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BT Group Grows FTTP Broadband Coverage to 5.2m UK Premises

29th Jul, 2021 (20 Comments)

The BT Group has today reported their latest Q1 2021/22 results, which among other things reports that Openreach’s 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network now covers 5.16 million UK premises (up from 4.6m last quarter) and 860,000 of BT’s retail ISP customers have taken the service.

Virgin Media O2 to Upgrade Existing UK Network with Full Fibre

29th Jul, 2021 (56 Comments)

The latest combined Q2 2021 results from broadband ISP, TV and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 has, among other things, revealed that they plan to completely upgrade their existing Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFX) network – some 14.3 million premises – with Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband tech by the end of 2028.

Parliamentary Committee Starts Scrutinising UK Online Safety Bill

29th Jul, 2021 (2 Comments)

A new cross-party “super committee” has today begun to scrutinise the UK Government’s new Online Safety Bill (Online Harms), which aims to have Ofcom clampdown on “harmful” online content (e.g. hate speech, bullying, terrorism, conspiracy theories etc.), while precariously trying to balance that with freedom of speech.

CMA Launch Deeper Probe of Three UK Mast Sale to Cellnex

28th Jul, 2021 (0 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a deeper Phase 2 investigation to examine any “competition concerns” that may surround the £8.6bn (€10 billion) sale of CK Hutchison Holdings (Three UK) interests in European tower assets and businesses to Spanish company Cellnex.

ISP Sky Broadband UK Recovering After Morning Outage

28th Jul, 2021 (6 Comments)

Some customers of Sky Broadband’s service, particularly those in Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire and around Sheffield (South Yorkshire), are starting to see their internet and phone connections return to normal after an unspecified service disruption struck earlier this morning.

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INCA Sees UK Membership Boom on Full Fibre AltNet Surge

28th Jul, 2021 (0 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents alternative broadband networks (AltNet), has seen its UK membership balloon skywards after gaining 32 members in 2021 so far. The growth reflects a surge in new AltNets, many of which are building their own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure.

Anger Over Netomnia’s Use of Telegraph Poles in UK FTTP Builds UPDATE

28th Jul, 2021 (53 Comments)

Netomnia, which is working to make their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network available to 1 million UK premises by 2024 (here and here), are facing complaints in a number of their build areas after residents began objecting to the erection of new telegraph poles “without their knowledge or consent.”

ASA Bans Vodafone Ads for Misleading UK’s Best Network Claim

28th Jul, 2021 (5 Comments)

A complaint by rival mobile operator EE (BT) has prompted the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ban several of Vodafone’s adverts after they “misleadingly” claimed to be the “UK’s Best Network” or “UK’s best mobile data network” for 4G and 5G services (mobile broadband).

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Telecoms Industry Sees 24 Percent Increase in UK Digging Work

27th Jul, 2021 (6 Comments)

The annual Digging Up Britain 2021 report from LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig), which provides an online asset search facility to UK civil engineering firms for underground pipes and cables, has reported that there was a 24% increase in the amount of digging work performed by the telecoms industry over the last 12-months.

ISP Hyperoptic Expands UK Full Fibre to Gloucester City Homes

27th Jul, 2021 (4 Comments)

Full fibre ISP Hyperoptic has today agreed a blanket wayleave agreement with independent housing association Gloucester City Homes (GCH), which will enable their gigabit-capable broadband network (FTTP/B) to reach thousands of properties owned by the association.

Broadband ISP Fibrus Extend FTTP Rollout to Northern England

27th Jul, 2021 (5 Comments)

Belfast-based ISP Fibrus, which has spent the past couple of years deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across Northern Ireland, has today announced that their build is being extended to include 300,000 premises in the North of England (i.e. Cumbria, Northumberland and North Yorkshire).

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Uswitch Claim 14.8 Million UK People Hit by Major Broadband Outages

27th Jul, 2021 (20 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 4,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch, has claimed that 14.85 million people have been hit by a “major broadband outage” in the last year – this is said to be three times the number of the previous year’s survey (4.7 million).

Rural ISP Gigaclear Extends FTTP Broadband to More of Winslow

27th Jul, 2021 (0 Comments)

Rural focused UK ISP Gigaclear, which has already extended their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to reach 170,000 premises in England (they aim to cover 500,000 UK properties by 2023), has just start to extend their rollout across the Buckinghamshire town of Winslow.

Netomnia Extend UK 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Rollout to Stockton

26th Jul, 2021 (7 Comments)

Full fibre builder Netomnia, which aims to make their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network available to 1 million UK premises by 2024 (here and here), has today commenced survey and other preparatory to work on their £54m rollout across Stockton-on-Tees (Durham).

Trenches Law and BSC Help WightFibre Boost FTTP Rollout

26th Jul, 2021 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP WightFibre, which is investing up to £90m to rollout a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (South Coast of Hampshire, UK), has teamed up with law firm Trenches Law and apartment block specialist BSC to help boost their deployment.

Virgin Media O2 Continue with Ericsson for Standalone 5G Core

26th Jul, 2021 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK (VMO2) has today, perhaps unsurprisingly, announced that their existing relationship with supplier Ericsson will be extended to include deployment of their “cloud native, container-based dual-mode 5G Standalone Core” network.

ISP TalkTalk UK Bundle Amazon Mesh WiFi with FTTP Broadband

26th Jul, 2021 (24 Comments)

New customers of UK ISP TalkTalk might like to know that the provider has teamed-up with Amazon to offer its eero 6 and eero Pro 6 mesh Wi-Fi systems, which will be given to those taking out one of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based “Future Fibre” home broadband packages.