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SSE Connect First Sites in £10.5m Aberdeenshire Full Fibre Rollout

14th December, 2020 (3 Comments)

SSE Enterprise Telecoms (SSEET) has just connected the first 22 of 190 public sector sites (hospitals, council buildings, education sites etc.) in Aberdeenshire (Scotland) to their new gigabit-capable Dark Fibre network, which is being funded by £10.5 million from the UK Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) programme.

Fibre Engineering Firm Lite Access UK Calls in the Administrators UPDATE

12th December, 2020 (6 Comments)

The UK division of civil engineering firm Lite Access Technologies, which specialises in deploying fibre optic (e.g. FTTP) broadband infrastructure (they’ve won contracts with Cityfibre, Gigaclear etc.), has filed a notice of intent to appoint an administrator after they suffered “challenges” related to their “ongoing builds” and COVID-19.

Ofcom Hits BT with £6.3m Fine for Rule Breaking in N.Ireland UPDATE

11th December, 2020 (14 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today fined BT (Openreach) £6.3m after they were found to have “failed to meet regulatory obligations” during a tender for the recent £50m Northern Ireland Public Sector Shared Network contract in 2017/18. The decision follows a complaint made by rival company Eir.

Perth and Kinross Council Award £2m Local Full Fibre Contract

10th December, 2020 (6 Comments)

The Perth & Kinross Council in Scotland has awarded SSE Enterprise Telecoms (SSEET) the £2m contract to deploy a new 19km long gigabit-capable “full fibre” network in the area, which will help to “boost economic activity” and connect 31 locations (public sector sites) across the city region.

KCOM and Grain Connect Sign Deals to Use DZS Full Fibre Kit

10th December, 2020 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic supplier DZS appears have become one of the success stories in the post-Huawei era. The company has recently agreed new supply deals with a number of UK broadband ISPs, including KCOM and Grain Connect, which will help the providers to rollout their 1Gbps+ Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks.

Ofcom UK Rules Out Cost-Based Prices for Full Fibre Until 2031 UPDATE

3rd December, 2020 (5 Comments)

The CEO of Ofcom UK, Dame Melanie Dawes, today told the FTTH Council Europe that the regulator intends to give operators’ deploying “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks as much flexibility to build as possible and thus doesn’t “expect to introduce cost-based prices for fibre services until at least 2031.”

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FTTH Council Europe Forecasts Huge UK Fibre Broadband Growth

3rd December, 2020 (6 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe has published their annual market forecast for the growth of “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband ISP networks, which finds that some countries are expected to see an “outstanding growth” in the number of homes passed in 2026 compared to 2019, such as Germany (+730%), the United Kingdom (+548%) and Italy (+218%).

Openreach Takes UK ISP TalkTalk to Court Over Unpaid Fees

2nd December, 2020 (21 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has confirmed that they’ve “reluctantly” begun a high court case against budget broadband ISP TalkTalk, which reportedly centres on a dispute over unpaid fees (said to be worth c.£16m) for wholesale access to its high-speed fibre optic based Ethernet products.

Fury as Alternative UK Fibre Networks Hit by New Openreach Fee UPDATE4

1st December, 2020 (47 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has generated a furious response from alternative UK broadband networks (AltNets) after they introduced a new fee on certain FTTP linked connections, which broadband ISPs have described as being “punitive” and a “blatant attempt by [the operator] to regain a monopoly” that is likely to “slow the rollout of full fibre.”

Full Fibre UK Provider ITS Launches New Wholesale Division

1st December, 2020 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group (its.), which manages and builds a number of fibre optic and hybrid wireless broadband ISP networks across parts of the UK, appears to have split off its wholesale “full fibre” business into a new division with the imaginative title of ITS Wholesale.

The Clever Way Augmented Reality May Help Rollout Full Fibre

27th November, 2020 (10 Comments)

The on-going rollout of gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP networks across the UK, as well as in other countries, may soon be starting to benefit from the use of Augmented Reality. This can help engineers to see – with more clarity than ever – exactly what sort of infrastructure already exists under the surface.

Study Finds Full Fibre is the Most Energy Efficient Broadband

26th November, 2020 (21 Comments)

A new study from the Prysmian Group, which was commissioned by cable manufacturer Europacable, has found that Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP networks are the most energy efficient of consumer fixed line technologies, compared with FTTC (VDSL2) and Hybrid Fibre Coax (DOCSIS 3 networks, like Virgin Media).

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Nokia Hails “world’s first” 25Gbps Symmetrical PON Solution

19th November, 2020 (0 Comments)

Finnish-technology firm Nokia, which is separately helping to supply Openreach’s rollout of FTTP broadband in the UK, has today heralded their new 25G PON technology as the next step in Passive Optical Network evolution and one that “enables the converging of high-end services on a single fibre infrastructure.”

ITS and 4th Utility to Cover 500k UK Premises with Full Fibre Broadband

18th November, 2020 (6 Comments)

Manchester-based UK ISP The 4th Utility and the ITS Technology Group (its.) in Cheshire have today signed a new partnership worth £15m, which will kick start a new project that aims to build “ultrafast broadband” connectivity to 100,000 homes within the next 12 months and then 500,000 before 2024.

BT UK Trial End-to-End Quantum-Secured Fibre Comms for 5G

17th November, 2020 (4 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT (EE) and Cambridge spin-out Nu-Quantum today claim to have launched a “world-first trial” of end-to-end quantum-secured communications for the new generation of ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) networks, which is being called AIRQKD (Air Quantum Key Distribution).

WiFi Provider Wifinity Acquires PCCW Global Networks UK and ISPs

17th November, 2020 (0 Comments)

Wireless ISP Wifinity, which usually specialises in deploying WiFi style networks, has today acquired PCCW Global Networks (UK) Limited for an undisclosed sum, which is perhaps better known for operating under the broadband ISP brands of Mediaforce and Optify.

1Gbps VXFIBER FTTP Broadband Goes Live in Stoke-on-Trent UK UPDATE

16th November, 2020 (7 Comments)

The first 2,000 homes in the Staffordshire city of Stoke-on-Trent can now access one of the UK’s first part-publicly-owned open access Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP networks, which is being deployed under a £19.2m partnership between the city council and Swedish operator VXFIBER (inc. subsidiary LilaConnect).