GoFibre kicks off fibre build in rural Northumberland
News The altnet aims to expand its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network to over 3,750 hard-to-reach premises in the region using funding from the UK government Last year, Scottish altnet Borderlink (trading as GoFibre) was awarded a £7.3 million contract to deploy FTTP in North Northumberland as part of the UK government’s Project Gigabit scheme. Now, following roughly six months of surveying and planning, the company has announced that it is ready to begin deployment, aiming to cover 3,750...
Broadband ISP Connect Fibre Launch Netgem Pay TV Service
Foresight Group-backed UK ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets), which aspires to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has today become the latest alternative network to launch their own pay TV product powered by Netgem’s IPTV platform. Netgem has already been adopted by a number of UK AltNets. […]
Easynet to Finally Close UK Email Service After Decades of Use
The once popular managed UK service provider Easynet, which finally became defunct in 2015 after the last bits of their business were sold off to Interoute (GTT) for an enterprise value of £402m (here), has begun informing long-time users of their legacy email platform (running since the 1990s) that the service is due to close. […]
ASA Ban Misleading Vodafone UK Phone Buy-Back Ads After Sky Complain
A complaint by Sky (Sky Mobile) has resulted in the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banning a multitude of Vodafone’s adverts for misleadingly claiming to offer the “UK’s only Phone Buy-Back Guarantee“, which is despite the fact that they are not the only UK company to guarantee to buy back the phones they sold. The mobile […]
GoFibre Start Project Gigabit Broadband Build in Rural Northumberland
Independent UK rural broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink) has this morning announced that they’ve begun the building phase of their £7.3m state-aid supported Project Gigabit broadband rollout contract for North Northumberland (England), which will aim to upgrade over 3,750 hard-to-reach premises. After spending over six months planning and surveying for the build phase (here), Edinburgh-based GoFibre […]
Jio targets customers languishing on 2G with launch of budget 4G phone
News The company will target the roughly 20% of Indian mobile subscribers still using 2G feature phones This week, Reliance Industries, parent company of Indian mobile operator Reliance Jio, has announced the launch of a 4G-enabled phone costing just Rs 999 ($12). The new 4G phone, named Jio Bharat, runs on Reliance Jio’s proprietary operating system and comes with a suite of home-grown applications, including the video streaming app JioCinema, music app JioSaavn, and mobile finance app...
Met Office makes climate data more accessible to help telcos respond to climate change
Press Release The Met Office’s Climate Data Portal has gone live today, giving telecoms organisations improved access to climate data and other resources, allowing them to better understand and respond to climate change. Part of the Met Office’s wider strategy to maximise the benefits of its data, the portal contains 60 different data layers, as well as guidance and information. Built using geospatial technology from Esri UK, the portal makes it easier for any business or government...
CityFibre wins trio of Project Gigabit contracts worth £318m
News The UK’s largest altnet has secured £318 million in government to rollout fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) to areas of Hampshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk The UK government has announced its latest allocations for its flagship broadband funding initiative Project Gigabit, awarding CityFibre £318 million to roll out FTTP to rural areas in Hampshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. Coupled with £171 million in private investment, this funding will allow CityFibre to expand its full fibre network to 218,000...
Sky UK Tries to Improve Sky Stream TV Uptake – Sells in Currys
Sky’s standalone Sky Stream TV product, which uses your broadband ISP and Wi-Fi connection to stream their on-demand video content and live channels directly to your existing TV set (without a satellite dish), can now be purchased in 285 Currys stores nationwide after the media giant signed an exclusive retail partnership. The partnership between Currys […]
Survey Claims 53% of UK Broadband Users Suffer Connection Woes
A new survey of 3,975 UK people who had a contract for a home broadband ISP in December 2022 and January 2023, which was conducted by Which?, has found that 53% have experienced “connection issues” in the past year (e.g. very slow speeds, connection drop-outs etc.) and Sky Broadband were the worst offender. Out of […]