Home » UK ISP News Archive » Article Tag: Fibre Optic (1615 Posts)
Sponsored Links
You are viewing a news and article archive for the Fibre Optic tag (category), where older items are stored for readers to access and view.
Search ISP News
Search ISP Listings
Search ISP Reviews
 

Articles for Category Tag - Fibre Optic

 

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.

Dame-Melanie-Dawes_ofcom_ceo_uk

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.”

fibre optic uk network cable flay glowing 2020

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%).

Advertisement

internet law uk

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.

optical glass fibre cable threads 123rf

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.”

its technology group

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.

Advertisement

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.

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).

Fiber Optic cables connected to an optic ports and Network cables connected to ethernet ports

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.”

Advertisement

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.

5G Mobile Wireless Radio Mast by 123rf

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).

wifinity_uk_isp_logo_2020

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.

Advertisement

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).

wales uk future

13th November, 2020 (6 Comments)

The Carmarthenshire Council in South West Wales has approved, as part of the wider Swansea Bay City Deal, an investment of £55m to boost digital connectivity in the region, which among other things looks set to help deploy more “full fibre” broadband connectivity and support improvements to mobile networks.

12th November, 2020 (3 Comments)

A new Middlesex-based network operator called Digital Infrastructure (DI) has today cropped up with an ambition to deploy a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network for “areas currently not served by such networks“, including homes, businesses and others in selected urban and suburban areas.

SIMWOOD_logo_picture_uk_isp

11th November, 2020 (19 Comments)

Wholesale communications provider SIMWOOD UK, which supplies business and ISPs, appears to have developed a new set of uncontended FTTC and FTTP based products aimed at home workers and smaller businesses. Just don’t call their packages “broadband,” even though they kind of still are.. a bit.

its technology group

22nd October, 2020 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group (its.), which operates a number of fibre optic and hybrid wireless broadband ISP networks across parts of the UK (usually via wholesale), has appointed two big names to help support their “full fibre” deployment strategy – Mike Goodwin and Darren Shenkin.

 Cheapest Big ISPs for 100Mbps+
Community Fibre UK ISP Logo
100Mbps (100Mbps up)
Vodafone UK ISP Logo
Vodafone £22.00
150Mbps (27 - 150Mbps up)
Virgin Media UK ISP Logo
Virgin Media £23.99
264Mbps (25Mbps up)
Plusnet UK ISP Logo
Plusnet £23.99
145Mbps (30Mbps up)
Promotion
Cheapest ISPs for 100Mbps+
Gigaclear UK ISP Logo
Gigaclear £17.00
300Mbps
Gift: None
Community Fibre UK ISP Logo
100Mbps
Gift: None
toob UK ISP Logo
toob £19.50
150Mbps
Gift: None
Vodafone UK ISP Logo
Vodafone £22.00
150Mbps
Gift: None
Beebu UK ISP Logo
Beebu £23.00
100 - 160Mbps
Gift: None
Large Availability | View All
Promotion
Cheap Unlimited Mobile SIMs
iD Mobile UK ISP Logo
iD Mobile £16.00
Contract: 24 Months
Data: Unlimited
Talkmobile UK ISP Logo
Talkmobile £16.95
Contract: 1 Month
Data: Unlimited
Smarty UK ISP Logo
Smarty £18.00
Contract: 1 Month
Data: Unlimited
ASDA Mobile UK ISP Logo
ASDA Mobile £19.00
Contract: 24 Months
Data: Unlimited
O2 UK ISP Logo
O2 £21.24
Contract: 24 Months
Data: Unlimited
Sponsored

Copyright © 1999 to Present - ISPreview.co.uk - All Rights Reserved - Terms , Privacy and Cookie Policy , Links , Website Rules , Contact
Mastodon