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Fife Receives GBP150k Injection to Boost Fibre Broadband Cover

29th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Fife Council in Scotland has confirmed that another £150,000 of additional funding has been set aside to help bring superfast capable broadband services to the final 1.6% of premises (2,800 homes and businesses) in the county.

Ofcom Sets Out Global Position on Wireless Broadband Spectrum

29th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

The United Kingdom’s telecoms regulator has today set out what position they will be taking at next month’s World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15), which among other things will seek to decide the radio spectrum frequencies for future WiFi and 5G based Mobile Broadband services.

UPDATE Bugs Delay Virgin Media Plans for Public WiFi Sharing

22nd October, 2015 (3 Comments)

A few months ago we revealed that Virgin Media planned to turn their customers SuperHub cable broadband routers into public WiFi hotspots so that others could access the Internet when nearby (here), but nasty bugs have now delayed it to 2016.

Wessex Internet Bring Superfast Broadband to Rural Hilton in Dorset

19th October, 2015 (1 Comment)

Rural ISP Wessex Internet (M12 Solutions) has announced that their alternative hybrid superfast wireless broadband (50Mbps) and fibre optic network has been expanded to cater for residents of a small rural village in Dorset (England) called Hilton.

WiFi Kettles in London Found Leaking Home Network Passwords

19th October, 2015 (7 Comments)

Do you own one of those swanky, if not entirely necessary, Kettles with built-in WiFi (e.g. iKettle)? The chances are that you don’t, but if you did then you’d need to be careful because ethical hackers in London are showing just how easy it is to steal your home network key (PSK).

UPDATE Boosty Trial Hybrid 4G and Home Broadband Speed Booster

15th October, 2015 (4 Comments)

A new company called Boosty appears to have modified one of TP-Link’s Portable WiFi / 4G Routers to offer a new service that can combine Mobile Broadband networks with your existing fixed line Home Broadband connection in order to deliver faster speeds.

Virgin Media Trials FREE 166Mbps WiFi Under Pavements in Chesham

15th October, 2015 (3 Comments)

A few months ago we reported that Virgin Media were planning to roll-out a new network of FREE public WiFi Hotspots (here) around the UK and today we might be getting our first glimpse of that strategy as the operator begins installing wireless access points under the pavements in central Chesham (Buckinghamshire, England).

Parent of London Wireless Broadband ISP Relish Suffers GBP37.5m Loss

13th October, 2015 (1 Comment)

The generically named UK Broadband Ltd., a sibling of Hong Kong based telecoms firm PCCW (HKT) and the company behind London fixed wireless ISP Relish, has reportedly been given one year to turn itself around after losses for 2014 quadrupled to £37.5m on a turnover of just £1.5m vs £2m in 2013.

Skyenet Expands Rural Wireless Broadband Service on the Isle of Skye

13th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

Skyenet, a rural community project that delivers fixed wireless broadband services to Aird, Achnacloich, Tokavaig, Ord and Drumfearn on the remote Isle of Skye in Scotland, has announced that their network will soon be expanded to include Heaste in the south of Sky and other Sleat villages.

Slow Public WiFi Hotspots Pervade London’s Busiest 5 Airports

12th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

A new survey has examined the real-world performance of FREE public wireless Internet (WiFi) hotspots at five of the busiest airports around the Greater London area and found that most struggle to deliver more than a handful of Megabits (Mbps).

Spectrum Internet Says Government Broadband Rollout is “5 years too late”

5th October, 2015 (4 Comments)

The Managing Director of Cardiff-based ISP Spectrum Internet, Giles Phelps, has told ISPreview.co.uk as part our exclusive interview that the Government’s roll-out of superfast broadband is “about 5 years too late” and that future projects should focus on ultra-fast FTTH/P broadband with fixed wireless for remote rural areas.

UK Government Hails Success of Free WiFi Rollout to Public Transport

1st October, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Government reports that hundreds of buses, trams and trains in 9 cities across the United Kingdom have so far been equipped with free public Wi-Fi as part of their “SuperConnected Cities” initiative, with 3 million unique users making regular use of the service.

More Doubts Cast on Swindon’s 4G Fixed Wireless Broadband Rollout

28th September, 2015 (15 Comments)

Local residents and the North Swindon MP have raised concerns about the general feasibility and size of masts being used as part of a £1.9m project with UKB Networks, which will push “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) coverage to 99.4% of premises by 2016 via a fixed wireless 4G (LTE) network.

UPDATE Ofcom Clear Manually Configured White Space Wireless Kit

25th September, 2015 (3 Comments)

Remember White Space technology? In case you’ve forgotten, it allows the gaps in radio spectrum that exist between Digital Terrestrial TV (470MHz to 790MHz) channels to be harnessed and used for broadband or other communication services. Sadly developers have struggled to meet Ofcom’s licensing requirements, so the regulator has had to cut a few corners.

Gloucester Switches-On FREE Public WiFi Service in City Centre

17th September, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Gloucester City Council and BT have today jointly switched on a new network of free unlimited wireless Internet access (WiFi) hotspots across the city centre, which is naturally called GloucesterCityWIFI (SSID).

Community Broadband Project on the Isle of Bute Secures Funding

14th September, 2015 (1 Comment)

Many homes and businesses on the remote Isle of Bute in Scotland are already benefitting from faster broadband connectivity thanks to the joint Digital Scotland and BT project, but not all areas will benefit. The good news is that a local community project has just secured £5,000 to fill some of the gaps.

Vodafone UK Launch WiFi Calling for Smartphones – No App Required

11th September, 2015 (13 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today become the latest provider to follow EE (here) by introducing a seamless WiFi calling service, which doesn’t require customers to find and install a fiddly app in order to use. But you do require a Smartphone that can support the feature.