Helicopters deliver VMO2’s 100th Shared Rural Network site on the Isle of Skye
Press Release Isle of Skye became the 100th site to be delivered by Virgin Media O2 as part of the Shared Rural Network, with helicopters delivering 4G masts to remote sites on Scotland’s second largest island Virgin Media O2 has hit a major milestone in the Shared Rural Network programme after upgrading or building 100 company-managed sites, providing residents, businesses and visitors in rural communities with faster and more reliable mobile coverage than ever before. The milestone...
2Gbps Virgin Media UK Broadband Plan Now Available to Order
New and existing customers of residential broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2), at least those covered by their new nexfibre based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network expansion, can finally start to place an order for their new 2Gbps (200Mbps upload) package via the provider’s website. The service officially soft launched last week (here), but initially it was not […]
UK altnets to band together for infrastructure sharing
News Independent Network Cooperative Association (INCA) has set up the group, encouraging altnets to share physical infrastructure to ease and accelerate fibre deployment Today, INCA has announced a new infrastructure sharing group (ISG) aimed at helping UK altnets share ducts for the rollout of full fibre. Currently, Openreach is required to share access to its cable ducts and poles via a regulated Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product, as stipulated by Ofcom. This gives altnets...
Ofcom grumbles as ISPs continue to drag feet over One Touch Switching
News A new letter from Ofcom, targeted at BT, Sky, TalkTalk, and Virgin Media O2 (VMO2), is pushing the operators to increase their efforts to make One Touch Switching (OTS) a reality This week, Ofcom’s Director of Telecoms Consumer Protection Networks & Communications, Cristina Luna-Esteban, has sent a stern letter to UK ISPs, urging them to accelerate their implementation of OTS. More specifically, the letter expresses continued dissatisfaction with BT, Sky, TalkTalk, and VMO2’s efforts...
Broadband AltNets Setup New UK Infrastructure Sharing Group
The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents some of the UK’s alternative broadband networks, has helped to setup a new Infrastructure Sharing Group (ISG) to ensure that the rollout of full fibre (FTTP) is “not held back by inconsistencies in the availability of Openreach physical infrastructure“. The idea of network operators sharing infrastructure is […]
Nexfibre Pledge to Build More UK Full Fibre in 2024 Than Any AltNet
The CEO of nexfibre, Rajiv Datta, has revealed in a new interview with the CEO of ISP Zen Internet, Richard Tang, that they intend to roll-out their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to “more homes in 2024 than any [other] altnet” and will shortly pass 1 million homes. But Virgin Media (VMO2) remains their only […]
Cityfibre UK Complete Northampton FTTP Broadband Build
CityFibre has announced that they’ve completed the “primary build” of their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network in the East Midlands (England) town of Northampton. The network is now Ready for Service at over 87,700 premises – reflecting c.82% of local homes and businesses. The original build – said at the time […]
F&W Networks Grows UK Full Fibre Cover to 410,000 Premises
Altrincham-based alternative network provider F&W Networks, which is rolling out their new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network to various parts of England, has today announced that they’ve almost doubled their coverage over the past year to 410,000 premises RFS (up from 250k in Feb 2023). The operator, which previously aspired to cover 1 […]
Altnets excels once again, climbing the ranks of the prestigious Elite Business league table
To celebrate this remarkable accomplishment, Altnets will attend the prestigious awards ceremony on March 13th in St. Paul’s, London. A feature on the business will also be published in the EB100 digital guide and online directory, reaching an audience of over half a million individuals. The Elite Business 100 (EB100) is considered Britain’s definitive and official list that is dedicated to honouring excellence within the SME community. The EB100 evaluation for each applicant is based on eight...
Abundant IoT and TMR Form Strategic Partnership to Rapidly Connect IoT Solutions with CELLSMART Fixed Wireless
Detroit, Michigan, 13 February 2024 – CELLSMART, the cellular intelligence division of SmartCIC, and Telecom Management Resources (TMR), a US-based bespoke solutions provider, have partnered with Abundant IoT, a nexgen technology company, to connect Internet of Things solutions with Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). CELLSMART will provide site-by-site cellular intelligence, on-the-ground engineers, and comprehensive end-to-end FWA solutions that support IoT rollouts. Through CELLSMART, Abundant...