The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Department for Education (DfE) have announced a joint £82 million investment to upgrade the broadband in primary schools across England.
Internet Service Provider Hyperoptic has announced the launch of a new “Fair Fibre Framework” which seeks to provide help for customers struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. The new framework sets out the measures which the company will take to support customers and follows the launch of last year’s Fair Fibre Plan, which is a social broadband tariff.
UK ISP Voneus has announced that it will extend the rollout of its Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to nine communities in rural Buckinghamshire. The build is due to begin in the coming months, Voneus says, and will cover more than 1,400 premises.
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has implemented a number of changes that communications providers are required to introduce as of 17th June 2022. The changes, which include simpler contract details and more rights for exiting a contract early apply to Internet Service Providers and any companies offering broadband, mobile, phone and pay-TV services.
Internet service provider Jurassic Fibre has announced that it has now covered “over” 90,000 premises in its rollout of 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband across the South West of England.
Essex County Council has released its new Digital Strategy for Essex which aims to boost digital connectivity and tackle digital exclusion in the county.
Welsh broadband company Ogi has released a progress update to mark the first year of its efforts to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 150,000 premises across South Wales.
Broadband operator CityFibre has announced that it has raised £4.9 billion in debt finance in a fundraising that will enable it complete its planned rollout of Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) broadband to 8 million UK premises by the end of 2025.
The UK Government has announced that its Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) programme has now delivered high-speed broadband to more than 5,000 UK public buildings. The government says that the upgrade, delivered through a £164 million investment, will generate productivity in public services and improve the experience of those using them.
Bath-based ISP Truespeed has announced that it will invest a further £8 million to extend its full-fibre broadband rollout to an additional 5 towns and villages in Somerset. The provider is in the process of deploying its 10 Gbps-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to rural areas around Somerset and Bath.
Broadband internet service provider CityFibre has announced that it will invest £17 million in a new network across three new areas in Hampshire, England.
In its Spring 2022 report, telecoms regulator Ofcom has revealed that 66 per cent of UK homes (19.3 million premises) are now able to connect to a gigabit-capable network. Furthermore, the report has revealed that 33 per cent of UK homes (9.6 million) are now within reach of a full-fibre FTTP connection.
Broadband internet service provider Gigaclear has announced that it will be rolling out its new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to the towns of Winchcombe and Cinderford in Gloucestershire, England.
Full fibre operator Zzoommm has announced that it has added a further seven market towns to its ongoing Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) rollout. The seven new towns, spread across Yorkshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire, will mean that Zzoomm has announced enough locations to bring its rollout to 250,000 UK premises.
Network provider MS3 has announced it has added over 95,000 premises in three Lincolnshire towns to its FTTP broadband deployment plan. MS3 is a fibre network operator which is based in and serves as a wholesale provider for Hull, East Yorkshire and the surrounding areas.
Broadband news and information site, thinkbroadband has confirmed that Openreach’s full-fibre network had passed seven million premises. Openreach made this announcement a few weeks ago, but the claim had not been confirmed until 1.00am on 7th May when thinkbroadband’s database showed 7,000,365 premises passed.
Altnet FullFibre Ltd has announced that it will be extending the reach of its Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across the north midlands and Yorkshire as part of the next phase of its rollout. The operator has announced 22 new locations, which will include over 90,000 premises and cover towns in South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.
Internet service provider Gigaclear has announced that it will be rolling out its new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the rural town of Wincanton, which is in South Somerset in England.
Full fibre broadband provider, Netomnia has announced that it will roll out its new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in a further two UK towns.
Openreach has announced that it will begin the ISP pilot phase of its new Single Order Transitional Access Product (SOTAP) in the UK starting from next month. The launch will commence at Mildenhall on 30 May and will then expand to additional available exchanges in East Anglia, London and regions in the South East on 25th July 2022 to meet the pilot exit volume.
EE has announced that it has pushed its 5G mobile broadband speeds to 2.2Gbps during testing. The mobile operator has claimed it is the “first European network” to reach these speeds by combining seven different spectrum carriers via its existing 3.4GHz and new 3.6GHz channels.
Independent full fibre platform CityFibre, has announced plans to expand its rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to the seaside town of Bognor Regis. The project, which forms part of the operator’s £195 million plan for East and West Sussex, will include all the villages between Pagham and Elmer and is expected to be completed by 2024
Openreach has announced that it has now covered seven million premises in the UK with its gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. The operator has also added 36 new locations to its £15 billion rollout, which aims to reach 25 million premises by December 2026.
Full-fibre broadband infrastructure provider Netomnia and internet service provider YouFibre have secured £295 million in funding to continue their rollout of 10 Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband to premises across the UK.
The UK government has announced a technology trial to deliver fast broadband through water pipes. Water pipes between Barnsley and Penistone in South Yorkshire will be used as part of the trial, which reportedly has the potential to connect up to 8,500 premises.
The Government’s Culture Secretary has written a letter to UK broadband companies asking them to promote their “social tariffs” for home broadband.
