After a long wait, the UK Government has today finally tabled a consultation on changes to the existing Building Regulations (2010), which will effectively make it mandatory for property developers to ensure that almost every new home is built with support for “gigabit” speed broadband ISP connections. At present around 93% of new build homes […]
Three and EE first to sign up to London Underground 4G network
In June this year, BAI Communications announced that it had won a contract to build a neutral host mobile network for the London Underground following a competitive tender process. The project is set to deploy a 4G-ready and 5G-capable mobile system by 2024, with BAI pledging to invest £1 billion in investment over the next 20 years…
SWS Broadband Acquires UK ISP Cadence Networks Limited
Shrewsbury-based ISP SWS Broadband (RBBS – Rural Broadband Solutions), which serves premises in rural parts of Shropshire (England) and Wales with their fixed wireless and full fibre networks, has today acquired Cadence Networks Limited for an undisclosed sum in order to support their UK expansion plans. The move comes only a few short months after […]
EE and Three UK Deal to Put 4G and 5G on London Underground
Mobile operators EE (BT) and Three UK have today become the first two network providers to reach a special deal, which will enable them to deploy 4G and 5G based mobile (mobile broadband) services across the entire London Underground by late 2024 (ticket halls, platforms and tunnels). Just to recap. Transport for London (TfL) announced […]
Nokia wins five-year 5G deal with Elisa Estonia as RAN vendor
Nokia today announced that it has been selected by Elisa Estonia, a subsidiary of Elisa Finland, for a nationwide 5G RAN deployment as well as to replace the existing 4G infrastructure in a five-year deal. Nokia will replace the incumbent vendor. Deployment is expected to roll out next year following the completion of Estonia&rsquo…
Ookla Publishes Latest UK Starlink Satellite Broadband Speeds
Ookla, which runs the popular Speedtest.net service, has today revealed the latest Q3 2021 internet download, upload and latency speeds for UK customers on SpaceX’s new Starlink constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast broadband satellites. At present SpaceX has over 1,800 LEOs in orbit (1,775 are active) and their initial plan is to […]
Openreach hits 100,000 FTTP customers in Northern Ireland
Today, Openreach has announced that it has struck yet another fibre milestone with 100,000 FTTP customers recorded across Northern Ireland via various ISP partners.
“We feel extremely proud to have connected our 100,000th customer to this life-changing technology. Building the next generation of broadband has been and will continue to be transformational for Northern Ireland…
Philippines newcomer Dito hits 5 million users
Dito Telecommunity launched commercially with much fanfare in March 2021, finally fulfilling the Philippine government’s desire for a third mobile player to enter the market. Prior to its launch, Dito said it would invest $6 billion in the rollout of its upcoming network, pledging to target a 30% market share in the near future.
By August…
Netomnia UK Add Trowbridge and Frome to Gigabit Fibre Rollout
Full fibre builder Netomnia has today announced that the Wiltshire town of Trowbridge and the Somerset town of Frome will be next in line to benefit from their rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. This aims to cover 1 million UK homes and businesses by the end of 2023. The […]
Openreach Sees 100,000 Customers on FTTP in Northern Ireland
Openreach (BT) has today announced that they’ve connected 100,000 customers, via various different partner ISPs, to their new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Northern Ireland. All of this will complement the £130m (capex) currently being invested between 2021 and 2022 to expand their coverage across NI. At present, the operator still appears to be […]