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Three UK Survey Claims SMEs Losing £18.77bn Due to Poor Connectivity

28th June, 2022 (11 Comments)

A new survey of over 1,000 British Micro and SME businesses, which was commissioned by Three UK, has warned that such firms (i.e. those who provide their employees with work phones) are losing out on an average of 1 hour of working time per employee per week due to poor connecting – costing them £18.77bn a year.

Business Broadband ISP and MSP Connectus Freezes UK Prices

23rd June, 2022 (0 Comments)

Business focused UK ISP and Managed Service Provider (MSP) Connectus has announced that they’ll freeze prices to their clients for the next 12 months in order to help support small businesses during the current financial crisis, which is raising costs as the price of goods, energy supplies and materials continues to soar.

Toob’s 900Mb Broadband Package for UK Businesses Goes Live

23rd June, 2022 (10 Comments)

Alternative UK network ISP toob, which is building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Hampshire and Surrey in England (e.g. Southampton), has today announced that their 900Mbps plan for small and medium-sized businesses has exited its trial phase.

Broadband ISP Onestream Set to Treble Size of UK Workforce

21st June, 2022 (1 Comment)

Hampshire-based home and business broadband ISP Onestream has announced that it plans to create up to 80 new jobs over the next year, which comes after its recent move into larger (6,000 sq ft) premises in Whiteley (Solent Way) – double the size of their previous base at Parkway (Solent Business Park).

Utility Warehouse Sees 323,623 Take their UK Broadband Services

21st June, 2022 (6 Comments)

Communications and energy provider Telecom Plus, which trade as UW (Utility Warehouse), has published their annual report and revealed that they ended the year with a UK customer base of 728,680 (up from 657,411 last year), with 323,623 taking their broadband services (down from 324,499) and 324,773 taking mobile (up from 302,654).

UK5G Survey Finds UK Businesses are Prepared for 5G Mobile

21st June, 2022 (5 Comments)

A new survey of UK businesses, which was commissioned by UK5G – the national innovation network dedicated to accelerating the adoption of 5G in the UK, has claimed that the vast majority of UK businesses (70%) are already using or planning to deploy 5G services and networks. But cost is still a key barrier to adoption.

Colchester’s UK Dark Fibre Network Benefits from New High Density Cable

20th June, 2022 (11 Comments)

The Colchester Borough Council‘s recent multi-million pound project to build a new Dark Fibre network across the Essex town (here) appears to have also been one of the first places in the UK to deploy the Prysmian Group’s latest Sirocco HD cable, which can fit 552 fibres into a diameter of just 8.2mm.

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Telford and Wrekin to Deploy Full Fibre via Virgin Media O2 Business

16th June, 2022 (7 Comments)

The Telford and Wrekin Council in Shropshire (England) and broadband ISP Virgin Media O2 Business have agreed a new “multimillion-pound” partnership to connect 200 public sector sites (schools, council, libraries etc.) to the operator’s “multi-gigabit … full fibre” network, which could also help to extend residential services.

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Openreach CEO Appears to Blame Brexit for Pace of Broadband Build UPDATE

14th June, 2022 (54 Comments)

The CEO of network access provider Openreach (BT), Clive Selley, appears to have risked a spat with the UK Government after he complained that the rollout of faster broadband services (e.g. gigabit-capable FTTP) had been slowed by the “tortuous” post-Brexit process of recruiting workers from the EU.

Full Fibre UK ISP KCOM Appoint New Chairman and Non-Exec Director

10th June, 2022 (0 Comments)

Hull-based ISP KCOM, which has so far covered 300,000 premises across North / East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire (England) with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today appointed Johan Dennelind as Chairman of its Board of Directors and Fiona Goldsmith as a Non-Executive Director.

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Virgin Media O2 Business UK Launch Faster Broadband Plans UPDATE

9th June, 2022 (11 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) has today replaced their old “Voom” packages for small business customers with a new range of service speeds, which includes the long-awaited introduction of a new 1Gbps (Voom Fibre) tier at the top of their line-up.

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CityFibre Sign GBP4.9bn Debt Raise to Boost UK Full Fibre Rollout

3rd June, 2022 (14 Comments)

CityFibre has announced “one of Europe’s largest ever Full Fibre financings” by completing a debt raise worth a staggering £4.9bn. The deal enables them to complete their plan to cover 8 million UK premises with gigaibt-capable FTTP broadband and to bid on contract’s under the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit scheme for rural areas.

Virgin Media O2 Mobile and Broadband Users Gobbled 39bn GigaBytes of Data

1st June, 2022 (4 Comments)

Customers of both Virgin Media and O2’s (VMO2) UK mobile and fixed broadband ISP networks have, since 1st June 2021 (the date their merger completed), used a total of 39 billion GigaBytes (GB) of data over the past year, with mobile users also totalling 116 billion minutes (equivalent to a call lasting 220,000 years).

Rural ISP Wessex Internet Tops 5000 Broadband Customers

30th May, 2022 (7 Comments)

Broadband ISP Wessex Internet, which is currently rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South and South West England (Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset), has revealed that they’re now home to 5,000 customers, including one who just got free broadband for life.

Comms Provider Daisy Group UK Acquires Communicate Better

27th May, 2022 (4 Comments)

Lancashire-based business communications provider and UK ISP Daisy Group has today officially acquired another IT and telecoms firm in the form of Communicate Better for an undisclosed sum. The move follows their recent acquisitions of broadband provider XLN Group and Premier Choice Telecom Ltd.

Government Review Altice UK Stake in BT Over Security Concerns

26th May, 2022 (6 Comments)

Last year’s decision by Patrick Drahi’s Altice UK, which increased its stake in UK broadband and telecoms giant BT from 12.1% to 18% (here), has today been “called-in for a full national security assessment” by the Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.

ITS Technology Name 8 New Full Fibre Build Locations in England

26th May, 2022 (5 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group (its.) has today revealed that their wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet network – known as ‘Faster Britain‘ – has started to deploy across part of 8 additional locations in and around London, the Midlands, and the Northwest of England.