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ISP Zen Internet Sets Strong Future UK Network Goals for 2021

12th April, 2019 (16 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zen Internet has revealed how they hope to unbundle a total of 700 exchanges from BT by 2021, which should enable their own network to cater for more than 80% of the UK with a total core capacity of 5Tbps (Terabits per second); before potentially rising to 987 exchanges by around 2025 (25Tbps core network).

Ofcom Probe BT’s Conduct During Tender for N.Ireland PSN Contract

4th April, 2019 (3 Comments)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today opened a new investigation that will examine BT’s conduct during the tender for the recent £50m Northern Ireland Public Sector Shared Network contract, which will consider whether or not the operator kept within the Significant Market Power (SMP) rules.

Infracapital Finish Buy of 50% Stake in SSE Enterprise Telecoms UK

3rd April, 2019 (0 Comments)

Infracapital, which is the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Prudential, has this week completed its £380m acquisition of a 50% stake in UK fibre optic comms provider SSE Enterprise Telecoms. The initial £215m will be paid upon the completion and a further £165m via several instalments (subject to future performance).

Stoke-on-Trent Unveils £9.2m Citywide FTTP Ultrafast Broadband Plan

20th March, 2019 (6 Comments)

The City of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire UK has announced that the £9.2m of public funding secured from the Government’s Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) programme will be used to “install ultrafast broadband across city” via a new 96km long “full fibre” (FTTP) network from Swedish operator VXFIBER.

ISP Full Fibre Aims to Expand UK Coverage of its Wholesale Network

15th March, 2019 (6 Comments)

The imaginatively named Exeter-based business ISP Full Fibre Limited, which currently claims to operate a core network between its two data-centres in London and fibre broadband access networks in Devon and Surrey, has revealed that they have tentative plans to expand their fibre network.

Challenges Remain as Openreach Improve UK Cable Duct and Pole Access UPDATE

11th March, 2019 (16 Comments)

Last week saw Openreach (BT) publish a Final Reference Offer for their revised Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product, which is intended to make it cheaper and easier for UK ISPs to deploy their own “full fibre” broadband networks via existing cable ducts and poles. But some challenges remain.

RHM Telecommunications Partners ITS Technology for Full Fibre

1st March, 2019 (0 Comments)

Business ISP RHM Telecommunications has joined the ITS Technology Group’s network platform, which among other things will give them access to the operator’s various wholesale multi-Gigabit capable “full fibre” services. RHM is understood to have a specific focus on tackling “connectivity blackspots” in Bristol and West London.

Openreach AI Chatbots and Data Analytics Aid Network Management

20th February, 2019 (0 Comments)

Openreach have begun developing a new chatbot called EiVA (Enterprise Intelligent Virtual Assistant) that could improve how UK ISPs interact with the network operator. Separately data analytics firm Qlik has claimed that they’ve helped to halve the time it takes to connect up “fibre broadband” customers.

Business ISP Fibregig Partners ITS to Boost London Full Fibre

25th January, 2019 (0 Comments)

Business communications provider Fibregig has just become the latest UK ISP to join the ITS Technology Group‘s platform, which among other things will give them access to ITSs various wholesale multi-Gigabit capable “full fibre” networks in London and beyond.

Openreach Trial Fibre Infrastructure Pre-build with Comms Providers

15th January, 2019 (6 Comments)

Openreach (BT) is to trial a new UK Fibre Infrastructure Pre-Build product for Communication Providers (ISPs etc.), which a briefing says will “allow them to start the fibre infrastructure build in parallel to their own site or network readiness.”

ISP MLL Telecom Secure 10Gbps Wide Area Network Contract for Fife

10th January, 2019 (0 Comments)

Business focused UK ISP MLL Telecom has today announced that they’ve been appointed by Fife Council in Scotland to transition and transform the local authority’s existing Wide Area Network (WAN) infrastructure, not least by adding additional bandwidth to council sites via a new 10Gbps capacity core network.

Infracapital Grabs 50% Stake in SSE Enterprise Telecoms UK

21st December, 2018 (2 Comments)

The infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Prudential, Infracapital, has purchased a 50% stake in UK communications provider SSE Enterprise Telecoms (SSEET). The deal itself is said to be worth up to £380m and values the provider at more than £700m.

Biz 10Gbps Baltic Broadband Fibre Expands to Everton and Vauxhall

21st December, 2018 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Baltic Broadband and the not-for-profit Liverpool Internet Exchange (IX Liverpool) have today jointly announced that their 10Gbps business focused fibre optic network in Liverpool (Merseyside) has been expanded to include the Everton and Vauxhall areas.

Ofcom Move to Redefine UK Geographic Fibre Markets from 2021

11th December, 2018 (4 Comments)

Over the next few years the UK will witness a surge in alternative fibre optic (FTTP) broadband ISP networks, which means that investment and competition will vary a lot by geography. In response Ofcom has today begun consulting upon a new approach to how they set regulation and define such markets from 2021.

Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Bid for Gigabit Fibre

5th December, 2018 (0 Comments)

The North of Tyne Combined Authority has announced that it will bid for £12m of public funding from Wave 3 of the UK Government’s Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) fund, which could be used to extend “ultrafast broadband” (e.g. FTTP) ISP networks to connect “tens of thousands of local homes and businesses.”

£60m for G.Networks Build of 1Gbps Broadband to 120,000 in London UPDATE

5th November, 2018 (1 Comment)

London focused UK ISP G.Networks and their investment partner Albion Capital have closed a new deal, which will result in Cube Infrastructure Managers (Cube IM) providing an “initial” £60m of additional funding to help roll-out FTTP “ultra-fast broadband” to serve 120,000 premises (“businesses and residents“).

Ofcom Try Again for Openreach UK Dark Fibre and Unrestricted PIA

2nd November, 2018 (13 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today begun consulting on their new Business Connectivity Market Review 2018/19 (BCMR), which among other things is proposing “unrestricted access” to Openreach’s (BT) cable ducts / telegraph poles to boost fibre broadband. It will also try again to impose a Dark Fibre Access (DFA) product.