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UK ISP TalkTalk Confirm First Prices for 940Mbps FTTH Broadband in York

23rd June, 2015 (12 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has revealed the first package and price details for their new 940Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband network in the city of York (England), which as we revealed last month is being called Ultra Fibre Optic (UFO). Existing customers will effectively get it at “no extra cost“.

New Award Sees Europe Hunt for the Top 5 European Broadband Projects

19th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

The European Commission has started a new competition (‘European Broadband Award‘) that aims to identify the five best “high-speed” (30Mbps+) broadband projects that are delivering in urban, suburban and rural areas. But the EC’s “Good Practice” examples are.. less encouraging.

New Map of London UK Shows Slow Broadband is Like a Digital Cancer

17th June, 2015 (32 Comments)

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has today launched a “major drive” to boost broadband connectivity in the capital, although it’s mostly the same stuff as we saw being announced last year. At least there’s now a map to depict just how bad the situation is, especially in the city centre.

CityFibre Cuts Costs by Harnessing MS3 Fibre Optic Network in Hull UK

15th June, 2015 (5 Comments)

CityFibre’s on-going work to build a new 62km long fibre optic network in Hull (East Yorkshire, England), which is part of a major long-term deal to supply capacity for local mobile operators EE and Three UK (here), has found a way to slash its costs by harnessing some of MS3‘s existing network in the area.

CityFibre Seeks Support for New Ultrafast Fibre Optic Network in Edinburgh

4th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic infrastructure developer CityFibre has launched its “Gig Up Edinburgh” campaign, which encourages local businesses and institutions in Scotland’s capital city to register their interest in the installation of a new “ultra-fast” pure fibre optic broadband network.

Cityfibre Finds Businesses in Scotland Unhappy with their Internet Links

21st May, 2015 (1 Comment)

A new online YouGov poll of 100 IT decision makers in Scotland, which was commissioned by Cityfibre, has reported that 92% of respondents view high quality, fast broadband as important to the success of their company and yet 52% felt as if connectivity in Scotland was worse than other parts of the UK.

Sky and TalkTalk Launch UFO Site to Showcase 1000Mbps Fibre Broadband

19th May, 2015 (27 Comments)

Internet providers Sky Broadband and TalkTalk have launched a new website called Ultra Fibre Optic (UFO), which appears designed to showcase the forthcoming commercial launch of their new 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network for residents in the city of York (England).

UPDATE2 Ofcom Propose to Open BT Dark Fibre Optic Network to UK Rivals

15th May, 2015 (55 Comments)

In a surprise move Ofcom’s Business Connectivity Market Review (BCMR2016) has done a U-turn on its 2012 policy by proposing that rival ISPs, specifically those that provide Leased Lines, should be granted access to BT’s national Dark Fibre network (i.e. un-lit fibre optic lines that have spare capacity for coping with future demand).

TalkTalk Top 4.28M Broadband Subs as 1Gbps FTTP for York Set to Go Live

14th May, 2015 (2 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has posted their latest results for Q1-2015 (calendar), which revealed that the provider added +47k broadband subscribers in the quarter to total 4,283,000 (sharply up from +15k added in Q4 2014). But there’s bad news for some of the recent off-net (BT based) broadband customer gains from Virgin Media and Tesco.

PureBroadband Uses CityFibre Network to Fuel Wireless Broadband in Hull

31st March, 2015 (1 Comment)

Fixed wireless ISP Pure Broadband has today announced that they will be the first ISP to use CityFibre’s dark fibre optic backbone connectivity network to power their wireless mast sites throughout the city of Hull in East Yorkshire (England), which marks a significant upgrade to Pure’s existing network that has been in use since 2008.

Sky, TalkTalk and CityFibre to Expand 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Rollout in York

26th March, 2015 (4 Comments)

CityFibre’s Joint Venture with Sky Broadband and TalkTalk, which is deploying an “ultra-fast” 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband network to homes in the city of York (England), claims to have completed its first roll-out phase and confirmed plans to accelerate and increase the scale of their deployment.

CityFibre’s Fibre Optic Mobile Supply Deal Threatened by BT and EE Merger

23rd March, 2015 (3 Comments)

CityFibre has offered up a very practical example of the potentially negative impact on competition that it fears would be created by BT’s £12.5bn move to merge mobile operator EE into their business, which could directly threaten some of their Dark Fibre deals with mobile operators Three UK and EE.

CityFibre Completes Build of 1Gbps Fibre Optic Network in Peterborough

19th March, 2015 (3 Comments)

After 11 months of hard work CityFibre has today announced the completion of their work to build a new 1000Mbps capable and 90km long fibre optic FTTP broadband network around the city of Peterborough (East England).

CityFibre Start Aberdeen’s 1000Mb Fibre Optic Broadband Network Build

17th March, 2015 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic network developer CityFibre has today announced the start of construction on their roll-out of a new 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) network in the city of Aberdeen (Aberdeen Core), which they’re already promoting as Scotland’s first “Gigabit City“.

BSG Warns Against Turning UK Home Broadband into a Utility Service

3rd March, 2015 (7 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), which advises the Government on matters of fast Internet connectivity, has warned that the recent calls for broadband to be officially identified as a utility service may be misguided.

CityFibre to Build City-Wide Ultrafast Fibre Optic Network in Edinburgh

3rd March, 2015 (3 Comments)

Fibre optic infrastructure builder CityFibre has partnered up with local business ISP Commsworld to roll-out a new 150km long “ultra-fast” pure fibre optic broadband network in the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh. The huge project represents CityFibre’s largest “Gigabit City” investment and its second deployment in Scotland.

CityFibre Grabs New Talent from TalkTalk, BT and Other Big Telco Names

18th February, 2015 (3 Comments)

CityFibre, which specialises in deploying fibre optic broadband networks around some of the United Kingdom’s second tier cities, has expanded its team by hiring a number of recognisable names from the wider telecoms industry, including a few that hail from the senior levels of TalkTalk, BT Scotland and Geo Networks (now owned by Zayo Group).