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Voneus Face Rural Broadband Complaints in Shropshire and Powys

16th December, 2024 (2 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Voneus, which has built a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless broadband networks across parts of Wales and England, has pledge to “increase community communication” after more than a hundred complaints about their service were raised by residents through two MPs for Shropshire and Powys.

Building Digital UK Reveals Gov’s Gigabit Broadband Build Progress

13th December, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Government’s Building Digital UK agency has published its annual performance report (accounts here), which provides breakdowns of how many premises in the United Kingdom have received gigabit-capable broadband coverage as a result of their public subsidy (i.e. funding provided under the prior “Superfast Broadband” programme and the current £5bn Project Gigabit scheme).

Streetwave Make Maps of UK Mobile Coverage and Performance Available

13th December, 2024 (4 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave, which is currently conducting various UK surveys to study the coverage and speed of 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) networks across the UK using bin lorries and private vehicles, appears to have responded to some of ISPreview’s suggestions by making interactive visual maps of their findings available for free to the public.

Swansea Bay City Deal Completes Half of its Full Fibre Infrastructure Build

12th December, 2024 (0 Comments)

The Swansea Bay City Region project has announced that it’s successfully completed 50% of its Full Fibre Infrastructure Build project with BT. This forms part of the related ‘Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme’ and is helping to upgrade key public sector sites with “future proofed” broadband connectivity.

Openreach Bring FTTP Broadband to 1 Million Premises in Wales

10th December, 2024 (8 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has announced that their new 1.8Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has passed an important milestone by covering 1 million premises across Wales (up from 816,000 in January 2024 and 700,000 in July 2023).

Opensignal 2024 Study Ranks UK Broadband ISPs by Quality and Speed

5th December, 2024 (9 Comments)

Internet benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published their “definitive” 2024 Fixed Broadband Experience report, which gauges the performance of various internet service providers across the UK and then separately across 12 of its regions (inc. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Overall, Virgin Media came top in the national scores, but the regional results are different.

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Ofcom – UK Gigabit Broadband Cover Rises to 84% as 5G Hits 90-95%

5th December, 2024 (6 Comments)

Ofcom has published their annual Connection Nations 2024 digital infrastructure report, which among many other things finds that residential gigabit-capable broadband ISP networks now cover 84% of the UK (up from 78% in 2023), while outdoor 5G mobile cover from at least one operator is available to 90-95% of premises (up from 85-93%). But rural cover remains poor.

Flotek to Supply Full Fibre Services via Elevate’s New Cardiff Hypercity Network

4th December, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network operator Elevate Wholesale (formerly Telcom) has today announced its first strategic ISP and comms provider partner, Flotek, for the new Hypercity fibre optic broadband and Ethernet network that they’ve been contracted to build across Cardiff in South Wales.

First Local Authority in Wales Completes Digital Phone Switchover

2nd December, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Bridgend County Borough Council (BCBC) today claims to have become the “first local authority in Wales” to complete a digital switchover of its telecare alarms. This has seen them move away from BT and Openreach’s old copper-based analogue line services (PSTN phones and WLR) to adopt internet-based solutions instead.

5G DRIVE and O2 Project Bring Mobile Signals to 31 Rural UK Notspots

28th November, 2024 (1 Comment)

Mobile giant O2 (Virgin Media) has announced that, while working alongside the government-backed 5G DRIVE project, they’ve been able to deliver reliable mobile network coverage to 31 “iconic tourist destinations” that were previously “not spots” for mobile signals (i.e. 21 in Wales, 5 in England, and 5 in Scotland).

November 2024 BDUK Update on UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

27th November, 2024 (4 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK agency has published its latest quarterly November 2024 progress update on the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which now has “over” 30 live contracts in place across England and Wales – supporting planned deployments of gigabit-capable broadband to around 1 million premises.

Transport for Wales Launch Own Full Fibre Network for ISPs – TfW Ffeibr

25th November, 2024 (7 Comments)

In somewhat of a unique development for the UK and Wales. Transport for Wales (TfW), which is a not-for-profit owned by the Welsh Government, has launched a new “arm’s-length initiative” called TfW Ffeibr (Fibre). This has built a new full fibre broadband network alongside the railways and is offering access to help serve communities in the South Wales valley.

Pembrokeshire Celebrate Passing 60 Percent Gigabit Broadband Cover

19th November, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Pembrokeshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Penfro) in Wales has celebrated the news that 60% of local premises can now access gigabit-speed full fibre (FTTP) broadband (up from just 5% in 2019). But this is still well behind the UK’s current level of gigabit coverage, which stands at over 85%, due largely to the remote rural nature of the county.

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Broadband ISP Ogi Launch Referral Scheme and Black Friday Speed Boost

18th November, 2024 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed network builder and UK ISP Ogi, which is rolling out a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across South Wales (100,000 premises are already covered / RFS), has today introduced Black Friday discounts across their broadband packages and simultaneously launched their new referral programme.

Seven More 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Go Live Across Rural Wales

14th November, 2024 (6 Comments)

The UK government (DSIT) has this morning announced that seven more 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have gone live across North, South West and West Wales as part of the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project. The work will benefit parts of Bontddu, Llanelltyd, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Penmaenpool, Tabor, Snowdonia National Park and Bontgoch.

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O2 Switch On First Publicly Funded UK 4G Mobile Mast for Total Not Spot Areas

12th November, 2024 (9 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today marked an important milestone by switching on the UK’s first publicly funded “Total Not Spot” (TNS) 4G (mobile broadband) mast site on South Uist in Scotland, which forms part of the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme and its efforts to extend mobile coverage into remote rural areas.

Study Finds Three UK’s 3G Switch-Off Boosted Speeds, But Hurt Coverage

30th October, 2024 (15 Comments)

Mobile network analyst firm Streetwave has used data gathered from across Northumberland (England) and Ceredigion (Wales) to examine the recent switch-off of 3G mobile services in those areas by Three UK, which resulted in median (average) mobile broadband download speeds rising by 22%, but “Essential Coverage” declined by 8%.