Mobile operator Smarty has today taken a stand against the current trend of communications providers imposing huge annual price hikes, which it has done by pledging to new and existing customers that it will “not … introduce annual mid contract price rises” or RPI (inflation) linked annual price rises. Smarty, which is a Mobile Virtual […]
Marykirk and GoFibre to Build Full Fibre in Angus and Aberdeenshire
Broadband ISP GoFibre and rural fixed wireless ISP Marykirk.com have announced a new partnership, which will see the pair working together to extend a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across approximately 1,500 homes in areas surrounding the town of Montrose – including Angus and South Aberdeenshire. At present Marykirk.com is best known for having […]
Virgin Media UK Gives All TV Customers Access to Extra Channels in Feb
Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK has announced that they’re giving all of their Pay TV customers access to more than 20 “documentary, entertainment and music channels” at “no extra cost” throughout February 2022, which includes a variety of channels such as Comedy Central, MTV, Sky History and more. The operator said that their latest promotion […]
ISP Sky Broadband UK Launch ‘New’ 35Mbps Superfast Package
UK ISP Sky Broadband has today launched a “brand-new” Superfast 35 package, which offers average advertised download speeds of 36Mbps (with a “speed guarantee” of 25Mbps) and uploads of 9Mbps for the lower price of £25 per month via Openreach’s national FTTC (VDSL2) and FTTP networks. But it’s not all that ‘new’. The “brand-new” package […]
Starlink Launch 500Mbps Premium Satellite Broadband Plan
SpaceX’s Starlink ISP, which provides ultrafast low latency broadband across the world and the UK via a mega constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has soft launched an expensive new PREMIUM tier that will give you speeds of up to 500Mbps for $500 per month (£369) and $2,500 for the kit (£1843). […]
STC carving out data centre and subsea cables into new unit
Today, Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has announced that it will separate its data centre, submarine cable, and points-of-presence assets into a new unit, seeking to capitalise on the current surge of investor interest in telecoms infrastructure.
The new company’s assets would reportedly have an initial valuation of roughly $560 million, with STC set to invest a further $450 million in the near future…
Gov Levelling Up Plan Confirms Nationwide Gigabit Broadband for 2030
The government will today publish their “flagship” Levelling Up White Paper, which sets out their “plan to transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it” and also confirms their revised broadband target – that “by 2030, the UK will have nationwide gigabit-capable broadband.” We first spotted MPs using the 2030 […]
VIDEO – Rural UK Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear Launch First TV Ad
Smaller broadband ISPs rarely ever produce TV adverts, particularly those with limited network coverage. But that hasn’t stopped rural-focused alternative network provider Gigaclear from this week running their first ever television advert to promote their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service. Like most such adverts, the new promotion is somewhat tongue-in-cheek and features a “Gigaclear Astronaut” who […]
Vodafone UK Nears 1 Million Fixed Broadband ISP Customers
UK ISP and mobile operator Vodafone has today published their latest results (financial Q3 FY22), which reveals that their fixed broadband base added another +29k customers (vs +22k in the previous quarter) to make for a total base of 991,000, which should see them pass the magic million mark before their next update. Naturally, most […]
Lit Fibre Adopt Calix Kit to Future-Proof 10Gbps UK FTTP Network
Full fibre broadband ISP Lit Fibre, which recently started building a new 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach 500,000 UK homes by 2026, has moved to “future-proof” their infrastructure and improve customer installation times by adopting Calix’s 10G XGS-PON hardware and services. At present the operator – supported by an unspecified equity investment from Newlight […]