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Spectrum Internet Get New CEO Ahead of Wales FTTP Rollout

11th December, 2020 (1 Comment)

Cardiff-based UK ISP Spectrum Internet has appointed a new CEO, Ben Allwright, to help oversee the provider’s planned £200m deployment of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network (here), which aims to cover 150,000 homes and businesses across South Wales by late 2025.

KCOM and Grain Connect Sign Deals to Use DZS Full Fibre Kit

10th December, 2020 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic supplier DZS appears have become one of the success stories in the post-Huawei era. The company has recently agreed new supply deals with a number of UK broadband ISPs, including KCOM and Grain Connect, which will help the providers to rollout their 1Gbps+ Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks.

Shell Now Favourite to Gobble Post Office Broadband Division

7th December, 2020 (8 Comments)

A report claims that UK ISP and energy provider Shell Energy has now emerged as the preferred bidder for the Post Office’s telecoms division, which specially relates to its base of around 500,000 broadband and phone customers that is currently said to be valued at c.£100 million.

Four New ISPs join CityFibre’s UK Gigabit Broadband Network

3rd December, 2020 (23 Comments)

Cityfibre has today announced that four new UK ISPs – Air Broadband, Highnet, Triangle Networks and Trunk Networks – have joined their growing national 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to launch consumer services, which complements existing deals with Vodafone, TalkTalk, Giganet and Zen Internet etc.

Three UK Offers “Business Boost” to Firms – 10 SIMs for £20

2nd December, 2020 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has launched a new “Business Boost” offer for small and medium sized businesses, which will give such SMEs 10 SIM-only plans for just £20 +vat per month. Each plan within this boost comes with unlimited calls and texts, plus 2GB of data (mobile broadband), on a simple 30-day contract.

Fury as Alternative UK Fibre Networks Hit by New Openreach Fee UPDATE4

1st December, 2020 (47 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has generated a furious response from alternative UK broadband networks (AltNets) after they introduced a new fee on certain FTTP linked connections, which broadband ISPs have described as being “punitive” and a “blatant attempt by [the operator] to regain a monopoly” that is likely to “slow the rollout of full fibre.”

Full Fibre UK Provider ITS Launches New Wholesale Division

1st December, 2020 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group (its.), which manages and builds a number of fibre optic and hybrid wireless broadband ISP networks across parts of the UK, appears to have split off its wholesale “full fibre” business into a new division with the imaginative title of ITS Wholesale.

Airband Target FTTP for 500k UK Premises After Investment Deal

30th November, 2020 (0 Comments)

Worcestershire-based UK broadband ISP Airband, which has spent the past few years deploying a number of fixed wireless and “full fibre” (FTTP) networks to rural areas, has today revealed that Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has acquired a majority stake in the company and plans a major fibre deployment.

CWU Maintain Threat of Strike After BT Confirm Redundancy Terms

28th November, 2020 (43 Comments)

The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has maintained its threat of strike action against broadband and mobile giant BT after the operator concluded their consultation on changes to redundancy terms, which among other things will see the operator slash redundancy payments in half (from 24 months to 12).

Business ISP Connectus Offers Free Extras to Help During COVID19

24th November, 2020 (0 Comments)

Communications and managed services provider Connectus has today launched a raft of new bonus features, services and cost-savings to help UK business customers ride out the second lockdown wave. Top of that list is a price freeze for all existing contracted customers until the end of March 2021.

Orbital Net to Provide 13,000 Holiday Homes with Broadband

23rd November, 2020 (1 Comment)

Canterbury-based UK ISP Orbital Net (Vfast) has today signed a new multi-million pound deal with Park Holidays UK, which will see 13,000 holiday homes across Britain being provided with access to a new “high-speed broadband” connection.

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ONS Finds R&D Spending on UK Telecoms Has Nearly Stalled

23rd November, 2020 (0 Comments)

The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the telecoms industry has gone from last year’s report, when it was the fastest growing sector for R&D spending (up 25.4% to total £947m by the end of 2018), to this year (2019) when spending on research and development grew by just 0.95% to total £956m.

ISP iDNET to Migrate Entire UK Phone Network to All-IP with BT

23rd November, 2020 (6 Comments)

UK broadband ISP iDNET has today announced that they’ve signed a 5-year deal with BTWholesale to help migrate their entire “phone network” to an all-IP solution in advance of the 2025 digital switch-over (when old analogue phones services are due to be withdrawn).

OneWeb UK to Launch 36 LEO Broadband Satellites on 17th Dec

20th November, 2020 (10 Comments)

Space company OneWeb, which is owned by a consortium of the UK Government and Indian conglomerate Bharti Global (here), has today revealed that they will launch the next batch of 36 high-speed broadband capable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellites into orbit on 17th December 2020.

ISP Zen Internet Joins Cityfibre’s UK FTTP Broadband Network

20th November, 2020 (22 Comments)

Cityfibre has today announced that popular UK broadband provider Zen Internet has just become the latest ISP to join their growing national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, complementing others like TalkTalk and Vodafone. Until now Zen has been focused on selling Openreach’s products to homes.

EU Refers £31bn O2 and Virgin Media Merger Back to UK CMA

19th November, 2020 (5 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) has today agreed that the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) should have the final say on Liberty Global’s proposed mega-merger between broadband ISP Virgin Media and mobile operator O2 (Telefonica UK), but this is not expected to delay the outcome.

BT Group CEO “open minded” on UK Sale of Openreach Stake

19th November, 2020 (2 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Philip Jansen, yesterday said that he was “open minded” about the possibility of selling a “minority” stake in their prized network access division – Openreach – to help fund the UK rollout of “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband, among other things. But they’re “not really interested” in a sale and leaseback style agreement.