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Oxford Named First of Three UK Cities to Get New 5G Small Cell Mobile Boost

23rd April, 2025 (8 Comments)

Mobile infrastructure services provider Cornerstone (CTIL), which handles the UK network sharing agreement between O2 (Virgin Media) and Vodafone (Vantage Towers), has announced that Oxford will be the first of three major UK cities set for “enhanced [5G] mobile connectivity” in 2025 as they deploy a new “city-wide” small cell network.

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Gigaclear Complete FTTP Broadband Build to Large Oxfordshire Village

4th March, 2025 (0 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural UK ISP Gigaclear has confirmed the completion of their gigabit broadband roll-out across the large South Oxfordshire (England) village of Sonning Common. The work to deploy their full fibre network across the village started in 2023 and a total of over 2,000 premises can now access the new service.

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Gigaclear Start New Oxfordshire UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

18th February, 2025 (7 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural ISP Gigaclear has today announced that they’ve kicked off the construction phase of their £25.4m (state aid) Project Gigabit contracts for South Oxfordshire (Lot 13.01 – c.5,500 premises) and North Oxfordshire (Lot 13.02 – c.4,200 premises), which will extend their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to around 9,500 premises in hard-to-reach areas.

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Supplier Picked to Deliver Oxfordshire and Bucks 5G Rail and Broadband Project

11th December, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) and England’s Connected Heartland (ECH) have this morning announced that they’ve picked AWTG, a 5G mobile private network supplier, to enhance broadband and mobile connectivity along the soon-to-be reopened passenger railway line between Bicester Village and Bletchley.

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Openreach Name Top 10 Oxfordshire UK Areas for FTTP Broadband Cover

1st October, 2024 (22 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed the top locations for coverage of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Oxfordshire (England), which sees the historic market town of Witney top the table with “nearly” 70% of all premises able to upgrade.

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Oxfordshire UK’s GigaHubs Full Fibre Build Connects 180 Sites

26th June, 2024 (4 Comments)

The Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) and Neos Networks have revealed that their ongoing £7.25m “GigaHubs” project has now connected 180 public sector sites (schools, hospitals etc.) to a new gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network. But the work won’t complete until they reach the contracted 193 sites, later this year.

Broadband ISP Zzoomm Sees 20 Percent Full Fibre Take-up in Shiplake

10th January, 2024 (5 Comments)

Alternative network provider and UK ISP Zzoomm is in the news for a second time today, albeit this time to celebrate the fact that their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Shiplake (Oxfordshire), which only went live on 20th December 2023, has already exceeded a take-up rate of 20%.

Gigabit Broadband Contracts Awarded for Oxfordshire and Staffordshire UK UPDATE

25th November, 2023 (10 Comments)

The UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme has today announced two new contracts, which sees ISP Gigaclear awarded £26.5m to cover around 10,000 rural premises in North and South Oxfordshire. At the same time, Connect Fibre has scooped a £16.5m deal to cover 6,000 premises in North East Staffordshire.

Rural UK ISP Airband Offers 4 Months Free Broadband – Black Friday

26th October, 2023 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Airband, which aspires to reach 600,000 UK premises via a mix of Wireless and Full Fibre (FTTP) networks by the end of 2025, has recently launched a new Black Friday promotion that offers new customers their first four months of service for free – saving up to £220.

UK ISP Zzoomm Sees 33 Percent Full Fibre Take-up in Henley

13th October, 2023 (13 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zzoomm has reported that take-up of their multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in one of their first locations to go live during early 2020, the Oxfordshire (England) town of Henley-on-Thames, has now hit 1 in 3 premises (roughly 33%) and growing.

Cable Thieves Leave Oxfordshire UK Village Offline for Nearly 2 Weeks

14th August, 2023 (23 Comments)

Some 400 homes across the rural Oxfordshire (England) village of Ardington have been left disconnected from their broadband and phone services for almost two weeks, which occurred after criminals stole more than 500 metres of underground copper cable from Openreach’s local network.

Rural UK Full Fibre ISP Airband Reportedly Seeking New Funding

20th June, 2023 (4 Comments)

Alternative network provider Airband, which aims to cover 600,000 UK premises in rural areas via a mix of their wireless (FWA) and full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks by the end of 2025, has reportedly appointed restructuring firms AlixPartners and Houlihan Lokey to help find additional funding amid difficult conditions.

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New Cabinets Help Gigaclear Build Full Fibre to 5 Oxfordshire UK Villages

24th May, 2023 (6 Comments)

Abingdon-based UK broadband ISP Gigaclear has expanded their street cabinet options in order to help serve smaller communities, with the first to benefit from this approach being five small villages in Oxfordshire (England) – Burford, Islip, Cassington, Tackley and Weston-on-the-Green.

Gigaclear Expand FTTP Broadband Build to 4 Oxfordshire Villages

21st March, 2023 (0 Comments)

Rural UK broadband ISP Gigaclear has announced that, as part of their £84 million investment to deploy a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across Oxfordshire (England), the provider now expects to reach several thousand additional premises across four villages.

Netomnia Adds UK City of Oxford to FTTP Broadband Rollout

3rd August, 2022 (0 Comments)

Full Fibre network builder Netomnia – supported by broadband ISP partner YouFibre – has today added a second “major city” (after Liverpool) to their UK rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network, which will see them invest £36m to cover 120,000 premises in Oxford (England).

Voneus Plan FTTP for 17000 Homes in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire

5th April, 2022 (2 Comments)

Macquarie Capital backed UK ISP Voneus, which holds a “near term” plan to cover 100,000 homes in rural areas with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network (here), has signed a new partnership with Glenevin Construction to reach 17,000 homes across Oxfordshire and Warwickshire in England.

Gigabit FTTP Broadband in Wingrave Finally Going Live via Ecom

8th March, 2022 (0 Comments)

After a long wait, UK ISP Ecom has finally started to connect the first properties in the rural Buckinghamshire (England) village of Wingrave – home to a local population of around 1,500 – to their new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network.