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CityFibre Expand 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network in Kirklees to Businesses

5th Nov, 2014 (2 Comments)

CityFibre has announced that their joint 80km pure metro fibre optic Public Service Network (PSN) in Kirklees (West Yorkshire, England), which was recently upgraded as part of a collaboration with Easynet (here), will soon be expanded upon to cater for local businesses as part of a new development.

UK East Midlands Trains Passengers Benefit from WiFi and 4G Upgrade

4th Nov, 2014 (0 Comments)

Commuters travelling to and from London St Pancras on East Midlands Trains will be pleased to know that a new £200,000 upgrade deal with Nomad Digital should result in significantly improved on-board WiFi Internet connectivity.

Netflix UK on YouView, Google Play on Roku and NOW TV on Vodafone

4th Nov, 2014 (1 Comment)

The ever changing landscape of broadband Internet-based TV (IPTV), video and movie streaming services in the United Kingdom has taken an interesting twist over the past few days with a number of major cross-platform and content partnership deals, a few of which may come as a surprise.

UPDATE LSE Group Says Ofcom Hasn’t Grasped the Interests of Citizens

4th Nov, 2014 (5 Comments)

Several professors from the London School of Economics (LSE), specifically its Media Policy division, have claimed that the national communications regulator, Ofcom, still has “not grasped the interests of citizens” and needs to do more in order to recognise the “other dimensions” of a networked society and the “vital role of communications” in a healthy democracy.

Happy “Gimme Fibre Day” 2014

4th Nov, 2014 (26 Comments)

Advocates of true ultrafast fibre optic (FTTH/P/B) broadband connectivity from across the world have declared that today is officially Gimme Fibre Day 2014, which started last year as an annual event to help promote the benefits of related connectivity as the “only future-proof solution” for Internet access.

Dorset and Wiltshire ISP Wessex Internet Boosts Fibre Optic Capacity

3rd Nov, 2014 (8 Comments)

Rural ISP Wessex Internet, which offers superfast wireless broadband (30Mbps+) and some ultrafast (100Mbps) fibre optic services to homes and businesses in parts of North Dorset and South West Wiltshire (Southern England), is about to commission a new Internet backhaul link that will more than double their capacity and support the on-going “influx” of new customers.

Broadband Delivery UK Progress as Cheshire Reaches Half-Way Point

3rd Nov, 2014 (1 Comment)

The £28.5m Connecting Cheshire project in England has become the latest Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) programme to reach the half-way mark after it announced that 40,000 additional local homes and businesses had now been connected to BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network, which aims to reach 96% of premises across the region by the end of summer 2015.

Sky Broadband Asks 200,000 UK Customers – Want a Mobile Tariff

3rd Nov, 2014 (0 Comments)

One of the UK telecoms markets worst kept secrets is that BSkyB (Sky Broadband) has an ambition to launch their own mobile phone service and indeed various discussions with major Mobile Networks Operators (MNO) have been taking place throughout the year (here and here). As a result the news that Sky are about to conduct a mobile service “trial” with Vodafone is no surprise, but it is big news.

UPDATE Customers of UK ISP Zen Internet Braced for Price Rises

3rd Nov, 2014 (0 Comments)

Customers of medium sized ISP Zen Internet have started to receive letters (emails) that warn of an impending price rise, which is due to hit on 1st December 2014.

Virgin Media Expands WiFi to 150 London Underground Tube Stations

3rd Nov, 2014 (0 Comments)

Virgin Media has announced that its UK network of public WiFi Hotspots have been expanded again to cover a total of 150 London Underground Tube stations. Apparently commuters who make use of the underground WiFi network (over 2.5 million devices are registered to use the service) gobble more than 3TB (TeraBytes) of data every single day.

Manufacturers Criticise “Poor” National UK Broadband Infrastructure

3rd Nov, 2014 (19 Comments)

A new report from the EEF trade association, which claims to champion manufacturing and engineering in the United Kingdom and Europe, has highlighted the problem of “deteriorating confidence” in wide areas of the country’s infrastructure, especially the road networks, broadband connectivity and energy supply.

UPDATE2 UK Pushes “Unworkable” National 2G Mobile Network Roaming

3rd Nov, 2014 (9 Comments)

The Government’s Culture Secretary, Sajid Javid, will this week shun objections by the United Kingdom’s largest mobile network operators (EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three UK) when he launches a new consultation on proposals that could force the operators to improve mobile reception in rural areas through greater sharing of key infrastructure (wireless masts etc.).

DEFRA Committee Launch Fresh Inquiry into UK Rural Broadband Provision

1st Nov, 2014 (50 Comments)

A Commons Select Committee for the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has launched a new inquiry that will examine the current broadband coverage in rural areas. It will also look at the “Assisted Digital” (i.e. Digital by Default) support being offered to isolated communities and farmers who struggle to get online.

Broadband ISP PlusNet Tops Moneywise Home Finance Awards

1st Nov, 2014 (0 Comments)

UK ISP PlusNet has won three gongs at the inaugural Moneywise Home Finance Awards 2014 for their broadband service, which rated them the ‘Most Recommended Broadband‘, ‘Best Broadband for Service‘ and also ‘Best Broadband for Value for Money‘.

UPDATE Suffolk Signs First Superfast Broadband Extension Contract with BT

31st Oct, 2014 (10 Comments)

The Suffolk County Council (SCC) today claims to have signed the United Kingdom’s first Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) based Superfast Extension Programme (SEP) contract with BT, which aims to extend the coverage of the operators “fibre optic broadband” (FTTC/P) network to 95% of local homes and businesses “before 2018“.

Broadband Speeds of 10Mbps Needed for an Effective Quality of Service

31st Oct, 2014 (34 Comments)

The United Kingdom’s telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has suggested that there is an “increasingly compelling argument” for fixed line broadband download speeds of 10Mbps (Megabits per second) to be considered a requirement for an “effective quality of service,” especially where there is simultaneous use of the connection by different services or users within the home.

BT Staying Tight Lipped Over New Bundle Netflix and Broadband Deal

31st Oct, 2014 (4 Comments)

Customer of BT’s consumer broadband and phone services in the United Kingdom will soon be able to bundle Netflix’s popular unlimited Internet TV and Movie streaming service alongside the ISPs broadband, television and phone products, all as part of a single bill.