A new MSE report has called on Ofcom to improve consumer protection measures for mobile roaming when within the EU, which follows after the organisation’s research highlighted that consumers are still at risk of being caught out by unexpected roaming costs. But operators aren’t helping by adopting different definitions of a “day“. Previously, consumers in […]
DITO accuses Globe and Smart of “abusing their dominant position”
This week, DITO has announced it has filed two complaints against Globe Telecom and PLDT (Smart) with the Philippine Competition Commission, claiming that the two larger telcos are exploiting their dominant market position to prevent DITO from competing fairly.
The operator alleges that Globe and Smart have failed to follow the standards of the National Telecommunications Commission…
CityFibre Start FTTP Broadband Rollout in Village of Binley Woods
CityFibre has announced that they’ve begun to extend their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the large suburban village and civil parish of Binley Woods in Warwickshire, which is expected to cost somewhere around £500,000 – making it one of the operator’s smallest builds to date. The operator has appointed civil engineering firm Callan […]
ISPA Unveil Finalists for the 2022 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards
The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has published a shortlist of finalists for their 2022 annual industry awards, which sees various broadband ISPs being nominanted across several categories. Once again, Exa Networks received the highest number of nominations (4), with CommunityFibre, Giganet, KCOM and Ogi also doing well. Just to recap. The winners of […]
nPerf Rank EE Top in 2022 Benchmark of UK Mobile Networks
Benchmarking firm nPerf has today published the results from their latest annual crowdsourced study into UK mobile broadband (4G, 5G) performance for the first half of 2022, which once again crowns EE as the best network operator for internet connectivity. But Three UK is starting to threaten and delivered the fastest download speeds. The results […]
Telecom Acquisitions Group Gobbles UK ISP Hive Telecom
The Telecom Acquisitions Group (Global4) has today announced that they’ve acquired yet another UK broadband ISP and phone provider in the shape of Poole-based Hive Telecom, which follows a series of prior acquisitions that included Home Telecom, Eclipse Broadband, Fleur Telecom and Weekly Broadband. No details on the deal itself or how it will impact […]
Brsk Extends UK Gigabit Broadband Rollout to the West Midlands
Full fibre builder and UK ISP Brsk has today announced that their rollout of a new gigabit-capable and “open access” Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network is being extended to cover parts of the West Midlands, with the operator anticipating that they deployment in the region will cover approximately 250,000 homes and businesses. The operator, which is […]
EU Publishes 2022 Broadband Connectivity Progress Study vs UK
The European Commission recently published their annual 2022 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), which charts how the EU’s fixed line broadband ISP and mobile networks compare across all of its 27 countries. The UK was removed from this report post-Brexit, but it’s still possible to see how we compare by using Ofcom’s data. Just […]
BT Successfully Aggregate Four 5G Bands in Standalone Network
Mobile and broadband provider BT (EE) and Nokia claim to have achieved somewhat of a “European first” by aggregate four channels of radio spectrum in a live 5G Standalone (SA) network. In theory, this could make their UK mobile network capable of delivering some exceptionally fast download and upload speeds. Combining multiple radio bands together […]
UK ISP Sky Broadband Adds Free Wall to Wall WiFi Guarantee
In a surprise development, new customers who sign-up to one of Sky Broadband’s superfast, ultrafast or gigafast (FTTC, G.Fast or FTTP) powered internet access packages are now being given a “Wall to Wall WiFi guarantee” at no extra cost. Sky’s Wi-Fi Guarantee is normally only available as part of their paid ‘Boost’ add-on. At the […]