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Vodafone UK Name 7 New Rural Towns for OpenRAN 4G Network

10th March, 2022 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today named some of the first rural towns in the UK to benefit from their planned rollout of 4G and 5G OpenRAN (O-RAN) technology, which is set to reach a total of 2,500 sites by the end of 2027 (here). The named communities have “traditionally struggled to receive good quality … mobile coverage“.

Netomnia Add Guildford, Carlisle and Darlington to UK Full Fibre Rollout

1st March, 2022 (1 Comment)

Broadband network builder Netomnia has today added the UK towns and cities of Guildford (Surrey), Carlisle (Cumbria) and Darlington (Durham) to their build plan for a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which once live will be sold to consumers via ISP partner YouFibre.

ISP Voneus Brings Faster Wireless Broadband to Dalton Piercy

25th November, 2021 (4 Comments)

Residents in the rural Hartlepool borough village of Dalton Piercy (County Durham), which is home to almost 300 people, can now access faster broadband speeds of up to 45Mbps after UK ISP Voneus deployed a new Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network. Previously, some locals often struggled to get fixed line speeds of above 1Mbps.

CityFibre Set GBP32m Full Fibre Rollout for Redcar and Hartlepool

12th November, 2021 (4 Comments)

CityFibre has today committed £32m to support the rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across both the North Yorkshire (England) seaside town of Redcar and the large port town of Hartlepool in County Durham. The move should complement their existing Tees Valley build in Middlesbrough.

Grain Build 1Gbps FTTP Broadband to Hartlepool in Durham UK

2nd November, 2021 (1 Comment)

UK ISP Grain has today announced that homes and businesses in the large port town of Hartlepool in County Durham (North East England) will be the next to benefit from their deployment of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network.

ISP Alncom and Commsworld Partner to Boost UK FTTP Rollout

26th October, 2021 (0 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Alncom, which is currently building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of Northumberland and Durham in England, has partnered up with business ISP Commsworld to help boost their rollout and network performance.

Affinity Systems Target Expansion of Small Rural UK Fibre Network

17th September, 2021 (1 Comment)

Houghton Le Spring (Sunderland)-based telecoms and IT provider Affinity Systems Limited (Rymote) has revealed tentative plans to expand a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to “serve people and businesses” in rural areas in the North East of England.

YouFibre Connect First FTTP Broadband Users in Stroud and Stockton

1st September, 2021 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP YouFibre has today announced that the first customers have gone live on their new 10Gbps capable UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the towns of Stockton (Durham) and Stroud (Gloucestershire), which have been built with support from network partner Netomnia.

Rural Broadband ISP Alncom Seek Code Powers for FTTP Rollout

26th August, 2021 (1 Comment)

Rural focused UK ISP Alncom, which alongside RunFibre are currently deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Northumberland, Durham and South Gloucestershire (here), has put in an application for Code Powers with Ofcom in order to speed up their rollout.

Netomnia Extend UK 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Rollout to Stockton

26th July, 2021 (7 Comments)

Full fibre builder Netomnia, which aims to make their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network available to 1 million UK premises by 2024 (here and here), has today commenced survey and other preparatory to work on their £54m rollout across Stockton-on-Tees (Durham).

Alncom and RunFibre Extend Full Fibre to South Gloucestershire

22nd June, 2021 (4 Comments)

Alnwick-based UK rural broadband ISP Alncom and new Bristol-based ISP RunFibre have joined forces in order to extend the reach of their joint gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which was already available to remote parts of Northumberland and Durham, but is now growing into South Gloucestershire.

BDUK Consult on Gigabit Broadband Coverage in County Durham

19th June, 2021 (5 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK team has started a new Public Review that aims to identify any existing or planned commercial coverage of gigabit broadband ISP networks in County Durham (England), which should help to establish the areas where public investment may be needed to deploy the service.

New Full Fibre ISP YouFibre Celebrates 1000th UK Customer

18th June, 2021 (1 Comment)

New broadband ISP YouFibre, which alongside Netomnia is working to make a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network available to 1 million UK premises by 2024 – starting in the North East of England (here and here), has today announced that they’ve just signed-up their 1000th customer in the Durham area.

ISP FACTCO Making Progress on UK Community Full Fibre Builds

14th June, 2021 (12 Comments)

UK ISP FACTCO (Ecodial) appears to be making progress on a growing number of their community focused Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband deployments, which is helping to make gigabit speed connectivity available to homes across parts of Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire and Lancashire.

Netomnia Quietly Reveal New UK FTTP Broadband Rollout Areas UPDATE2

22nd May, 2021 (23 Comments)

Full fibre UK network builder Netomnia, which plans to make their 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network available to 1 million UK premises by 2024 (here), appears to have added a number of new rollout locations to their website over the past month or so.

Netomnia and Light Source Target 1 Million UK Homes for FTTP Broadband

17th March, 2021 (16 Comments)

Full fibre network builder Netomnia (YouFibre) has today announced that they’ve entered into a new partnership with infrastructure developer Light Source, which will see the pair work together in order to deploy a 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network (XGS-PON) to 1 million UK premises by 2024.

Rural UK ISP Alncom Secures Investment to Boost FTTP Rollout UPDATE

15th February, 2021 (0 Comments)

Alnwick-based broadband ISP Alncom, which has built a mix of rural-focused Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based networks, has today announced that they’ve secured an unspecified funding boost from strategic investors at Railsite Telecom to support their future expansion.