According to a new survey by Which? magazine, close to half of broadband customers in the UK experienced a problem with their internet service provider (ISP) over the past 12 months. The survey, which polled close to 4,000 UK customers, found that 49 per cent had experienced an issue within the last year, with common problems including slow speeds, drop outs and outages.
Network builder FullFibre Limited has announced that it will add a further 26 communities in the Midlands East and West regions to the rollout plan for its gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network.
The Education Secretary has announced that all schools in England will have access to high-speed internet by 2025.The roll-out, which forms part of the government’s plans to make lightning-fast gigabit broadband accessible across the UK, will be supported by a £150 million fund for the most in-need schools.
Easee, a firm that designs and produces smart electric vehicle charging robots, has rapidly grown over the past couple of years. The company now has hundreds of thousands of devices connected to its system with an extra 4,500 chargers being added every week, each one transmitting multiple messages per hour.
Internet service provider Fibrus has announced the latest areas its new hyperfast full-fibre network will cover. The towns and villages which are “commercially funded” are located across Northern Ireland and in England.
According to a survey from Uswitch, there are currently 22 million unused broadband ISP routers in UK homes, many of which people don't know how to properly dispose of.
The largest public-sector broadband project in Wales, which has been delivered and funded by the UK government, has been completed, meaning that over 600 public buildings including hospitals, police stations, libraries are now connected to full-fibre broadband.
East of England-focused internet service provider County Broadband has announced that 21 villages in Cambridgeshire have been added to its gigabit-speed full-fibre broadband rollout. The expansion to the ISP’s fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) rollout plan will cover villages in St Neots and Huntingdon, across rural parts of the county.
Over 650 of Openreach’s poles were badly damaged in the storms that hit the UK last month, necessitating “time-consuming” repair work and disruption, which is still ongoing.
Independent full fibre platform CityFibre has announced that it will invest £45 million in extending Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) connectivity to the neighbouring towns of Luton and Dunstable in Bedfordshire.
London-based ISP Hyperoptic has announced that its alternative full-fibre network now covers over 750,000 premises in the UK. The provider, one of the country's leading alternative full-fibre networks, has also announced its latest goal, which will see it aim to cover two million UK homes by the end of 2023 and five million by 2024.
Virgin Media UK has announced that its gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network is now available to over 17,000 homes in Cricklewood, London. The build brings gigabit-capable FTTP broadband to thousands of Cricklewood residents for the first time.
Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have confirmed a plan to extend their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover around 23 million UK premises by 2027 - seven million more than their original plan. The announcement comes from the Joint Venture as they published their combined results for Q4 2021.
Ofcom has reported that the number of complaints regarding mobile, broadband, landline, and pay-TV services in the UK are at a record low. The UK's telecoms regulator doesn’t resolve complaints, but regularly offers consumer advice and publishes league tables every quarter in an effort to help operators improve their services and performance.
UK Internet Service Provider Zzoomm has announced that its new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has gone live in parts of Crewe and Nantwich in Cheshire. Premises in Shavington village have been the first to be connected in the rollout, which forms part of Zzoomm’s wider plans to reach one million premises in 85 towns across the UK by the end of 2025.
Internet service provider Lit Fibre has gone live with its 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the town of Evesham, Worcestershire. The town is the fourth to go live as part of Lit Fibre’s network rollout, through which the provider is aiming to deliver FTTP broadband to 500,000 UK homes by 2026.
GoFibre and Marykirk.com have joined forces to extend a new gigabit-speed in Scotland. The two companies have decided that instead of competing with each other, a more co-operative solution would be more beneficial to them as well as the people in Scotland.
Full Fibre infrastructure platform CityFibre has announced that its 1Gbps-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has gone live in the UK city of Gloucester.
Community Fibre has announced that it has doubled its network coverage target for lLondon to 2.2 million premises by 2024. The London-based broadband provider, which previously had a target of one million premises by the end of 2023, has already connected over 435,000 premises to its FTTP network and the new target will mean that it will ultimately cover 61.1 per cent of homes in London.
Welsh Internet Service Provider Ogi has announced a further four areas that will be covered by its new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network. The areas are Dinas Powys, Milford Haven, Johnston and Monmouth in South Wales and will include around 18,000 premises.
Internet Service Provider Lit Fibre has announced that its network has now gone live in homes in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
CityFibre has announced that it will invest £42 million to roll out its Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across Gateshead. The work will begin in February this year and has the potential to create up to 200 jobs in construction in the area.
UK fibre network provider Freedom Fibre has announced it has invested a further £5 million to extend its network into Shropshire in in the spring of this year. The company, which is supported by Internet Service Provider TalkTalk is currently rolling out its 10 Gbps-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in semi-rural areas of the North of England.
Full Fibre infrastructure platform CityFibre has announced it is investing a further £5 million to expand its gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network.The expansion will cover the town of March in Cambridgeshire which has a population of over 22,000 people.
