VOXI UK discounts 5G mobile plans and offers extra data boosts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is the virtual network provider (MVNO) sibling of Vodafone, has enhanced their existing promotions across several packages with even cheaper monthly pricing and an additional data boost. For example, their entry-level plan is now £10 a month for 80GB of data (inc. unlimited Data for Social Media). All of VOXI’s mobile plans typically come in the form of a rolling 30-day subscription that also supports features...
Connect Fibre expands NE Staffordshire Project Gigabit UK broadband build | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) unit has agreed a contract modification for alternative network ISP Connect Fibre’s (Fibre Assets) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for North East Staffordshire (Lot 19.01) in England, which means it will now reach an additional 739 premises in hard-to-reach rural areas (total of 6,702). The contract, which was first announced back in November 2023 (here), originally aimed to cover “up to” 6,000...
Broadband ISP Exascale prep UK wholesale access to on-net and off-network partners | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband provider Exascale, which has built their own full fibre (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in parts of Shropshire (Telford and Wrekin) and also sells packages via other networks (e.g. CityFibre), this week unveiled Exascale Atlas – a new fibre infrastructure management platform – and advanced its Nexus wholesale platform, while also investing in AI-driven network operations. Firstly, Nexus, Exascale’s previously announced wholesale...
Alternative network ISP Briant Broadband launch UK 5G mobile service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator and UK ISP Briant Broadband, which has deployed their own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the seaside town of Worthing (West Sussex, England), have announced the launch of their own eSIM and physical SIM based mobile service via a selection of flexible 5G mobile plans on a simple 30-day rolling contract. The Briant Mobile service, which is being powered by data2go.mobi‘s platform, is said to be intended to support customers far...
North Norfolk MP calls on locals to expose mobile notspots and broadband failures | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The North Norfolk MP, Steff Aquarone, has this week called on local residents and businesses to report problems with their mobile reception and broadband, as he prepares to take the constituency’s “connectivity crisis” directly to the UK Government next week. But anecdotal consumer surveys may not be the most effective way of identifying such problems. The Government has already acknowledged that not a single project to improve 4G or 5G mobile reception...
Broadband provider Fibrus make time limited offer to TalkTalk customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Infracapital-backed alternative network and UK ISP Fibrus, which has built their own full fibre broadband infrastructure across rural parts of Cumbria (England) and Northern Ireland, has responded to TalkTalk’s recent difficulties by offering the provider’s customers a special deal to switch (i.e. those within their network patch). For TalkTalk customers still in contract, Fibrus said they’re offering up to £400 towards any early termination fees they...
Opensignal study finds UK mobile broadband networks can handle AI | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network benchmarking firm Opensignal, which examines mobile network performance by gathering crowdsourced data from users of their testing App, has published a new study that attempts to examine conversational AI readiness across text, voice and video interactions. Overall the UK has a good readiness score, but not without some weak points. We’re often being told that next generation broadband and mobile networks are key to supporting the development of...
Bentry Infrastructure reveal expansion of RunFibre’s UK FTTP broadband network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The new Bentry Infrastructure Group (BIG) has today revealed to ISPreview that, after having recently acquired alternative network provider RunFibre from FibreNova, they’re investing in a “major commercial expansion” of full fibre broadband to reach locations across the North West, Midlands and London in England – building at a rate of 3,000 premises per month. Regular readers may recall the RunFibre had previously only deployed a small amount of...
Open letter – Opus Broadband complains to UK Govt over TalkTalk’s sale to BT | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider Opus Broadband, which had been working alongside Alchemy Partners on a since failed c.£100m bid for TalkTalk’s debt-ridden consumer business – before BT stepped in to avoid a sudden collapse, has today published an Open Letter that they just sent to the Secretary of State for Culture (DCMS), Lisa Nandy MP, which highlights their objections to the BT deal. Just to recap. Opus had a live offer for the consumer business, which they say had...
Openreach name next 112 UK areas for copper to full fibre switch – tranche 26 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Openreach (BT) has today published the next batch of 112 exchanges (Tranche 26) under their “FTTP Priority Exchange” stop sell scheme – reflecting a further 619,724 premises. This reflects areas where over 75% of premises are able to get full fibre lines and will thus stop selling copper based legacy phone and broadband products (i.e. FTTP becomes the only product option, where available). Currently, there are two schemes for moving away from old copper...