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Boss of Liberty Global Slams Openreach’s “Desperate” FTTP Price Cuts

24th February, 2023 (63 Comments)

The CEO and Vice Chairman of Liberty Global (VMO2), Mike Fries, has told an investor meeting that Openreach’s recently announced FTTP broadband price cuts for UK ISPs (Equinox 2) are a “desperate and premature” move by BT, which he sees as an “overreaction to the market more broadly.”

BT Calls for Tax Relief to Aid UK FTTP Broadband and 5G Builds

22nd February, 2023 (8 Comments)

BT Group’s Chief Financial Officer, Simon Lowth, has today called on the UK government – ahead of next month’s 2023 UK Budget – to consider the introduction of “a much more competitive system of capital allowances” in order to help operators roll-out new gigabit-capable broadband and 5G mobile networks.

BT Sport TV and Eurosport UK Being Rebranded to TNT Sport

22nd February, 2023 (13 Comments)

Farewell BT Sport. Last year’s agreement between broadband giant BT and Warner Bros. Discovery, which resulted in a 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) company between BTSport and Eurosport UK, will now officially result in the channels being rebranded as TNT Sport for the UK and Ireland.

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BT Launch National UK Roaming SIMs for Business IoT Smart Devices

16th February, 2023 (8 Comments)

Broadband and mobile giant BT (EE) has today launched their new IoT National Roaming SIMs for businesses across the UK, which are designed to help firms keep their smart Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected “wherever they are” by harnessing several different wireless and mobile network technologies.

Ookla Warns of Declining UK 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds

15th February, 2023 (41 Comments)

Ookla, which operates the popular internet Speedtest.net service, has warned that median 5G performance (mobile broadband download speeds) are declining in many early launch markets like the United Kingdom, where speeds fell by -38.26Mbps (Megabits per second) year-on-year.

Broadband ISP BT Heavily Discounts 500Mbps and 900Mbps FTTP

10th February, 2023 (0 Comments)

New customers of BT’s fastest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based home broadband packages may like to know that the ISP has launched several significant discounts, which drop their Full Fibre 500Mbps plan to just £30.99 and the 900Mbps tier to just £40.99 per month for the first 24-months of service. But there’s more.

SG Issues Short Update on Scotland’s R100 Fibre Broadband Build

9th February, 2023 (7 Comments)

The Scottish Government has released a small update on the progress of their £600m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach (BT). This confirms that a total of 16,600 rural properties have so far been covered by a fixed “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) ISP network under the scheme (inc. 2,800 connections via R100 vouchers).

BT Suspend Doorstep Selling on Isle of Wight After Serious Complaint

7th February, 2023 (27 Comments)

BT (EE) has suspended doorstep selling on the Isle of Wight, which was being conducted on their behalf by a third-party firm ‘Money Expert‘, after rival broadband ISP WightFibre complained that the sellers had allegedly been making some very dishonest claims about the operator.

Connectivity Aggregation Platform Fibre Cafe Adds BT Wholesale

7th February, 2023 (1 Comment)

Last month we reported that TalkTalk had become the latest UK ISP to adopt Strategic Imperatives’ new Fibre Café connectivity aggregation platform (here), and today BT Wholesale has also been added to the growing list of providers available via the platform.

BT Work with Yorkshire Water Helps 1,000 Rural Premises Get 4G Mobile

7th February, 2023 (2 Comments)

A new BT (EE) trial, which deployed new mobile network infrastructure in order to help Yorkshire Water connect with smart IoT sensors to remotely monitor the water courses that feed Scar House reservoir, has also helped up to 1,000 homes, businesses and visitors in Nidderdale to access a 4G based mobile broadband network.

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Ofcom UK Sets Out Expectations for 2G and 3G Mobile Switch-Off

2nd February, 2023 (17 Comments)

Ofcom has today set out their “expectations” for how they want mobile operators – Three UK, Vodafone, EE (BT) and O2 (VMO2 / Virgin Media) – to approach the phased switch-off of legacy 2G and 3G mobile services. The goal being to ensure consumers are “treated fairly” and aren’t left cut-off from vital services.

BT Results See Openreach Near 10 Million FTTP Premises Milestone

2nd February, 2023 (30 Comments)

The BT Group has today published their latest Q3 FY23 results to December 2022, which saw the coverage of Openreach’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network reach 9.57 million premises (up by 810k in the quarter vs 805k last quarter) and EE increase their 5G customer based to 8.5 million (up from 8.157m).

BT and Stratospheric Platforms Trial UAVs for Rural UK 5G Mobile

30th January, 2023 (11 Comments)

A new trial has been launched by telecoms giant BT (EE) and Stratospheric Platforms (SPL) – funded by Innovate UK, which aims to harness High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) aircraft, usually located above commercial air traffic in the Earth’s stratosphere, in order to extend 5G (mobile broadband) coverage into remote rural areas.

BT to Recruit 400 More UK Apprentices and Graduates

26th January, 2023 (5 Comments)

Broadband ISP and telecoms giant BT has tonight announced that they intend to recruit another 400 apprentices and graduates this year (down from 600 in 2022), which will form part of their usual September 2023 intake. This will reflect roles spanning areas such as engineering (5G and FTTP etc.), customer service, research and security.

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Shell Energy Still Attracting Most UK Broadband Gripes in Q3 2022

26th January, 2023 (3 Comments)

The latest Q3 2022 Ofcom survey of UK consumer complaints has, once again, named ISP Shell Energy as attracting the most consumer gripes for both fixed line broadband and landline phone services, while BT and Virgin Mobile did the same for Pay Monthly Mobile services and Virgin Media for Pay TV.

EE Expand 5G Cover to 60% of UK and Adds 19 New Locations UPDATE

25th January, 2023 (30 Comments)

Consumer broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that their ultrafast 5G based (mobile broadband) network now covers 60% of the UK’s population (up from 50% in May 2022) and, on top of that, they’ve named 19 new locations where the network has just gone live.

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RootMetrics Benchmark the Top UK Mobile Networks for H2 2022

25th January, 2023 (5 Comments)

Mobile testing firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has today published their latest biannual H2 2022 study of mobile network (4G and 5G) and broadband performance across the United Kingdom, which once again sees EE (BT) come top of every single ranking category. But Three UK is still delivering the goods in terms of 5G speed.