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23rd Nov 2023 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has begun to consult on an update to their spectrum sharing framework, which among other things proposes a more flexible management approach to improve local spectrum availability for 5G (mobile / wireless broadband) and the related release of more shared frequency in the busiest 3.8 – 4.2 GHz bands.

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23rd Nov 2023 (0 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Trooli, which is aiming to have deployed a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 330,000 premises across England by the end of 2023, has recently launched their own set of Black Friday deals that offers a half-price discount for a period of 3-6 months (depending upon the package).

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23rd Nov 2023 (0 Comments)

City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has extended their full fibre (FTTP / B) network to cover “more than” 1.4 million UK homes in parts of 64 towns and cities, has launched a new Black Friday discount that offers 3 months of free service to new customers taking their 150Mbps, 500Mbps and 1Gbps packages.

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23rd Nov 2023 (8 Comments)

London-focused UK ISP and network operator CommunityFibre, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the city, has revealed that they’re in the process of making a bespoke new Linksys router available across most of their packages to replace the old MX4200 tri-band device.

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22nd Nov 2023 (12 Comments)

The Chancellor of the UK government, Jeremy Hunt, has today given his 2023 Autumn Statement, which among other things has announced that the new “Full Expensing” policy will be made permanent. The change will help some full fibre broadband and mobile operators to bring down the cost of their network roll-outs. Planning tweaks are also coming.

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22nd Nov 2023 (11 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) has today unveiled the list of winners from their annual 2023 INCA Awards event, which aims to recognise and celebrate the best alternative networks (altnets) and ISPs from across the UK. Suffice to say that it was a good night for Ogi, Freedom Fibre, Airband, CityFibre and others.

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22nd Nov 2023 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone is continuing to try and drum up support for their proposed merger with Three UK, which today sees them publishing new research that claims “expediting” the rollout of Standalone 5G (mobile broadband) could contribute an additional £7.4bn to the UK economy by 2030 compared to a slower deployment.

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21st Nov 2023 (3 Comments)

Network builder and UK broadband ISP Vorboss, which is investing £300m to build their 100Gbps full fibre network – dedicated to business – across central London (they’ve built over 500km of fibre since 2020), has launched a new product called ‘Retail Connect’ – offering speeds up to 10Gbps to the city’s “glass-front” retail outfits from just £150 a month.

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21st Nov 2023 (30 Comments)

Low-cost broadband provider Plusnet, which is part of the wider BT Group, has today revealed that they will shortly launch a new technical trial to test their planned deployment of the IPv6 internet addressing standard, which comes a over a decade after they first trialled the technology.

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21st Nov 2023 (14 Comments)

Mobile operator Sky Mobile has today announced that their 4G and 5G mobile services are being extended into many parts of the London Underground, which most likely reflects an expected extension of their existing Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement with O2 (VMO2).

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21st Nov 2023 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms, internet and media regulator, Ofcom, has today launched a new consultation on a proposed rule change that would see responsibility for day-to-day regulation of Premium Rate Services (PRS) being effectively transferred from the Phone-Paid Services Authority (PSA) to Ofcom.

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21st Nov 2023 (0 Comments)

Energy and telecoms provider Telecom Plus, which trades as UW (Utility Warehouse), has published their latest H1 FY24 results today and revealed that their broadband ISP has a total customer base of 363,595 (up by 22,203 in the year) and their mobile base hit 424,114 (up by 60,052). The operator also has a new CEO.

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21st Nov 2023 (23 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) appears to be conducting yet another trial of 2Gbps download speeds (we make this their 4th or 5th in so many years), but this time around they’ve managed to ramp the upload speed back up to 200Mbps. But so far as we can tell, this is currently only being tested on some of their latest XGS-PON lines.

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21st Nov 2023 (7 Comments)

Broadband ISP, phone and energy provider Shell Energy, which is in the process of being sold to the Octopus Energy Group (here), has today been fined £1.4m by Ofcom for “not properly prompting more than 70,000 phone and broadband customers” to review their contract or informing them of the best deals.

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20th Nov 2023 (2 Comments)

Business UK broadband ISP Commsworld has revealed that they’re due to complete a major £15 million network and IT upgrade of Renfrewshire Council’s Wide Area Network (WAN), which forms part of the Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) contract that was signed a few years ago to help modernise local public sector sites.

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20th Nov 2023 (16 Comments)

Internet, phone and TV provider Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has today announced that they’ve begun to trial a new “Smart Security” internet protection feature, which is initially being rolled out to “thousands of [eligible] customers” with their latest Hub 5 broadband router at “no extra cost“.

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20th Nov 2023 (51 Comments)

A criminal gang has taken recent protests against MS3’s deployment of telecoms poles in parts of Hull (East Yorkshire), which are being used to carry the operator’s new full fibre broadband ISP network, to a disgusting new level over the weekend by using chainsaws to cut down several of the erections.

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