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Mobile network operators Vodafone and Sky Mobile have today launched new discounts on their Pay Monthly SIM Only plans. For example, Voda has knocked £5 off the monthly prices of their 24-month plans (i.e. a saving of £120), while Sky has reduced the prices of their mobile plans by 50% for 12-months (e.g. their top 150GB plan is now £15 instead of £30). Sky Mobile’s 12 Months Half Price promotion, available across both SIMO and Device Data plans, will run until the 28th of June 2024 (excluding...

Alternative network operator and UK broadband ISP Brsk have put part of their plan to roll-out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the market town of Ashton (Tameside, Greater Manchester) and Dukinfield under review, which comes after locals raised concerns over the provider’s use of poles for part of the build. The operator – fuelled by an investment of at least £259m – is currently building out its new network across parts of West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Greater...

The Scottish Government has issued a contract notice for the North East of Scotland (Lot 5) under the UK’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out scheme, which is expected to expand related connectivity to an estimated 68,342 premises in hard-to-reach (rural) parts of Dundee, Angus, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, Moray, Highland and Perth and Kinross. At present 75% of premises in Scotland can access a gigabit-capable (1Gbps download) broadband ISP network (here), which is expected to increase...

News Parents in the U.S. are more likely to relocate if they lose access to reliable internet versus affordable childcare according to a new study. This story was originally released by our sister publication Broadband Communities A recent study has ranked reliable internet as more important than affordable childcare for American parents. The study, conducted on behalf of internet exchange operator DE-CIX this spring, surveyed over 2,000 respondents. A quarter of parents surveyed said access...

News  A key panel on day one of Submarine Networks EMEA in London delved into how infrastructure can assist the growth of Africa’s ICT sector The session was moderated by Ed McCormack, Director of Mc Corporate Services, and consisted of: Rosalind Thomas, Managing Director and CEO at SAEx International Management Dylan Carver, Global Account Manager at Medusa Submarine Cable System Mohammed Aliyu, Chief FiberCo Officer at Bayobab Nikki Popoola, Director of Sales West Africa & DRC at WIOCC...

Hull-based UK ISP and Pay TV provider Octaplus, which sells services to consumers via various alternative full fibre broadband networks (e.g. MS3, CityFibre and FullFibre Limited), has today confirmed that they’ve just added Freedom Fibre’s network in the North West of England to that list. Freedom Fibre’s Head of B2B, Lee Sutch, said: “The team at Freedom Fibre are excited to be partnering with such a customer-centric internet service provider. Partnering with Octaplus is a great opportunity...

Alternative network and UK ISP G.Network, which is rolling out a MultiGigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of London (here), has further discounted their top two “Gigafast” broadband (900Mbps average download) packages – with both now starting at just £30 per month. The provider, which is estimated to be live across around 250,000 to 300,000 premises in London, currently has two Gigafast plans (Gigafast and Gigafast Extra). The regular Gigafast plan now...

News  The final panel on day one of Submarine Networks EMEA 2024 was titled Collaborating towards a greener future. Moderated by John Wrottesley, Liaison Officer at the European Subsea Cables Association (ESCA) the panel was comprised of: – Michael Clare, ICPC Marine Environmental Advisor & Senior Researcher at the National Oceanography Centre  – Horst Brockmueller, Chief Executive Officer of Oceanic Environmental Cables   – Merete Caubet, VP Bulk Fiber Networks at Bulk Infrastructure ...

Network operator Freedom Fibre, which has so far built their gigabit-capable broadband (FTTP) ISP network to cover 300,000 UK premises (27th Mar 2024) – mostly in the North West of England, has confirmed to local residents in the Cheshire village of Hollins Green and Rixton that they’ve acquired the local full fibre network from CityFibre. Just to recap. The service in Hollins Green and Rixton was first announced in September 2020 by CityFibre’s FibreNation division (here), which only a few...

Alternative network operator and UK ISP Grain (Grain Connect), which has extended their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover 220,000 premises (RFS) and 30,000 customers, has revealed that they recently set a new personal record by getting a new customer connected within just 36 minutes. According to the blurb, the Middlesbrough-based customer, Motunrayo Oyeleye, called Grain at 9.58am to place an order for a Full Fibre broadband service, and by 10.34am their engineer,...