Sees Growth Surge to 5000 Customers

10th Feb, 2022 (5 Comments)

ISP YouFibre has announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which is being built by network partner Netomnia across various UK towns, has now surged again to attract a total of 5,000 customers (up from 2,500 in October 2021 and just 1,000 in June 2021).

Broadband ISP Plusnet UK Struck by Email and Website Woes UPDATE

9th Feb, 2022 (2 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Plusnet have informed us that the provider is currently suffering from a “major outage” of their website. At the same time their email platform is rejecting attempts to login, which is probably related to the first issue and means that users cannot access their messages.