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The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) has announced the list of winners from their 2022 Gold Awards event, which aims to recognise and celebrate the best alternative broadband networks (altnets) and ISPs from across the United Kingdom. Some providers, such as B4RN, picked up several awards. As usual, the winners were all decided by a […]

Fibre optic builder and UK ISP B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which is rolling out a 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of England, has been fined £1,400 after an inspector identified a number of safety failings with their deployment in the small Eden Valley village of Kirkoswald (Cumbria). The provider, which […]

Network builder and UK ISP Vorboss, which is currently investing £250m to rollout “London’s only full-coverage fibre network dedicated to business” (they’ve already built over 500km of fibre since 2020), has today officially launched their new 100Gbps product for businesses in the city – at a cost of £2,999 +vat per month. Just to recap. […]

Mobile network operator giffgaff has today announced that it will shortly introduce a range of new SIM-Only “goodybag” plans and, at the same time, it will also boost mobile data allowances across most of their existing plans too. The changes are due to be introduced from 7th December 2022. We should point out that all […]

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has confirmed that they’ve just expanded their gigabit-capable fixed line connectivity – via Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology – to cover an additional 4,250 homes in Cheshire East (England). Most of the expansion appears to have taken place in the town of Alsager, which is home to around 12,000 people. Virgin’s […]

Press Release Nokia and TPG Telecom today announced they have hit a 5G uplink speed of 2 Gigabits per second (Gbps). Using TPG Telecom’s 5G mmWave spectrum, this milestone was achieved during a live demonstration at the Nokia 5G Futures Lab in Sydney, Australia The new Australian 5G uplink record, which follows on from a number of Australian 5G speed records announced by Nokia earlier in the year, will enable Nokia and its customers such as TPG Telecom to offer ultra-high-performing,...

News The underwhelming auction saw only 76% of available spectrum sold, with Telekom Romania notably absent from the bidding This week, Romanian telecoms regular Ancom has announced the rather disappointing results of its latest 5G spectrum auction, which kicked off back in September. Telekom Romania was conspicuously absent, further fuelling suspicions that the operator is looking to close shop in the country. Rumours to this effect have been circulating since at least 2019, with numerous...

Contributed Article Communications service providers (CSPs) are striving to transform their businesses to ensure success in the digital world and position themselves to be digital service providers (DSP). They understand the need to evolve their architectures to simplify the delivery of connectivity and to enable the launch of new market offers through a multidimensional open ecosystem. According to an MIT technology review, the global enterprise opportunity enabled by 5G is projected to be...

Broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (Wholesale) UK are rolling out an upgrade to their core National High Capacity Services (NHCS) network, which among other things will make their more affordable 10Gbps optical point-to-point data connections available to more businesses across the country. At present, VMBW already operates a national layer-1 optical platform, which has historically […]

A new survey commissioned by full fibre ISP Hyperoptic, which was conducted by Attest during October 2022 and surveyed 1,000 UK broadband bill payers, has found that many consumers continue to be confused by the language that providers use when communicating mid-contract price hikes. The survey found that more than 80% don’t know what CPI […]