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Ofcom UK Asks for Feedback on Full Separation of Openreach from BT

16th July, 2015 (41 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published a new discussion document as part of their major Strategic Review of Digital Communications, which asks for feedback on the vexed question of whether Openreach should be completely separated from BT so as to boost UK broadband and phone competition.

UK SME Businesses Still Lack Basic Broadband Connectivity Awareness

15th July, 2015 (0 Comments)

A new survey of 683 adults who are decision-makers in SMEs, which was conducted online during June 2015 by Virgin Media Business and YouGov, has found that 37% of smaller businesses don’t know how fast their Internet connection is and 72% don’t even know how much data they use.

WarwickNet – Ofgem Code to Speed-up UK Superfast Broadband Rollout

9th July, 2015 (16 Comments)

Business ISP WarwickNet has joined forces with electrical connection specialists at Power Jointing & Distribution Services (PJDS) in order to push the energy regulator, Ofgem, into setting a new Code of Practice that could cut the time it takes to get a superfast broadband connection by up to 30 days.

Look Out – Another UK Rural Broadband and Mobile Debate in Parliament

9th July, 2015 (8 Comments)

The Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP, Dr Dan Poulter (Conservative), has secured a 30 minute debate on the topic of poor rural broadband and mobile connectivity for Monday next week, which will no doubt rehash many of the familiar concerns over the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK project.

Sky Boosts UK Customer Service Team with 400 Extra Jobs

6th July, 2015 (2 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has announced plans to create 400 new customer service jobs across the United Kingdom, with around 200 going to their contract centres in Scotland (100 at Uddingston, 50 in Livingston and 50 more at Dunfermline) and the rest to their bases in Newcastle and Stockport (England).

UK ISP BT Offers 3 Months Free Unlimited Business Broadband

6th July, 2015 (0 Comments)

Internet provider BT Business will today introduce a new offer on their standard broadband (up to 17Mbps ADSL2+) products, which means that new customers will benefit from being able to take the first three months of service for free (available until 30th August 2015).

BT Openreach Detail More Price Cuts for UK High Capacity Ethernet Services

3rd July, 2015 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced another round of significant price reductions on their high-capacity business focused Ethernet services, such as the 10Gbps Ethernet Backhaul Direct (EBD) and Wholesale Extension Services (WES).

Businesses in Deeside Enterprise Zone Complain of Slow BT Broadband

3rd July, 2015 (26 Comments)

Smaller businesses that have taken up residence at the Deeside Enterprise Zone in Flintshire (North West Wales, UK) have complained that they’re still only able to get superslow sub-2Mbps broadband download speeds from BT’s local infrastructure and some will leave if the situation isn’t corrected.

ITS Technology Group Acquires South Wales Broadband ISP Konek-T

2nd July, 2015 (1 Comment)

The ITS Technology Group, which helps altnets to roll-out fibre optic connectivity and also provides its own services, has this morning announced that they’ve acquired yet another fixed wireless broadband provider in Wales by scooping up Cardiff-based Konek-T for an undisclosed sum.

KC Claims Hull UK Economy Boosted by their Superfast Broadband Rollout

1st July, 2015 (3 Comments)

The incumbent telecoms operator for Hull in East Yorkshire, KC, has today published a new report which they claim proves the positive impact that their FTTP dominated roll-out of superfast broadband is having. Overall the local digital economy now accounts for £6.93bn per annum (24% of the total).

Entanet Unconvinced by BT’s Plan to Scrap Traditional Phone Services

1st July, 2015 (3 Comments)

Entanet, which supplies broadband and telecoms services to a number of UK ISPs and businesses, says they’re “not convinced” by BT’s hope of being able to replace their old traditional phone services, including a relaxation of related regulation, with a new pure IP based network within the next 10 years.

UPDATE Sky Demand Ofcom Open UK Competition Inquiry into BT Openreach

29th June, 2015 (16 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has used the backdrop of Ofcom’s on-going strategic review of the UK’s digital communications market to formally demand that the national telecoms regulator launch a competition review of BTOpenreach, which manages BT’s underlying broadband and phone infrastructure.

BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk to Work on New Business Broadband Code

25th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator claims Virgin Media, BT and TalkTalk have all agreed to help address the problem of poor business broadband speeds by jointly working to build a new Code of Practice, which is similar to the code that already works to protect consumers from slow Internet speeds.

UK Comms Business Magazine Reveals Best ISP 2015 Award Winners

24th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Comms Business magazine has once again announced the winners of their annual 2015 Comms Business Awards event, which took place last Tuesday in London. In the end Virtual1 picked up the gong for ‘Best Internet Service Provider’, but there were plenty of other awards too.

London UK Businesses Gobble Lion’s Share of Broadband Vouchers

24th June, 2015 (6 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK programme has today released a breakdown of regional uptake for their Connection Voucher scheme, which offers grants worth up to £3,000 to help SME businesses get a superfast broadband (30Mbps+) service installed. So far 25,000 vouchers have been taken, with 8,857 being gobbled in London.

Ofcom Attempt to Finally Resolve BT Ethernet Overcharging Dispute

22nd June, 2015 (0 Comments)

After several years and various legal challenges the UK telecoms regulator has proposed what could be the final resolution to a long running dispute relating to BT’s overcharging for business Ethernet services, which initially required them to repay £94.8m to Sky (Sky Broadband), TalkTalk, Virgin Media, Cable & Wireless Worldwide (Vodafone) and Verizon.

Hereford Enterprise Zone Hunts for Ultrafast Fibre Optic Broadband Fix

19th June, 2015 (1 Comment)

The Herefordshire County Council are working to deliver an alternative “ultrafast broadband” solution to help businesses within the Hereford Enterprise Zone at Rotherwas, which can already receive expensive leased lines or cheaper FTTC connectivity from BT; but apparently neither of those are good enough.