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ITS Technology Confirm UK Full Fibre Price Freeze and Cuts

3rd April, 2023 (3 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which runs 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks (aka – “Faster Britain“) across urban parts of the United Kingdom for businesses and ISPs, has today confirmed it will not introduce price increases to any existing contracts or new on-net sales in 2023. But that’s not all.

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Over 350 Public Sites in the Midlands to Get Full Fibre Broadband

30th March, 2023 (8 Comments)

The Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) in England has been chosen to lead a new £8m “GigaHubs” project that will rollout a gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network to reach a total of more than 350 public buildings (schools, council offices, hospitals etc.) across the Midlands.

BT Deal to Bring Gigabit Broadband to 15,000 West London Premises

23rd March, 2023 (4 Comments)

UK ISP BT and the West London Alliance (WLA), which represents the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hillingdon, have today announced a new £3.9 million partnership that aims to provide up to 15,000 “homes, schools and businesses with access to ultra-fast broadband” using full fibre technology.

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Neos Networks Make Progress on Oxfordshire UK Full Fibre Build

22nd March, 2023 (0 Comments)

Neos Networks has announced that their ongoing project to deploy a new gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network to over 175 public sector sites (councils, hospitals etc.) across Oxfordshire (England), many of which are in rural areas, is “on track” to complete by the end of 2023 – some 90 sites have already been reached.

National Museum of Computing to Open New Flowers to Fibre Exhibition

6th March, 2023 (1 Comment)

The National Museum of Computing in Bletchley (Buckinghamshire, England) is to open a new Gallery Exhibition on 11th March 2023 – ‘Flowers to Fibre’, which as the name suggests will aim to tell the “hidden story” of Britain’s telecommunications journey all the way through the copper and fibre optic broadband age.

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Do You Have Full Fibre Broadband? A Third of UK Consumers Don’t Know

6th March, 2023 (63 Comments)

A recent YouGov survey of 2,033 UK adults, which was commissioned by Point Topic and conducted online during November 2022, has revealed that 35.5% of respondents were still unsure as to whether their home broadband ISP connections were based off “full fibre” (FTTP/B/H) technology or not.

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Commsworld Agree £22m Full Fibre Upgrade for Northumberland UK

2nd March, 2023 (1 Comment)

Business broadband ISP Commsworld has signed yet another agreement with Northumberland County Council in England, which is worth £22m and will see them replace the council’s ageing Wide Area Network (WAN) with modern full-fibre infrastructure. Local businesses and homes could also see improved connectivity.

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New Partnership Brings Full Fibre Network to Greenwich in London

23rd February, 2023 (2 Comments)

A new £2m Joint Venture involving broadband operator ITS Technology Group and DG Cities, an innovation company owned by the Royal Borough of Greenwich Council, has been established today to help commercialise a 21km long gigabit-capable full fibre network around the London borough of Greenwich – serving homes and businesses.

Lunar Digital Saves Equinix’s Manchester MA2 Data Centre from Closure

21st February, 2023 (2 Comments)

Back in early 2022 we reported on the impact of major data centre closures to UK full fibre broadband ISPs and other operators, which included mention of Equinix‘s plan to close their MA2 IBX data centre in Manchester by June 2023 (here). The good news today is that Lunar Digital has saved the data centre from its fate.

Neos is Preferred Bidder for Network Rail’s Trackside Fibre Cables

15th February, 2023 (1 Comment)

Network operator Neos Networks has today been named as the preferred bidder for Network Rail’s Project Reach, which among other things could see them invest in the design and build of a new trackside fibre optic communications network. This could also help to improve UK gigabit broadband and 5G mobile coverage.

Full Fibre UK Builders Light Source Facing Uncertain Future UPDATE

1st February, 2023 (16 Comments)

Civil engineering firm Light Source, which works with a number of UK operators to deploy Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP infrastructure (e.g. Upp, Netomnia, Virgin Media, Airband and KCOM), appears to be experiencing problems after engineers reported being laid off and a manager said they had “entered administration“.

Fern Trading Fuels Vitrifi’s Wholesale Platform for Full Fibre AltNets

26th January, 2023 (2 Comments)

Fern Trading, which is part of Octopus Investments’ portfolio and backs a number of UK full fibre broadband projects from Giganet, Jurassic Fibre, Swish Fibre, AllPoints Fibre and Vorboss, is also supporting another company called Vitrifi that has just launched a new technology to help AltNets offer wholesale products.

Neos Networks Complete Latest Phase of UK Dark Fibre Expansion

24th January, 2023 (0 Comments)

Neos Networks has today announced that they’ve completed the latest phase of work to boost their full fibre, last mile, metro network expansion by delivering three new regional Metro Access Networks in Liverpool, Birmingham, and Manchester, along with phase one of its ongoing deployment in London.

London Business Fibre ISP Vorboss Appoints New Chairman

19th January, 2023 (0 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Vorboss, which is investing £250 million to deploy a 100Gbps capable dedicated full fibre broadband and Ethernet network for businesses in London (mostly around the central areas), has today appointed John Browett as their new Chairman.

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Proximity Data Centres to Deploy UK Network of Regional Internet Exchanges

19th January, 2023 (9 Comments)

One of the country’s fastest growing edge colocation data centre providers, Proximity Data Centres, has announced that they’re planning to roll-out of a new network of regional internet exchanges across the United Kingdom and Europe. Better network latency will be one of the key outcomes.

Cityfibre and UK ISP Vodafone Trial 2Gbps Home Broadband Speeds

4th January, 2023 (55 Comments)

Cityfibre has today issued an update on their project to upgrade their entire UK G-PON based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to harness 10Gbps capable XGS-PON technology (here), which reveals that they’ve successfully completed a trial of 2Gbps home broadband speeds in York with ISP partner Vodafone.

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New AltNet Meliora Networks Plan to Build UK Full Fibre Network

20th December, 2022 (3 Comments)

A new alternative network (altnet) builder called Meliora Networks Limited has emerged on to the scene with a plan to rollout a hybrid Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and gigabit-capable Full Fibre broadband network, which will focus on “areas of the UK that do not presently have access to next generation connectivity.”