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The wholesale division of ISP BT (BT Wholesale), which sells broadband and other services to a large number of UK providers, has announced that they’re going to make EE’s connectivity available to enterprises and resellers on a direct, wholesale basis for the first time, through their mobile SIMs. Due to be officially launched in “early […]

NEWS After the hiatus caused by the pandemic the excitement caused by the return to the full black-tie gala evening was palpable, with senior executives from across the globe gathering at the Grand Connaught Rooms to see the winners named for the 24th annual World Communication Awards. Those present included not only this years’ winners, but also representatives who in recent years have been forced by the pandemic to accept their trophies virtually, including the CEO of Macquarie Telecom,...

The latest Q3 2022 results from broadband ISP and mobile giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) has seen their fixed broadband base reach 5.63m customers (up by 19.1k in Q3 vs 16k in Q2), while their gigabit network coverage added 115,000 premises (3 million delivered via Project Lightning) and 5G is available in over 800 […]

Broadband and Cloud Gaming ISP ZYBRE has announced that they’ve joined the F&W Networks platform, which offers access to other UK ISPs via wholesale. The move will give them access to F&W’s existing FTTP deployments in parts West Sussex, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Surrey. The Altrincham-based F&W, which holds an aspiration to cover over […]

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today officially proposed to remove the requirement for telecoms operators to provide FAX (facsimile) services under their legally-binding Universal Service Obligation (USO), which only applies to BT and KCOM. The related USO was originally set out in 2003, when fax machines were much more prevalent and email and instant […]

Cityfibre has today confirmed that they’ll invest £30m to rollout their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to cover “almost every home and business” in the two neighbouring towns of Warwick and Leamington Spa in Warwickshire (England). Construction work on the new full fibre network in Warwick and Leamington Spa has already begun in […]

Alnwick-based broadband ISP Alncom has announced that they’ve secured enough funding to be able to expand the coverage of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 50,000 premises in the North East of England (up from 25,000), with a focus on Northumberland, County Durham and the Scottish Borders. The provider already has a Fixed Wireless Access […]

Ofcom has proposed to update their existing Network and Information Systems (NIS) guidance in order to require that UK Operators of Essential Services (OES), such as top-level domain name registries, DNS (domain name systems) providers and IXP (internet exchange) operators, inform them of less severe outages. Operators are already required to notify the UK communications […]

Civil engineering company Morrison Telecom Services (MTS), part of the M Group Services, will continue to support Openreach’s ongoing rollout of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP technology after the pair agreed to sign a new 3-year contract. Openreach is currently working with a number of third-party contractors to help build their new full fibre network to […]

Network builder and ISP Freedom Fibre, which has a long-term aspiration to reach over 2 million properties with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today launched a new community fund that will invest thousands of pounds in “environmental projects” across areas where it is building. At present the operator, which is being supported by TalkTalk, […]