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The Kenton Group Touts 320Mbps Bonded FTTC Broadband

7th October, 2015 (11 Comments)

The Kenton Group, which supplies specialist network access services to ISPs and others, has today announced the launch of its new Velocity Lite “ultrafast” broadband solution that offers speeds of up to 320Mbps over bonded FTTC lines.

Vodafone Signs Deal to Access Cityfibre’s UK Fibre Optic Network

6th October, 2015 (2 Comments)

Fibre optic developer Cityfibre has today signed the first deal under a new Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Vodafone, which will give the mobile giant access to their various networks across the United Kingdom.

UK ISP Timico Scraps Unmetered Offpeak Usage for Coms Customers

5th October, 2015 (1 Comment)

Former broadband customers of business ISP Coms (including many ex-ADSL24 subscribers), which was gobbled by Timico in a £2.5m deal during May 2015 (here), have been told that as part of the migration process they will lose their unmetered off-peak data allowance.

Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey Opposes BT and Openreach Split

1st October, 2015 (39 Comments)

The UK Government’s Digital Economy Minister, Ed Vaizey, has said that he is a “sceptic” of proposal that BT could be split from control of their national broadband and phone network (Openreach) and warned that it has “lots of potential to backfire.” Penny for your thoughts Ofcom.

MetroNet UK Criticise Deloitte Claim of Patchy Manchester Broadband

30th September, 2015 (2 Comments)

The CEO of Metronet UK, Elliot Mueller, has described a recent report from Deloitte (here), which warned that slow and patchy broadband was leaving smaller businesses in Manchester at a disadvantage, as being “fundamentally wrong and damaging” after it ignored alternative connectivity methods.

NO DEAL as Vodafone and Liberty Global Talks Collapse

28th September, 2015 (3 Comments)

Plans for a gigantic European merger or asset swap between mobile giant Vodafone and fixed line cable operator Liberty Global (parent company for Virgin Media UK) look unlikely to proceed after talks between the two were terminated several months after they first began.

Deloitte – Patchy Broadband Putting Northern Powerhouse At Risk

25th September, 2015 (10 Comments)

A new study from financial firm Deloitte has warned that slow / patchy broadband connectivity could be leaving small and medium sized businesses in the North West of England at a disadvantage, particularly those in the more urban areas of Liverpool and Manchester.

Wales Commits GBP12.5m to Help Businesses Get More Out of Broadband

22nd September, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government has today committed another £12.5 million to help businesses across Wales take advantage of superfast broadband, which is currently being deployed across the country.

UPD IoD Join Sky, TalkTalk and Vodafone in Call for BT Competition Probe

21st September, 2015 (17 Comments)

The Institute of Directors (IoD), INCA and Self-Employed & Freelancer Association (IPSE) have today joined Sky (Sky Broadband), TalkTalk and Vodafone in a new open letter that calls for the telecoms regulator to subject BT to a competition probe, which could result in the operator being split up.

UK Enterprise Bill 2015 Includes Brief Mention of Broadband

19th September, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has published its new Enterprise Bill, which among a mass of other changes also includes a brief mention of some tweaks that will “support the roll-out of telecommunications and broadband across” the United Kingdom.

BT Reminds Northampton – We Also Connect Businesses to Fibre Broadband

18th September, 2015 (0 Comments)

BT’s state aid supported roll-out of “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services has sometimes been criticised for not giving enough attention to businesses, perhaps fearful for the loss of any lucrative leased line revenues. As such they’re keen to tout some recent improvements at Northampton’s Waterside Enterprise Zone.

Sky Attacks BT Openreach for Not Spending Enough on Broadband

18th September, 2015 (34 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has ratcheted up the pressure on Ofcom’s Strategic Review of the UK’s digital communications market, which will decide whether or not to separate BT from control of their telecoms and broadband network, by criticising the operator’s alleged lack of investment and interest in building a national Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network.

PlusNet Finally Sets Closure Date for Sibling UK ISP Madasafish

15th September, 2015 (4 Comments)

Chances are that most of you won’t have heard about the once popular little ISP called Madasafish, which following BT’s purchase of the Brightview group was ultimately merged under PlusNet’s wing all the way back in late 2007. But soon the little fish will be no more.

Virgin Media, Cityfibre and Zayo Oppose Ofcom’s Regulated BT Dark Fibre

14th September, 2015 (4 Comments)

Several major telecoms operators (Cityfibre, Virgin Media, euNetworks and Zayo) have joined forces to create the Infrastructure Investors Group (IIG) and they oppose the UK regulators move to open up access to BT’s Dark Fibre lines for rival providers. BT will be pleased.

UK Small Businesses Repeat Demand for 10Mbps Broadband USO

10th September, 2015 (41 Comments)

The Federation of Small Businesses has today published a new telecoms focused report that once again calls upon the Government to introduce a plan for “ultrafast broadband” and a new Universal Service Obligation (USO) that would deliver a minimum Internet speed of 10Mbps to all.

The Falling Cost of International Internet Data Transit and its Impact

10th September, 2015 (0 Comments)

The cost of sending and receiving international data is falling, with median 10Gbps Ethernet (10 GigE) port prices across primary global transit markets (e.g. London, Sydney) decreasing by an average of 14% (compounded annually) between 2012 and 2015, and 22% in the past year.

Ofcom Investigates Vodafone UK Complaint of BT Ethernet Delays

9th September, 2015 (1 Comment)

The national telecoms regulator has opened a new investigation after Vodafone complained that BTOpenreach failed to meet its obligations to them by both “delaying provision” of its Ethernet (high-capacity data line) services without their consent and then “failing to compensate” for that delay.