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UK ISP Zen Internet has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that their work to make their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband packages available – nationwide – across Cityfibre’s entire network will take longer than originally announced, with completion now expected by the “end of 2023“. Just to recap. Cityfibre currently aims to cover up to 8 million premises […]

Broadband ISP Lightning Fibre, which is currently deploying a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Sussex and Kent in England, has today reduced the price of its entry-level 100Mbps residential package to £18 (until 31st Dec), launched a new 50Mbps (symmetric) social tariff and begun testing a 3Gbps package. The operator, which is being backed […]

Good news. One man has been charged, and three others arrested (currently released on bail), in connection with several thefts of Openreach’s copper broadband and phone cables across Kent (England) during the late spring and early summer this year. The incidents caused significant service outages across several villages. The perpetrators of such crimes never have […]

Cityfibre has today confirmed that they are investing £15 million to deploy their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to cover “almost every home and business” across the market town of Wokingham in Berkshire (England). The construction work on the new full fibre network in Wokingham, which is a continuation of their existing £58m […]

PRESS RELEASE HALO Networks, an independent innovating wireless infrastructure operator and market leader for indoor and outdoor neutral host connectivity solutions, has completed a major rebranding. Its new name and accompanying rebranded marketing elements more clearly represent the company’s expanding solution set while addressing the needs of the evolving wireless industry. “As the wireless market accelerates, our new brand and position more clearly articulate our expanded suite of...

NEWS BT Group have struck a deal with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to manage the decommissioning of over 70% of the Digital Units legacy technology estate, with an aim of delivering annualised savings of £65 million by end of FY25. The deal forms part of BT’s modernisation and simplification programme and will play its part in achieving £3bn in gross annualised savings by the end of FY25. The programme should speed Digital’s transition to a new technology architecture whilst reducing the...

NEWS A new study published by comparison website Uswitch has revealed the shocking disparity of broadband speed experienced in some cities. Topping the list is the Scottish city of Glasgow where the highest average download speed is 840.4Mbps, 866 times faster than in the slowest region which fails to even reach the level required by UK Government’s universal service obligation (USO) as an acceptable broadband speed. The fastest speed in Glasgow was recorded in the deprived district of Milton,...

PRESS RELEASE “We are proud to have won this contract with Ice. Ice’s 5G development plans are ambitious, and we will provide the best mounting solutions available in today’s market. Griptel look forward to supporting Ice’s plan to deliver 5G services to their Norwegian customers,” says Pål Bjørdal, CEO of Griptel. Griptel is Norway’s leading provider of mounting solutions for critical technical equipment such as 4G and 5G antennas for cellular networks. The company will supply Ice for the...

The Director-General of the BBC, Tim Davie, has given broadband ISPs and mobile operators something extra to think about after he proposed that the corporation could plan to “switch-off” terrestrial TV and radio signals by the end of 2030. In their place, the broadcaster would focus on online content and streaming (e.g. iPlayer). The last […]

A new report from has used data from 16,500 consumer speed tests to reveal the ten UK cities with the biggest performance gap between those with the fastest broadband ISP speeds and those with the slowest. Glasgow was found to be the “most unequal city“, with its fastest speeds (840.4Mbps) being 866 times quicker than […]