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FullFibre Ltd’s Network in Derbyshire Gets 100G Capacity Boost

2nd November, 2022 (3 Comments)

Business ISP Commsworld has provided UK alternative network provider FullFibre Limited with a capacity boost for their FTTP broadband rollout in Derbyshire by deploying a 100Gbps connection between the Derby Exchange and Telehouse North Two (data centre) in London.

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VXFIBER and Council Owned ISP Extend FTTP Broadband to Wivenhoe UPDATE2

31st October, 2022 (3 Comments)

Network builder VXFIBER UK has announced that they’ve joined forces with the local authority owned ISP Colchester Fibre (part of Colchester Amphora Trading) to make their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (dedicated point-to-point fibre) available to over 3,500 homes and businesses in the town of Wivenhoe.

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Council Plans to Cover 10,000 Premises in Perth with Gigabit Broadband

26th October, 2022 (5 Comments)

The Perth & Kinross Council (PKC) in central Scotland has announced that they’re seeking “expressions of interest” from suppliers (ISPs and network builders etc.) to help extend the benefits of gigabit-capable broadband connectivity to “nearly” 10,000 homes and business premises across the city.

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Scientists Push 1.84Pbps of Data Down a Single Optical Fibre Cable

22nd October, 2022 (2 Comments)

Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark (TUD) have done something quite remarkable by demonstrating a record data transmission speed of 1.84 Pbps (Petabits per second) – or 1,840Tbps (Terabits per second) if you prefer – over a single 37-core and 7.9km long fibre optic cable. Oh.. and they could go a lot faster.

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Broadband Disrupted to Shetland After Subsea Fibre Cables Break UPDATE

20th October, 2022 (15 Comments)

Homes and businesses on Shetland, which is a remote subarctic archipelago that resides some way north of Scotland, have suffered two breakages to different parts of their main SHEFA-2 (Faroese Telecom) submarine (subsea) fibre optic cable. As a result, a lot of broadband and phone connections on the island are being disrupted.

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Quickline and UK Cellnex Masts Extend Rural Broadband to 53,000 Premises

17th October, 2022 (1 Comment)

Alternative network provider Quickline, which operates a mix of Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) networks across parts of Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, has announced that their partnership with Cellnex UK has enabled them to reach 53,000 extra homes and businesses in the first year of operation.

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Neos Networks Launch Managed Dedicated Internet Access

17th October, 2022 (4 Comments)

Neos Networks, which operates a 34,000km long fibre network with 676 Points of Presence across the UK, has today launched a Managed variant of its Dedicated Internet Access (Managed DIA) service. The service will provide businesses with fully managed, enterprise-grade fibre optic internet connectivity.

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Neos Networks Complete £10.5m Aberdeenshire Full Fibre Network

13th October, 2022 (2 Comments)

Neos Networks has today announced the completion of their £10.5m state aid funded Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) contract to rollout a new 275km long gigabit-capable Dark Fibre broadband network to connect 192 public sector sites (hospitals, council buildings etc.) in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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ITS Technology Puts Full Fibre Network Live Across Manchester

13th October, 2022 (3 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which operates 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks (aka – “Faster Britain“) across urban parts of the UK for businesses and ISPs, has today announced that their new network across Manchester is now live and able to serve 10,500 businesses with access to gigabit-capable connectivity.

ITS Technology’s Full Fibre Network Goes Live in Sheffield

22nd September, 2022 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which via their “Faster Britain” platform runs 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across urban parts of the UK for businesses and ISPs, has today announced that more than 13,500 businesses in the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield can now access their new network.

Full Fibre UK Operator ITS Technology Acquires Nextgenaccess

20th September, 2022 (1 Comment)

The ITS Technology Group, which manages 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across urban parts of the UK for businesses and ISPs (aka – “Faster Britain“), has today announced that they’ve completed the acquisition of dark fibre specialist NextGenAccess Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.

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ITS Technology Pick ADTRAN for Full Fibre Faster Britain Network

14th September, 2022 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group (its.), which currently manages 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across urban parts of the United Kingdom for businesses and ISPs – under the “Faster Britain” branding, has adopted ADTRAN’s open and disaggregated 10Gbps fibre access platform to power its network.

TalkTalk Create New Wholesale Divisions for Business and Consumer

12th September, 2022 (2 Comments)

The wholesale division of UK broadband ISP TalkTalk (TalkTalk Business) has today announced that it has created two new wholesale divisions to support both its business-to-business (‘Business Wholesale Services‘) and consumer wholesale (‘Consumer Wholesale Services‘) segments.

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Vorboss Unveil New London-wide Fibre Network for Businesses

8th September, 2022 (2 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Vorboss, which is part of the Fern Trading Group, has today hailed the progress they’ve made on their £250m project to build “London’s only full-coverage fibre network dedicated to business“, which has installed over 500km of fibre optic cable in the UK’s capital city since 2020.

Business Broadband ISP and MSP Connectus Extends UK Network

31st August, 2022 (0 Comments)

Business ISP and Managed Service Provider (MSP) Connectus has extended their gigabit-capable fibre optic network footprint to include two new Cheshire (England) business hubs in Canalside and Northwhich, as well as in the Southside area of Birmingham and at Woodside on the Wirral.

ISP Giganet Get Full Fibre Capacity Boost from Neos Networks UK

23rd August, 2022 (13 Comments)

ISP Giganet, which offers gigabit broadband connectivity to homes and businesses via several platforms (Openreach, CityFibre and its own FTTP network), has signed a new agreement with Dark Fibre operator Neos Networks to secure backhaul and data centre connectivity for their full fibre rollout in the South of England.

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Gloucester Full Fibre Network from ITS Goes Live for 2,100 Businesses

17th August, 2022 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group (its.), which now operates 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across urban parts of the UK, has today announced that their latest “Faster Britain” deployment has just gone live across part of Gloucester – giving more than 2,100 businesses access to a new 10Gbps capable network.