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Vodafone UK Bring Femtocell 3G to Bryneglwys and Moylegrove

24th May, 2016 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone have announced that their Rural Open Sure Signal (Femtocell) technology has just been rolled out to two more rural villages in Wales, Bryneglwys and Moylegrove, which means they can finally access 3G based Mobile Broadband and voice services.

BDUK’s New UK Code for Use of Existing Broadband Infrastructure

24th May, 2016 (1 Comment)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK project has proposed a revised Code of Conduct for tackling ‘Use of Existing Infrastructure‘, which clarifies that any ISP who bids for a contract must provide information for all their relevant infrastructure (irrespective of whether it’s actually used) in the target area.

SSE Telecoms Adds 30 BT Exchanges to Phase 2 of its UK Fibre Network

24th May, 2016 (5 Comments)

The enterprise division of SSE Telecoms has today announced that their fibre optic network has been expanded to a further 30 of BT’s UK exchanges, which is on top of their existing 13,700km long and 232 Point of Presence (PoP) strong UK-wide fibre network.

92 Percent of Air Passengers Demand In-Flight Broadband

24th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

A new survey of over 9,000 aircraft passengers from 27 countries, which was conducted by GfK on behalf of Inmarsat, has revealed that 92% of respondents would like to access on-board Internet connectivity but only if it’s of a good quality (60% might not connect to a poor service).

First Granborough Customer Connects to 300Mbps FTTH Broadband Pilot

24th May, 2016 (5 Comments)

Good news for homes and businesses in the Buckinghamshire (England) village of Granborough today because the first local customer is expected to go live on Aylesbury Vale Broadband‘s new 300Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network, which has just reached the area.

World Record – Scientists Send 6Gbps of E Band Wireless Data Over 37km

24th May, 2016 (6 Comments)

A team of German scientists have successfully achieved a record data rate of 6Gbps (Gigabits per second) over a distance of 36.7 kilometres by harnessing part of the E band spectrum, which operates at a radio frequency of 71-76GHz (GigaHertz). The new development could be used to boost both terrestrial and Satellite broadband capacity links.

Virgin Media Name 10 UK Communities for 300Mbps Broadband Upgrade

23rd May, 2016 (12 Comments)

Earlier this year Virgin Media launched the “Supercharging Local Communities” initiative to help promote their on-going Project Lighting network expansion by finding and deploying to the top 10 communities where demand for their ultrafast broadband service was strongest. Today we can reveal the winners.

B4RN Begins to Build Own Rural 1Gbps FTTH Civil Engineering Team

23rd May, 2016 (8 Comments)

The community built B4RN project, which is deploying ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband networks to remote parts of rural Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire in England where commercial operators ignore, has begun hiring to build its own in-house civil engineering team.

BT’s CEO Loses Bonus as Chairman Sir Mike Rake Plans Departure

23rd May, 2016 (25 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Gavin Patterson, has lost out on a bonus worth £290,000 due to a rise in customer complaints, but don’t feel too bad for him as his pay for 2015 still increased to £5.4m from £4.6m in 2014. Meanwhile Chairman Sir Mike Rake has agreed to stay on until “at least” September 2017.

Essex Wireless ISP FibreWiFi Joins Rural Broadband Subsidy Scheme

23rd May, 2016 (3 Comments)

Chelmsford-based wireless ISP FibreWiFi (Buzcom), which predominantly focuses upon delivering 30Mbps+ capable broadband coverage to significant swathes of Essex and parts of Suffolk in England, is now an approved supplier for the Government’s £60m Universal Broadband Voucher Scheme.

Vodafone Extends 4G Mobile Network to the Archipelago of Orkney

21st May, 2016 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that their superfast 4G (LTE) based Mobile Broadband network is being extended to the remote island group of Orkney off the north-eastern coast of Scotland, with homes and businesses in Kirkwall (largest town of 9,000+ people) being among the first to benefit.

Help the ISPA Find 2016’s Biggest UK Internet Villain and Hero

21st May, 2016 (4 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has called on everybody to help them identify this year’s short-list for the Internet Hero and Internet Villain awards. Last year’s winner of the Villain gong was Home Secretary Theresa May MP for her continuing efforts to increase Internet snooping.

Ubiquiti Based Wireless Broadband Networks Being Hit by Malware

20th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

Ubiquiti Networks has confirmed that some of their kit, which is used by wireless ISPs around the world (e.g. Vispa in the UK), is being attacked by a nasty piece of self-replicating malware that infects their Linux-based AirOS firmware (used on their routers, access points and other kit).

5.3 Million UK Adults Have Never Used the Internet

20th May, 2016 (4 Comments)

The Office for National Statistics has released its Internet Access report for Q1 2016, which reveals that just over one in ten adults (10.2% or 5.3 million) had NEVER used the Internet and that’s an improvement from 11.4% in 2015 or 13% in 2013. But issues of disability and age remain key barriers.

Overbuilding Error Leaves Cumbria Village Without “Fibre Broadband”

20th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

Residents of Welton, which is a small rural village in Cumbria (England), have vented their anger at the local authority after they were excluded from being within the scope of BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) roll-out due to a wrongful fear of NGA network overbuilding.

UK Infrastructure Commission Consults on Future 5G Mobile Rollout

20th May, 2016 (2 Comments)

The National Infrastructure Commission has launched an 8-week consultation on the future deployment of 5G based Mobile Broadband services across the United Kingdom, which seeks to understand what the service will deliver and how many barriers might get in its way (cost, legal, planning etc.).

NextGenAccess UK Moots Rural Fibre Broadband Expansion for SMEs

20th May, 2016 (0 Comments)

London-based ISP NextGenAccess has hinted at plans to expand its fibre optic based broadband network into more areas that are currently outside the coverage of the BT’s UK FTTC/P roll-out, with a particular reference being made to “rural areas and non-city centre data centres and technology hubs.”