TOTSCo Celebrate 200,000 Completed UK Broadband and Phone Switches
The industry-led One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which operates the central messaging platform that helps UK ISPs to implement Ofcom’s new One Touch Switching (OTS) process, has today announced that they’ve completed 200,000 switches of broadband and phone services since going live on 12th Sept 2024 (up by 20,000 this week). In case anybody has forgotten, OTS aims to make it both quicker and easier for consumers to switch between broadband and phone providers, even when those ISPs are on...
London Gigabit Broadband ISP G.Network Cuts Price to £17 for Black Friday
Alternative broadband network and UK ISP G.Network, which has deployed a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 361,000 “connectable” premises in parts of London (here), has today become the latest internet provider to launch early Black Friday discounts across their 24-month term packages. In short. the provider has cut the price of their top 1Gbps (900Mbps average) package to just £17 per month for the first 6 months of service, which then rises to £30 for the remaining 18 months (£35...
FCC launches first review of submarine cable rules since 2001
News The Federal Communications Commission has voted to launch a major review of licensing rules surrounding submarine cable rules. A new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will begin a review of the regulations surrounding submarine cables. The rulemaking notice, approved Nov. 21 by the FCC, will now seek public comment regarding how the commission can streamline the rules around submarine cables to ensure efficient deployment. According to...
Openreach Claim Full Fibre Broadband to Boost UK Economy by £66bn
New research from network access provider Openreach (BT), which was pieced together by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) and Stantec, has claimed that the operator’s ongoing roll-out of a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network could contribute up to £66bn (GVA – Gross Value Added) to the UK economy in 2029. Openreach are currently investing up to £15bn to expand the coverage of this new full fibre network to reach 25 million UK premises by December 2026...
Vodafone UK Launch Black Friday SIM Only Mobile Discounts
New customers looking to join UK mobile operator Vodafone should note that they’ve today launched a range of new Black Friday discounts across their regular Pay Monthly SIM Only plans and their Basics SIM Only plans, which reflects a varied combination of price cuts and extra data allowances. The discounts and changes are too numerous to fully list, but they range from a sharp price decrease on the operator’s ‘Unlimited Max Xtra Global Roam Plan‘ (from £46 to £33 per month on a 24-month term)...
Ofcom Prep Proposals to Authorise Using Satellites to Deliver UK Mobile
The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has revealed that they’re moving ahead with plans to consult on specific proposals that would authorise Direct to Device (D2D) satellite services to work in UK mobile bands (inc. MMS – Mobile-Satellite Services), which could be used to help improve mobile (4G and 5G) coverage. The proposals are planned to surface during “early 2025“. At present a number of satellite-based broadband and communication networks are developing services that can directly connect to...
ISPA Unveil WINNERS of the 2024 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards
The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has tonight revealed the winners of their 26th annual 2024 internet industry and broadband awards, which among other things saw several providers taking home two awards each across different categories, including Brsk, CommunityFibre, and Vorboss. The award categories were once again revised for this year’s event, not least through the introduction of several new categories, such as the award for Best Rural Infrastructure and Best Urban...
AT&T to wave goodbye to NB-IoT
News The operator says it will shift customers to “alternative network technologies such as LTE-M” AT&T will decommission it narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network, with IoT workloads to be shifted to alterative technologies like LTE-M early next year. NB-IoT – a low-power wide-area network technology – was standardised by 3GPP in 2016. Designed specifically to handle low-power IoT devices, the technology was built to allow devices to be more energy and spectrum efficient. AT&T...
Mobile Operator Three UK Launch SIM Only Black Friday Discounts
New customers looking to joint Three UK’s mobile network should take note that they’ve today launched some new Black Friday discounts, which for example drops their LITE Unlimited Data SIM (mobile broadband, calls and texts) plan to £20 per month on a 24-month term. Customers can also get a 120GB SIM (inc. calls and texts) for just £10 on a 12-month term and a 100GB SIM for £12 on a 1-month term. But the operator’s new Black Friday offers will only be available to take until 5th December 2024,...
US Justice Dept. calls on Google to sell Chrome
News The case highlights the growing regulatory focus on Big Tech’s influence and raises questions about balancing innovation with fair competition The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has proposed that Google sell its browser, Google Chrome, to address concerns about its dominance in the search and digital advertising markets. The recommendation is part of a wider antitrust case following a court ruling in August that found Google had illegally maintained a monopoly over online search...