CityFibre has today announced that they intend to commit a further £19 million in order to extend their existing £40m rollout of a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in the city of Aberdeen (Scotland), which was one of their very first gigabit city builds. The “city-wide” Aberdeen project was originally unveiled in […]
Connexin Connect First Customer to New FTTP Network in Hull UK
Well, that didn’t take long! Broadband ISP Connexin, which at the end of last year started work on their £80m project to build a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to unseat KCOM’s “broadband monopoly” in Hull and East Yorkshire (here and here), has now connected their first customer. Emma Page, a healthcare worker from […]
Broadband ISP KCOM Scraps Inflation Linked UK Price Hike
UK ISP KCOM, which has so far built a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 250,000 premises across East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire in England (here), has made the hugely positive decision to scrap their contractual CPI + 3.9% price rise for this year to help customers facing the cost of living crisis. Annual price […]
ISP VISPA Stop Taking New UK Orders for British Fibre Networks
The MD of UK ISP VISPA, James Ormerod, has announced that they’ve “stopped accepting new orders” for broadband and phone services supplied on Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure that has been deployed by British Fibre Networks (i4 Technology Group) due, seemingly, to a lack of support and other “issues”. Regular readers may recall that BFN first established […]
BT UK Set to Launch Smart Hub 3 Broadband Router in July
Credible sources have informed ISPreview.co.uk that broadband ISP BT is currently expected, barring any further delays, to launch their new Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) supporting Smart Hub 3 (SH3) router around July 2022. The new kit will also be accompanied by an updated Complete Wi-Fi 2 (CWF2) mesh system. We first reported on early details of […]
Netomnia Extends UK Gigabit Broadband Rollout into Scotland
Netomnia, which is currently building a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 1 million UK homes and businesses by the end of 2023 (here), has now started to expand their network into various parts of Scotland (mostly including areas between Glasgow and Edinburgh). At present the operator, which recently secured £123m of […]
Broadband ISP PlusNet UK Confirm FTTP to Launch Later in 2022
Internet provider Plusnet has this week confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they will finally launch a new range of packages, which will be based off Openreach’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) powered broadband technology, at some point “later this year.” But it’s not the first time the UK ISP has promised to launch such products. Some may have forgotten, […]
Much delayed Belgian 5G spectrum auction targeted for June
Today, the BIPT has announced that it is inviting parties to submit their candidacies for participation in the upcoming spectrum auction, which is set to take place in June later this year.
Spectrum will be allocated in the 700 MHz, 900 MHz, 1…
Japan's OPTAGE using HPE 5G core to test Local 5G
OPTAGE is testing the viability of Local 5G networks to meet business customer demands for use cases such as manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and education.
Local 5G is a Japanese Government initiative that enables organizations, such as enterprises, local government and universities, to deploy private 5G networks in a limited area using spectrum which is different from that used by mobile operators…
Homes in Welsh Hamlet Left Cut-off from FTTP Broadband for 8 Weeks
A number of residents in the small rural North Wales hamlet community of The Nant (Y Nant in Welsh), which is in Holywell, have vented anger at Openreach (BT) after their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network was left disconnected for 8 weeks following Storm Arwen on 26th November 2021. Not unlike the recently covered situation in […]