Home » UK ISP News Archive » Article Tag: Openreach (2693 Posts)

Articles for Category Tag - Openreach

Uncertainty Grips Wireless Broadband Project in Swindon AGAIN

20th February, 2018 (4 Comments)

The Swindon Borough Council‘s £1.9m contract with UKB Networks, which has been building an LTE (4G) based Fixed Wireless Access network that can bring “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) to 19,500 premises (99.4% total coverage), is facing a fresh challenge over changes to its deployment.

Airband Wireless Rural Broadband Network Goes Live in Shropshire UK

13th February, 2018 (8 Comments)

The first customer has officially gone live on Airband’s new fixed wireless “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) service in Shropshire, which forms part of last year’s new £11.2m Connecting Shropshire contract that will see the network being rolled out reach an additional 14,000+ premises by 2020.

Rock and a Hard Place as Openreach Criticised for Limited FTTP Rollout

12th February, 2018 (62 Comments)

Openreach’s accelerated “Fibre First” plan to deploy FTTP “ultrafast broadband” to 3 million UK premises by 2020 (here) has allegedly left the Government “extremely frustrated,” so much so that they are rumoured to be revisiting the option of completely splitting BT’s network access division.

Q3 2017 Take-up Progress of the BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout

8th February, 2018 (8 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK scheme has today published its latest Q3 2017 take-up data for the state aid supported roll-out of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services across the United Kingdom, which sees adoption continue to climb above an average of around 40%.

Ability to Reset Openreach FTTC Broadband DLM Profiles Arrives

5th February, 2018 (28 Comments)

At present if an ISP feels that the Dynamic Line Management (DLM) profile for a UK Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband line needs a reset then it usually requires an Openreach engineer visit, but progress is being made on a new remote reset solution.

BT Ultrafast Broadband Covers 886K UK Premises as Pay TV Shrinks

2nd February, 2018 (14 Comments)

BT has released their latest results to the end of 2017 (Q4 calendar), which saw their retail UK broadband ISP base add 35K subscribers to total 9,342,000 (vs +22K in Q3). Meanwhile their FTTP and G.fast “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) services reached 886,000 premises (up from 770K).

Openreach Aim FTTP Broadband for 3 Million Premises in 8 UK Cities

1st February, 2018 (49 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced that they intend to deploy Gigabit capable “full fibre” (FTTP) ultrafast broadband to 3 million premises in 8 major UK cities by 2020 via their new ‘Fibre First‘ build programme, which is up from the current target of 2 million by the same date.

Welsh Gov Detail New 30Mbps Superfast Broadband Plan for Wales UPDATE2

30th January, 2018 (19 Comments)

As expected the Welsh Government has this afternoon set out the first tentative details of their new strategy to help make “fast reliable broadband” (defined as 30Mbps+) available to “every property” in Wales, which will involve several contracts (3 lots) and could cover 88,000 premises.

Government Hails 95% UK Coverage of 24Mbps Superfast Broadband

29th January, 2018 (60 Comments)

Completed on time. The Government has today confirmed that an estimated 95% of the United Kingdom can now access a 24Mbps+ capable fixed line “superfast broadband” network as a result of their national £1.7bn Broadband Delivery UK programme, but many gaps remain.

Openreach Set to Boost its UK FTTP Full Fibre Broadband Rollout

26th January, 2018 (87 Comments)

Newspaper reports have claimed that Openreach (BT) will next week announce a boost to their existing roll-out of “full fibre” (FTTP) ultrafast broadband services, which could see their current roll-out target of 2 million premises being increased to 3 million within the next two years.

BT Fined £70K by Ofcom UK for Failing to Provide Information UPDATE

26th January, 2018 (2 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has been hit with a £70,000 fine after the regulator, Ofcom, ruled that the UK operator had failed to provide requested information as part of their ongoing Wholesale Local Access Market Review, which is examining how fixed broadband and phone services are supplied to ISPs and sold.

SSE Enterprise Telecoms Sets Out its 2018 Predictions for UK Networks

23rd January, 2018 (8 Comments)

The enterprise division of SSE Enterprise Telecoms has today set out its list of predictions for the major trends that could affect UK telecoms in 2018, which focuses on the rise of alternative network providers, greater access to fibre optic cables, more preparation for future 5G Mobile and so forth.

Former Openreach MD Becomes CEO of Altnet ISP ITS Technology

23rd January, 2018 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology group, which is an alternative network provider that has deployed a number of fixed wireless and fibre optic broadband networks around the UK, has appointed Daren Baythorpe (Openreach’s former BCD Managing Director) to be its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Worcestershire UK Council Launch Support Schemes for Faster Broadband

16th January, 2018 (3 Comments)

The Worcestershire County Council (WCC) has launched two new schemes to help boost “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) take-up and coverage among homes and businesses in the final 4% of the region, which includes a co-funding initiative with Openreach (BT) and a voucher programme for local businesses.

Openreach Takes Flak for Unfinished Wales Fibre Broadband Rollout

16th January, 2018 (27 Comments)

The Assembly Member for Ceredigion in Wales, Elin Jones, has accused Openreach (BT) of walking away from rural communities in her county after the operator left a roll-out of “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) technology unfinished in the village of Oakford and possibly other locations.

Carillion Fall – Fears for Openreach and Gigaclear Broadband Contracts UPDATE4

15th January, 2018 (31 Comments)

Major UK construction firm Carillion, which alongside partner telent holds a number of huge engineering and fibre broadband delivery contracts with operators’ like Openreach (BT) and Gigaclear in the United Kingdom, has this morning begun the process of entering “compulsory liquidation“.

Wonky FTTC Broadband Rollout Confuses Aberdeenshire Village

12th January, 2018 (38 Comments)

Residents of a rural village in Scotland have been left confused after Openreach (BT) deployed a new “fibre broadband” (FTTC / VDSL2) street cabinet into their area that appears to serve some properties, while leaving many of those who live closest to it unable to receive a faster connection.