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Openreach Blocking Copper Broadband at UK New Build Sites

23rd Dec, 2019 (74 Comments)

A clash between a property developer and Openreach (BT) in Buckinghamshire has confirmed that the UK network provider is “not fitting copper anymore to any larger sized developments” (defined as anything above 30 plots / homes passed). The move reflects the industry’s growing focus on “full fibre“.

Interview – Openreach on UK FTTP Rollout, Competition and Future Plans

21st Dec, 2019 (48 Comments)

Yesterday Openreach (BT) announced the milestone of having covered 2 million UK premises with Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology (here). As part of that we’ve conducted an exclusive interview with the operator’s MD for Fibre and Network Delivery, Kevin Murphy, to talk about their future fibre plans.

Openreach’s FTTP Broadband Build Hits 2 Million UK Premises

20th Dec, 2019 (50 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has revealed that their roll-out of Gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP technology has just gone past the key milestone of 2 million premises passed, which is half way to their current goal of 4 million UK homes and businesses by March 2021.

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Connected Nations 2019 – 3 Million UK Premises Can Get Full Fibre

20th Dec, 2019 (10 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their Connection Nations 2019 UK digital infrastructure report, which reveals that “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband ISP networks now cover 10% of premises (up from 6% last year) and “ultrafast” (300Mbps+) lines reach 53% (up from 49%). Sadly geographic 4G cover from all operators is unchanged at 66%.

Gigaclear Legal Challenge Hits Scotland R100 Broadband Project

19th Dec, 2019 (17 Comments)

The Scottish Government has informed ISPreview.co.uk that LOT 1 of their £600m R100 (Reaching 100%) project, which recently approved BT as the “preferred bidder” and aims to extend “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) ISP networks to “as many premises as possible“, has become the subject of a legal challenge by Gigaclear.

O2 UK Joins 4G Mobile Pilot on the London Underground Network

19th Dec, 2019 (13 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK has today confirmed that they will work with Transport for London (TfL) to pilot a new 4G (mobile broadband and voice) network through tunnels and at station platforms on the London Underground (tube trains). The operator will join Vodafone, which reached a similar agreement with TfL a couple of months ago.

2nd Queen’s Speech Echoes Gigabit Broadband and Internet Plans

19th Dec, 2019 (34 Comments)

The Queen has today, for the second time since October, carried out the annual State Opening of Parliament, which repeated roughly the same list of Government policy plans as her prior visit. Once again this included planned legislation to support the UK roll-out of Gigabit broadband and internet safety related regulation.

Cityfibre Confirm Local Full Fibre Rollout Plan for Portsmouth UK

19th Dec, 2019 (3 Comments)

Cityfibre has today confirmed our October report (here), which revealed that Portsmouth City Council had awarded them the £3.8m Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) contract to rollout a new “gigabit-capable” Ethernet and broadband network to c.200 public sector sites – both in and around the south coast city.

Swish Fibre Reveals Initial 10Gbps FTTP Broadband Rollout Plan

19th Dec, 2019 (9 Comments)

New full fibre ISP Swish Fibre, which was this week acquired by Fern Trading (here) to help unlock an investment of £250m and fuel the roll-out of a 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 250,000 UK premises (starting outside London), has today revealed the first 11 locations to benefit.. in Buckinghamshire.

First Homes Live on B4RN’s 1Gbps FTTH Network in Cheshire UK

19th Dec, 2019 (10 Comments)

The B4RN Cheshire project, which is a region specific off-shoot of rural focused full fibre UK ISP B4RN, has confirmed that their “first customers [have started] to go live just in time for Christmas.” As usual the network build has been both partly funded and supported by local volunteers.

Cityfibre and Vodafone 1Gbps FTTH Broadband is Live in Leeds

18th Dec, 2019 (23 Comments)

The first customers have now gone live on Cityfibre’s new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network in the UK City of Leeds, which will cost £120m to roll-out over the next few years and is being sold by local ISP partner Vodafone via their Gigafast Broadband packages.

Virgin Media UK Extends FTTP Broadband to New Edlington

18th Dec, 2019 (3 Comments)

Cable and fibre optic ISP Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has continued their stream of piecemeal roll-out announcements today by revealing that 2,600 premises in New Edlington (Doncaster, Yorkshire) have now been reached by their new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband and TV network.

ISP Community Fibre Extends 1Gbps Full Fibre into Sutton

18th Dec, 2019 (0 Comments)

London-focused UK ISP Community Fibre has signed a new wayleave agreement with Sutton Council and the related Sutton Housing Partnership (SHP), which will enable their Gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to reach local residents in thousands of council-owned and private homes.

ISP Airband Connects 1000th Customer in Dartmoor and Exmoor

18th Dec, 2019 (1 Comment)

Fixed wireless and fibre ISP Airband, which holds several multi-million pound state aid fuelled contracts to deploy “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) networks across remote UK rural areas, has announced that they’ve just connected their 1000th customer in the Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks.

Company Behind BT InLinkUK WiFi Kiosks Enters Administration UPDATE

18th Dec, 2019 (6 Comments)

The company created to deploy and manage InLinkUK’s WiFi kiosks alongside BT, Intersection and advertising firm Primesight – InLink Limited – has called in the administrators. The situation casts doubt over the fate of both their existing kiosks and a plan to replace 1,000+ payphones across major UK cities.

EE’s Ultrafast 5G Mobile Network Goes Live in 6 New UK Cities

18th Dec, 2019 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that their new 5G ultrafast mobile broadband network, which began its rollout across the United Kingdom in May 2019 (here), has today switched-on a further six cities including Hull, Leeds, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and Sunderland.

Highlands to Switch-off ConCom Wireless Broadband Network

18th Dec, 2019 (0 Comments)

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has announced that the publicly funded Connected Communities (ConCom) wireless network, which since 2005 has been bringing slow broadband speeds of up to 4Mbps to the remote rural Outer Hebrides of Scotland, is set to close in March 2020.