Mobile operator Three UK has today revealed that the average 4G and 5G data usage (mobile broadband), per customer, per month on their network jumped to 19GB (GigaBytes) in Dec 2021, which is up from 15.8GB a year ago. Ookla (Speedtest.net) also found that they delivered the fastest 5G download speeds in Q3-Q4 2021. The […]
Three UK deliver strong full year results
Three UK have reported strong full year results including the most significant growth in contract customer base since 2012 – adding more than half a million subscribers to bring the total to 8m…
Gigaclear and FullFibre Ltd to Overbuild in Shipston-on-Stour
Rural focused UK ISP Gigaclear has announced that their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network will be extended to cover the small town of Shipston-on-Stour (population of 5,000) in Warwickshire, which comes just two days after rival network operator FullFibre Limited made a similar announcement (here). The operator notes that their planned build in Shipston-on-Stour will […]
Study Claims UK Consumers Want Universal Broadband Routers
A new Uswitch (Opinium) survey of 2,000 UK adults, which was conducted last October 2021, has estimated that there are now 22 million “redundant” broadband ISP routers sitting in British homes, while 76% of respondents want a “universal router” (i.e. one that can be used by any ISP) to help cut e-waste. According to the […]
Internet Censorship Beckons as UK Online Safety Bill Hits Parliament
The UK Government’s controversial Online Safety Bill, which will task Ofcom with clamping down on “harmful” online content (hate speech, bullying, terrorism, conspiracy theories etc.) by threatening such providers with web-blocks, fines and possibly even jail – if they don’t enforce the rules, has today been introduced to parliament. At present much of the internet […]
NTT & Schneider Electric collaborate on private 5G network trial
Building on their existing partnership, NTT and Schneider Electric’s latest collaboration will seek to enable a secure and on-premises end-to-end digital platform which will enable different industries to reap the benefits of private 5G.
NTT’s private 5G solution will be trialled in Schneider&rsquo…
LightSpeed Broadband Add 7 East England Towns to FTTP Rollout
UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which is deploying a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the East of England, has today celebrated their first anniversary by announcing that they’ve managed to cover 30,000 premises and have expanded their build to include a total of 32 towns across the region. The operator currently aims to cover an initial […]
Ookla Publish Q4 2021 UK Starlink Satellite Broadband Speeds
Ookla, which runs the popular Speedtest.net service, has today published their latest Q4 2021 report into the 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 Starlink has over 2,000 LEOs in orbit (2,034 are “working“) and their initial […]
Turkey now left with one privately owned operator following Türk Telekom buyout
TWF, which already owns 6.68 percent of the operator, had been negotiation the deal with LYY Telekomünikasyon &ndash…
AltNets Brightstar and Urbanfibre Plan UK FTTP Broadband Rollout
Two new Alternative Network (altnet) builders – Brightstar Limited and Urbanfibre Limited – have today revealed some tentative details about their proposed plans to build or expand an existing Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across some parts of the country. The details came to light after both operators made a request for Code Powers from […]