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“Full Fibre” ISPs Call on ASA to Stop Misleading UK “Fibre Broadband” Adverts

22nd June, 2017 (52 Comments)

Three of the UK’s most pioneering providers’ of ultrafast “full fibre” (FTTP/H) broadband – Gigaclear, Cityfibre and Hyperoptic – have today called on the Advertising Standards Authority to stop rivals from using the term “fibre” to advertise services delivered over slower copper wires.

Fibre Optic Builder Cityfibre Secures Full ISO Certification in Key Areas

1st June, 2017 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre, which has established a number of largely business and public sector focused FTTP broadband and Ethernet networks around UK cities, today claims to have “achieved full ISO certification in all core management systems” and all within the space of just 12 months.

UK ISP TalkTalk Slows Broadband Bleed and Sees Strong “Fibre” Take-up

10th May, 2017 (0 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has today published their latest full year results to 31st March 2017, which saw them bleed fewer on-net broadband subscribers (-20k in H2 vs -29k in H1) in the period to total 3,947,000 and 25% of those take their FTTC based “fibre broadband“.

Cityfibre Turnover Grows to £15.4m as FTTP Serves 3962 UK Customer Premises

25th April, 2017 (1 Comment)

Alternative fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has posted their final results to the end of 2016, which reveals that their “completed” cable duct and fibre optic network (FTTP) footprint has increased to 3,383km (up from 743km in 2015) and they now serve 3,962 customer premises (up from 1,200).

Cityfibre UK Grabs New Head of Carrier and National Providers from BT

24th April, 2017 (2 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has appointed BT’s former Head of Local Business, Jatinder Sispal, to become their new Head of Carrier and National Providers. Jtinder has been in the technology and telecoms sector for 22 years, also holding senior roles at Telstra and Colt.

Cityfibre Deploy Ultrafast Gigabit FTTP Broadband in Slough and Maidenhead

10th April, 2017 (0 Comments)

Cityfibre has announced that two further large towns in Berkshire (England) – Slough and Maidenhead – will be the next on their list to benefit from the deployment of a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband and Ethernet network for local businesses.

Cityfibre Fined £35K for “serious failures” with Road Works Safety in Scotland

5th April, 2017 (2 Comments)

The Scottish Road Works Commissioner has fined fibre optic network builder Cityfibre £35,000 due to a “number of serious failures to comply with road works legislation in Scotland,” such as the one that occurred in Edinburgh (here) after a contractor sat exposed in a manhole on a busy street.

Kirklees Council Names UK Telecoms Firms Behind “Defective” Civil Works

3rd April, 2017 (1 Comment)

Telecoms and broadband companies including BT, Virgin Media and Cityfibre have been named and shamed by the Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire (England) after the local authority highlighted frustration at the rise in “defective” street works, which required the civil works to be re-done.

First Firms Live on Cityfibre’s Gigabit FTTP Network in Reading and Bracknell

27th March, 2017 (1 Comment)

The first businesses have this week gone live on Cityfibre’s new Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband and Ethernet networks in the Berkshire towns of Bracknell and Reading, with local business ISP BtL Communications supplying the connectivity products.

Cityfibre’s 1Gbps Business FTTP Rollout in Glasgow Expands into Finnieston

14th March, 2017 (1 Comment)

Cityfibre has announced that the construction of their pure fibre optic ultrafast broadband and Ethernet network in the city of Glasgow (Scotland) has now begun moving westwards into the Finnieston area, where a number of local businesses have expressed an interest in receiving their service.

Trouble in Edinburgh as CityFibre Contractor KNNS Slapped for Unsafe Work

8th March, 2017 (7 Comments)

Cityfibre has suspended one of their civil works contractors, KNNS, in the city of Edinburgh (Scotland). The action occurred after a dashcam video emerged that showed one of their fibre optic engineers sitting exposed in a manhole on a busy 30MPH street, with only two small traffic cones for protection.

UK Fibre Optic Builder Cityfibre Appoints New Non-Executive Chairman

28th February, 2017 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic network developer Cityfibre has today announced the appointment of Christopher Michael Renwick Stone (aged 54) to become the company’s new Non-Executive Chairman with immediate effect. Chris is currently a Non-Executive Director (formerly CEO) of Radius Worldwide.

H2O Networks Fibre Optic Fraudsters Sent to Prison for Total of 44 Years

13th February, 2017 (6 Comments)

Last week we reported on the case of four men who had been found guilty of a £160m financing fraud that involved Total Asset Finance (TAF) and H2O Networks Ltd. (here), which was one of the UK’s early FTTH/P network pioneers. The men have now been sentenced to a total of 44 years in jail.

Onecom Offers FREE Business FTTP Fibre Broadband Installs in Coventry

13th February, 2017 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Onecom has launched a new “Lighting Up Coventry” campaign for businesses in the West Midlands city, which offers installation worth £2,000 at no charge to any business that takes their “ultra-fast” (up to 1Gbps) Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband.

UPDATE Court Convicts £160m H2O Networks Fibre Broadband Fraudsters

8th February, 2017 (0 Comments)

After years of waiting the Southwark Crown Court has found four men guilty of a £160 million financing fraud, which is a case that began in 2010/11 (here) after the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) opened an investigation into one of the UK’s early pioneers of alternative fibre optic broadband networks.

Cityfibre Sign UK Fibre Optic Network Access Deal with Business ISP Gamma

7th February, 2017 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Gamma has moved to upgrade their national core network in the United Kingdom by signing a new long-haul Dark Fibre agreement with Cityfibre. The access agreement will connect 15 data centres and exchanges across the country via CityFibre’s long-distance and metro networks.

Urban FTTP Builder Cityfibre Added 5,063 New UK Connections in 2016

31st January, 2017 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic network developer Cityfibre has today published a preliminary trading update for the year to 31st December 2016, which among other things confirms that they have pure fibre networks in 42 UK “cities” and this reflects 3,383km of network assets in use (up from 743km at the end of 2015).