GoFibre Grows UK FTTP Broadband Coverage to 115,000 Premises
Edinburgh-based UK alternative network ISP GoFibre (BorderLink) has revealed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network now covers 115,000 rural premises (RFS) across the North of England and Scotland, which is up from 105,600 premises on 17th June 2024. One of the latest locations to benefit from this is the Angus town of Forfar. The news was revealed as GoFibre welcomed the MP for Angus and Perthshire Glens, Dave Doogan, to witness the “near completion” of its full fibre...
Coastguard’s emergency network gets an upgrade from Telent
Press Release A £175 million communications network connecting 163 remote radio sites across 11,000 miles of UK coastline is now operational ensuring His Majesty’s (HM) Coastguard’s effective frontline emergency response continues for thousands of distress calls from the UK’s waters. Stretching from the Shetland Islands to the Isles of Scilly, it is one of the UK’s largest private broadband networks, with technology partner Telent helping to install 1,220km of new infrastructure. The first...
Streetwave Prep Largest Mobile Network Coverage Survey in UK History
Network analyst firm Streetwave is working with the River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region (RSPAWIR) to conduct what they’re called the “largest mobile coverage survey ever conducted in the UK“. This uses bin lorries to survey the coverage and speed of 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) networks across 33 West Midlands (England) and Wales councils. The use of bin collections to map mobile network coverage and data performance recently become quite popular (here, here, here,...
Sky UK Warn of Fake Premium Rate Call Sites Targeting Customers
Sky UK (Sky Broadband, Sky TV etc.) has warned customers of their services to be aware of “scam” websites that operate by “manipulating Google results or using deceptive ads” to target people looking for Sky’s support. Such sites are designed to “mislead customers” into calling premium rate numbers instead of the correct ones. According to Sky, these “fraudulent sites“, some of which may adopt a similar style to Sky’s own website in an effort to “pose as Sky customer service“, direct users to...
London Full Fibre Broadband ISP G.Network Appoint New Chairman
London focused UK broadband ISP G.Network, which is building a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of the city centre, has recently announced another change of Chairman as Ian Gray, who only took on the role in August 2023 after Sean Williams resigned (here), steps down to be replaced by Steve Andrews. According to a Linkedin post by the operator, Ian’s departure is said to be because he has “achieved his goals” following the “successful refinancing and...
62,000 Premises in Scotland Benefit from R100 Fibre Broadband Build
The latest progress update on the Scottish Government’s state aid supported £600m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach (BT), which is predominantly rolling out full fibre (FTTP) broadband, has revealed that a total of 62,000 premises in some of the hardest to reach parts of the country have now been reached (up from 57,000 last month). Just to recap. The R100 scheme aims to reach another 114,000 premises – split across three contracts – in areas that lack access to “superfast broadband”...
We are Enhancing Banglalink’s Customer Experience with CEM Tool and Crowd Source Analytics
Viewpoint This article was written by Huseyin Turker, CTIO of Banglalink (VEON Group) In today’s competitive telecom industry, providing exceptional CX is a critical differentiator. With rapid advancements in technology, strong market competition and increasing customer expectations, MNOs need robust Customer Experience Management and Crowd Source Analytics tools to meet customer demands effectively and quickly. These tools not only enhance customer satisfaction but also network excellence and...
AT&T fined nearly $1m over 911 failings
News The fine is the second the company has received related to poor emergency services call handling this year. Back in February, an outage that lasted 12 hours blocked 92 million phone calls. AT&T has agreed to pay a $950,000 fine to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after an investigation found it had failed to deliver emergency 911 calls during an August 2023 outage. The outage, which lasted for 1 hour and 14 minutes, affected parts of Illinois, Kansas, Texas, and...
How will the CityFibre–Sky deal really affect BT?
News Last week’s wholesale deal has divided opinions on what the future holds for the UK’s broadband market In the wake of last week’s news in which Sky and CityFibre announced a long-term partnership, various reports were published suggesting the deal would be a challenge for the UK incumbent BT. Indeed, after the announcement, BT’s share price plunged 8% and £1 billion was reportedly wiped off the company’s balance sheet, which could highlight the threat that altnets pose to the UK...
New Network Operator Solas Fibre Plan UK FTTP Broadband Rollout
A new alternative network operator called Solas Fibre has revealed that they’re planning to deploy a 1Gbps capable full fibre broadband ISP network across mostly rural parts of Wales, the North-West and North-East of England, and Scotland. But the details are currently quite limited. The plan was revealed as part of the company’s application for Code Powers from Ofcom. Such powers are typically sought to help speed-up deployments of new fibre and cut costs, not least by reducing the number of...