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November 2024 BDUK Update on UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

27th Nov, 2024 (4 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK agency has published its latest quarterly November 2024 progress update on the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which now has “over” 30 live contracts in place across England and Wales – supporting planned deployments of gigabit-capable broadband to around 1 million premises.

INCA Name Winners of the 2024 UK Altnet Broadband ISP Awards

27th Nov, 2024 (8 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) has today revealed the list of winners from their annual 2024 INCA Awards event, which aims to recognise and celebrate the top alternative networks (altnets) and ISPs from across the UK. Suffice to say that it was a good night for Brsk (Netomnia), Ogi, Quickline, Wessex Internet and others.

EE and BT’s UK Consumer Division CEO Marc Allera to Step Down

27th Nov, 2024 (5 Comments)

Telecoms and broadband giant BT Group has today announced that the CEO of their UK Consumer Division (EE), Marc Allera, is to step down from the role on 31st March 2025. The operator also confirmed that Claire Gillies would then become CEO-Designate and a member of its Executive Committee on 10th December 2024, as part of a transition process.

Gov Launch £3.5m UK Rural Broadband Trials of Hybrid Networks

27th Nov, 2024 (2 Comments)

The UK Government (DSIT, UK Space Agency) has today announced the launch of a new £3.5m “Very Hard to Reach Programme“, which will conduct three projects that seek to use hybrid networks (e.g. a mix of satellite, fixed wireless and 5G/6G mobile technologies) to help improve broadband connectivity in remote rural areas.

Broadband ISP Grain Extends UK Full Fibre Network into Ashington

27th Nov, 2024 (2 Comments)

Alternative network operator Grain (Grain Connect) has announced that they’re expanding their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network into the town of Ashington in Northumberland (England). The operator’s network currently reaches 220,000 UK premises RFS (21st May 2024) and has already connected 30,000 customers.

Sky Threatens Legal Challenge to Vodafone and Three UK Merger

26th Nov, 2024 (28 Comments)

Sky (Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband etc.) has today warned the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that they could launch a legal challenge (appeal) if the proposed merger between mobile network operators Vodafone and Three UK is allowed to proceed, unless significant changes are made to the proposed competition remedies.

384,890 Customers Take Utility Warehouse’s UK Broadband Services

26th Nov, 2024 (5 Comments)

Energy and communications provider Telecom Plus, which trades as Utility Warehouse (UW), has today published their latest Half Year Results (H1 2025) to 30th Sept 2024 and revealed that their broadband ISP grew its total UK customer base to 384,890 (up by 10.09k since H2 2024) and their mobile base hit 526,167 (up by 59.95k).

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O2 UK Complete 4G and 5G Upgrades for 1,500 Postcodes in Derby

26th Nov, 2024 (2 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve completed a project to upgrade the capacity of their 4G and 5G based mobile services across “over” 1,500 postcodes in the city of Derby (Derbyshire, England), which should mean “faster” mobile broadband speeds and greater reliability.

Virgin Media and Nexfibre Near Completion of Upp’s UK FTTP Integration

26th Nov, 2024 (7 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (O2) has today confirmed to ISPreview that they and network operator nexfibre have nearly completed the integration of Upp’s full fibre (FTTP) broadband network. Most of the operator’s premises have already been transferred to nexfibre, but we’re told that the remaining properties should be completed next month (December).

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Elevate Wholesale to Integrate Vorboss’s Full Fibre Network in London

26th Nov, 2024 (2 Comments)

Network operator Elevate (formerly Telcom and Luminet) has today announced that they’ve signed a strategic deal to expand their UK wholesale reach in London by adding access to Vorboss‘s 100Gbps capable full fibre network to their platform, which is focused on serving businesses across the city centre.

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Starlink’s Direct to Cell 4G Mobile via Satellite Service Achieves Global Cover UPDATE

26th Nov, 2024 (9 Comments)

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced that Starlink have now launched enough Direct to Cell (DtC) capable broadband satellites to be able to deliver “robust” global coverage of their new 4G mobile roaming service. But the first commercial products won’t be able to launch until final regulatory approval is gained.

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Full Fibre Broadband Reaches Remote UK Island of Iona for the First Time UPDATE

26th Nov, 2024 (5 Comments)

Engineers working for Openreach (BT) have started to extend the operator’s new 1.8Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to the beautifully remote Inner Hebrides island of Iona, which is sometimes described as the birthplace of Christianity in Scotland and sits just off the Ross of Mull on the country’s western coast.

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Openreach Name Top 10 Kent UK Areas for FTTP Broadband Cover

25th Nov, 2024 (8 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed the top ten locations for coverage of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Kent (England), which sees the coastal town of Minster on the Isle of Sheppey top the table with “almost” 90% of all residents able to upgrade.

Transport for Wales Launch Own Full Fibre Network for ISPs – TfW Ffeibr

25th Nov, 2024 (7 Comments)

In somewhat of a unique development for the UK and Wales. Transport for Wales (TfW), which is a not-for-profit owned by the Welsh Government, has launched a new “arm’s-length initiative” called TfW Ffeibr (Fibre). This has built a new full fibre broadband network alongside the railways and is offering access to help serve communities in the South Wales valley.

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Business ISP Commsworld Complete Northumberland’s New Full Fibre Network

25th Nov, 2024 (1 Comment)

Business UK broadband ISP Commsworld has today announced that they’ve completed the construction of the core network build for a new full fibre infrastructure in Northumberland (England), which is designed to replace the county council’s ageing Wide Area Network (WAN). But local homes, schools and business are also seeing the benefit.

Top 10 Fastest and Slowest Streets for UK Broadband in 2024

25th Nov, 2024 (18 Comments)

New research from Broadband Genie has analysed 207,711 internet speed tests in order to identify the top slowest and fastest ten UK streets for broadband. The slowest street was found to be Greenfields Road in Bishop Auckland (average downloads of 0.35Mbps), while the fastest was Tynemouth Street in London (921.76Mbps). But this isn’t the full story.

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TOTSCo Celebrate 200,000 Completed UK Broadband and Phone Switches

22nd Nov, 2024 (4 Comments)

The industry-led One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which operates the central messaging platform that helps UK ISPs to implement Ofcom’s new One Touch Switching (OTS) process, has today announced that they’ve completed 200,000 switches of broadband and phone services since going live on 12th Sept 2024 (up by 20,000 this week).