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Private Equity Firms Target UK 4G Mobile Operator EE with GBP10bn Bid

7th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

A group of several familiar private equity firms, including KKR, Apax Partners, Blackstone and CVC Capital Partners, are once again reported to be preparing another colossal £10bn takeover bid for the 4G offering UK mobile network operator EE (Everything Everywhere).

Fibre Optic Helps Global Broadband Revenues Reach GBP120bn in 2012

7th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

ABI Research estimates that the global fixed broadband ISP market (i.e. DSL, cable and fibre optic services) managed to grow by 7% last year to generate a total service revenue of around £120 billion ($188bn), which was helped by a strong growth in ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) connectivity.

Virgin Media UK Tops 4.46M Broadband Users and Sells to LGi for GBP15bn

6th February, 2013 (9 Comments)

Cable provider Virgin Media UK has today released its latest results (Q4-2012), which saw subscribers to their broadband ISP climb to total 4,465,000 (up by +51,600). But the big news is that international cable operator Liberty Global (LGi) has officially agreed to buy VM (merger) for an enterprise value of approximately $23.3 billion (£14.88bn).

UK ISP Zen Internet Launch NGA Ethernet Service via FTTC and FTTP

31st January, 2013 (0 Comments)

Zen Internet has today launched a new symmetric 10Mbps (Megabits per second) capable NGA Ethernet service for businesses in the United Kingdom. The new product is based off two of the latest Next Generation Access (NGA) technologies, Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) and Fibre to the Premises (FTTP).

UPD UK ISP Fluidata Completes GBP2.5m Broadband Capacity Upgrade

21st December, 2012 (3 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata has completed a £2.5 million core network upgrade “on time and on budget“, which among other things will massively boost the capacity of its new Service Exchange Platform (SEP). The SEP makes it easier for a range of ISPs to reach rural premises through a specially aggregated open access wholesale network.

Entanet Says UK ISPs Must Focus on Reliability Instead of Speed and Price

5th December, 2012 (13 Comments)

Entanet, which supplies broadband services to a number of UK internet providers, has called on ISPs to put more effort into differentiating themselves by placing a “higher value” on the reliability of a connection instead of just price and service speed; especially for business services.

UK ISP MLL Telecom Win Wireless Broadband Contract for Gateshead Council

28th November, 2012 (0 Comments)

Business ISP MLL Telecom has won a contract worth £800,000 to extend the on-going supply, installation and support of ultra-fast wireless broadband services around the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (GMBC) area for up to a further four years.

ISP Zen Internet Says Businesses Wrong to Demand Fibre Optic Broadband

27th November, 2012 (20 Comments)

ISP Zen Internet has warned that businesses in the United Kingdom should “stop focusing” on the perceived need for true fibre optic (FTTP/H) broadband services, which take the fibre direct to their doorstep, because their needs can already be met by the existing but slower Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) solutions.

UK Business ISP Claranet Gobbles Managed Provider Star for GBP55m

23rd November, 2012 (0 Comments)

Business internet and telecoms provider Claranet UK has acquired STH Limited and its managed technology services subsidiary, Star (Star Technology Services), for the sizeable sum of £55 million.

MLL Telecom Wants More ISP Competition for UK Public Broadband Funding

17th November, 2012 (2 Comments)

Business ISP MLL Telecom has called on the government to improve its controversial Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) process, which has been delayed by European competition concerns, by opening up access to public funding (State Aid) for more providers.

Radio Spectrum Worth £52bn to the UK But Mobile Broadband to Get Cheaper

6th November, 2012 (0 Comments)

A new Government commissioned report from Analysys Mason has revealed that the total radio spectrum (e.g. wifi, digital tv, 3G etc.) market was worth £52 billion a year to the UK economy in 2011 (up 25% in real terms since 2006) and rising. But Mobile Broadband is going to get cheaper.

MetroNet UK Fibre and Wireless Broadband Covers all of Greater Manchester

1st November, 2012 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Metronet UK has today announced that its hybrid superfast fibre optic (Dark Fibre) and carrier grade wireless network, which is understood to have cost £3 million to build, has finally achieved “ubiquitous coverage” across the entire Greater Manchester region.

ISP TalkTalk Wants Gov to Worry About Lack of Fibre Broadband Competition

31st October, 2012 (8 Comments)

The CEO of budget ISP TalkTalk, Dido Harding, has warned a Westminster panel session that the UK government should “start to worry” about the lack of competition in the new market for fibre optic based superfast broadband services; where a true alternative to BT and cheaper fibre-based local loop unbundling (LLU) remains absent.

Fluidata ISP Boss Criticises EE for Underwhelming 4G Speeds and Data Caps

31st October, 2012 (5 Comments)

The boss of UK business ISP Fluidata, Piers Daniell, has said that he is “somewhat underwhelmed” by the lower than hoped for Mobile Broadband speeds of EE’s new 4G (LTE) service and expressed similar disappointment about its low and “misjudged” usage allowances.

Superfast Broadband and 4G Mobile Benefits to UK Economy Exaggerated

31st October, 2012 (4 Comments)

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has published a new Huawei sponsored study that says “a good dose of reality” is in order as it questions whether the new fixed line superfast broadband and 4G mobile solutions can really deliver the “sizeable boost to GDP growth” and job creation, which are so often touted by the UK government.

UK ISP TalkTalk Set to Launch FTTC Superfast Broadband for Businesses

22nd October, 2012 (9 Comments)

TalkTalk Business has today announced the forthcoming November 2012 launch of their new managed “SuperFast Broadband” service, which will make use of the latest Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) technology to offer download speeds of up to 80Mbps (Megabits per second) and uploads of up to 20Mbps to firms around the UK.

UK ISP ADSL24 Quietly Secures Private Investment and a Name Change

15th October, 2012 (3 Comments)

Broadband provider ADSL24 has had an interesting couple of months. A quick glance at the company’s accounts (06272441) suggested that the ISP might have had difficulty turning a profit and most recently appointed three new directors. On top of that its trading name has just changed.