Connexin Extends LoRaWAN Wireless Network to Southend-on-Sea | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Fixed wireless and UK broadband provider Connexin, which is backed by PATRIZIA and is in the process of being acquired by CityFibre (here), has today signed a new agreement with Southend-on-Sea city council to install their Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) wireless network on existing infrastructure across the city. This will support smart water meters, without the need for new poles. Fixed wireless LoRa networks harness only a small slice of lower...
Openreach Builds FTTP Broadband to 18.3 Million UK Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National network access provider Openreach (BT) has confirmed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which offers broadband speeds of up to 1800Mbps to UK homes via hundreds of ISPs, has now covered 18.3 million UK premises (Ready for Service). This is now growing at a rate of 1.1 million premises (RFS) per quarter. The official data shows that the operator’s FTTP network alone can now reach 55% of UK premises (out of 33 million total...
TfW Fibre Seek Code Powers to Support Railway Based Fibre Rollout in Wales | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More In a not unexpected development, network operator TfW Ffeibr (TFW Fibre), which is an arm’s-length initiative setup by Transport for Wales (TfW) – itself owned by the Welsh Government (WG), has applied for Code Powers from Ofcom in order to boost their plans for a full fibre broadband network that runs alongside local railways. Such operators typically seek Code Powers from Ofcom in order to help speed-up deployments of new fibre networks and cut costs,...
EE to Connect 34,000 Mobile and IoT Devices in New UK DEFRA Deal | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms giant BT has today signed a new “multi-million-pound” deal with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), which will see EE provide 34,000 mobile connections to support workers and real-time reporting on issues from flooding to farming disease outbreaks across England, Scotland and Wales. The 5-year contract looks set to harness EE’s 4G based mobile broadband network, which currently has the strongest coverage of UK rural...
CityFibre Survey Claims 8 Percent of UK Farms Still Have No Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator CityFibre, which recently appointed Censuswide to conduct a nationwide survey of UK farmers, has claimed that 8% of farms do not have any internet connectivity at all and yet almost two-thirds of farmers surveyed (60%) believe broadband is critical for day-to-day farming activities. The survey says it “raises real concerns that UK farms are being held back due to poor internet connectivity“. Despite almost 60% of farmers expecting their...
One-in-ten UK farmers lack internet connectivity | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release The majority of farmers (60%) say internet connectivity is critical to running their farm, yet almost one-in-ten farms (8%) do not have any internet connectivity at all A nationwide survey of UK farmers has revealed that poor internet connectivity risks stifling growth and productivity on Britain’s farms, with unreliable broadband holding back the adoption of new technology including AI and real-time monitoring capabilities. The Censuswide...
Ofcom Blasts NOW and TalkTalk for UK Broadband Complaints – Q4 2024 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Ofcom have today published their latest quarterly (Q4 2024) study of UK consumer telecoms complaints, which shames NOW Broadband (NOW TV) and TalkTalk for attracting the most complaints about broadband, while O2 took the most heat for Mobile and Virgin Media was put on the naughty step for Pay TV services. Take note that the regulator’s report only covers complaints that Ofcom itself has received and not those sent directly to an ISP, the ISPA or an...
Neos Networks Claim 96 Percent of UK Broadband Altnets Consider Consolidation | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Neos Networks, which operates one of the biggest 34,000km long business fibre networks in the UK – spanning 550 exchanges, 90+ data centres and 600+ Points of Presence (PoPs), has today released the results of new research that claims almost all of the market’s alternative networks (96%) are considering mergers, partnerships and acquisitions with other providers. As our regular readers will already know, most alternative broadband networks (altnets)...
BT Consults on Closure of its Londonderry Office by End of 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms and broadband giant BT has confirmed that, as part of their ongoing UK programme to modernise and consolidate the number of offices they have – shrinking them from around 300 to just 30 locations, they’ve begun a consultation on the closure of their Londonderry office. The move, which could be implemented by the end of 2025, puts around 140 jobs at risk. The operator is instead proposing to relocate most of those impacted by the change to their...
Broadband ISP Aquiss Cuts Price of CityFibre Plans in Half for 6 Months | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Shropshire-based UK ISP Aquiss, which is celebrating 20 years of service this year, has announced that they’re “slashing” the price of their CityFibre based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband packages in half for the first 6 months of service. Symmetric speeds of up to 2.5Gbps (2200Mbps average) are available. The special offer, which runs from 1st to 31st May 2025, means that their prices will now start at £19 a month (first 6 months, then £38) for...