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O2 UK Expands 5G Mobile to Tyne & Wear, Surrey and Lincoln

7th Sep, 2020 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator O2, which is working alongside key supplier Ericsson, has today announced that their new ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband network has just been expanded to cover several parts (usually the busiest areas at first) of Tyne & Wear, Surrey and Lincoln.

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Virgin Media UK Build FTTP to 5,600 Homes in New Rossington

7th Sep, 2020 (1 Comment)

The large village of New Rossington just outside Doncaster (South Yorkshire), which is home to around 14,000 people, has just become the latest to benefit from Virgin Media’s expansion of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network. Some 5,600 homes have been covered.

Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Ranked in 2020 Tech Track 100

7th Sep, 2020 (0 Comments)

Full fibre broadband ISP Hyperoptic has, for the fourth year in a row, made it into the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 for 2020, which is a league table of Britain’s top 100 private technology companies with the fastest-growing sales over the latest 3 years. Sadly no other internet service providers made this year’s ranking.

Vodafone UK Named Fastest for 5G Mobile Broadband in London

7th Sep, 2020 (9 Comments)

A new study from umlaut (formerly P3), which examined the performance of 5G based mobile broadband networks across London, has found that Vodafone delivered the best overall performance across the capital city. The operator also hit the highest average download of 215.2Mbps, but they were beaten on uploads by EE.

Tesco Mobile Refreshes its UK Logo to Look Like Parent Firm

7th Sep, 2020 (4 Comments)

In a small development Tesco Mobile today appears to have conducted a brand (logo) redesign, which they say will aim to revitalise the brand expression and to align more closely with the wider Tesco family. Otherwise there doesn’t appear to be anything dramatically new.

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CBI Joins Calls for Infrastructure Bank to Fuel 1Gbps Broadband

7th Sep, 2020 (8 Comments)

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has today echoed existing calls for the UK Government to setup a new “Infrastructure Bank” to help deliver on their planned expansion of “gigabit-capable” and “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband networks, as well as to support roads, railways and housing.

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SpaceX Expecting 100Mbps Broadband from Starlink Satellites UPDATE

4th Sep, 2020 (22 Comments)

SpaceX has revealed the results from their most recent “official” testing of the new future mega constellation of small Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Starlink satellites, which they claim has now “shown super low latency” and download speeds “greater than 100Mbps” (Megabits per second).

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Vodafone Attracts the Most UK ISP Complaints in Q1 2020 – Ofcom

4th Sep, 2020 (5 Comments)

Ofcom has published their latest Q1 2020 consumer complaints report, which reveals that UK ISP Vodafone attracted the most gripes for broadband, while TalkTalk were the worst for landline phone and BT did the same for Pay TV. Meanwhile Vodafone, Three UK, BT and Virgin Media all tied the bottom spot for mobile.

Virgin Media UK Extend FTTP to 10,000 Homes in Brandhall

4th Sep, 2020 (5 Comments)

Broadband ISP and TV provider Virgin Media UK has just completed another large network extension in the West Midlands of England, which this time sees 10,000 homes in Brandhall (a suburb of Oldbury in the south of Sandwell) gaining access to their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service.

Three UK Extend Full Fibre Deal with Cityfibre to Fuel 5G Mobile

4th Sep, 2020 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has extended their existing “full fibre” network capacity (backhaul) deal with Cityfibre via a new multi-million-pound contract, which will help to connect an additional 1,300 mobile masts across 59 towns and cities. This will support the operator’s new gigabit capable 5G based mobile broadband network.

Cityfibre Add UK Availability Checker for 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

4th Sep, 2020 (23 Comments)

Cityfibre, which is currently in the process of building a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to 8 million homes and businesses across 100+ cities and towns (c.30% of the UK), has recently added a fairly basic availability checker to their website.

Frustration as Virgin Media UK Issue Invalid Mobile SIMs Again

4th Sep, 2020 (75 Comments)

Some of broadband ISP Virgin Media’s UK mobile customers are complaining after they were suddenly issued with a replacement SIM card that doesn’t work in their handsets, instead resulting in a “SIM not valid” message on the screen. The problem is mostly affecting those with older phones, many of which are elderly users.

Gigabit Broadband Boost for 83 GPs in Essex and Hertfordshire

3rd Sep, 2020 (0 Comments)

A new project commissioned by the Digital Innovation Zone (DIZ) looks set to result in 83 GP surgeries across West Essex and East Hertfordshire in England being upgraded to support broadband or fibre optic Ethernet connections with speeds of up to 1Gbps (Gigabit per second).

New ISP Yesfibre Planning UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

3rd Sep, 2020 (1 Comment)

A new Faversham-based ISP called Yesfibre, which was only incorporated on 27th April 2020, has this week cropped up with tentative plans to roll-out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to homes and businesses in “selected urban and suburban areas across the UK.”

EE UK Launch New 5G Business Plans for Both Work and Play

3rd Sep, 2020 (16 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today launched a new range of 5G ready business plans for small businesses, which among other things includes access to new entertainment services “as the traditional lines between work and play continue to blur“. Handset customers also gain additional protection for their device.

Rural ISP Gigaclear Ends Year with 129,000 Full Fibre UK Premises

3rd Sep, 2020 (4 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which is deploying a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to some of England’s remotest communities, are aiming to pick-up the build pace in 2020 after they reported a total network reach of 129,000 premises (up by 36,000 in the year) and 24,000 customers (up 26%).

UK vs EU – The 2020 Average Cost of Mobile Data Tariffs Compared

2nd Sep, 2020 (5 Comments)

The latest report from Point Topic has revealed some big variations in 4G and 5G (Mobile Broadband) based data pricing and usage allowances across Europe, with consumers in the United Kingdom generally placing about mid-table. But other countries seem to offer faster mobile speeds.