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BT Finalises GBP12.5bn Acquisition of EE’s Mobile Network in the UK

5th February, 2015 (35 Comments)

After several weeks of exclusive talks BT has today announced that they’ve “agreed definitive” terms to acquire national mobile operator EE for £12.5bn, which is to be payable as a combination of cash and new BT ordinary shares issued to both of EE’s joint owners Deutsche Telekom (Germany) and Orange (France).

CityFibre’s Aberdeen Fibre Optic Broadband Network Build Starts in March

4th February, 2015 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic infrastructure builder CityFibre has told today’s Transform Digital Conference that their plan to create Scotland’s first “Gigabit City“, by rolling out a new 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) style network around the city of Aberdeen, is progressing and the network build should finally begin next month (March 2015).

Virgin Media Criticise Rival ISPs and Sky for Offering FREE Broadband Deals

4th February, 2015 (16 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media, which likes to think of itself as a premium provider, has heavily criticised rival ISPs like Sky Broadband and TalkTalk for offering aggressively cheap “free broadband” promotions. The Liberty Global owned operator warned the situation was “completely paradoxical and ironic” because it risks damaging the case for investment in future upgrades.

Vague Results from Sky Reveal Confusing UK Broadband Performance

4th February, 2015 (1 Comment)

Sky Plc (Sky Broadband) has today released the first batch of consolidated Q4-2014 (calendar) results since they merged Sky Italia (Italy) and Sky Deutschland (Germany) into the fold last year. But unfortunately this appears to have come at the cost of any useful data on their broadband and phone operations in the United Kingdom.

UK Government Moot Using Public Sector Networks to Help Boost Broadband

3rd February, 2015 (2 Comments)

The United Kingdom is crisscrossed by a variety of different Public Sector Networks (PSN), which are used to supply councils, Network Rail, universities (JANET), security / military services and so forth. But many of these networks are not fully utilised and the Government intends to harness this to help improve broadband for homes and businesses.

UK ISP TalkTalk Tops 4.236M Broadband Subscribers and Sells Off-Net Base

3rd February, 2015 (1 Comment)

Low cost ISP TalkTalk has today published their latest results for Q4-2014 (calendar), which reported that broadband subscribers increased at the stable rate of +15K (same as in Q3) in the quarter to total 4,236,000 and “Superfast Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) surged forward by +88K (up from +67K in Q3) to account for 396,000 of that total.

ISPr Survey – Broadband Helping Two Thirds of People to Remote Work

2nd February, 2015 (3 Comments)

More and more people across the United Kingdom appear to be taking part in remote working (online). According to our latest monthly survey of 1,095 readers, some 67.6% of respondents said they now remote work from home or while commuting to their day job (32.3% said they don’t remote work at all) and access to better broadband is almost certainly helping the trend.

BT Top 7.59m Broadband Subscribers and Grow FTTC to Cover 22M Premises

30th January, 2015 (38 Comments)

BT has today published its latest results for Q4-2014 (calendar), which revealed that their retail division had added +119,000 broadband subscribers in the quarter to total 7,592,000 (up from the +88k added in Q3 and the +104k in Q2). Meanwhile almost 22 million UK premises can now access the operators “Fibre Broadband” (FTTC/P) network.

UPDATE 39 England Growth Deals Gain £1bn Funding Boost to Help Broadband

29th January, 2015 (5 Comments)

The government has today announced that they intend to invest a further £1 billion into 39 Local Growth Deals with businesses and local authorities across England, which among other things will help to roll-out superfast broadband connectivity to even more homes and businesses.

BT’s Likely Acquisition of EE is the End of Orange and T-Mobile UK

24th January, 2015 (22 Comments)

Reports suggest that EE will move to completely phase out their Orange and T-Mobile brands in the United Kingdom ahead of BT’s acquisition, which is partly because the national incumbent has no plans to retain them. On top of that EE will stop selling separate 3G contracts and instead focus on 4G.

Virgin Media Business Brings Faster Broadband to London’s Tech City

22nd January, 2015 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media Business has jumped on the recent moans of poor broadband connectivity in central London, specifically the eastern Tech City area, by announcing that thousands of local firms will soon be able to benefit from a new managed “fibre” Internet access service, which can be installed into buildings with shared occupancy (office blocks etc.).

Westminster City Council Calls for Better Business Broadband

21st January, 2015 (13 Comments)

The Westminster City Council in central London has added its voice to the growing calls for local businesses to be given access to better broadband connectivity, which comes after it was earlier revealed by Ofcom that only 47% of the city’s premises have access to “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) speeds.

UPDATE Sky, TalkTalk Join Three UK in Possible O2 Collaboration Talks

20th January, 2015 (8 Comments)

A new report claims that Sky (Sky Broadband) and TalkTalk have now both entered the ring as a possible merger or, more likely, collaboration partners for Telefonica’s British mobile network sibling, O2 UK. The news comes only a day after Three UK’s parent, Hutchison Whampoa, said that they were still in talks over a possible £9bn acquisition of O2.

UPDATE BT Openreach Reveal Significant UK Ethernet Price Reductions

20th January, 2015 (3 Comments)

Industry sources inform ISPreview.co.uk that BTOpenreach will later today or tomorrow announced another round of seemingly significant price reductions for their business Ethernet services, such as the Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) and Ethernet Backhaul Direct (EBD) products. Better yet, we’ve been given a sneaky peek.

Three UK Owner Still in Talks to Potentially Buy O2 from Telefonica

19th January, 2015 (3 Comments)

The Hong Kong based parent of mobile operator Three UK (Hutchison Whampoa), which before Christmas had initially expressed an interest (here) in buying either ideally EE or perhaps O2, is still in talks to buy Telefonica’s mobile sibling in the United Kingdom and such a deal could be worth as much as £9bn.

UPDATE FSB Claim Half of Rural Small Businesses Dissatisfied with Broadband

15th January, 2015 (15 Comments)

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has today warned of a “two-speed digital economy” after it published the results of new research, which found that 49% of rural small businesses are dissatisfied with the quality of their broadband service and this falls away significantly to just 28% for similar firms based in urban areas.

UK ISP PlusNet Offers FREE Unlimited Business Broadband

12th January, 2015 (7 Comments)

Aggressive competition in the home broadband space appears to be reaching domestic-grade business packages too, with PlusNet Business being today expected to start offering their ‘up to’ 18Mbps capable unlimited Internet access package free for the first 12 months of service (£13 +vat per month thereafter).