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GibFibre Launch Symmetrical 200Mbps Broadband for Gibraltar Businesses

19th October, 2017 - 12:16 pm (0 Comments)

Small and medium sized businesses (SME) on the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, which sits on the southern end of Spain’s Iberian Peninsula in the Mediterranean sea, can now get access to symmetrical broadband speeds of up to 200Mbps via GibFibre‘s fibre optic (FTTH/B) network.

UK Scientists Build 10Gbps Receiver to Boost Fibre Optic Broadband Lines

19th October, 2017 - 11:41 am (0 Comments)

Scientists working out of the Optical Networks Group at University College London have developed a cheaper and simpler receiver for optical “full fibre” (FTTH/P) broadband networks, which makes it possible to dedicate a wavelength of light to each subscriber and “avoid bandwidth sharing.”

Hyperoptic 1Gbps Broadband Advert Banned for Looking Like a BT Letter

18th October, 2017 - 7:26 am (27 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic, which supplies up to 1Gbps FTTP/B broadband services to large buildings in many UK urban areas, has had one of its circular adverts banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) because the promotion looked too much like an official communication from BT.

Nokia Demo 1Gbps Wireless PON Broadband Tech as Alternative to FTTP

17th October, 2017 - 5:38 pm (11 Comments)

Nokia says they will become the first to demonstrate a hybrid Wireless Passive Optical Network (PON) solution at the Broadband World Forum in Berlin, which can offer up to 1Gbps broadband speeds to homes by harnessing both an optical fibre network and WiGig’s 60GHz wireless standard (802.11ad).

Ofcom CEO’s “Key Test” for Openreach is a Fibre Co-Investment Deal with Rival

17th October, 2017 - 11:36 am (36 Comments)

The Chief Executive of the UK telecoms regulator, Sharon White, has told a cross-party committee of MPs that a “key test” of Ofcom’s new regulatory approach to BT will be whether or not Openreach can “do a co-investment deal with another operator” following their “full fibre” broadband consultation.

Warwickshire Upgrades Coverage Map for “Fibre Broadband” Rollout

14th October, 2017 - 12:01 am (6 Comments)

The CSW Broadband project, which hopes to make “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) available to 98% of premises in Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry by the end of 2019, has updated its coverage map to add more detail and the latest Phase 3 FTTP roll-out plan with Openreach (BT).

Infrastructure Commission Calls for Urgent Action to Improve Broadband

13th October, 2017 - 1:21 pm (19 Comments)

The Government’s National Infrastructure Commission has launched a new consultation which, among other things, warns that the United Kingdom “risks falling behind” other countries in its next generation mobile (5G) and broadband connections unless “urgent action” is taken to increase capacity.

SSE Enterprise Win Contract to Support 1Gbps Fibre for 3,000 Scottish Homes

10th October, 2017 - 10:52 am (5 Comments)

SSE Enterprise Telecoms has scooped the 1Gbps fibre optic broadband network delivery contract for the £800m Countesswells Development in Scotland, which will create a new town with 3,000 homes and various spaces for business / schools near to Aberdeen.

EU Raise BT Competition Concern Over Business Rates for UK Fibre Broadband

10th October, 2017 - 10:11 am (2 Comments)

The European Commission’s (EC) competition regulator has called on the UK Government to defend its business rates regime after an unidentified complainant alleged that the charges, which are managed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), were being abused to provide “illegal state aid” to BT.

KCOM Detail Q4 – 2017 FTTP Broadband Rollout to 11,555 Premises in Hull

10th October, 2017 - 7:55 am (1 Comment)

East Yorkshire ISP KCOM has today announced the final 2017 phase of their £60m Lightstream project, which aims to have deployed their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) dominated “ultrafast broadband” network to a further 11,555 premises in Hull between now and the end of the year.

BT Update – UK Progress of G.fast, FTTP Broadband, 21CN and Qube Engineers

9th October, 2017 - 4:25 pm (30 Comments)

BT recently held another one of their periodic meetings with ISPs from across the United Kingdom, which among other things revealed the latest roll-out progress for G.fast and FTTP “ultrafast broadband” tech, as well as a trial of Qube engineer visits and the status of their 21CN upgrades.

Norfolk UK Prep £13m Bid for “Full Fibre” Broadband Funding and Vouchers

5th October, 2017 - 2:19 pm (0 Comments)

The Norfolk County Council (NCC) will next week debate the prospect of making a bid worth £13m to the UK Government’s new £200m Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) programme, which could help to bring Gigabit class FTTP broadband services to public sector sites and businesses.

UPDATE3 Wireless ISP Relish Start 1Gbps “Full Fibre” Home Broadband Package

3rd October, 2017 - 10:56 am (5 Comments)

In a curious move Relish Wireless, which is a fixed wireless ISP in London and Swindon that was acquired by Three UK, has updated their website to offer a new range of “Home Fibre” broadband services that claim to offer a “full fibre experience” with ultrafast download speeds from 50Mbps to 1Gbps.

ISP Community Fibre Makes Progress on Wandsworth 1Gbps Broadband Rollout

2nd October, 2017 - 2:12 pm (5 Comments)

Two years ago the London Borough of Wandsworth announced that it had teamed-up with local ISP Community Fibre to roll-out a new 1000Mbps capable ultrafast fibre optic (FTTP/H) broadband network to 20,000 council homes. The provider has so far done 5,500 and the next areas are now being announced.

Cityfibre Deal to Bring 1Gbps Fibre to Businesses in Cheltenham and Gloucester

2nd October, 2017 - 10:36 am (0 Comments)

Cityfibre has today signed a new deal with Cheltenham-based ISP Bamboo, which will support the roll-out of their 500Mbps and 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cater for businesses in the large town of Cheltenham and the city of Gloucester (Gloucestershire, England).

Openreach and Grosvenor Co-Investment Deal for Ultrafast FTTP in London

28th September, 2017 - 9:00 am (13 Comments)

Openreach’s (BT) roll-out of Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband tech has been given a boost by their first co-investment deal with a major UK landowner (Grosvenor Britain & Ireland), which will see their network being expanded across the firm’s London estate (130 sites).

Cityfibre – H1 Turnover Hits £9m as FTTP Serves 4,235 UK Customer Premises

28th September, 2017 - 8:08 am (0 Comments)

Cityfibre has published their latest results for the six months to 30th June 2017 (H1), which reveals that they now have 4,235 connected customer premises on their UK “full fibre” FTTP network (up from 3,962 in H2 2016) and a total of 3,556 route kilometres of operational ducted fibre (up from 3,383km).