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Ofcom Study Finds Faster Broadband Speeds Can Boost UK GDP

1st May, 2018 (8 Comments)

A new study, which examined the economic impact of broadband connectivity among 35 OECD countries between 2002 to 2016, has found that a rise in broadband adoption and speeds over the period led to an increase in UK GDP of 0.47% per annum on average (cumulative total of 6.7% over the period).

Three UK and SSE Sign Deal to Upgrade Network for 4G and 5G Mobile

1st May, 2018 (16 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today announced a new contract with SSE Enterprise Telecoms, which will initially see the latter facilitating fibre optic connections to 20 of the mobile operator’s core data centres. The deal helps to enhance capacity for their existing 4G network and prepare it for 5G.

Wireless ISP Airband Upgrades its Backhaul for Rural Broadband

26th April, 2018 (1 Comment)

Fixed wireless ISP Airband, which has won a number of UK state aid supported contracts to roll-out superfast broadband in counties like Shropshire, Devon and Somerset (here and here), has moved to upgrade their backhaul capacity by adopting the FibeAir IP-20 Platform from Ceragon.

Business ISP Luminet Secure £3m Boost from Private Equity Firm

25th April, 2018 (0 Comments)

London-based UK ISP Luminet has secured a development focused capital funding boost of £3m from the Foresight Group, which is an independent infrastructure and private equity investment firm. The extra funding will be used to grow their customer base, boost marketing and improve the network.

Mobile Operator Three UK Preparing to Enter the Business Market

24th April, 2018 (6 Comments)

Reports indicate that consumer focused mobile operator Three UK (CK Hutchison) are going through an upgrade of their national network, which aside from laying the ground work for a future 5G service will also pave the way for a move into business connectivity (beyond existing small business tariffs).

Terms Agreed for Bidco to Buy UK FTTH Builder CityFibre for £538m

24th April, 2018 (5 Comments)

Fibre optic (FTTP/H) network builder Cityfibre has announced that they’ve agreed the terms of a recommended £537.8m cash acquisition by Connect Infrastructure Bidco Limited (Bidco), which is a newly-incorporated company that is jointly-owned by a consortium of two key infrastructure investors.

London FTTH Broadband ISP Community Fibre Raises Extra £25m

23rd April, 2018 (0 Comments)

The UK government supported National Digital Infrastructure Fund has made its first big investment by putting £18m into Community Fibre, which aspires to bring 1Gbps “full fibre” broadband to more than 500,000 premises across London by 2022. Existing investor Railpen has also put in £7m.

Wireless ISP Connexin Details Plan for £5m Data Centre in Hull UK

21st April, 2018 (0 Comments)

Wireless ISP Connexin, which operates superfast broadband networks in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has confirmed their plan to spend £5 million building a new data centre (CXNDC) in their home city of Hull so as to help it become “one of the UK’s leading smart cities.”

BT Group UK Merges Wholesale and Business Divisions into BT Enterprise

18th April, 2018 (2 Comments)

BT has announced that they’ve today merged their ‘Business and Public Sector‘ and ‘Wholesale and Ventures‘ divisons in the UK and Republic of Ireland into a single unit – BT Enterprise. The operator stated that this move would “simplify its operating model” and “strengthen accountabilities.”

London UK FTTH ISP Community Fibre Doubles Broadband Speeds

17th April, 2018 (16 Comments)

Alternative network provider Community Fibre, which is currently deploying their Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network across large swathes of London, has doubled the speed of their ‘Basic’ and ‘Ultrafast’ broadband packages at no extra cost for both new and existing subscribers.

Community Fibre and Virtua UK Begin FTTP Partnership in London

16th April, 2018 (0 Comments)

Alternative network provider Community Fibre has sign a partnership with Virtua UK, which specialises in delivering broadcast, mobile telecoms, inbuild, consultancy and network solutions. The group will help the ISP to roll-out their new “full fibre” (FTTP/H) broadband network in London.

Ofcom UK Delays Second Attempt at BT Dark Fibre Access UPDATE

12th April, 2018 (27 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has announced that they will NOT attempt to reintroduce a “temporary remedy” for Dark Fibre Access, which would have required BT (Openreach) to provide a restricted form of DFA in the leased line (Ethernet) markets for the period until March 2019. But DFA will be tried again.

UK Business ISP FluidOne Appoints New CEO Russell Horton

9th April, 2018 (0 Comments)

Business communications provider FluidOne, which also supplies a number of UK broadband ISPs, has today moved for the second time in the space of 6-7 months to try and replace its outgoing CEO, Piers Daniell, with a new boss in the shape of Russell Horton.

ISP TalkTalk Business Confirm 330Mbps UK G.fast Broadband Trial

9th April, 2018 (44 Comments)

The business division of residential ISP TalkTalk, which is naturally called TalkTalk Business, has announced that they’ve started a trial of 330Mbps capable hybrid fibre G.fast broadband technology for Wholesale and Partner customers. The commercial launch will then follow sometime this “summer“.

BT Bring Guest WiFi to UK Businesses via SmartHub Broadband Router

5th April, 2018 (5 Comments)

Users of BT’s small business broadband ISP packages, specifically those that have been supplied with one of their ADSL2+ and VDSL2 equipped Smart Hub 6 routers, can now access a new Guest Wi-Fi feature that allows them to provide their customers with free unlimited access to BT Wi-Fi.

Who is Building – UK Summary of Full Fibre Broadband Plans and Investment UPDATE18

5th April, 2018 (29 Comments)

The past 24 months have been awash with announcements about “full fibre” (FTTP/H) broadband network builds across the United Kingdom, which can sometimes make it a little bit difficult to keep track of all the developments (nice problem to have). So here’s a quick summary of the key plans.

Business ISP Elite Expands Network to Cover 100000 London UK Postcodes

3rd April, 2018 (0 Comments)

Business internet provider Elite claims to have recently lit more than 100,000 postcodes on their new Dark Fibre fed network, starting in London, for the United Kingdom’s “lowest cost Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet,” with an additional 60,000 to come in the next 4-6 months.