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Vodafone UK is First Broadband ISP to Launch WiFi 6E Router UPDATE

5th Oct, 2022 (19 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK has today enhanced their existing range of home fixed line (FTTC / FTTP) services by launching a new “Pro Broadband II” package, which claims to be “providing UK’s fastest WiFi signal throughout the home” by being the first provider to bundle a Wi-Fi 6E capable “UltraHub” router.

ISP BT and Cisco to Help UK Businesses Recycle Network Kit

5th Oct, 2022 (2 Comments)

Broadband giant BT has today launched a new service, which is designed to help their UK business customers reduce electronic waste (e-waste) by enabling their replaced or decommissioned network kit to be shipped back to Cisco in order to be “responsibly re-used or recycled” through its ‘take-back and reuse’ scheme.

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BDUK’s New Batch of Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reviews Adds Urban Regions

5th Oct, 2022 (11 Comments)

The Government’s (DCMS) Building Digital UK team has published a new batch of Public Reviews (PR) for their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout, which covers a total of nine contractable regions in England, such as Dorset, Greater London, Merseyside and Greater Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham and more.

Pros and Cons for UK Broadband ISPs if YouTube Paywalls 4K Videos

4th Oct, 2022 (42 Comments)

Internet video streaming giant YouTube has caused somewhat of a storm after they conducted an “experiment” that locked the ability of some users to stream videos in 4K (UltraHD) behind their Premium subscription service, which usually costs £11.99 per month and includes ad free access with offline downloads.

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FTTP ISP Fibrus Hooks up with Estate Agents in England and N.Ireland

4th Oct, 2022 (0 Comments)

Belfast-based broadband ISP Fibrus, which is deploying a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network across Northern Ireland and Northern England, appears to be working with a growing number of estate agents in their deployment areas in order to help make home buyers aware of their growing network coverage.

ISP Plusnet UK to Close Down John Lewis Broadband Division UPDATE

4th Oct, 2022 (25 Comments)

Budget UK ISP Plusnet, which is part of the wider BT Group, has announced that from today it will no longer be providing managed broadband and phone services to new residential customers under the John Lewis brand and the service will eventually close.

Ofcom Investigates EE UK Over Clarity of Contract Information UPDATE

4th Oct, 2022 (16 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today opened a new investigation into mobile and broadband provider EE, which relates to a concern that the operator may have “failed to comply” with rules that require them to provide new customers with clear and simple contract information before they sign-up to a new deal.

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Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Upgrade IP Core Network with Nokia

4th Oct, 2022 (1 Comment)

Nokia has expanded their relationship with UK ISP Hyperoptic, which is deploying a new gigabit speed “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband network to serve 2 million UK homes by the end of 2023. Under the agreement, Nokia will now also upgrade the provider’s IP core network with more flexibility and capacity.

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Essex UK Council Starts £1.88m Digital and Broadband Project

4th Oct, 2022 (3 Comments)

The Essex County Council in England has this week launched its new £1.88m Digital Essex programme – part of the wider Digital Strategy for Essex (here), which among other things will develop a “local grant scheme” to provide additional funding to reach the final 1% of rural premises that still cannot access “decent broadband“.

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Cat Hitches 100-Mile Round Trip Ride with Openreach Engineer

3rd Oct, 2022 (13 Comments)

Curiosity often gets cats into trouble and we’ve seen plenty of occasions where broadband engineers have had to fish the odd one down from a tree or UK telecoms pole. But spare a thought for Tia, the cat who took an unexpected 100-mile round trip to Coll with one of Openreach’s engineers. But it had a purr-fect ending.

Scottish ISP GoFibre Restructures its Executive Leadership Team

3rd Oct, 2022 (2 Comments)

Independent rural broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which in January secured funding of £164m from Gresham House (BSIF) to help build their new full fibre network to 500,000 premises in the North of England and Scottish Borders by around the end of 2025 (here), has today significantly restructured its top leadership team.

UK Government Secures Seat on the Global UN Telecoms Council

3rd Oct, 2022 (4 Comments)

The United Kingdom has succeeded in getting itself elected to hold a seat on the influential governing council of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which will give it more of a say in future standards (broadband, satellite, mobile technologies etc.) and the allocation of global radio spectrum etc.

Broadband ISP Airband Refreshes Brand and Fixes UK Prices

3rd Oct, 2022 (13 Comments)

Rural focused broadband ISP Airband, which has deployed a mix of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks across various parts of the country, has today launched somewhat of a brand and package refresh as part of their plan to achieve a “ten fold increase in its customer base in the next 3 years.”

Mobile Giant Vodafone Confirms Merger Talks with Three UK

3rd Oct, 2022 (70 Comments)

After months of speculation, mobile network operator Vodafone UK has today confirmed that they are officially in “discussions” with Three UK’s parent (CK Hutchison Holdings) about the possibility of a merger. Such a deal would give the combined business the “necessary scale” to boost their 5G rollout and “expand” rural broadband connectivity.

LilaConnect Brings FTTP Broadband Build to Haverhill in Suffolk

3rd Oct, 2022 (3 Comments)

Network provider LilaConnect (subsidiary of Swedish provider VXFIBER) has today announced the start of a new build across the market town of Haverhill in Suffolk (England), which will see their “open access” and gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network cover 12,000 premises.

Wireless Broadband Firms Curvalux UK and CBNG Have Merged

3rd Oct, 2022 (0 Comments)

Two of the UK’s most prominent developers of cutting edge fixed wireless access (FWA) and mobile broadband equipment – Curvalux and the Cambridge Broadband Networks Group (CBNG) – have today completed a merger. The two companies will remain independent, with CBNG becoming a subsidiary of Curvalux.

Ookla Sees AltNets Creeping Up on Big UK Broadband ISPs

3rd Oct, 2022 (5 Comments)

The latest data from Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net website, is beginning to show the sort of impact that the new generation of alternative full fibre broadband networks (AltNets) are having across the UK. But for now, the seven largest ISPs still dominate the country’s fixed broadband market.