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UPDATE City of London Corp “fed up” with BT – Will Fix Slow Broadband Itself

14th November, 2014 (12 Comments)

The City of London Corporation, which in July criticised BT for an “unacceptable” failure to make superfast broadband available to SME businesses within the heart of London’s Square Mile (here), has said they’re still “fed up” with being ignored by the operator and have thus committed to resolve the local connectivity problems themselves.

CityFibre Signs Fibre Optic Capacity Deal with EE and Three UK

13th November, 2014 (0 Comments)

CityFibre has today signed a major long-term fibre optic infrastructure deal with two national UK mobile network operators, EE and Three UK, which will involve the deployment of Dark Fibre backhaul connections to help cost efficiencies and boost capacity to mobile masts across the respective networks.

ITS Technology Builds Wireless Superfast Broadband to Derby Business Park

11th November, 2014 (2 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group will soon deploy a new superfast fixed wireless broadband service to cover businesses on Derby’s (East Midlands, England) Pride Park, which can be found on the outskirts of the city centre (former industrial land between the River Derwent and railway lines).

UPDATE Vodafone Return to the UK Home Broadband Market in Spring 2015

11th November, 2014 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has officially announced that it will have a second stab at the United Kingdom’s residential fixed line broadband market when it launches a new service for homes during Spring 2015.

UK ISP TalkTalk Grows to 4.22m Broadband Users as York FTTP Build Starts

11th November, 2014 (5 Comments)

Low cost ISP TalkTalk has published their latest Q3-2014 (calendar) results, which saw broadband subscribers increase by +15,000 in the quarter to total 4,221,000 (up from +10k in Q2 and the same in Q1). Meanwhile the joint roll-out of their 1Gbps capable FTTP broadband network in York has finally started the build phase. A new Talk2Go app for iOS and Android is also out (i.e. mobile calls over a fixed line).

UK ISP Direct Save Telecom Creates 150 New Jobs in Birmingham

10th November, 2014 (0 Comments)

Price conscious ISP Direct Save Telecom has announced the opening of a new office in Birmingham (situated in the city-centre McLaren Building), which by summer 2015 will have created 150 new jobs in the area and should also help to improve the providers customer sales and support quality.

Wi-Manx Granted Full Telecoms Licence to Operate on the Isle of Man

6th November, 2014 (0 Comments)

Douglas-based ISP Wi-Manx can today celebrate after they were officially granted a license amendment, which will turn them into the third full telecoms operator on the Isle of Man (this is a British Crown dependency / island located in the Irish Sea).

Virgin Media UK Sees Growth Again to Top 4.56 Million Broadband Users

6th November, 2014 (0 Comments)

National cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has recovered from Q2’s dismal performance, when they lost -12k broadband subscribers (mostly to students that were returning home for the summer and the decline in non-cable ADSL subscribers), by adding +37,600 last quarter (Q3-2014) to total 4,561,800 customers.

CityFibre Expand 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network in Kirklees to Businesses

5th November, 2014 (2 Comments)

CityFibre has announced that their joint 80km pure metro fibre optic Public Service Network (PSN) in Kirklees (West Yorkshire, England), which was recently upgraded as part of a collaboration with Easynet (here), will soon be expanded upon to cater for local businesses as part of a new development.

Manufacturers Criticise “Poor” National UK Broadband Infrastructure

3rd November, 2014 (19 Comments)

A new report from the EEF trade association, which claims to champion manufacturing and engineering in the United Kingdom and Europe, has highlighted the problem of “deteriorating confidence” in wide areas of the country’s infrastructure, especially the road networks, broadband connectivity and energy supply.

BT Tops 7.47m Broadband ISP Customers as FTTC Covers 21m UK Premises

30th October, 2014 (32 Comments)

National UK telecoms giant BT has today posted their latest results for Q3-2014 (calendar), which reported slowing retail broadband growth to total 7,473,000 customers (up by +88k versus the +104k added in Q2 and +170k in Q1). The operator also revealed that their superfast capable “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network could now reach 21 million homes and businesses (premises passed).

UK ISP New Call Telecom Could Fuel Broadband with Nimbuzz Stake

28th October, 2014 (0 Comments)

Telecoms provider New Call Telecom, which also owns UK Internet and phone provider Fuel Broadband (formerly Primus Saver), has splashed out around £108 million ($175m) to acquire a 70% stake in India-based Nimbuzz, a free VoIP calls and instant messaging app for use on both desktop computers and mobile devices.

BT Wholesale Enhances UK Connectivity via New Data Centre PoPs

25th October, 2014 (11 Comments)

BTWholesale’s plan to boost its fibre optic based Ethernet footprint and big business connectivity, which started earlier this year, has now seen several new data centre PoP (Point of Presence) sites go live at TelecityGroup in Joule House (Manchester), Equinix [LDN5] in Slough and a further one in Leeds. More are set to follow.

RSA Says “No Reason” UK Cities Should Not Aim for 1Gbps Broadband

22nd October, 2014 (0 Comments)

In its final report the RSA’s City Growth Commission, which has been looking at ways of boosting the United Kingdom’s long-term economic prospects, has today recommended that the Government attempt to “emulate” Singapore by aiming for ultrafast broadband speeds of 1Gbps [1000 Megabits] “in the near future” across our cities.

EE UK Home Broadband Customers Rise to 793K as 4G Tops 5.6m

22nd October, 2014 (0 Comments)

Internet and mobile operator EE has today published their latest results for Q3-2014, which saw fixed line home broadband subscribers grow at a slightly slower pace to top 793,000 customers (up +18k in Q3, which is down from +30k in Q2 and level with +19k in Q1). Meanwhile their 4G (LTE) users grew +1.4 million to top 5.6m (roughly level with Q2 growth).

UK SMEs Beat EU Rivals by Extracting More Value from Fast Broadband

20th October, 2014 (6 Comments)

The latest research from Point Topic and Adroit Economics has suggested that SME businesses could benefit to the tune of 40bn Euros (£32bn+ Gross Value Added) by 2020 thanks to the roll-out of “superfast broadband” services, with firms in the United Kingdom predicted to be one of the top three performers with GVA of 6bn+ Euros (£4.75bn+). But before too long businesses may be asking for 250Mbps+.

BT Openreach Recruit 500 Extra UK Telecoms Engineers to Improve Service

20th October, 2014 (39 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced its intention to recruit another 500 full-time broadband and telephone engineers, mostly in London, Surrey (England), Aberdeen (Scotland) and more generally around Wales. The move forms part of BT’s on-going efforts to meet Ofcom’s new quality of service requirements (faster fault fixing and installations etc.).