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FullFibre Ltd Begin North Midlands FTTP Broadband Rollout UPDATE

13th Nov, 2021 (1 Comment)

Network builder FullFibre Limited has announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has started to be deployed across the first areas of the North Midlands, with construction starting in the Staffordshire town of Leek. The neighbouring town of Cheadle will follow next week.

O2 UK to Start Roll Out of SMS for WiFi Calling by End of 2021 UPDATE

13th Nov, 2021 (26 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that, after a long wait, they intend to finally start rolling out SMS (text messaging) support for Wi-Fi Calling “before the end of the year“, but this will be a gradual phased process that looks set to continue more widely during Q1 2022.

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The EU Publishes 2021 Broadband Connectivity Progress Study

12th Nov, 2021 (10 Comments)

After a long delay due to COVID-19, the European Commission has today published their annual 2021 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), which reveals how the EU’s fixed line broadband ISP and mobile networks compare. The UK was removed from this edition due to Brexit, so we’ve used Ofcom’s data to compare.

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Openreach to Pilot National UK Exchange Closure Plan in 5 Areas

12th Nov, 2021 (14 Comments)

Last year Openreach (BT) began consulting on their plans to close 4,600 exchanges across the United Kingdom as part of their move from copper to fibre optic based broadband ISP lines. The operator has today begun to consult on the first 5 pilot exchanges to go through this new mass-migration process.

CityFibre Set GBP32m Full Fibre Rollout for Redcar and Hartlepool

12th Nov, 2021 (4 Comments)

CityFibre has today committed £32m to support the rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across both the North Yorkshire (England) seaside town of Redcar and the large port town of Hartlepool in County Durham. The move should complement their existing Tees Valley build in Middlesbrough.

ISP BT Bundles Netflix into Entertainment and VIP TV Packages

12th Nov, 2021 (6 Comments)

UK broadband ISP BT has announced that their “flexible” Pay TV packages – specifically Entertainment, Big Entertainment, and VIP TV – will now include the popular Netflix internet video streaming service for one monthly payment and on one bill. In addition, the aforementioned TV packages will all be half price for 3 months.

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Ofcom Fine Met Technologies and Guaranteed Telecom for SLAMMING

12th Nov, 2021 (0 Comments)

Ofcom has today fined two little-known UK broadband ISPs – Met Technologies (Met Plus Telecom and Millenium Talk) and Guaranteed Telecom (Zoom Telecom) – a total of £35,000 after they were found to have switched 110 consumers to their service without permission (SLAMMING).

Starlink Launch New Dish for LEO Satellite Broadband Service

12th Nov, 2021 (12 Comments)

SpaceX’s Starlink ISP, which delivers ultrafast low latency broadband across the world and the UK via a mega constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has introduced a new rectangular dish and router that aims to put right some of the problems with their older equipment. But it’s not all good news.

Ofcom and BT Adopt Changes to Help 10Mbps Broadband USO

11th Nov, 2021 (33 Comments)

Ofcom has today finalised the changes that were first confirmed in July to improve how BT handles delivery of the UK’s Universal Service Obligation (USO), which aims to bring faster broadband ISP speeds to those who can’t yet receive a 10Mbps+ capable download speed and aren’t planned to do so in the near future.

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ISP Ogi’s FTTP Broadband Rollout in Wales Passes 4,565 Homes

11th Nov, 2021 (5 Comments)

A few months ago Ogi started their £200 million project (here) – backed by Infracapital – to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 150,000 premises in South Wales by 2025. The good news is that their build has already passed 4,565 households.

Update on Herefordshire Broadband Rollout and Gigaclear Delays

11th Nov, 2021 (0 Comments)

The Herefordshire County Council (HCC) in England has issued a new proposal for how they intend to tackle the problems caused by UK ISP Gigaclear last month (here), which warned that 2,324 of the planned premises for their state aid fuelled rollout of a new gigabit broadband (FTTP) network would be too expensive to reach.

Vodafone Push CityFibre FTTP Broadband Availability Nationwide UPDATE

11th Nov, 2021 (33 Comments)

Mobile and broadband ISP Vodafone UK (Gigafast Broadband) has today announced that their full fibre packages will now become available to order across CityFibre’s entire Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which is a marked improvement from the 12 cities and towns that they initially launched with.

Doubts Cast Over CityFibre’s 1 Million UK FTTP Premises Claim

11th Nov, 2021 (23 Comments)

Analysis by Thinkbroadband (TBB), which maintains an independent database of broadband network coverage, has called into question CityFibre’s recent claim to have covered 1 million UK premises with their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network.

Major Email Outage Hits Plusnet’s UK Broadband ISP Customers UPDATE2

11th Nov, 2021 (122 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Plusnet have been affected by a major email outage, which appears to have started at around 6am yesterday morning and prevented users from being able to login to their email account. Some access has been restored this morning, albeit not without plenty of new problems showing up.

Openreach Trial FTTP Broadband Speed Test to Identify Faults

10th Nov, 2021 (10 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has informed UK ISPs about the launch of a new speed test trial for their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband lines, which looks as if it will be used to help identify where on the network a speed fault actually exists (i.e. is it on Openreach’s side or not).

UK Government Launch Bid for Seat on the UN Telecoms Council

10th Nov, 2021 (0 Comments)

The UK Government will today launch its election manifesto as part of efforts to secure a seat on the governing council of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which will give it more of a say in future standards (broadband, satellite technologies etc.) and the allocation of global spectrum (mobile etc.) etc.

Virgin Media O2 UK and ITV Sign New TV Partnership Deal

10th Nov, 2021 (1 Comment)

Broadcaster ITV and broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) have today signed a new 5-year commercial partnership, which will deliver “deeper integration” of ITV’s programming, IPTV rights and features into the operator’s future IPTV based Pay TV products. As well as enabling customers to maintain access to ITV’s content.