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ISPA UK Asks – Who is Your Internet Hero and Villain for 2019

7th Jun, 2019 (0 Comments)

The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has opened public nominations for this year’s ‘Internet Villain’ and ‘Internet Hero’ categories, which will form part of their annual 2019 awards event that is due to be held on the 11th July 2019 at the Sheraton Grand Park Lane Hotel in London.

Google Set Final Broadband Requirements and UK Price for Stadia

7th Jun, 2019 (40 Comments)

Internet giant Google has today announced that their new cloud-based online video gaming service, Stadia, will launch into the UK market from November 2019 and it will come both with and without (free) a monthly subscription service (£8.99 per month). We also now know exactly what broadband speed you’ll need to run it.

Openreach UK Trial G.INP Tweak to Raise FTTC Broadband Stability

7th Jun, 2019 (14 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has announced plans to trial higher levels of ReTransmission (ReTx / G.INP) technology on their Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based “superfast broadband” capable ISP lines, which they believe could slightly improve service speed and help stability.

Poor UK Mobile Signals Cause 21% of Brits to Stop Gym Exercises

7th Jun, 2019 (5 Comments)

How about this for an unusual study. A new survey of 2,000 mobile phone using UK adults, which was conducted by Global Wireless Solutions and OnePoll, claims to have found that 21% of respondents stopped exercising at the Gym in order to try and resolve issues with a poor signal. WiFi isn’t much better either.

Ofcom UK CEO Sharon White to Exit Telecoms and Media Regulator

6th Jun, 2019 (16 Comments)

The CEO of Ofcom, Sharon White, has today confirmed that she will step down from her stewardship of the United Kingdom’s telecoms, broadband and media regulator by “around the turn of the year“. The regulator’s board will now begin the process of finding a replacement (subject to final approval by the DCMS Secretary of State).

Rural UK Landowners Seek Guarantees in Rural 4G Mobile Rollout

6th Jun, 2019 (10 Comments)

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), Countryside Alliance, National Farmers Union (NFU), Rural Services Network and Which? have today jointly called on the UK Government to ensure that the proposed plan by mobile broadband operators to improve rural 4G network coverage meets “four key tests.”

Ofcom Set March 2020 Launch for 10Mbps UK Broadband USO

6th Jun, 2019 (48 Comments)

The national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today confirmed the final details for how the new 10Mbps+ (1Mbps upload) Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband – to be supplied by ISPs BT and KCOM – will be delivered and work once it’s introduced from 20th March 2020.

Tutela Study Names Fastest UK 4G Mobile Operators for H1 2019

6th Jun, 2019 (3 Comments)

Crowdsourced data analysis company Tutela has revealed the results from their latest study of mobile broadband performance (i.e. speeds, latency, jitter and packet loss) across the United Kingdom. Overall EE (BT) remains top of the pack for 4G networks, while Three UK does the best for older 3G services.

Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland in £12m Full Fibre Bid

6th Jun, 2019 (2 Comments)

The North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA), which represents Newcastle, North Tyneside (Tyne and Wear) and Northumberland, has put its support behind a £12 million bid for funding from the UK Government’s Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) programme that could help to spread Gigabit connectivity into rural areas.

Faster Broadband for 113 GPs and 680 Homes in Essex and Hertfordshire

5th Jun, 2019 (1 Comment)

The UK Government has handed £2.1m to support a bid by the West Essex and East Hertfordshire Digital Innovation Zone and Superfast Essex projects, which will extend superfast broadband to 113 doctors surgeries and 680 homes across the Broxbourne, East Hertfordshire, Epping Forest, Harlow and Uttlesford areas.

Ofcom to Share 8GHz and 26GHz Spectrum for Wireless Data and 5G

5th Jun, 2019 (8 Comments)

Ofcom has confirmed that they’re “planning” to make more spectrum available for “shared use” with existing services in the 8GHz and 26GHz radio spectrum bands, which is primarily intended to focus upon supporting high capacity fixed wireless broadband links and indoor 5G applications. The 1.4GHz band is also being freed.

ISP Trooli Secures Nearly £27m for UK Full Fibre Broadband Rollout

5th Jun, 2019 (14 Comments)

Alternative full fibre UK ISP Trooli has today secured around £26.6 million (€30m) of funding from European investors, which they say will help them to start building a new Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to 500,000 premises across the South East of England within 5 years.

Spare a Thought for the Falkland Islands and Terrible Broadband

5th Jun, 2019 (23 Comments)

We often report in gripes with rural broadband connectivity from across the United Kingdom but spare a thought for the 3,400 people living on the largely self-governing and self-sufficient Falkland Islands, where all of the fixed line services and mobile networks are still supplied by a limited Satellite data link.

Lowestoft Council Aim to Extend Full Fibre Broadband to Local Homes

5th Jun, 2019 (5 Comments)

The East Suffolk Council in England has agreed to explore a proposed extension of Cityfibre and UK ISP MLL Telecom’s on-going rollout of a new “full fibre” network across the town of Lowestoft, which would enable the network to bring “ultrafast broadband” speeds of 1000Mbps+ to local homes and smaller businesses.

ISP Zen Internet Extend Automatic Compensation System to Partners

4th Jun, 2019 (0 Comments)

Rochdale-based UK broadband provider Zen Internet has announced that Ofcom’s consumer focused automatic compensation scheme is being extended to its channel partners and wholesale customers. As a result customers of those partners will also be able to benefit, even if the partner ISP itself has not signed-up to the regulator’s code.

Rural ISP Gigaclear Ends 2018 with 93,000 Full Fibre UK Premises

4th Jun, 2019 (10 Comments)

Rural ISP Gigaclear, which has been struggling to deploy a 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to some of England’s most challenging communities, has posted its results to the end of 2018 and revealed that they now cover 93,000 premises (up 58% over 2017) and have 19,000 live customers (up 30%).

Openreach Discount UK Dark Fibre Alternative – Adds 7 Yr Contract

4th Jun, 2019 (10 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has discounted the pricing for their multi-Gigabit virtual (grey) dark fibre style solution (OSA Filter Connect / FSP3000) on 5 year contract terms and introduced a longer 7 year term in order to “better meet the needs of infrastructure providers,” which tend to plan their networks over a longer period of time.