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Comcast Hints at Future Plans for Sky and NOW TV in UK and Europe

24th Jan, 2019 (20 Comments)

Cable giant Comcast, which toward the end of last year gobbled Sky’s pan-European TV and broadband ISP business with a bid of £30bn (here), has given some early hints about what changes might result from the purchase. So far all the talk is of “free” ad-supported TV content via sibling NOW TV and voice improvements.

Business ISP XLN Telecom to Create 150 New UK Jobs in Sheffield

23rd Jan, 2019 (0 Comments)

Small business focused broadband ISP XLN Telecom looks set to create 150 new careers in Sheffield (South Yorkshire) after announcing a multi-million pound investment and the opening of a new floor in their local office, which will see the provider “double” the size of their team.

Cityfibre Pick Boss for £20m Cambridge Full Fibre Broadband Rollout

23rd Jan, 2019 (2 Comments)

Cityfibre and ISP partner Vodafone have recruited a former police communications director, Charles Kitchin, to oversee the £20m roll-out of their new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) ultrafast broadband network for homes and businesses in the UK city of Cambridge.

Vodafone and O2 Extend UK Network Sharing to 5G Mobile and Fibre

23rd Jan, 2019 (3 Comments)

Mobile operators Vodafone and O2 have today announced a tentative agreement that will see their current UK network sharing deal being extended to include future 5G (mobile broadband) services. On top of that they’re also exploring the prospect of delivering a “shared, future proof fibre” (fibre optic) transmission network.

2018 Q3 BDUK Take-up Progress for UK Superfast Broadband Rollout

23rd Jan, 2019 (3 Comments)

The Government’s £1.6bn+ Broadband Delivery UK project has just published its latest take-up data to the end of September 2018 for its state aid supported roll-out of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services across the United Kingdom, which has so far extended coverage to 5,011,052 extra premises.

Ofcom UK Probe ISP Onestream Over Mis-Selling and Slamming

22nd Jan, 2019 (0 Comments)

Hampshire-based UK ISP Onestream, which was established in 2016 and recently launched a range of affordable ADSL2+ and FTTC based broadband and phone bundles, is facing an investigation by Ofcom after a number of consumers complained about how the provider was handling switches (migrations).

ITU Standard Could Make Fast Home VLC Visible Light Networks a Reality

22nd Jan, 2019 (19 Comments)

The International Telecommunication Union is close to giving its final approval to a new standard (G.9991 / G.vlc), which could finally help to turn secure high-speed indoor Visible Light Communication (VLC / LiFi) networks into something that you can buy instead of WiFi.

The Top 391 Fastest and Slowest UK Local Areas by Broadband Speed

22nd Jan, 2019 (13 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has used data from its broadband ISP speedtest to both identify some of the UK’s fastest local authority areas for average download speed (Broxbourne on 32.5Mbps) and some of its slowest “black spots” (Orkney islands on 3Mbps) for 2019. But network availability may tell a different story.

Fibre Optic Builder Nextgenaccess Get New Chairman to Help UK Rollout

21st Jan, 2019 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic network operator Nextgenaccess, which last year secured £22m from the UK National Digital Infrastructure Fund (NDIF) to help spread its 10Gbps fibre optic broadband to businesses in South Wales and South West England (here), has appointed infrastructure veteran Steven Marshall to be its new Chairman.

Cityfibre Begin 1Gbps FTTH Home Broadband Rollout in Huddersfield

21st Jan, 2019 (1 Comment)

Fibre optic network developer Cityfibre has announced that their £30m project to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband ISP network in the large UK market town of Huddersfield (West Yorkshire), which will be sold to residents via Vodafone’s ISP packages, has now begun.

Claiming Home Broadband as a Biz Expense Could Be Worth £11.94

21st Jan, 2019 (4 Comments)

A new survey of 2,010 UK adults who are in employment has found that Brits spend an average of 8 hours and 35 minutes (weekly) on using their home broadband ISP connection to work, which it’s estimated equates to a monthly cost of £11.94. Many bosses believe you should be able to claim that back from your employer.

BT’s Landline Phone Bundling Full Fibre Packages Cause Confusion

19th Jan, 2019 (13 Comments)

A newspaper has accused UK ISP BT of “forcing” their “full fibre” (FTTP) ultrafast broadband customers to pay for “unnecessary … landlines they don’t need,” while the provider itself says it only does this because they’re not seeing the “demand” for fibre without home phone lines. But you don’t have to buy FTTP from BT.

Vodafone Hopes to Make Future Broadband Networks Invisible

19th Jan, 2019 (14 Comments)

Vodafone has said that ISPs need to “look beyond speed” and “make the network invisible so users don’t even know it is there“. The operator was speaking at the launch of a new project – Broadband Quality Experience Delivered (BQED) – that aims to “greatly enhance” the quality of experience broadband networks provide.

EE Top as Tutela Reveal UK Fastest 4G Mobile Operators for Q4 2018

18th Jan, 2019 (13 Comments)

The final study of 2018 from crowd-sourced data analysis company Tutela has revealed that EE beat Vodafone, O2 and Three UK to be named as the fastest overall Mobile Broadband operator in the country for 4G services. Meanwhile Three UK managed to top the table for older 3G networks.

Bigblu Broadband Launch Cheaper Satellite Plans for UK Homes

18th Jan, 2019 (0 Comments)

European and UK Satellite ISP Bigblu has refreshed their three primary broadband plans for residential customers, not least by adopting average download speeds (as measured at peak time), removing upfront equipment costs and lowering some monthly prices.

Gigaclear and Truespeed Battle to Bring FTTP into Somerset Village

17th Jan, 2019 (14 Comments)

Residents of Walton-in-Gordano in rural Somerset (England) have become the latest in the county to find themselves in a rather unusual situation, where two alternative UK network (altnet) ISPs – Gigaclear and TrueSpeed – are proposing to extend their Gigabit capable “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband networks into the area.

Wireless ISP Wildanet Get £750k from Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Fund

17th Jan, 2019 (7 Comments)

Wireless broadband ISP Wildanet, which aspires to extend their network across thousands of premises in rural parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and possibly South Wales, has become the first company to be supported by an investment of £750,000 via the £40m Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund (CIOSIF).