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Netomnia UK Add Trowbridge and Frome to Gigabit Fibre Rollout

20th December, 2021 (6 Comments)

Full fibre builder Netomnia has today announced that the Wiltshire town of Trowbridge and the Somerset town of Frome will be next in line to benefit from their rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. This aims to cover 1 million UK homes and businesses by the end of 2023.

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Openreach Sees 100,000 Customers on FTTP in Northern Ireland

20th December, 2021 (5 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced that they’ve connected 100,000 customers, via various different partner ISPs, to their new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Northern Ireland. All of this will complement the £130m (capex) currently being invested between 2021 and 2022 to expand their coverage across NI.

Grayshott Gigabit’s FTTP Broadband Network Goes Live in Surrey

20th December, 2021 (2 Comments)

Morden-based UK broadband ISP Grayshott Gigabit, which a few months ago (here) started to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of East Hampshire, the Surrey Hills and surrounding areas, has finally started to go live for customers in the village of Hindhead (Surrey).

Connexin Start Rollout of 10Gbps Broadband Network in Hull UK

17th December, 2021 (15 Comments)

UK ISP Connexin, which a few months ago (here) confirmed they would invest £80m to end KCOM’s “broadband monopoly” in Hull and East Yorkshire by building their own rival 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has this week achieved a key milestone with the installation of their first street cabinet.

Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Pilot Low Bandwidth Smart Home Service

17th December, 2021 (0 Comments)

City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has deployed gigabit-capable FTTP/B networks across parts of 43 UK towns and cities (e.g. large residential buildings / MDUs), has today launched a new “low-bandwidth” Proof of Concept (PoC) pilot to help connect “smart home equipment“. But homeowners won’t be able to harness the extra line.

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Lit Fibre Bring 1Gbps Broadband to Clacton and Frinton on Sea

17th December, 2021 (8 Comments)

Full fibre ISP Lit Fibre, which is currently deploying a 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to reach 500,000 UK homes by 2026, has named the neighbouring seaside towns of Clacton-on-Sea and Frinton-on-Sea in Essex (England) as the next ones to benefit from their rollout.

Full Fibre ISP BrawBand in Scotland Launch Pay TV Service

17th December, 2021 (5 Comments)

Inverness-based broadband ISP BrawBand (HighNet), which currently sells home broadband services over CityFibre’s new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in locations such as Inverness, Glasgow and Renfrewshire, has today launched a new pay TV service via Netgem’s platform.

Gigaclear Get GBP190m Boost for Rural UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

17th December, 2021 (21 Comments)

Infracapital-backed alternative network ISP Gigaclear, which recently passed 250,000 premises in rural parts of England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today secured another huge £190 million investment boost – this time co-financed by the new UK Infrastructure Bank.

Former Openreach Director Appointed MD of Infrastructure at Hyperoptic

16th December, 2021 (5 Comments)

Full fibre ISP Hyperoptic, which is building a new gigabit-capable FTTP/B broadband network across parts of 43 UK towns and cities (mostly large residential buildings and office blocks), has announced the appointment of Lisa Neale, a former Openreach Director, to be their new MD of Infrastructure.

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Connected Nations 2021 – UK Gigabit Broadband Cover Hits 47%

16th December, 2021 (15 Comments)

Ofcom has released their Connection Nations 2021 UK digital infrastructure report, which reveals that the coverage of “gigabit-capable” (1Gbps+) broadband ISP networks has jumped from 27% last year to 47% now (13.7 million households). Plus, around half of UK properties are in areas where 5G mobile is available outside.

Full Fibre ISP Box Broadband Starts Offering Netgem TV Service

16th December, 2021 (6 Comments)

UK ISP Box Broadband, which is now part of CommunityFibre (here) and has already extended their own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 7,000 homes across parts of Surrey and West Sussex (England), has today become the latest provider to bundle in Netgem’s pay TV box and service.

CityFibre May Extend Stirling’s 1Gbps Broadband to Nearby Villages UPDATE

16th December, 2021 (8 Comments)

The MP for the small city of Stirling in Scotland, Alyn Smith (SNP), has revealed that CityFibre, which recently completed the rollout of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network for over 20,000 premises in the city, may soon extend this network to reach thousands of premises in nearby villages.

Digital Infrastructure Get GBP100m to Fuel UK Full Fibre Rollout

15th December, 2021 (5 Comments)

Network operator Digital Infrastructure (DI), which a few months ago revealed their aim to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to 1 million UK premises in 84 cities (here), has today confirmed that they’ve been able to secure £100m of funding from Basalt Infrastructure Partners.

Rival Fibre ISPs Gigaclear and Swish Fibre Both Go Live in Thame

15th December, 2021 (11 Comments)

Smaller UK alternative network ISPs are increasingly starting to butt heads in some of the same areas. The latest example comes from the small market town of Thame in Oxfordshire (England), where Swish Fibre and Gigaclear have both started to go live with a new full fibre broadband network, within days of each other.

B4RN Celebrates 10 Years of Bringing FTTP Broadband to Rural Areas

15th December, 2021 (12 Comments)

Community ISP B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which are deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural premises in England, has today marked the 10th anniversary of their share launch. The network currently covers around 20,000 premises and has connected 9,000 of those.

Q3 2021 Update on BT FTTP Broadband Rollout Progress in Wales

15th December, 2021 (7 Comments)

The Welsh Government has issued a Q3 2021 progress update on their £52.5m Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contract with BT (Openreach), which confirms that 24,515 premises (up from 20,490 in Q2) have now gained access to the operator’s 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

Rural Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear Celebrates 250,000 UK Premises UPDATE

14th December, 2021 (2 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Gigaclear, which currently aims to reach 500,000 UK premises with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network by the end of 2023, has today celebrated being able to close out the year with a total footprint of 250,000 premises passed across England.