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Government Invites UK ISPs to Discuss Broadband Connection Vouchers

8th October, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) has invited ISPs to two imminent industry day events in order to help them shape the final design of the Connection Vouchers scheme, which uses part of the £150m+ Urban Broadband Fund (“Super-Connected Cities“) to help businesses install a superfast broadband service.

£100m Boost for UK Enterprise Zones Could Help Business Broadband

7th October, 2013 (0 Comments)

The government has announced an additional injection of £100 million to aid their Enterprise Zones, which were setup in 2011 to help predominantly disadvantaged urban areas and businesses to benefit from better transport networks, superfast broadband, various tax breaks and simplified planning rules.

Business ISP Vaioni UK Secures GBP500k of Investment

1st October, 2013 (0 Comments)

Manchester-based communications provider Vaioni has become the first to benefit from the Greater Manchester Loan Fund, which has put a significant investment of £500,000 into the ISP to help fuel its future growth.

UK ISP Eclipse Internet Plans to Double its Size via New Investment

26th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Communications provider Eclipse Internet, which hasn’t really featured in our news for a while (they seem to have been keeping a low profile), appears to have been gifted a new multi-million pound injection of cash from its parent KCOM Group (KC) and plans are now afoot to “double the size” of its UK business.

CityFibre Picks New Chairman to Steer its Expanded UK Fibre Optic Rollout

24th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

CityFibre has today selected a new Chairman, Peter Manning, to help steer their rollout of ultrafast (Gigabit capable) fibre optic broadband networks into several new “secondary cities” around the United Kingdom.

Ian Livingston Walks Away as UK BT Group CEO Feeling £9m Richer

21st September, 2013 (17 Comments)

BT Group’s departing CEO, Ian Livingston, will be foregoing around 2.5 million shares in the telecoms giant as a result of taking up an unpaid post as the Government’s Minister of State for Trade. But the operator has granted him 1.8 million deferred shares, plus another 800,000 as a bonus, which is worth close to £9 million.

Virgin Media UK Set to Axe 600 Management Jobs

20th September, 2013 (3 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media looks set to slash 600 of its top management jobs across the United Kingdom because their new owner, Liberty Global, are looking to save money following a £15bn (enterprise value) acquisition of the broadband, phone and TV giant.

ISP Virgin Media Business Launches 4G Mobile Broadband via EE UK

17th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media Business has today announced the launch of its own “business-grade” 4G mobile network by making using of EE’s (Everything Everywhere) platform, which can already reach more than 60% of the United Kingdom.

UK Businesses Call for More Action to Boost Superfast Broadband Uptake

16th September, 2013 (2 Comments)

A new report from KPMG and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called upon the government to boost funding and speed-up delivery of national infrastructure projects around the United Kingdom, although most firms said they were positive about the state of broadband connectivity.

UK ISP PlusNet Business Offers 6 Months Half Price Broadband

16th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Internet provider PlusNet Business has today launched a new promotion that offers six months of half price broadband for those who sign up to a 24 month contract, which will apply to both their standard (ADSL2+) and fibre (superfast FTTC) based packages.

BDUK Reveal Responses to Broadband Connection Vouchers Consultation

12th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

The government’s Broadband Delivery UK office has published details of the 31 responses that were received during the brief consultation on their new Connection Vouchers Scheme, which uses part of the £150 million+ “Super-Connected Cities” / Urban Broadband Fund to help businesses cover the cost of installing a new superfast broadband ISP service.

New £1.5m Scheme to Advise Cheshire UK Firms on Superfast Broadband

9th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

A new scheme called Connecting Cheshire Superfast Business, which is supported by £1.5m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Connecting Cheshire, has been launched to help over 900 small and medium-sized businesses across Cheshire and Warrington (England) make the most of superfast broadband.

XLN Telecom CEO Lambasts BT Monopoly over UK Superfast Broadband

9th September, 2013 (37 Comments)

The CEO of Business ISP XLN Telecom, Christian Nellemann, has said that the national rollout of superfast broadband technology is “crucial” to the United Kingdom’s small and medium sized businesses but called for the government to stop helping BT “maintain a monopoly on fibre services“.

UK ISP BT Business Begin Offering 3 Months FREE Standalone Broadband

2nd September, 2013 (2 Comments)

BT Business has extended its 3 months free service offer to their up to 17Mbps capable standalone broadband packages when taken with a 24 month contract. The promotion was previously only available to those who took broadband alongside their line rental and free calls bundle.

UPDATE AAISP UK Migrate O2 Wholesale Lines to TalkTalk After SKY Concern

17th August, 2013 (8 Comments)

Business ISP Andrews and Arnold (AAISP) has confirmed that they’ve started moving “a lot of” BE/O2 Wholesale broadband lines over to their other back-haul carrier (TalkTalk Wholesale), which has primarily been caused by a loss of customers and related “uncertainty over the Sky take over“.

Metronet UK Rollout Superfast Broadband to 100 Schools in Manchester

2nd August, 2013 (1 Comment)

Business ISP Metronet UK has teamed up with One Education in order to deploy superfast broadband internet connectivity to more than 100 schools in Manchester (England) and possibly beyond.

Virgin Media UK Report Quarterly Fall in Broadband Subscribers to 4.475m

2nd August, 2013 (8 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) have today reported their latest Q2-2013 financial results, which revealed that its total broadband ISP subscriber base had shrunk by -15,500 in the last quarter (down from +25.5k in Q1-2013 and +51.6k in Q4-2012) to total 4,475,000.