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George Soros Ponders Sale of Stake in UK Full Fibre ISP Hyperoptic

10th September, 2019 (0 Comments)

One of the original backers of urban “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband ISP Hyperoptic, George Soros, has reportedly hired banking firm LionTree to oversee a partial or full sale of his stake in the business. The move follows last year’s £500m investment push (here), which will support their rollout to reach 2 million UK premises by 2021.

ISPs Hyperoptic and Gigaclear Ranked in 2019 Tech Track 100

9th September, 2019 (11 Comments)

Full fibre UK broadband ISPs Hyperoptic and Gigaclear have once again made it into the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 for 2019, which is a league table of Britain’s top 100 private technology companies with the fastest-growing sales over the latest 3 years. But they have both fallen in rank.

ISP Hyperoptic Boosts Entry-Level UK Full Fibre Package to 50Mbps

18th August, 2019 (8 Comments)

Anybody lucky enough to be within reach of Hyperoptic’s Gigabit capable FTTP / FTTB broadband network, which at present covers about 500,000 UK premises across 39 UK “Hyper Cities“, will be pleased to know that they’re boosting both the download and upload speeds of their entry-level package.

Ireland Doing What the UK ASA Failed to do – BAN “Fake Fibre” Ads

24th July, 2019 (10 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority‘s decision to allow slower “part fibre” (hybrid fibre) broadband ISPs to use “fibre” terminology in their broadband adverts is starting to look increasingly silly, particularly now that Ireland has joined a number of other countries by moving to ban such promotions.

Global Fixed Broadband Subs Total 1.047 Billion as Fibre Dominates

23rd July, 2019 (0 Comments)

A new report has revealed that world fixed broadband subscribers grew by 2.06% (+21.2 million) during Q1 2019 to total 1.047 billion, while older pure copper line ISP connections continued to decline in the face of a rising onslaught from faster fibre optic based connections.

Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Has a Hidden 500Mbps Package UPDATE

15th July, 2019 (15 Comments)

City focused full fibre broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which currently claims to cover 500,000 UK premises and hopes to reach 2 million by the end of 2021 (aspiration for 5 million by 2024), appears to have quietly introduced a new 500Mbps package but it only shows up for certain areas / buildings.

Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Open Digital Skills Academy in Southwark

25th June, 2019 (1 Comment)

City-focused full fibre broadband ISP Hyperoptic has today launched its first Digital Skills Academy for local people in Southwark (London), which they say will enable 50 “volunteer champions” to be given free training and support so that they can then help to develop the digital skills of other residents in the borough.

Full Fibre UK City Broadband ISP Hyperoptic Cuts 150Mbps to £23

30th May, 2019 (15 Comments)

City focused FTTP/B broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which claims to cover 500,000 UK premises and aims to reach 2 million by 2021 (ambition for 5 million by 2024), will later today launch a new promotion that discounts the cost of their packages even further for the first 12 months of service.

Alternative Full Fibre ISPs Aim to Cover 3.38 Million UK Premises by 2020

29th May, 2019 (0 Comments)

A new report from the Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) and Point Topic has estimated that alternative “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband ISPs grew their coverage by 30% in 2018, reaching 1,298,185 UK premises. Related providers are now forecast to reach 3.38m premises by the end of 2020 and 15.96m by 2025.

Court Ruling Favours ISP GibFibre in Gibraltar Broadband Battle

10th May, 2019 (0 Comments)

The Court of Appeal for the British overseas territory of Gibraltar has ruled in favour of privately owned FTTP broadband operator, GibFibre (ISP GibFibreSpeed), after it was rejected access to the Mount Pleasant Data Centre, which is owned by rival Gibtelecom (wholly owned Government company), and the local regulator failed to help.

Hyperoptic Grow Leadership Team for UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

9th May, 2019 (9 Comments)

City focused fibre optic (FTTP/B) broadband ISP Hyperoptic has today appointed Peter White to be its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Naleena Gururani as their Chief People Officer (CPO). Both will work to help them roll-out a “full fibre” network to 2 million UK homes by 2021 and 5 million by 2024.

Cityfibre Lose Case Against “Misleading” Fibre Broadband ISP Ads

15th April, 2019 (61 Comments)

The UK High Court of Justice has today dismissed Cityfibre’s Judicial Review of the Advertising Standards Authority’s decision to allow slower “part fibre” (hybrid fibre) ISPs to use “fibre” terminology in their broadband adverts, which Gigabit capable “full fibre” (FTTH/P) providers have long felt to be “misleading“.

Full Fibre Broadband ISP Hyperoptic Hail 99% Day One Success Rate

11th April, 2019 (5 Comments)

City focused UK fibre optic (FTTP/B) broadband ISP Hyperoptic has today claimed that their new-build installation teams have hit a 99% success rate for day-one connectivity in the last year, which means that residents moving into a new property enabled with their Gigabit speed capable service can get online within just 24 hours.

20,000 Apartments from Network Homes to Get 1Gbps Broadband

19th March, 2019 (2 Comments)

Fibre optic UK ISP Hyperoptic has announced that 20,000 units belonging to Network Homes, which is a primarily London focused housing association, will be the next in line to be covered by their 1Gbps capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband network.

UK Firm Gaist Produce New Map to Help FTTH Broadband Installers

14th March, 2019 (0 Comments)

Gaist has launched a new “highly detailed” map for use by installers of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks, which claims to cover “over 200,000 kilometres of the country’s roads and pathways, using more than a billion high definition images to map the highway scape of every classified road in England.”

UK Finally Joins 2019 FTTH Ultrafast Broadband Country Ranking

14th March, 2019 (22 Comments)

After years of waiting we’re pleased to report that the United Kingdom has finally been included into the FTTH Council Europe‘s annual 2019 country ranking, which lists the countries with the strongest subscriber penetration of “full fibre” (FTTP/H/B) ultrafast broadband ISP networks. Predictably.. we’re at the bottom.

CEO of UK ISP Hyperoptic Wins Outstanding FTTH Contribution Award

13th March, 2019 (5 Comments)

The co-founder and CEO of urban fibre optic broadband ISP Hyperoptic, Dana Tobak, has today won an award for her “outstanding contribution” to the acceleration of Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband technology in Europe as part of the annual FTTH Conference in Amsterdam.