A new Cable.co.uk study has tested fixed broadband ISP packages from 220 countries to create a global price comparison, which finds that the UK ranks just 92nd cheapest (down sharply from 67th last year) with an average monthly cost of $39.01 (£29.66), but we drop to 101st (down from 93rd) when ranked by average cost […]
ISP TalkTalk Acquires UK High Bandwidth Wholesalers Virtual1
UK broadband ISP TalkTalk has today given their business and wholesale connectivity division a boost by entering into an agreement to acquire Virtual1 for an undisclosed sum. The deal will help to grow their scale as a national provider of Ethernet (EAD / leased line) solutions and to strengthen its capabilities. According to the announcement, […]
County Broadband Get GBP100m to Extend FTTP in East England
Rural focused UK ISP County Broadband has announced a major £100 million funding boost from existing backer Aviva Investors, which will enable them to target their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 500,000 premises across the East of England by the end of 2027. The provider, which since 2018 has been supported by an initial […]
Giganet Open Dedicated Full Fibre Training Centre in Hampshire
Broadband ISP Giganet, which is spending £250m to build a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 300,000 premises across the South of England (here), has today opened a new training centre in the Whiteley area of Hampshire (England) to help “unlock gigabit-capable full fibre broadband across the UK“. At present a lot of network builders, […]
Rural ISP Wessex Internet Appoint New Chief Technical Officer
Dorset-based UK ISP Wessex Internet, which is currently rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of South and South West England (mostly Dorset, Wiltshire and South Somerset), has today appointed Geraint Evans to be its new Chief Technical Officer (CTO). Geraint is said to be bringing over 30 years of experience […]
Connecting Germany: Building the fibre that underpins 5G
Can you introduce yourself and your current role?
I have been chairman of the management board of the leading Bavarian fiber networks provider M-net since December 2018 and member of the board at the German fiber association Bundesverband Glasfaseranschluss e. V. (BUGLAS) since May 2019. In my role at M-net…
Brsk Sees FTTP Broadband Build Reach 27000 Homes in England
UK ISP Brsk has today confirmed that the rollout of their new gigabit-capable and “open access” Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which is most active around parts of Greater Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire, has just reached 27,000 homes passed with 2,000 customers live in under 10 months. The operator first began their rollout last year […]
TIM starts formal talks with CDP for building Italian single network
This week, Italy’s largest operator TIM has announced that it has signed a non-disclosure agreement with state investment bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to begin official talks for the merger of their fibre network with that of rival Open Fiber.
The government-owned CDP, which owns a 60% stake in Open Fiber and a 10% stake in TIM, has long been in favour of such a merger.
The idea of merging the two companies&rsquo…
Five More Broadband ISPs Sign Scotland’s Full Fibre Charter
The Scottish Government (SG) has announced that five more broadband network providers have committed to supporting Scotland’s Full Fibre Charter, including Borderlink, Cloudnet, Hyperoptic, Lothian Broadband and Virgin Media (VMO2). The charter consists of a series of pledges to help extend full fibre coverage. The original Charter launched in December 2020 and was initially only […]
Government Tells Big UK ISPs to Promote Social Broadband Tariffs
The Government’s Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, has increased the pressure on big UK ISPs by calling on them to put more effort into promoting the existence of cheaper “social tariffs” for home broadband, which are usually offered to those who may be unemployed or on certain benefits. A number of broadband ISPs currently offer low […]