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Business UK ISP FluidOne Acquires SAS Global Communications

5th January, 2022 (5 Comments)

Business focused UK ISP and communications provider FluidOne has today announced the acquisition of SAS Global Communications, a provider of SD-WAN-enabled global hybrid networks, to help enhance its own service offering to mid-market and enterprise customers.

Troubled UK FTTP ISP People’s Fibre Acquired by Swish Fibre

29th December, 2021 (17 Comments)

Alternative UK broadband ISP Swish Fibre, which is being backed by Fern Trading in its plan to build a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP network across 250,000 premises in the Home Counties (here), has stepped in to rescue troubled provider People’s Fibre after they recently fell into administration.

Brace for HUGE UK Broadband and Mobile Price Hikes in 2022

28th December, 2021 (38 Comments)

The surge in UK inflation is threatening to result in one of the biggest annual price hikes in broadband ISP, phone, mobile and calling charges seen in years, which could hit customers of BT, EE, Plusnet, Vodafone, O2, TalkTalk, Shell Energy, KCOM and others with rises of around 9% come March-April 2022 (double the usual level).

Svella Connect Takes Over CityFibre’s FTTP Rollout in Barnsley

23rd December, 2021 (5 Comments)

CityFibre UK has today confirmed that their £32m rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in the South Yorkshire town of Barnsley, which was disrupted after the collapse of their previous contractor NMCN (here), will now be conducted by Svella Connect.

Telecoms Network Builder Telent Acquires the Harlequin Group

21st December, 2021 (0 Comments)

Technology, telecoms and civil engineering firm Telent, which among other things is helping to build various full fibre (FTTP) broadband and 5G mobile networks across the United Kingdom, has today acquired one of their rivals in the same space – the Harlequin Group – for an undisclosed sum.

Gigaclear Get GBP190m Boost for Rural UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

17th December, 2021 (20 Comments)

Infracapital-backed alternative network ISP Gigaclear, which recently passed 250,000 premises in rural parts of England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today secured another huge £190 million investment boost – this time co-financed by the new UK Infrastructure Bank.

Digital Infrastructure Get GBP100m to Fuel UK Full Fibre Rollout

15th December, 2021 (5 Comments)

Network operator Digital Infrastructure (DI), which a few months ago revealed their aim to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to 1 million UK premises in 84 cities (here), has today confirmed that they’ve been able to secure £100m of funding from Basalt Infrastructure Partners.

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TNP Win Full Fibre WAN Contract for Service and Support in Trafford

15th December, 2021 (1 Comment)

Network services provider TNP (The Networking People) has today secured a key 3-year Wide Area Network (WAN) service delivery and support contract, which should ensure that Trafford becomes one of the first boroughs in Greater Manchester to begin “mainstream use” of the area’s new state aid funded full fibre network.

Rural Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear Celebrates 250,000 UK Premises UPDATE

14th December, 2021 (2 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Gigaclear, which currently aims to reach 500,000 UK premises with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network by the end of 2023, has today celebrated being able to close out the year with a total footprint of 250,000 premises passed across England.

Broadband Speed Testing Giant Ookla Acquires RootMetrics

14th December, 2021 (2 Comments)

Ookla, which operates the popular global Speedtest.net service, has today announced that they’ve acquired mobile network benchmarking firm RootMetrics for an undisclosed sum. The goal will be to combine their normal crowdsourced data with RootMetrics’ scientifically controlled drive and walk testing data collection.

Neos Networks to Boost UK Full Fibre Coverage in Several Areas

14th December, 2021 (1 Comment)

Neos Networks has today made two announcements on their UK fibre coverage, which will see them connect up 200+ public sector sites (councils, hospitals etc. – many in rural areas) in Oxfordshire and boost their full fibre, last mile, metro network expansion across the capital (London), Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester.

BT Takeover Fears Mount as Altice UK Boost Stake to 18 Percent UPDATE

14th December, 2021 (8 Comments)

Broadband giant BT, which has recently been busy boosting their defences against a possible takeover attempt by Patrick Drahi’s Altice UK, has today reported that the investor has raised their 12.1% stake in the operator (worth c.£2bn) to a total of 18%.

Quickline Appoint New COO and CTO Ahead of UK Fibre Rollout

13th December, 2021 (1 Comment)

UK ISP Quickline, which aims to invest £500m on a major rollout of “ultrafast and gigabit-capable broadband” across rural parts of North England and beyond, has today announced that two industry veterans – Lee Allison and Ian Smith – will be appointed as their new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Uncertainty Looms Over CityFibre’s Build in Halifax and Barnsley UPDATE

10th December, 2021 (14 Comments)

Uncertainty continues to cloud CityFibre’s planned UK rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in the large towns of Halifax and Barnsley in Yorkshire (England), which were recently disrupted after the operator’s chosen contractor – NMCN – fell into administration.

Business UK ISP Onecom Acquires Rival Russell Telecom

7th December, 2021 (0 Comments)

Hampshire-based business broadband and cloud provider Onecom, which is backed by a £100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), has today made their fourth acquisition of the year (after Olive Communications, 9 Group and IP Office) by gobbling Russell Telecom for an undisclosed sum.

Glide Bring 10Gbps Fibre to Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham and Birmingham

7th December, 2021 (1 Comment)

Business and residential ISP Glide Group, which is currently extending their full fibre broadband network across more of the UK (leased lines and FTTP etc.), has today announced that they’ll upgrade their existing “fibre infrastructure” in Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham and Birmingham to support symmetric 10Gbps speeds with low latency.

Neos Networks Finish UK Expansion to Unbundle 550 BT Exchanges

30th November, 2021 (6 Comments)

Neos Networks has today announced that they’ve completed the latest key phase of their UK network investment programme, Project Edge, which means that they’ve now unbundled a total of 550 BT exchanges and will reach a “full fibre” footprint of more than 34,000km before the end of the year. Next stop.. 700 exchanges.