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EE Targets 95 Percent 4G Landmass Cover and Brings Support Back to UK

25th April, 2016 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator EE appears to have been influenced by new parent BT and plans to improve customer support by bringing it back to the United Kingdom and hiring 600 new staff. On top of that they’ll increase their 4G landmass network coverage from 60% of the UK to 95% (99.8% population coverage).

Sky Confirm No Plans to Build Own UK Fibre Optic Broadband Network

22nd April, 2016 (5 Comments)

In a somewhat unsurprising development Sky’s (Sky Broadband) CEO, Jeremy Darroch, appears to have now officially ruled the operator out from any ambition to build its own national ultrafast fibre optic broadband (FTTP/H) network in the United Kingdom.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Suffers Slow Growth to 5.94 Million Subscribers

21st April, 2016 (2 Comments)

Sky has published their latest results to the end of Q1 2016 (calendar), which reveals that the total number of Sky Broadband subscribers in the UK and Ireland increased by just +46,000 in the quarter to total approx. 5.94 million (down sharply from the +144K added in Q4 2015 and +133k in Q3).

Dorset UK Moots GBP4m Ultrafast Broadband Upgrade for Businesses

21st April, 2016 (0 Comments)

The Dorset County Council (DCC) in England has started an open procurement exercise to eventually find a supplier and infrastructure to help them build an “ultrafast broadband” network to reach businesses in the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area.

Cityfibre Turnover Hits GBP6.4m as Fibre Serves 1200 Customer Premises

18th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic infrastructure developer Cityfibre has today reported their final results to the end of 2015, which reveals that their cable duct and fibre network footprint comprised 743km (2014: 543km) serving 1,200 customer premises (up from 885 in 2014) and turnover jumped by 67% to £6.4m.

WarwickNet Bring Superfast Broadband to Minworth Industrial Estate

13th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Some 100 businesses on the Minworth Industrial Estate, which resides between Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham in the West Midlands, will soon be able to access broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps thanks to a new network deployment by Coventry-based ISP WarwickNet.

UPDATE Competition Watchdog Tries to Halt O2 and Three UK Merger

11th April, 2016 (5 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority has today written a last ditch letter of appeal that urges the European Commission not to approve the proposed £10.25bn merger of Three UK (CK Hutchison Holdings) and O2 (Telefonica), which it says will result in “long-term damage to the UK mobile telecoms market.”

Virgin Media Business Allow Partners to Resell 50-300Mbps Broadband

6th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media Business (Liberty Global) has for the first time allowed its 50Mbps to 300Mbps broadband and phone packages, which are aimed at small businesses, to be resold through third party providers via their indirect partner channel.

SSE Telecoms Becomes Cityfibre’s First Long-Haul Network Customer

6th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

CityFibre has today signed a new 15-year agreement that will make SSE Enterprise Telecoms their first long-haul network (LDN) customer, with SSE buying Dark Fibre capacity along a stretch of network spanning 48 kilometres between Reading and Slough.

Gigaclear Secure GBP24m to Expand Rural 5Gbps FTTP Broadband Rollout

5th April, 2016 (4 Comments)

UK ISP Gigaclear, which is rolling out an ultrafast 5Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to rural communities across the United Kingdom, has today announced yet another equity investment boost of £24m that will be used to help further expand their coverage.

Cityfibre’s Fibre Optic Network Boosted by Exa Networks and Diva Telecom

5th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic infrastructure developer Cityfibre has today announced a new partnership with two business ISPs, Exa Networks and Diva Telecom. Both providers have promise to add around 350 sites to the operators national UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) / Ethernet / Leased Line network.

WarwickNet Brings Superfast Broadband to 70 Stoneleigh Park Firms

1st April, 2016 (1 Comment)

Some 70 businesses on Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire can now access superfast broadband of up to 100Mbps, as well as Gigabit capable leased lines, after local ISP WarwickNet took over the management of the campus-wide network during 2013 and gave it a big upgrade.

Liverpool to Rent Out Underground Ducts to Foster Fibre Optic Broadband

29th March, 2016 (3 Comments)

The city of Liverpool is already well covered by “superfast” (24Mbps+) capable broadband services, but the local authority are now looking to further boost connectivity to “ultrafast” levels (usually 100Mbps+ or Gigabit territory) by renting out their underground cable ducts to private investment.

Business ISP XLN Telecom Hikes Line Rental, But Cuts Broadband Prices

24th March, 2016 (0 Comments)

Business focused Internet provider XLN Telecom will today increase their monthly phone line rental charge from £15.45 to £16.95 +vat, but they’ve also partly compensated for this by cutting the price of their broadband and phone bundles with a new range of special discounts.

Vodafone UK’s Consumer Broadband and TV Director Quits

23rd March, 2016 (1 Comment)

It’s fair to say that Vodafone’s return to the UK home broadband market has been a quiet one, much like their first failed attempt, and the plans to introduce a TV product alongside have yet to materialise. As such some may see the departure of Cindy Rose (Consumer Director) as a bad sign.

Ofcom Business Review Forces BT Dark Fibre, Low Prices and Fast Installs

22nd March, 2016 (5 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today published the final outcome of its Business Connectivity Market Review 2016 (BCMR2016), which has proposed changes that among other things would open up access to BT’s national Dark Fibre network, cut leased line (Ethernet) prices and deliver quicker installs.

Sky UK Raises TV Prices and Promotes Andrew Griffith to COO

21st March, 2016 (17 Comments)

Happy Easter. Customers of Sky’s (Sky Broadband) TV packages will be unhappy to learn that the price they pay will be going up by between +£1 and £2 extra per month from 1st June 2016, with the Sky Complete bundle rising by an extra +£4.25.