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Gov Starts GBP4m Trial to Build 5G via More UK Street Furniture

9th September, 2021 (3 Comments)

The UK Government has today invested £4m to support a new 2-year project (DCIA) trial, which aims to make it easier for network operators to access and deploy 5G mobile (mobile broadband) infrastructure on street furniture and public buildings, such as CCTV poles, traffic lights, lampposts, bus shelters and so forth.

6G Internet’s 100Mbps Wireless Broadband Extends to Burnley

7th September, 2021 (12 Comments)

Fixed wireless UK ISP 6G Internet (IX Wireless) has announced that their 100Mbps capable “Air Fibre” broadband network is now rolling out, via new telegraph poles, across the Lancashire town of Burnley and its surrounding areas. The first services are expected to go live for local customers within the “coming months“.

Derby Mayor Hates BT’s Plan to Build Ultrafast WiFi Street Hubs

6th September, 2021 (25 Comments)

The Mayor of Derby City, Councillor Robin Wood, has criticised a planning application by BT to deploy the next generation of their smart UK Street Hub WiFi kiosks (formerly InLinkUK). According to the Mayor, the only people using phone boxes today were “either drug dealers or prostitutes,” although kiosks aren’t quite the same thing.

LG Sets THz Distance Record with Candidate 6G Mobile Network

22nd August, 2021 (11 Comments)

A team of researchers, backed by LG Electronics (LG) and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft research organisation, claim to have successfully demonstrated a candidate 6G mobile (mobile broadband) technology that was able to use the TeraHertz (THz) band to send data over a record outdoor distance of 100 metres.

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Gigabit Broadband Build to Start for Rural Strathspey in Scotland

17th August, 2021 (2 Comments)

The StrathspeyNow community network project, which is being run by consultancy firm Destination Digital, appears to have succeeded in attracting enough interest from local homes and businesses in order to begin the deployment of a new “gigabit-capable broadband” network across the rural Strathspey area in Scotland (Highlands).

ISP Sky Broadband UK Gives Free WiFi Guarantee for 3 Months

17th August, 2021 (13 Comments)

New customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband, specifically those who take out one of their “Superfast” (FTTC) or “Ultrafast” (FTTP or G.fast) packages, are now being offered the optional WiFi Guarantee to use, free for the first three months of service (rising to £5 per month thereafter).

BSG Study Examines Gigabit Broadband for Remote UK Rural Areas

16th August, 2021 (7 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholder Group, which is a think-tank that advises the UK Government, has today published new research from Analysys Mason that examines some of the commercial and technical practicalities of providing faster broadband coverage to areas in the UK that are hardest to reach.

SWS Broadband Unveil Expanded FTTP Rollout for Shropshire UK

16th August, 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP SWS Broadband (Rural Broadband Solutions Plc), which predominantly serves rural premises in parts of Shropshire (England) and Wales, has today announced an expanded 3-year plan to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover over 50,000 properties within Shropshire alone (including 15,000 connected).

15 Metre Wireless Broadband Mast Angers Locals in Blackpool

12th August, 2021 (29 Comments)

The decision by fixed wireless network builder IX Wireless (UK ISP 6G Internet) to deploy a new 15-metre high broadband mast in the Lancashire town of Blackpool has attracted an angry response from local residents. Many of which live in bungalows and fear the new infrastructure will be ugly, dominant and may devalue their homes.

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Progress on Free Public WiFi for 16 Towns in North Yorkshire UK

11th August, 2021 (5 Comments)

The North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) in England has announced that they’ve teamed up with other local authorities in order to extend the reach of their “free public” Wi-Fi (wireless) internet access network across Ripon, Harrogate and Knaresborough. A total of 16 market towns in the county could eventually receive the service.

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Vodafone UK Pro Broadband Gets Super WiFi with Alexa Built-in UPDATE

6th August, 2021 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone has today enhanced their existing range of home fixed line “Pro Broadband” (FTTC / FTTP) packages by integrating Amazon’s Alexa AI personal voice assistant into their bundled “Super Wi-Fi Plus” (mesh network) booster device, which has also been upgraded to support Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax).

Three UK Seek Policy Reform to Connect Rural Areas via 5G WiFi

26th July, 2021 (14 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK, supported by research from CCS Insight, has today called on the Government not to overlook the benefits of “5G WiFi” in their plan to rollout gigabit-capable broadband across the country. Apparently, 5G based Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) could do it “faster and for half the cost of fixed lines.”

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WeLink Comms to Rollout 1Gb Wireless Broadband in Edinburgh

20th July, 2021 (5 Comments)

A new Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) ISP called WeLink Communications UK has recently begun inviting homes and businesses in the city of Edinburgh (Scotland) to pre-register for their new “Wireless Fibre” service, which claims it will be the first such provider to offer symmetric speeds of up to 1Gbps in Britain.

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Ofcom Sets Out UK Spectrum Strategy for the Next 10 Years

19th July, 2021 (2 Comments)

Ofcom UK has today set out their future spectrum management strategy for the next ten years, which among other things aims to boost support for localised spectrum access (e.g. creating local wireless networks via 5G etc.) and promote greater sharing of existing spectrum in higher frequencies.

Quickline Gobble Wireless Broadband UK ISP Boundless Networks

19th July, 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Quickline, which specialises in deploying full fibre FTTP and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband networks around Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, has today announced the acquisition of a majority stake in rival wireless provider Boundless Networks to help fuel their rollout of gigabit-capable connectivity to rural areas.

Ofcom Tells BT to Improve 10Mbps UK Broadband USO Quotes

16th July, 2021 (32 Comments)

Ofcom’s investigation into BT’s compliance with their obligations under the new Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband has concluded that “some customers have been asked to pay materially higher amounts than they should have been.” As a result, they’ve asked the ISP to make a few improvements.

Wireless ISP Zoom Internet Plans UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

14th July, 2021 (3 Comments)

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband ISP Zoom Internet, which covers a number of areas in West Sussex (e.g. Bognor Regis), appears to be planning to build their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. The plan will focus on poorly served rural areas, where speeds are sub-10Mbps and no other upgrade plan exists.