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13th Dec 2023 (7 Comments)
Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2), specifically their Technical Trials team, has built a new 5G connected mobile base station that is tiny enough to be flown on a hand lifted drone (pictured), which is currently being trialled with Warwickshire Search and Rescue to help tackle issues of poor signal coverage in isolated rural areas.
13th Dec 2023 (4 Comments)
Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) and nexfibre have today revealed that an additional 19,000 homes and businesses in the Essex (England) town of Brentwood, which is home to a population of over 55,000, have now been covered by their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network.
13th Dec 2023 (35 Comments)
Police have been called in after vandals caused “extensive” damage to part of Netomnia’s (supported by UK ISP YouFibre) new full fibre broadband network in Liverpool, where the operator is currently investing £39 million on a large deployment project. But thankfully only a few customers have felt the impact.
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13th Dec 2023 (57 Comments)
The UK telecoms, media and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has today introduced new guidelines that will effectively only allow broadband ISPs to use terms like “fibre” and “full-fibre” on their websites, and in contracts, if their network brings fibre optic cables all the way to your home (i.e. FTTP / FTTH).
13th Dec 2023 (16 Comments)
Connect has today published their annual UK Mobile Network Test 2024 study, which used a range of different benchmarks to test 4G (voice and data / broadband) and 5G service performance across 19 cities, 38 towns and along over 10,400km of major roads. Overall, EE managed to come top again, while O2 (VMO2) continued their trend of being bottom.
13th Dec 2023 (0 Comments)
The Hampshire County Council (HCC) in England has concluded its state aid supported Superfast Broadband Programme (SFBB) and published a new report that summarises its “achievements and lessons learnt“. Overall, the project helped to extend superfast (30Mbps+) speeds from 80% in 2012 to 97.8% today, exceeding its 95% target.
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13th Dec 2023 (12 Comments)
A complaint by Vodafone has prompted the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to investigate and ultimately ban a series of adverts for Virgin Media’s (VMO2) UK broadband ISP products after some of them “misleadingly” claimed to be offering the “fastest WiFi Guarantee of any major provider“.
12th Dec 2023 (0 Comments)
Wireless ISP Wifinity, which typically specialises in deploying WiFi style networks, has just reached an agreement on a new 10-year contract that will see them deploying WiFi and broadband internet services across UK retirement properties and care homes controlled by specialist housing provider Anchor Hanover.
12th Dec 2023 (9 Comments)
Mobile network operator EE (BT) has published a short progress update on their national plan and timeline for switching off the old 3G data (mobile broadband) network, which reveals some of the first UK locations that will be benefitting from the re-farming of related 3G spectrum for use by modern 5G services.
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12th Dec 2023 (31 Comments)
The EMEA CTO of network technology firm Adtran, Ronan Kelly, has today done an interesting video interview with Richard Tang, CEO of UK broadband ISP Zen Internet, which reveals a little bit more about Openreach’s future plan to upgrade their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network with 10Gbps capable XGS-PON.
12th Dec 2023 (22 Comments)
Infracapital-backed UK broadband ISP Fibrus, which is building a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across Northern Ireland and North England, has confirmed to ISPreview that they’ve had to pull out of the state aid supported Project Gigabit contract for the North East of England. But existing builds will continue.
12th Dec 2023 (1 Comment)
Ofcom has today published their latest biannual UK consumer affordability report, which reveals that the take-up of cheaper social broadband ISP and mobile tariffs for those on state benefits has increased to 380,000 households (up from 220,000 six months ago). But that still represents just 8.3% of households on Universal Credit (4.6 million).
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12th Dec 2023 (45 Comments)
The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today published the outcome of their review into whether mid-contract price hikes that are linked to inflation give mobile and broadband ISP customers enough certainty and clarity about what they can expect to pay. Suffice to say, they’re effectively banning the practice.
12th Dec 2023 (7 Comments)
Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that they’ve made big progress toward their goal of helping 4 million UK people and businesses, usually reflecting those who are “experiencing digital exclusion“, cross the digital divide by 2025. As a result, they’ve so far donated connectivity to 2 million people, usually via free mobile data (broadband) and calling SIMs.
11th Dec 2023 (19 Comments)
Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today unveiled its usual round of annual price increases across their wholesale broadband and Ethernet products for UK ISPs, which touches on everything from full fibre (FTTP) lines to FTTC (VDSL2 / SOGEA), Cablelinks, ISDN and Ethernet Access Direct (EAD), among other products.
11th Dec 2023 (0 Comments)
11th Dec 2023 (46 Comments)
UK ISP TalkTalk has published their annual accounts to 28th Feb 2023 and revealed that their broadband base fell to 3.94 million (down from 3.98m in 2022), while the provider’s bosses also reportedly warned that there is “material uncertainty” ahead of an expect debt refinancing that “may cast significant doubt” over its future.
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