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Openreach Cuts UK FTTC “Fibre Broadband” Contract Terms to 1 Month

13th Jul 2017 (12 Comments)

Good news for consumers and ISPs alike. Openreach has today announced that the minimum contract term for their ‘up to’ 40-80Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) broadband service is to be cut from 12 months to just 1 month for all services!

EE to Setup 100 New UK Stores (400 Extra Retail Jobs) by the End of 2019

13th Jul 2017 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has extended its partnership with supermarket giant Sainsbury’s by announcing a plan to setup 100 new “stores” (700 overall), which will foster some 400 new retail jobs by the end of 2019 and “provide 95% of people with access to an EE store within 20 minutes’ drive.”

Gigaclear Scoop Final Devon and Somerset “Full Fibre” Broadband Contract

13th Jul 2017 (5 Comments)

Ultrafast “full fibre” broadband ISP Gigaclear has won the final Lot 1 contract (Upper CDS) of the Connecting Devon and Somerset project, which will see £10.3m being invested to deploy a 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP/H) network to 6,500 rural premises around Bath and North Somerset.

NOW TV Hikes Entertainment Price by £1 – Broadband Combos Safe

13th Jul 2017 (4 Comments)

Customers of the Sky owned NOW TV video streaming service will be hit by a price hike of 14.3% on 15th August 2017 when the monthly cost of the provider’s TV Entertainment Pass rises from £6.99 to £7.99. The good news is that NOW TV Combo (Broadband, Phone and TV) users aren’t affected.

Ofcom Speeds Up UK Wi-Fi Networks by Adding 5.8GHz Spectrum Band

13th Jul 2017 (6 Comments)

The United Kingdom’s telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today made an additional 125MHz of radio spectrum available to WiFi networks (Wireless Local Area Networks – WLAN) by introducing support for the 5.8GHz (5725 – 5850MHz) radio spectrum sub-band to deliver faster speeds.

UPDATE Ofcom Shows How it Will Monitor Openreach Independence from BT

13th Jul 2017 (5 Comments)

Earlier this year Ofcom reached a voluntary agreement over the “legal separation” of BT’s network access division (Openreach). Today the UK telecoms regulator has set out how they intend to monitor and enforce the changes, which will be conducted via a dedicated Openreach Monitoring Unit.

Isle of Man ISP Manx Boost FTTC to 200Mbps and Prep 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

13th Jul 2017 (1 Comment)

The primary telecoms provider for the Isle of Man (British Crown Dependency), Manx Telecom, has confirmed that they intend to begin the roll-out of a new 1Gbps “ultrafast” Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network during the second half of 2017 and will boost FTTC speeds to 200Mbps.

Total Global Fixed Broadband Subscribers Hit 875 Million, Boosted by Fibre

12th Jul 2017 (0 Comments)

The total number of world fixed broadband subscribers grew by 2.36% during Q1 2017 and now stands at 875.1 Million (up from 812.7 Million one year ago). Some 71% of all net additions in Q1 came from East Asia (mostly China), but only 16.62% came from the more mature market of Europe.

O2 UK Pick Cisco to Deliver 1Gbps Free Public Wi-Fi Network in London

12th Jul 2017 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK (Telefonica) has today announced that they’ve chosen Cisco to help deliver their ultrafast “gigabit speed” capable free public WiFi network across the City of London, which is currently still aiming to be “fully operational” by Autumn 2017.

London ISP Community Fibre Secure £11m to Expand “Full Fibre” Broadband

12th Jul 2017 (0 Comments)

Last year Community Fibre revealed an aspiration to extend their 1Gbps+ fibre optic broadband (FTTH/B) network to cover 500,000 homes in London (here) and today they’ve moved a step toward that by securing £11.3m of private equity investment from RPMI Railpen and existing shareholders.

Sky and BT Reach Deal for Access to Wholesale Sport TV Content

12th Jul 2017 (16 Comments)

Fears that customers of BT TV’s Sport content might lose access to the Sky Sports channels have proven to be unfounded after a new agreement was reached with Sky, which will give BT access to two of the broadcasters new sports TV channels (‘Sky Sports Main Event‘ and ‘Sky Sports Extra‘).

Q1 2017 UK “Fibre Broadband” Take-up Figures for the £1.7bn BDUK Rollout

12th Jul 2017 (15 Comments)

The Government’s £1.7bn Broadband Delivery UK project has published its latest Q1 2017 take-up data for their roll-out of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services across the United Kingdom, which is a key gauge for how much public investment suppliers (e.g. BT) will have to return.

UK ISP TalkTalk Adds In-App Chat to MyTalkTalk Customer Support App

11th Jul 2017 (2 Comments)

Customers of broadband and phone provider TalkTalk, specifically those who make use of their free iOS and Android based MyTalkTalk app, will be pleased to learn that the ISP has added a new in-app chat feature that enables them to talk with customer support without making a call.

UPDATE2 Sky Broadband Resolve Major Outage in the East Midlands

11th Jul 2017 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Sky Broadband is close to resolving a major outage that began yesterday afternoon (around 5pm – 10th July 2017) after an underground fire caused significant damage to some of their core fibre optic cable infrastructure in the East Midlands of England.

Dorset Sees £7.4m BT Deal to Rollout 1Gbps FTTP Broadband to 3800 Premises

11th Jul 2017 (1 Comment)

A new £7.4 million deal has this week been signed between BT and Dorset County Council in England, which will enable Openreach to roll-out their ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network to an additional 3,800 businesses and homes in the county by summer 2019.

Openreach Unveil New non-BT Branding to Showcase its Independence

11th Jul 2017 (8 Comments)

Earlier this year BT and Ofcom reached a voluntary ‘Strategic Review’ deal (here), which required BT’s network access division (Openreach) to become a “legally separate” company with its own independent board. Today Openreach has unveiled their new branding, which scrubs out BT.

UPD Ofcom Set 4G / 5G Spectrum Caps for 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz Mobile Auction

11th Jul 2017 (9 Comments)

After various delays and a bizarre campaign (here), Ofcom has today set out the final rules and caps for their auction of radio spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands, which will help mobile operators to launch “very fast” Mobile Broadband (4G and 5G) services by 2020.

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Youfibre (Hadley)	Broadband Fixed Line	By: Hadley

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