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Northamptonshire UK Finish First Superfast Broadband Rollout Contract

21st December, 2015 (5 Comments)

The first contract for the Superfast Northamptonshire project in England, which aimed to make BTOpenreach’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) network available to about 90% of premises by the end of 2015, has officially completed.

UK Gov Gifts Extra £2m for 100Mbps Broadband in Rural Gloucestershire

17th December, 2015 (2 Comments)

The UK Government has allocated £2 million of additional public investment from a new fund to help improve the coverage of ultrafast broadband (100Mbps+) services in rural areas around Gloucestershire (England), with a particular focus on poorly served parts in the Forest of Dean.

BT Openreach Launch New 55Mbps FTTC and FTTP Broadband Speed

16th December, 2015 (28 Comments)

In a surprise move BTOpenreach has today unveiled a new middle tier bandwidth product for their Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based “fibre broadband” services, which offers download speeds of up to 55Mbps and uploads of 10Mbps.

Nick Herbert MP Calls for Radical Change to Improve UK Broadband

16th December, 2015 (55 Comments)

The Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs, Nick Herbert, has today added his voice to the calls for a radical shake-up of the United Kingdom’s telecoms and broadband market, one that could see investment in true fibre optic (FTTH/P) infrastructure and the break-up of BT (Openreach).

BT’s G.Fast Cost and a £500m Risk to Openreach from Ofcom and the EE Deal

15th December, 2015 (12 Comments)

Financial analyst firm Redburn has published a new piece of research that offers some extra cost predictions for BT’s forthcoming roll-out of 500Mbps G.fast broadband tech and also warns that the merger with EE could help create a £500m+ risk to Openreach’s cash flow.

Openreach Set Final Withdrawal Date for FTTC Installs with VDSL Modem

14th December, 2015 (17 Comments)

BTOpenreach has today formally confirmed that the ‘Basic Engineer’ and also ‘Managed Engineer’ Installation options for their ‘up to’ 80Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) broadband lines, specifically those installs that included a simple VDSL Modem (pictured), will be withdrawn from 31st March 2016.

Openreach on Cumbria’s Flood Hit Broadband and Phone Services

8th December, 2015 (10 Comments)

The fallout from Storm Desmond has been felt across the United Kingdom, although problems with broadband, phone and related power services appear to have been most obvious in Cumbria (e.g. Carlisle and Workington) and some neighbouring counties.

Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Detail Phase2 FTTC Broadband Rollout

8th December, 2015 (0 Comments)

The CSW Broadband project, which in February signed an extended deal to bring BTOpenreach’s “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) network to “nearly” 94% of Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry in England, has today revealed the first areas to benefit and an improved time-scale.

Ultrafast 330Mbps G.fast BT Broadband Trial Gets Underway in Swansea

8th December, 2015 (18 Comments)

As expected BT are now starting their third 6 month trial of G.fast broadband technology (ITU G.9701), this time in Swansea (Wales), which will initially offer Internet download speeds of up to 330Mbps (50Mbps upload) before rising to 500Mbps over the next decade.

UPD3 BT Elect “not to participate” in Herefordshire Fibre Broadband Extension

8th December, 2015 (23 Comments)

The Herefordshire Council has said that BT has decided “not to participate” in Stage 3 of their tender to deploy superfast broadband connectivity to the remaining parts of the county, which means that the local authority may have to depend upon alternative network (altnet) providers.

Interview – Sky’s Position on Separating BT from its UK Telecoms Network

7th December, 2015 (37 Comments)

In our final ISP interview of the year we’ve been able to hit up Sky’s (Sky Broadband) Chief Economist, Alan Sewell, to examine the operator’s often outspoken position on separating BT from control of their national UK phone and broadband network and what it might mean for consumers.

BT Confirm UK Trial Areas for SoGEA Standalone FTTC “Fibre Broadband”

3rd December, 2015 (11 Comments)

BT has published the first concrete trial locations and technical details for their forthcoming Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (SOGEA) product, which is a naked VDSL style service that allows you to order a standalone superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC) line without needing a phone (voice) service.

Ofcom Slap BT for Missing Info on Regulatory Financial Statements

30th November, 2015 (4 Comments)

The national UK telecoms regulator has ruled that they have “reasonable grounds” for believing that BT contravened 13A.8 and 8A.8 of their Significant Market Power (SMP) conditions, which means that the operator has not provided all of the information that it is required to supply.

Virgin Media Complains to EU Over State Aid for BT Broadband Rollout

30th November, 2015 (15 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has called on the European Commission to help stop any future allocations of state aid going towards BTOpenreach’s “fibre broadband” network expansion, which they fear would create an “unacceptable risk of overbuild of existing networks.”

4,600 Extra Oxfordshire UK Premises to Benefit from “Fibre Broadband”

26th November, 2015 (3 Comments)

A third £5.58m state aid supported contract has been signed with BTOpenreach this week for the county of Oxfordshire (England), which will extend the local availability of superfast capable “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to an extra 4,600 homes and business.

Superfast North Yorkshire Broadband Project Boosts Economy by £220m

24th November, 2015 (6 Comments)

A new report predicts that the Superfast North Yorkshire project, which is working with BT to make FTTC/P based superfast broadband (25Mbps+) services available to around 90% of local premises by late 2016 and possibly 95% within a few years (details), could boost the local economy by £220m.

Ofcom Slap BT for Bad Billing of GBP1.7m from EE Merger to Openreach

18th November, 2015 (4 Comments)

Rivals are today hoping that BT may have dented its position in Ofcom’s on-going Strategic Review after the UK telecoms regulator revealed that the operator had billed £1.7m from part of their EE mobile merger to its “functionally separate” Openreach division, which was called “inappropriate“.