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Rural UK Wireless Broadband ISP Voneus Gobbles Lde Smart Alarms

20th February, 2018 (0 Comments)

Alternative wireless and fibre optic ISP Voneus has today continued their acquisition spree by gobbling Swindon-based managed data comms and CCTV provider Lde Smart Alarms, which should help the provider to grow its enterprise-grade connectivity solutions and support staff.

Ofcom Warns UK ISP Care Free Communications Over Complaints

20th February, 2018 (0 Comments)

Little known broadband and phone provider Care Free Communications has got itself into hot water with Ofcom, which comes after the telecoms regulator found “reasonable grounds for believing” that the ISP was no longer a member of an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) scheme.

5G Mobile Spectrum Auction Proceeds After Appeal by Three UK Fails

14th February, 2018 (6 Comments)

Last night the Court of Appeal in London rejected Three UK’s final attempt to have Ofcom impose a 30% spectrum cap on their forthcoming auction of 4G and 5G friendly radio spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands, which would have stopped EE (BT) from bidding and hampered Vodafone.

BT Get Three UK’s Ads Banned for Misleading Mobile Spectrum Campaign

8th February, 2018 (3 Comments)

A quirky 2016 advertising campaign by Three UK, which called upon Ofcom’s CEO to “Make the Air Fair” by imposing a mobile spectrum ownership cap of 30% that would have hit EE (BT) and Vodafone, has been banned after the Advertising Standards Authority branded it “misleading.”

Wireless Broadband ISP Voneus Gets UK Code Powers from Ofcom

6th February, 2018 (2 Comments)

Alternative network provider Voneus, which has already deployed their 50Mbps capable fixed wireless broadband service into a number of UK rural areas, has welcomed Ofcom’s decision to grant them Code Powers in order to help speed up their network expansion.

Rural Landowners Seek 95% Geographic UK 4G Mobile Cover by 2022

1st February, 2018 (12 Comments)

The Country Land and Business Association, which represents 30000 landowners (farmers and rural businesses) in England and Wales, has called on Ofcom to introduce a binding coverage obligation that would force Mobile operators to deliver 95% UK geographic coverage on all networks by 2022.

BT Fined £70K by Ofcom UK for Failing to Provide Information UPDATE

26th January, 2018 (2 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has been hit with a £70,000 fine after the regulator, Ofcom, ruled that the UK operator had failed to provide requested information as part of their ongoing Wholesale Local Access Market Review, which is examining how fixed broadband and phone services are supplied to ISPs and sold.

Ofcom Fine ISP Gateway Telecom £20K for Preventing Number Ports

24th January, 2018 (0 Comments)

Phone and broadband provider Gateway Telecom (GW Telecom Ltd.) has been hit with a fine of £20,000 after the national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, ruled that they had broken the rules by “not enabling a customer to keep their telephone number when switching to another provider.”

SSE Enterprise Telecoms Sets Out its 2018 Predictions for UK Networks

23rd January, 2018 (8 Comments)

The enterprise division of SSE Enterprise Telecoms has today set out its list of predictions for the major trends that could affect UK telecoms in 2018, which focuses on the rise of alternative network providers, greater access to fibre optic cables, more preparation for future 5G Mobile and so forth.

Bad News for TalkTalk and Post Office in Ofcom Complaints Study Q3 2017

19th January, 2018 (3 Comments)

The UK telecom regulator’s latest Q3 2017 consumer complaints report has named and shamed TalkTalk for attracting the most gripes in the fixed ISP broadband sector, while the Post Office suffered the same for landline phone services and Vodafone took the most heat for Mobile.

Ofcom Press Forward UK Auction of 4G and 5G Mobile Spectrum

17th January, 2018 (5 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has said that they will publish the auction regulations for the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz radio spectrum award process on Wednesday 24th January, which is despite the fact that Three UK are continuing to disrupt the process via litigation.

Ofcom Probe Direct Save Telecom Over Cancellations and Debt Recovery UPDATE2

16th January, 2018 (4 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has launched a probe into budget phone and broadband ISP Direct Save Telecom in order to examine the provider’s approach to recovering debt from customers, including how they handle related service disconnections or migrations.

Virgin Media’s Exit Fees for Non-Network Areas Put Under Spotlight

15th January, 2018 (11 Comments)

A new article has once again highlighted Virgin Media UK’s practice of charging hefty contract exit fees, which specifically relates to situations where customers move house into an area that exists outside of the operator’s current broadband ISP and TV network coverage.

Openreach Playing Catch-up With 2 Ethernet Minimum Service Targets

10th January, 2018 (0 Comments)

Openreach (BT) is at risk of missing two of the key Minimum Service Level (MSL) targets for their high bandwidth Ethernet product family (e.g. Ethernet Access Direct), which were agreed with the UK network operator as part of Ofcom’s 2016 Business Connectivity Market Review (BCMR).

Administrators Find Buyer for ISP True Telecom’s UK Customer Base

9th January, 2018 (0 Comments)

Troubled Kent-based broadband and phone provider True Telecom, which entered administration in November 2017 (here), has found a buyer for its customer base but not the company itself. The administrators report also reveals that HMRC sought £722,916 from the company as part of a winding-up petition.

New UK ISP IX Wireless Plans Faster Broadband for the Poorly Served

4th January, 2018 (4 Comments)

Lancashire-based ISP IX Wireless Limited has today hinted at their plan to deploy a new fixed wireless broadband network to reach businesses and homes across various parts of Middle and Northern England over the next few years, with Blackburn and Lancashire being first on their list.

UK Government MPs Try to Revive Option of Breaking Up BT to Aid Broadband

21st December, 2017 (17 Comments)

Newspaper reports have claimed that the Government may be reconsidering the option of completely separating telecoms giant BT from its UK broadband network business (Openreach), which is an approach that Ofcom rejected earlier this year (here) in favour of the less dramatic “legal separation” approach.