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Ofcom Tweak Final Pricing for Openreach 40Mbps FTTC Broadband

28th March, 2018 (11 Comments)

Ofcom has today published a final statement on their recent UK Wholesale Local Access Market Review (WLAMR), which is broadly unchanged from last month’s major announcement (here) but there has been a tweak to wholesale FTTC “fibre broadband” pricing for UK ISPs.

Government Detail Final 10Mbps For All UK Broadband USO Design UPDATE

28th March, 2018 (28 Comments)

As promised the Government has today set out their chosen design for the new Universal Service Obligation (USO), which pledges to give everybody in the United Kingdom the “legal right” to request a 10Mbps+ capable “high speed broadband” connection from 2020, but challenges remain.

1 in 7 UK Parents Claim Poor Home Broadband Hampers Education

27th March, 2018 (10 Comments)

A new uSwitch.com survey, which was conducted with 1,000 UK parents of children aged 5-18, has claimed that 15% of respondents (allegedly equivalent to around 1.2 million children) think slow home internet connection speeds are “negatively impacting their child’s education.”

Scotland Name ISP Bidders for 100% Superfast Broadband Rollout

22nd March, 2018 (8 Comments)

A meeting of the UK Wireless Internet Service Providers Association has named the four suppliers that are bidding on Scotland’s R100 project, which aspires to make “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) available to 100% of the country by the end of 2021 (March 2022 as a financial year).

Fixed Line UK Broadband ISP Subscriber Growth is in a Slowdown

13th March, 2018 (4 Comments)

A new study of broadband ISP growth has confirmed the unsurprising news that the UK is in a slowdown. The market is now home to a total of 26,265,000 lines but only 203800 were added in Q4 2017, which compares with 241900 in Q4 2016, 255200 in Q4 2015 and 339400 three years ago.

Slow Take-up of Superfast Broadband Holds Back Rural Businesses

12th March, 2018 (8 Comments)

The coverage of UK “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) ISP networks may be growing but a new report from Rural England, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and Amazon, which examines how rural businesses use digital technologies, has warned that slow take-up of the service is also holding them back.

Ofcom Changes to Boost UK Full Fibre Broadband and Cut FTTC Prices

23rd February, 2018 (66 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today completed several wholesale market reviews, which among other things will force Openreach (BT) to adopt stiffer Quality of Service standards (installations and repairs), open up their cable ducts to rival ISPs and introduce a big price cut on 40Mbps FTTC broadband lines.

Michael Gove MP Claims Brexit to Deliver More Cash for Broadband

21st February, 2018 (36 Comments)

The Government’s Environment Secretary, Michael Gove MP, has told a meeting of UK farmers that fast broadband and 4G mobile coverage remains “patchy and poor in many areas” and that true universal coverage could be “paid for by the money we no longer have to give to the EU.”

KCOM See Full Fibre Broadband Surpass Copper on Hull UK Network

9th February, 2018 (3 Comments)

The incumbent telecoms operator for Hull in East Yorkshire, KCOM, has today confirmed that more people on their network are now using their new Gigabit capable “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband lines than older copper (ADSL) based connections for the first time.

BT Ultrafast Broadband Covers 886K UK Premises as Pay TV Shrinks

2nd February, 2018 (14 Comments)

BT has released their latest results to the end of 2017 (Q4 calendar), which saw their retail UK broadband ISP base add 35K subscribers to total 9,342,000 (vs +22K in Q3). Meanwhile their FTTP and G.fast “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) services reached 886,000 premises (up from 770K).

Government Hails 95% UK Coverage of 24Mbps Superfast Broadband

29th January, 2018 (60 Comments)

Completed on time. The Government has today confirmed that an estimated 95% of the United Kingdom can now access a 24Mbps+ capable fixed line “superfast broadband” network as a result of their national £1.7bn Broadband Delivery UK programme, but many gaps remain.

Scottish Gov Stops Community Broadband Scotland Scheme UPDATE

25th January, 2018 (17 Comments)

In an unsurprising development the Highlands and Islands Enterprise has announced that their Community Broadband Scotland (CBS) initiative, which provided public funding to help setup new alternative broadband networks in very remote rural areas, is coming to an end.

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.

Suffolk Chamber of Commerce Calls for 100Mbps Broadband Everywhere

10th January, 2018 (10 Comments)

The Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, which touts itself as being the voice of local businesses in that corner of South East England, has called on the UK Government to deliver 10 times faster broadband speeds than those being pledged as part of the 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for 2020.

UPD Gov Reject BT Voluntary 10Mbps UK Broadband USO and Goes Regulatory

20th December, 2017 (91 Comments)

After a final consultation (here) the Government has today revealed its chosen path for implementing a new legally-binding Universal Service Obligation (USO), which promises a minimum broadband download speed of 10Mbps (1Mbps upload) for all by 2020 and rejects BT’s £600m voluntary proposal.

Scotland Publish Tender for Universal R100 Superfast Broadband Rollout

19th December, 2017 (14 Comments)

As expected the Scottish Government has published the OJEU procurement document for their £600 million R100 programme, which aspires to extend superfast broadband (30Mbps+) networks to cover 100% of premises in Scotland (UK) by the end of 2021 (or March 2022 as a financial year).

OECD Pegs Satellite as a Solution for Poor Rural Broadband Connectivity

19th December, 2017 (6 Comments)

A new report from the OECD has highlighted how a number of new developments could help to make Satellite broadband a more viable connectivity solution for bringing high speed internet access to remote rural parts of the UK and various other countries around the world. But it’s by no means perfect.