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The UK telecoms regulator has published their annual 2024 monitoring report into Openreach’s independence from BT, which found only a few minor breaches and noted that they’d seen “evidence of efforts by BT Group to renew and refresh its engagement with the framework” since the appointment of new Group CEO, Allison Kirkby. Just to recap. The annual report process was established some years ago as part of Ofcom’s effort to monitor Openreach’s progress toward becoming a distinct “legally...

Alternative network operator and ISP Kloud9, which has built a number of full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks for specific urban and rural communities (example), have signed a new partnership with Aprecomm that it hopes will “build better-connected experiences for its subscribers, increase customer satisfaction and reduce support costs.” The Cheshire-based ISP plans to achieve this by deploying Aprecomm’s suite of AI-powered customer experience applications to enhance connectivity offerings...

Alternative broadband operator Spring Fibre, which has been in the early stages of rolling out a new 10Gbps capable wholesale full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network since 2021 – starting in Lincolnshire (here), are on the hunt for new funding after their principal investor said they “will not continue to fund its network construction plan“. The operator, which was initially backed by Kingsley Capital Partners and telecoms specialist Graphite Strategy, is known to have originally secured an...

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of their parentage with retail ISP partner Virgin Media (VMO2) and has so far extended their FTTP broadband network to over 1.3 million premises, has today announced a new partnership with charity, UK Youth, to connect “as many as 1,000 youth centres across the UK” to its new network “free of charge“. The deal, which is being supported by Virgin Media (O2), will provide each centre with broadband speeds of up to 2Gbps for “the next two years“. The...

Rural broadband ISP Wessex Internet has just started the construction phase of their £18.8m state-aid supported Project Gigabit ‘Lot 30’ contract in South Wiltshire (England), which will see the provider extending their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover “around” 14,500 hard-to-reach homes and businesses in the area. The rollout will see the provider expanding its existing full fibre network in the Wylye Valley, going across the Salisbury Plain, connecting villages...

Alternative network operator and ISP Quickline, which is deploying gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and 5G powered fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband network across rural and semi-rural parts of England (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire), has just named three new villages in Lincolnshire that have been reached by their fibre optic cables. The latest additions include Ancaster, Wilsford and Colsterworth, situated close to Grantham. The new fibre across this area is understood to have...

The UK Government’s Minister for Telecoms, Sir Chris Bryant, has written a new letter to the bosses of major broadband ISPs that calls on them to help protect vulnerable users during the switchover from analogue (PSTN) to digital (IP) phone solutions by refraining from re-starting non-voluntary migrations and offering battery backup that can last “up to” 8 hours. The shift to digital phones is an industry, not government, led programme that is partly driven by the looming retirement of copper...

Alternative UK network builder and broadband ISP Quickline, which is rolling out a gigabit full fibre (FTTP) and 5G powered fixed wireless access (FWA) networks across rural and semi-rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, has adopted ADTRAN’s Mosaic CP and software-defined access hardware to boost their deployment. The new solution is designed to help Quickline to create an efficient hybrid network that seamlessly blends with its existing fixed wireless access hardware. The Mosaic CP...

Merseyside-based broadband ISP BeFibre, which sells packages to consumers and businesses via FullFibre Limited’s gigabit speed UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has revealed that they’re aiming to introduce new multi-gigabit speed Wi-Fi 7 routers and extenders by Q2 2025 as part of a new deal with Israel-based Heights Telecom. The strategic partnership, which will this year start with the introduction of a more traditional Wi-Fi 6 router and extender hardware, looks as if it might...

Interview With Connected Britain just around the corner, Total Telecom caught up with Aprecomm Founder & CEO Pramod Gummaraj to discuss why now is the perfect time to expand into the UK and beyond Aprecomm was founded in India by ex-Qualcomm employees back in 2016. At that time, the company was focused entirely on the enterprise segment, providing solutions to help service providers and businesses better understand the end-user experience on their networks. This included developing...