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EE UK Sees 5G Mobile Broadband Usage Growing by 40%

2nd Feb, 2021 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today published their latest UK Mobile Network Index for Q4 2020, which among other things shows that data traffic over their 5G network (mobile broadband) grew by 40% month on month from October to December. Video streaming services also saw a 30% month on month increase.

World’s First as Vodafone and Nokia Trial 100Gbps Broadband

2nd Feb, 2021 (6 Comments)

At present some of the fastest consumer available and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISPs in the world can offer speeds of up to 10-20Gbps (Gigabits per second), but a new trial by Vodafone and Nokia’s Bell Labs division has just provided a glimpse into the future by achieving speeds of 100Gbps on a single PON wavelength.

Broadband ISP Zen Internet UK Sweeps the Expert Reviews Awards

2nd Feb, 2021 (9 Comments)

Consumer site Expert Reviews has posted the winners of their annual ‘Best Broadband Awards 2021‘ event, which surveyed their readers in an effort to identify the best UK Internet Service Providers across a range of different categories. But the overall winner, by a comfortable margin, came out as Zen Internet.

PwC Study Claims 5G Mobile May Add £43bn to UK GDP by 2030

2nd Feb, 2021 (1 Comment)

New research from professional services firm PwC has forecast that the productivity and efficiency gains enabled by the rollout of ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) technology will drive business, skills and service change worth £43bn to UK GDP by 2030. The healthcare sector is also expected to see the biggest impact from this.

Shell Signs Deal to Gobble Post Office’s UK Broadband Division

1st Feb, 2021 (17 Comments)

UK ISP and energy provider Shell Energy has this afternoon confirmed that they’ve reached an agreement to acquire some 465,000 phone and broadband customers from the Post Office’s telecoms division, for an undisclosed sum (previous estimates put the value of this deal at around £80m to £100m).

Arsonists Attack Openreach Broadband Cabinets in Essex UK

1st Feb, 2021 (41 Comments)

Three of Openreach’s street cabinets, and an unrelated mobile phone mast in Chelmsford (Essex), have been seriously damaged after arsonists attacked them this morning, which has sadly left almost 3,000 premises (homes and businesses) without access to either broadband or phone connectivity during a pandemic!

More BT Sport TV App Users Get Matchday Experience Features

1st Feb, 2021 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP BT has just informed us that almost all of their BTSport TV customers will, from tomorrow, be able to access a range of new ‘Matchday Experience‘ features, with accessibility for the first time via Android mobiles and tablets (this builds on existing Apple / iOS device availability).

Network Provider Brsk Plans FTTP Broadband Rollout for England

1st Feb, 2021 (5 Comments)

A new Bath-based network operator called Brsk Limited has just cropped up with tentative plans to deploy a new “open access” Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to UK homes and businesses, albeit initially starting in the “north of England” rather than the south, where it’s based.

O2 UK and NEC Claim Success in Recent OpenRAN Mobile Trial

1st Feb, 2021 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 has today announced that they’ve completed another successful trial of Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) tech, albeit this time working alongside the NEC Corporation, as well as using virtualised RAN software from Altiostar and hardware from GigaTera Communications and Supermicro, among others.

DCMS Update on Plan for UK Rural Gigabit Broadband Vouchers

1st Feb, 2021 (4 Comments)

The UK Government (DCMS / BDUK) has confirmed a few more details about the future of their £200m Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RGC) programme to broadband ISPs, which is due to end on the 31st March 2021 but is widely expected to be superseded by a new programme with a fresh pot of “over” £250m.

Openreach’s Letter to Northern Ireland Council Draws Criticism

1st Feb, 2021 (16 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has faced some criticism after it sent a letter to one or more of Northern Ireland’s (NI) local authorities, which appeared to suggest that the operator would have provided FTTP broadband to more premises than the winner of the £165m Project Stratum contract, had they won it instead.

ISP TalkTalk Appoints New Group Fibre Development Director

30th Jan, 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has appointed Ruth Kennedy to the newly created role of Group Fibre Development Director, which is a position focused on enabling more businesses and communities across the UK to benefit from faster and more reliable fibre broadband connectivity.

Openreach UK Raises Price of Highest Maintenance Level 4

30th Jan, 2021 (12 Comments)

Openreach (BT) plan to increase the wholesale price of their strongest maintenance level across almost all of their broadband and phone products (WLR, LLU, SOGEA and FTTC/P) for UK ISPs, although the change will mainly affect ISPs selling business packages with a stronger commitment to fault repairs.

BDUK Study Shows Benefits of UK Superfast Broadband Project UPDATE

29th Jan, 2021 (20 Comments)

The Government has posted a useful State Aid evaluation of the UK National Broadband Scheme (Superfast Broadband Programme), which identifies a number of strong benefits from the £1.9bn (public) programme that has so far helped to extend “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) connectivity to nearly 97% of premises.

Hyperoptic to Rollout Full Fibre to 8000 Poplar HARCA UK Homes

29th Jan, 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Hyperoptic, which builds 1Gbps capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks to large residential (MDU) and office buildings, has reached a new agreement that will see their service being expanded to cover 8,000 homes from the Poplar HARCA housing association in East London.

Virgin Media UK Offer Free Access to 7 Kids Pay TV Channels Again

29th Jan, 2021 (10 Comments)

Customers of broadband provider Virgin Media UK, specifically those who take their Pay TV services, are once again to be given free access to seven kids pay TV channels including Cartoon Network, Cartoonio, Boomerang, Nickelodeon, NickToons, Nick Jr, and Nick Jr Too from 1st February 2021.

ISP Zen Internet Cuts the Price of their UK FTTP Broadband Plans

29th Jan, 2021 (21 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zen Internet has today announced that they’re reducing the standing pricing on two of their top Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) packages – 300Mbps and 900Mbps – by up to 10%. The provider is keen to point out that this move is occurring at a time when many of their biggest rivals have been hiking prices.