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Netomnia UK Add Trowbridge and Frome to Gigabit Fibre Rollout

20th Dec, 2021 (6 Comments)

Full fibre builder Netomnia has today announced that the Wiltshire town of Trowbridge and the Somerset town of Frome will be next in line to benefit from their rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. This aims to cover 1 million UK homes and businesses by the end of 2023.

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Openreach Sees 100,000 Customers on FTTP in Northern Ireland

20th Dec, 2021 (5 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced that they’ve connected 100,000 customers, via various different partner ISPs, to their new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Northern Ireland. All of this will complement the £130m (capex) currently being invested between 2021 and 2022 to expand their coverage across NI.

Grayshott Gigabit’s FTTP Broadband Network Goes Live in Surrey

20th Dec, 2021 (2 Comments)

Morden-based UK broadband ISP Grayshott Gigabit, which a few months ago (here) started to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of East Hampshire, the Surrey Hills and surrounding areas, has finally started to go live for customers in the village of Hindhead (Surrey).

Openreach UK Trial Improvement to Broadband ISP DLM Resets

18th Dec, 2021 (58 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has informed UK ISPs with Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) and G.fast based broadband lines that they will shortly be running a new trial to test an improvement to the current reset process within the Dynamic Line Management (DLM) system, which could aid copper line stability a bit.

Connexin Start Rollout of 10Gbps Broadband Network in Hull UK

17th Dec, 2021 (15 Comments)

UK ISP Connexin, which a few months ago (here) confirmed they would invest £80m to end KCOM’s “broadband monopoly” in Hull and East Yorkshire by building their own rival 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has this week achieved a key milestone with the installation of their first street cabinet.

Ofcom Bans UK Mobile Operators from Locking Phones

17th Dec, 2021 (29 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today begun to enforce a number of new consumer protection measures on mobile operators, which in practice means that they can no longer supply locked phones and are now limited to a maximum contract term of 24-months on bundles (mobile plans and handsets).

Cable Theft Knocks Out Broadband for 1,000 Premises Around Ely UPDATE

17th Dec, 2021 (7 Comments)

Around 1,000 premises in the Witchford and Ely area of Cambridgeshire (England) have been left without a fully working broadband ISP and phone connection after criminals ripped up and stole some of Openreach’s underground copper cables. Local residents have been told that the damage could take up to 14 days to fix.

Virgin Media O2 Update on Rural UK 4G and 5G Progress in 2021

17th Dec, 2021 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has today informed us that they’ve upgraded 2,876 locations in small towns and hamlets with 4G this year, and increased 4G network capacity in 178,500 postcodes across the UK. The network provider has also rolled out 5G in a total of 53 smaller towns and hamlets, in addition to urban areas.

Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Pilot Low Bandwidth Smart Home Service

17th Dec, 2021 (0 Comments)

City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has deployed gigabit-capable FTTP/B networks across parts of 43 UK towns and cities (e.g. large residential buildings / MDUs), has today launched a new “low-bandwidth” Proof of Concept (PoC) pilot to help connect “smart home equipment“. But homeowners won’t be able to harness the extra line.

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Lit Fibre Bring 1Gbps Broadband to Clacton and Frinton on Sea

17th Dec, 2021 (8 Comments)

Full fibre ISP Lit Fibre, which is currently deploying a 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to reach 500,000 UK homes by 2026, has named the neighbouring seaside towns of Clacton-on-Sea and Frinton-on-Sea in Essex (England) as the next ones to benefit from their rollout.

Full Fibre ISP BrawBand in Scotland Launch Pay TV Service

17th Dec, 2021 (5 Comments)

Inverness-based broadband ISP BrawBand (HighNet), which currently sells home broadband services over CityFibre’s new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in locations such as Inverness, Glasgow and Renfrewshire, has today launched a new pay TV service via Netgem’s platform.

Gigaclear Get GBP190m Boost for Rural UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

17th Dec, 2021 (21 Comments)

Infracapital-backed alternative network ISP Gigaclear, which recently passed 250,000 premises in rural parts of England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today secured another huge £190 million investment boost – this time co-financed by the new UK Infrastructure Bank.

Former Openreach Director Appointed MD of Infrastructure at Hyperoptic

16th Dec, 2021 (5 Comments)

Full fibre ISP Hyperoptic, which is building a new gigabit-capable FTTP/B broadband network across parts of 43 UK towns and cities (mostly large residential buildings and office blocks), has announced the appointment of Lisa Neale, a former Openreach Director, to be their new MD of Infrastructure.

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Connected Nations 2021 – UK Gigabit Broadband Cover Hits 47%

16th Dec, 2021 (15 Comments)

Ofcom has released their Connection Nations 2021 UK digital infrastructure report, which reveals that the coverage of “gigabit-capable” (1Gbps+) broadband ISP networks has jumped from 27% last year to 47% now (13.7 million households). Plus, around half of UK properties are in areas where 5G mobile is available outside.

Full Fibre ISP Box Broadband Starts Offering Netgem TV Service

16th Dec, 2021 (6 Comments)

UK ISP Box Broadband, which is now part of CommunityFibre (here) and has already extended their own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 7,000 homes across parts of Surrey and West Sussex (England), has today become the latest provider to bundle in Netgem’s pay TV box and service.

CityFibre May Extend Stirling’s 1Gbps Broadband to Nearby Villages UPDATE

16th Dec, 2021 (8 Comments)

The MP for the small city of Stirling in Scotland, Alyn Smith (SNP), has revealed that CityFibre, which recently completed the rollout of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network for over 20,000 premises in the city, may soon extend this network to reach thousands of premises in nearby villages.

Ofcom UK Sets Out Predictable Annual Work Plan for 2022-23

15th Dec, 2021 (2 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed a new annual work plan for the 2022-23 period. The generalised summary covers everything from improving fairness for consumers to the 2G / 3G mobile switch-off and the migration to VoIP phone services from copper lines, among many other things.