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Greater Manchester Extend “Fibre Broadband” Rollout to Extra 2900 Premises

31st January, 2017 (13 Comments)

The £15m Get Digital Faster project, which is already working to extend the coverage of Openreach’s (BT) “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to 47,000+ premises in the Greater Manchester (England) area, has announced that a further 2,900 will also benefit thanks to clawback of £1.4m.

Urban FTTP Builder Cityfibre Added 5,063 New UK Connections in 2016

31st January, 2017 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic network developer Cityfibre has today published a preliminary trading update for the year to 31st December 2016, which among other things confirms that they have pure fibre networks in 42 UK “cities” and this reflects 3,383km of network assets in use (up from 743km at the end of 2015).

Hyperoptic Brings 1Gbps FTTP Broadband to its First UK Housing Estate

30th January, 2017 (4 Comments)

Urban fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has taken a break from deploying “hyperfast” broadband to big apartment or office blocks in the major UK cities. Instead they’ve begun rolling out their Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network to a housing estate in Hertfordshire’s Welwyn Garden City.

Aylesbury Vale Broadband’s Buckinghamshire FTTH Network in Hoggeston

30th January, 2017 (0 Comments)

The £700k publicly funded Aylesbury Vale Broadband project in rural Buckinghamshire (England) has now extended the ducting network for their ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) service to the village of Hoggeston, with neighbouring Littlecote also being within sight.

UPDATE BT Fibre Broadband Upgrades for 40000 Premises in Wales Delayed

28th January, 2017 (13 Comments)

Problems with gaining access to private land are reportedly delaying the Welsh Government’s joint Superfast Cymru project with Openreach (BT) to roll-out faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to around 40,000 extra homes and businesses in Wales.

Wildcard UK Ltd Hints at Faster Broadband for Homes in the North East

28th January, 2017 (0 Comments)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne based business ISP Wildcard Networks (Wildcard UK Limited) has hinted at tentative plans to expand their mix of wireless and fibre optic based superfast broadband networks to reach more businesses and homes in the North East of England.

Landowners Call for UK Government Deal on Broadband Infrastructure

27th January, 2017 (7 Comments)

The Country Land and Business Association has today pledged to work with “fibre broadband” infrastructure providers in order to agree a new wayleave deal for better access across private land, but only if the Government “proves its commitment” to improving rural broadband connectivity.

Virgin Media Begins Deployment of VoIP Phone Alongside Broadband

27th January, 2017 (12 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they’ve just begun a limited deployment of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology to replace their old phone (line rental) service, but it’s currently only being sold in areas where the operator has deployed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology.

BT Top 9.27 Mill UK Broadband Users as Openreach Connect 7.17 Mill to Fibre

27th January, 2017 (53 Comments)

BT has today published their latest quarterly results (Q4 2016 calendar), which saw their retail broadband base grow by +83k to total 9,276,000 subscribers (up from +76k added in Q3) and Openreach report that 7,177,000 now take an FTTC/P based “fibre broadband” service via their UK network.

BT Community Fibre Broadband Scheme Set to Benefit 40000 UK Premises

27th January, 2017 (2 Comments)

The Community Fibre Partnerships scheme that BT setup a little while back, which is a co-funded approach that works with local groups in order to deliver faster broadband into poorly served areas, has so far helped to cover 20,000 extra premises across the UK and they’re set to deliver 40,000.

First “Businesses” Live on Cityfibre’s Gigabit FTTP Network in Northampton

26th January, 2017 (0 Comments)

It’s been four months since Cityfibre’s 45km Gigabit capable fibre optic (FTTP) network went live in the Northamptonshire town of Northampton and the operator has today announced that the first “businesses” are finally live, but the only one they’ve named is their own ISP partner DBfB.

Report Calls for 5G Mobile First, with FTTP Broadband Only as Required

26th January, 2017 (8 Comments)

A new report from Communications Chambers, which was funded by Deutsche Telekom, has suggested that tackling broadband needs by focusing on pure ultrafast fibre optic (FTTP/H) connectivity is “backward looking” and it might be better to foster a fibre fed 5G wireless future.

Copper Falls as Ultrafast Fibre Boosts Global Broadband Users to 823Million

26th January, 2017 (0 Comments)

A new report from Point Topic has revealed that the total number of world fixed broadband subscribers grew by 2.25% during Q3 2016 and now stands at 822.7 Million (up from 745m one year earlier), with the majority of growth being fuelled by pure fibre optic (FTTH/P) connectivity.

UPDATE Gloucestershire and Herefordshire Moot Big Broadband Extension

25th January, 2017 (4 Comments)

Rural fibre optic ISP Gigaclear looks set to grab yet another major state aid supported contract under the joint Fastershire project for Gloucestershire and Herefordshire in England, which is currently busy rolling out “fast broadband” services to “all who need it” by 2018.

£134bn – The Cost of Deploying Ultrafast FTTH Broadband Across EU28

25th January, 2017 (3 Comments)

The cost of deploying ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband networks throughout the EU, which currently still includes the United Kingdom, has today been revised by Comsof on behalf of the FTTH Council Europe and the new estimate is £134 billion (€156bn).

First Homes Live on MS3’s connectHull FTTH Broadband Network in Hull UK

25th January, 2017 (2 Comments)

Communications provider MS3 has announced that their new “ultrafast” Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) based broadband ISP network in West Hull (East Yorkshire, England) – connectHull – has finally connected its first homes in a trial area that covers roughly 1,200 premises.

£9900 Grant Helps B4RN Rollout 1Gbps Broadband to Barbon and Middleton

24th January, 2017 (16 Comments)

The rural villages of Barbon and Middleton in Cumbria have today won a grant of £9,900 from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority and its Sustainable Development Fund (SDF), which will be used to help B4RN roll-out a 1Gbps community-built FTTH network. JFDI.