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UK Gov Trial £3000 Vouchers for Full Fibre Gigabit Business Broadband

15th November, 2017 (8 Comments)

The Government has unveiled a £2m trial that offers vouchers worth between £500 to £3,000 to help businesses in four areas around the United Kingdom to get a Gigabit (1000Mbps+) broadband service installed, which is focused on helping to extend “full fibre” (FTTP) infrastructure.

Arqiva to Stick WiFi and 4G Cells on Lampposts in London’s Waltham Forest

14th November, 2017 (0 Comments)

Wireless UK infrastructure firm Arqiva has today signed their 14th concession agreement in London, which will give them access to install their 4G / 5G Mobile Small Cells and WiFi access points on up to 16,000 lampposts in the Borough of Waltham Forest for the next 10 years.

Scientists Boost Home WiFi Signals via DIY 3D Printed Reflectors

13th November, 2017 (2 Comments)

A new study from a team of researchers working out of Dartmouth College, and the Universities of Washington, Irvine and Columbia in the USA, has demonstrated how it’s possible to easily build a low-cost 3D printed reflector that can be used to improve your home WiFi wireless network signals.

Solway Expands Fixed Wireless Broadband Network to More of Cumbria UK

10th November, 2017 (2 Comments)

Fixed wireless broadband and fibre optic ISP Solway Communications has installed a new mast near Moota, which will help to expand their signal coverage area to include Cockermouth and more parts of West Cumbria in England (this doesn’t yet appear to show on their website’s coverage map).

Boundless Networks Bring 150Mbps Wireless Broadband to the Ribble Valley

8th November, 2017 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless ISP Boundless Networks has announced that their 150Mbps capable ultrafast broadband network has been extended to reach businesses in the rural Ribble Valley area of Lancashire UK, with firms in the large rural village of Whalley (population of 2,700) being among the first to benefit.

30Mbps Wireless Broadband Reaches Rural Brecon Beacons Village of Crai

6th November, 2017 (4 Comments)

Some 70 homes in the rural village of Crai, which sits inside the mountainous Brecon Beacons National Park area of Wales, have finally been covered by a ‘up to’ 30Mbps capable fixed wireless “superfast broadband” service after local ISP Dyfed Superfast expanded their network into the area.

SSW Acquires Two More UK Fixed Wireless and Satellite Broadband ISPs

6th November, 2017 (0 Comments)

Satellite Solutions Worldwide, which owns Satellite broadband providers Europasat, Avonline and fixed wireless operator Quickline, has gobbled another batch of two UK ISPs after it announced the acquisition of BeyonDSL and Clannet Broadband (they also acquired Eidsiva Breiband AS in Norway).

CEO of ISP Luminet Says UK Should Focus on Universal Gigabit Broadband

6th November, 2017 (7 Comments)

The CEO of Luminet, Sasha Williamson, has told ISPreview.co.uk as part of our new interview that the United Kingdom should focus on deploying Gigabit capable broadband networks “nationwide” and that the plan for a 10Mbps minimum download speed (USO) is “laughable in this digital age.”

Bluewave Expand Wireless Broadband Network in Wales UK with TFL Acquisition

3rd November, 2017 (1 Comment)

Fixed wireless broadband ISP Bluewave Internet, which tends to focus on the counties of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire in Wales, has announced the acquisition of the TFL broadband network that operates in some of the same areas (this is for an undisclosed sum).

Southwark Council Set Plan to Rollout Wireless Broadband in Rotherhithe

3rd November, 2017 (7 Comments)

The Southwark Council for south east London UK has set out a new plan and strategy for improving broadband connectivity in the residential district of Rotherhithe, which has a long history of suffering from slow speeds and generally poor internet service.

CBNL Survey and TalkTalk CEO Say UK Business Broadband is Poor

1st November, 2017 (2 Comments)

A new survey of 200 UK businesses, which was commissioned by Cambridge Broadband Networks (CBNL), has found that 47% are not receiving the broadband speeds promised by their ISP, while 35% have been negatively impacted by slow speeds and 34% suffered significant periods of network downtime.

Twisted Light Wireless Optical Broadband Could Make Fibre Optics Obsolete

31st October, 2017 (5 Comments)

A team of scientists working in the Photonics Research Group at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) has made progress on a way to adapt twisted light across a wireless optical (laser) ultrafast broadband network, which they claim could make traditional fibre optic (FTTH/P) cables “obsolete.”

UPDATE Gigaclear and West Oxfordshire in New 1Gbps Broadband Rollout Deal

29th October, 2017 (11 Comments)

Earlier this year Gigaclear “regretfully decided to withdraw” from the West Oxfordshire Superfast Broadband project, which followed a dispute with their supplier ITS Technology Group (here). But the good news is that the ISP has signed a new deal to rollout FTTP broadband to 10,000+ rural premises.

Churchill Gardens Named Largest FTTH Broadband Estate in Central London

26th October, 2017 (0 Comments)

Urban focused ISP Community Fibre has claimed that their deployment of 1Gbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTH/B) to all 1,700 properties on the Churchill Gardens Estate in Pimlico (Westminster) makes it the “largest full fibre-optic estate anywhere” in central London.

UPDATE UK Wireless Infrastructure Giant Arqiva Confirms £1.5bn Float

24th October, 2017 (0 Comments)

Wireless infrastructure developer Arqiva has today announced its intention to reduce their debt and restructure the business by becoming a publicly listed company (i.e. floating on the London Stock Exchange to the tune of £1.5bn).

UPDATE Rural Broadband ISP Voneus Acquires Rival Cotswold Wireless

18th October, 2017 (0 Comments)

Alternative ISP Voneus, which has deployed their ‘up to’ 100Mbps capable “Wireless Fibre To The Home” (WFTTH) broadband network into a number of UK rural areas, has announced the acquisition of rival provider Cotswold Wireless for an undisclosed sum.

Nokia Demo 1Gbps Wireless PON Broadband Tech as Alternative to FTTP

17th October, 2017 (11 Comments)

Nokia says they will become the first to demonstrate a hybrid Wireless Passive Optical Network (PON) solution at the Broadband World Forum in Berlin, which can offer up to 1Gbps broadband speeds to homes by harnessing both an optical fibre network and WiGig’s 60GHz wireless standard (802.11ad).