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Global Broadband Lines Top 1.34bn as UK Full Fibre Take-up Slows

16th January, 2023 (6 Comments)

New research from Point Topic has revealed that world fixed broadband lines grew by 1.87% (24.59 million) in Q3 2022 to end the quarter on a total of 1.34 billion connections. But the subscriber growth rate of “full fibre” (FTTP/B) networks in the UK appears to have slowed in recent quarters.

Quickline Appoint New CFO to Support UK Rollout of Ultrafast Broadband

10th January, 2023 (0 Comments)

Alternative network provider Quickline, which is building a mix of Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based broadband networks across parts of Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire in England, has appointed Craig Fairey as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to help grow the business alongside its new rollout plans.

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Welsh Wireless Broadband ISP Bluewave Goes into Liquidation UPDATE

22nd December, 2022 (7 Comments)

The company behind fixed wireless broadband ISP Bluewave (Bluewave Communications Cymru), which serves rural premises across parts of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire in Wales with claimed download speeds of “up to” 40Mbps for £29.99 per month, has this month entered voluntary liquidation.

ISP Airband Make Progress on Full Fibre Build in Cheshire East

13th December, 2022 (5 Comments)

The Cheshire East Council in England has announced that UK ISP Airband has so far covered 3,000 extra premises with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which forms part of a £4.5m state aid supported contract that was signed back in January 2021 (here) under the Digital Cheshire programme.

Ofcom Undecided on Releasing Upper 6GHz Band for Mobile or WiFi

6th December, 2022 (7 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today issued an update on its position with respect to whether the upper 6GHz radio spectrum band (6425 to 7125MHz) should be released for use by either higher-power licensed 5G mobile networks (mobile broadband) or lower-power Wi-Fi (e.g. home WiFi).

Airband Suffers Slow Broadband Speeds in Shropshire and Herefordshire UPDATE

3rd December, 2022 (19 Comments)

Rural-focused UK broadband ISP Airband, which is deploying a mix of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks across various parts of the country, appears to be suffering some problems in the Shropshire and Herefordshire (England) areas after customers reported a sharp drop in speeds.

Starlink Powered WiFi Brings Broadband to Remote Caravan Site

30th November, 2022 (16 Comments)

The UK-based communication solutions provider World Mobile appears to have successfully piloted one of the first Starlink (SpaceX) powered distributed WiFi networks in the UK, which is being used to share low latency broadband speeds of up to 400Mbps across a remote caravan site in Wales.

Rural Broadband ISP Voneus Appoint Ex-Sky Group Director as COO

29th November, 2022 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Voneus, which last year said they had a “near term” plan to cover 100,000 homes in rural areas with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (here), has appointed Sky’s ex-Group Director, Trevor Legg, to be its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and an Executive Committee member.

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IX Wireless Fined for Unauthorised Broadband Build in Bury

21st November, 2022 (10 Comments)

Blackburn-based network operator IX Wireless, which is building a new fixed wireless broadband network for UK ISP 6G Internet (not related to 6G mobile technology), has been hit with a small fine in the Greater Manchester market town of Bury (specifically the suburb of Brandlesholme) after they built unauthorised digital infrastructure.

New Free Public WiFi Network Goes Live in Peterborough City UK

11th November, 2022 (1 Comment)

The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) has today announced that they’ve launched a free public WiFi network across the Peterborough city centre streets and open spaces to support local businesses, keep residents connected and allow shoppers and visitors to make the most of the area.

South Western Railways Deploy 5G to Fuel Superfast Onboard WiFi

4th November, 2022 (13 Comments)

The South Western Railway and telecoms firm Evo-rail (FirstGroup) recently announced the people travelling on a 70km long stretch of their Main Line into London – between Basingstoke and Earlsfield – would be the first to benefit from the rollout of new rail-side 5G poles (masts) that will be used to deliver “superfast” onboard WiFi.

Quickline’s UK Fibre and Wireless Covers 2,000 Rural Communities

3rd November, 2022 (4 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Quickline, which has deployed a mix of Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based networks across parts of Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire in England, has today announced that they’ve covered 2,000 rural communities in just the past 12-months.

Rural UK ISP Alncom to Cover 50,000 Premises with FTTP Broadband

1st November, 2022 (0 Comments)

Alnwick-based broadband ISP Alncom has announced that they’ve secured enough funding to be able to expand the coverage of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 50,000 premises in the North East of England (up from 25,000), with a focus on Northumberland, County Durham and the Scottish Borders.

BT’s October 2022 Progress Update on 10Mbps UK Broadband USO

31st October, 2022 (9 Comments)

UK ISP BT has issued the latest biannual October 2022 update on the progress they’ve made in delivering the 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband, which confirms that they’ve so far built a USO connection to over 5,900 premises (up from 4,600), with more than 2,000 further builds in progress (down from 2,300).

Openreach’s Wireless-to-the-Cabinet Network on Coll Broken for 3 Weeks

29th October, 2022 (18 Comments)

Some 40 homes on the remote Scottish Isle of Coll, which is home to around 200 people, have been left without broadband until at least Monday because Openreach’s engineers cannot safely reach the island by boat in order to repair their niche Wireless-to-the-Cabinet (WTTC) network. Some homes have now been offline for 3 weeks.

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OneWeb and Panasonic to Put Faster Broadband WiFi on Airlines

18th October, 2022 (3 Comments)

British-registered firm OneWeb, which is building a global constellation of compact Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast broadband satellites, has reached an agreement that will see the Panasonic Avionics Corporation work to market, sell, and support the rollout of their in-flight internet services to commercial airlines worldwide.

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Quickline and UK Cellnex Masts Extend Rural Broadband to 53,000 Premises

17th October, 2022 (1 Comment)

Alternative network provider Quickline, which operates a mix of Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) networks across parts of Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, has announced that their partnership with Cellnex UK has enabled them to reach 53,000 extra homes and businesses in the first year of operation.