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TalkTalk Moves to Fix Mild Broadband Congestion on its Wholesale Network

24th July, 2017 (27 Comments)

Consumers who use a broadband connection supplied via TalkTalk Business‘s wholesale network (not the same as their retail ISP), which is used by a wide variety of ISPs in the United Kingdom, may see an improvement in congestion and packet loss from midnight on 1st August 2017.

Vodafone’s Home Broadband Growth Carries them to 245,000 Subscribers

21st July, 2017 (4 Comments)

Telecoms and internet provider Vodafone has today reported that they added +29K new customers to their UK home broadband service in Q2 2017 (total 245,000), which is down from the +33K added in Q1 (calendar). Meanwhile their 4G population coverage has reached 97%.

UK ISP TalkTalk Sees Broadband Subscribers Return to Growth

19th July, 2017 (6 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has today issued one of their short quarterly trading updates, which didn’t reveal a lot but we do learn that during Q2 2017 (calendar) the provider added another +20,000 on-net broadband and line rental customers (total 3,967,000) and churn fell to just 1.2%.

Hub Network Services Chosen to Wholesale Bristol’s BNET 1Gbps “Full Fibre”

19th July, 2017 (2 Comments)

The ITS Technology group has appointed Hub Network Services (HNS) to become the wholesale provider for Bristol City Council’s recently re-purposed BNET fibre optic Ethernet and broadband network, which was commercialised to supply Gigabit capable “full fibre” (FTTP) services to local businesses.

UPDATE Openreach Conduct “forensic investigation” of £1.5bn Carillion Deal

18th July, 2017 (0 Comments)

Openreach (BT) is allegedly conducting a “forensic investigation” of their £1.5bn three-year extension deal with construction firm Carillion (here), which has recently been hit by various financial troubles (e.g. net debt and pensions) that have sent the company’s shares into a nosedive.

Cityfibre Praise 1Gbps Community FTTP Build for Rural Businesses in Eltofts

15th July, 2017 (0 Comments)

Urban fibre optic builder Cityfibre and local ISP partner Diva Telecom have praised the efforts of a rural community in the village of Eltofts, which helped to dig the trenches for a new 1Gbps fibre optic (FTTP) broadband network to connect local premises with the operator’s 117km network in Leeds.

EE to Setup 100 New UK Stores (400 Extra Retail Jobs) by the End of 2019

13th July, 2017 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has extended its partnership with supermarket giant Sainsbury’s by announcing a plan to setup 100 new “stores” (700 overall), which will foster some 400 new retail jobs by the end of 2019 and “provide 95% of people with access to an EE store within 20 minutes’ drive.”

Musical Chairs as UK ISP TalkTalk Swaps Finance Chief

10th July, 2017 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has today announced another change at the top as the operator’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Iain Torrens, steps down. Iain will be replaced by Kate Ferry, who is currently the Group Strategic Corporate Affairs Director at Dixons Carphone.

ISP Luminet Joins Connect Westminster Broadband Voucher Scheme

5th July, 2017 (0 Comments)

Wireless ISP Luminet has today become one of the first to join the new £2.8m Connect Westminster Scheme, which offers vouchers worth up to £2,000 to local businesses (SMEs) in order to help them cover the capital cost of getting a new superfast broadband service installed.

Cityfibre Raise £185m and Prep FTTH Broadband for Homes in 5-10 UK Cities

5th July, 2017 (7 Comments)

Fibre optic infrastructure builder Cityfibre has today unveiled plans for a huge network roll-out, which alongside the £29 million (cash) acquisition of ISP Entanet will also see them commence the construction of an ultrafast 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network in 5 to 10 UK towns and cities during 2018.

Virgin Media UK to Close “Shops” and Cut Hundreds of Jobs

30th June, 2017 (9 Comments)

The fallout from Virgin Media’s (Liberty Global) recent internal struggles appears to be hitting other parts of the business, with 250 jobs and 30 shops reportedly now being lined up for the chop.

Openreach Publish Technical Details for the Dark Fibre Access (DFA) Trial

29th June, 2017 (3 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has uploaded a new technical information document for their imminent Dark Fibre Access (DFA) trial, which is due to start in August. The document describes how the product works and sets out what solutions will be made available to ISPs.

Virgin Media Tells ASA – Consider Homeworkers in Ads for Broadband Speed

26th June, 2017 (13 Comments)

A new survey of 2,006 UK employees, which was conducted by Virgin Media, has found that 71% of home-workers view “fast, reliable broadband” as “very important” and the cable operator warns that the ASA’s on-going review of how line speeds are advertised fails to consider this group.

Mobile Operator Orange is Selling Most of its 4% Stake in BT

20th June, 2017 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator Orange has announced that they intend to reduce their 4% stake in the embattled UK telecoms giant BT, possibly pushing it down to just 1.33%. The stake itself was created as part of BT’s £12.5bn merger with EE, which was previously owned by Orange and Deutsche Telecom.

UK ISP Winners Named in the 2017 Comms Business Awards

17th June, 2017 (0 Comments)

The Comms Business magazine has unveiled the winners of their annual 2017 Comms Business Awards event, which took place last Thursday night in London. A number of ISPs received awards at the event, including Gamma, Onecom, Vaioni Wholesale and Daisy Wholesale etc.

Utility Firm Spark Acquires UK Broadband ISP Home Telecom

16th June, 2017 (1 Comment)

Sussex-based ISP Home Telecom has been gobbled by energy and telecoms provider Spark (Spark Energy) for an undisclosed sum. Spark itself only entered the United Kingdom’s crowded and aggressively competitive broadband market during 2014.

ITS Technology Scoops One of Openreach’s Former Managing Directors

15th June, 2017 (2 Comments)

The ITS Technology group, which has deployed a mix of superfast and ultrafast fibre optic and wireless broadband networks around the UK, has appointed Openreach’s former Managing Director of Business and Corporate delivery, Daren Baythorpe, to be its new MD.