Community Fibre Cuts Broadband Satisfaction Guarantee from 60 to 30 Days | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network provider and UK ISP CommunityFibre, which has deployed a 5Gbps speed full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 1.342 million UK homes (plus c.200k businesses) – mostly in London, has today reduced their somewhat industry leading 60 Day Satisfaction Guarantee to 30 days. But this is still better than many other providers can do. The Guarantee essentially allows new customers to cancel their broadband contract and leave penalty free,...
Microsoft Backed Researchers Significantly Improve Hollow Core Fibre Cables | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A team of Microsoft backed and largely UK based researches, which were originally part of Lumenisity – a spinoff from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton, appear to have succeeded in reducing attenuation and other signal degradation phenomena in next gen hollow core fibre (HCF) broadband cables – boosting speeds by 45%. Conventional optical fibre cables work by guiding laser light through solid glass cores, which...
Netomnia secures £300m for network expansion | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release The facility strengthens Netomnia’s position as the UK’s fastest-growing Alt-Net, supporting its path to profitability in 2025 and rollout target of five million premises by 2027. Netomnia, the UK’s second-largest alternative network provider (Alt-Net), has completed its £300 million junior debt raise. This includes £160 million from existing investors I Squared Capital and Palistar Capital, originally part of the May 2025 funding, and an...
ISP GoFibre Hands Out Funding to Northumberland Community Projects | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Edinburgh-based UK alternative network GoFibre, which is rolling out a gigabit broadband (FTTP) network across remote parts of rural Scotland and Northern England, has today announced the first four charities in North Northumberland to secure investment under their community fund. Just to recap. The GoFurther Fund offers grants worth up to £3,000 to help local charity projects and community organisations in the regions of Aberdeenshire, Angus, Fife, East...
Speed Fibre Group completes €22m acquisition of BT Communications Ireland | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Telecoms infrastructure provider Speed Fibre Group has officially completed its acquisition of BT Communications Ireland Limited (BTCIL), marking a significant consolidation in the Irish telecommunications market. The deal, valued at €22 million, sees Speed Fibre take ownership of BTCIL’s domestic network infrastructure, co-location facilities, and wholesale and enterprise customer bases. Speed Fibre Group, which owns the Irish fibre operators Enet...
ITS Wins Contract to Deploy Full Fibre Across Crawley’s Manor Royal Business Park | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More ISPreview has discovered that the Crawley Borough Council (CBC) in West Sussex (England) has just awarded the ITS Technology Group with a contract for their new £1.5 million (state aid) project, which aims to provide every business in Manor Royal (business park) with the ability to connect to gigabit broadband. The new network, which is being supported by funding from the previous Government’s £3.6bn Towns Fund programme (details), is expected to be...
Roku UK Deploys First-Ever FAST TV Channels to Streaming Platform | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Streaming platform provider Roku UK has announced the imminent roll-out of their “first-ever” FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) channels. A total of 40 FAST channels are due to go live across the company’s Apps, TVs and streaming boxes at no extra cost, starting from October next month. Just to recap. Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) channels require a broadband connection for internet access and tend to reflect special dedicated...
Netomnia Raises £300m in Junior Debt to Boost UK FTTP Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Tewkesbury-based network operator Netomnia (Brsk, Youfibre), which has so far deployed their full fibre broadband (FTTP) lines to cover 2.7 million UK premises (375,000 customers), has today announced another major funding boost by successfully completing a £300 million junior debt raise, including an additional £140 million from new and existing investors. The funding includes £160m from existing investors I Squared Capital and Palistar Capital,...
Speed Fibre Group Complete Acquisition of BT’s Irish Wholesale Fibre and B2B Unit | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Speed Fibre Group, which is an open access fibre infrastructure provider (managing or owning 5,400km of fibre) that is ultimately backed by Cordiant Capital, has today announced that they’ve completed the previously announced (here) acquisition of BT’s Irish wholesale fibre and enterprise business unit (BT Communications Ireland Ltd.). The transaction, which forms part of BT Group UK’s continued efforts to reduce their international operations,...
O2 UK Starts Putting WiFi Calling Live on Pay As You Go Mobile Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media), specifically those on their Pay As You Go (PAYG) plans, this week began to notice the sudden appearance of Wi-Fi Calling on their service (ISPreview Forum) and 4G Calling (VoLTE) is also expected to follow by the end of this year. O2’s PAYG plans have long lacked support for 5G (mobile broadband), WiFi Calling (Voice over WiFi) and 4G Calling (Voice over LTE). But earlier this month that all...