CityFibre secures £2.3bn in funding to fuel broadband network expansion | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, has reached agreement with its shareholders and existing lenders on a major £2.3bn financing round, accelerating its next phase of growth. The financing includes £500m in new equity secured from CityFibre shareholders, Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Antin Infrastructure Partners, Mubadala Investment Company and Interogo Holding, underscoring their continued...
EXA Infrastructure Deploys New Subsea Fibre Optic Route from London to Europe | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More London-registered network operator EXA Infrastructure, which in 2021 was acquired by investment firm I Squared Capital, has today confirmed the completed deployment of a new 1,200km fibre optic network route that will connect London in England to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels. The project reflects a new consortium submarine fibre cable, where EXA is the sole telecom consortium member, responsible for providing Landing Party and backhaul services. The...
CityFibre Agrees £2.3bn Funding Deal to Boost UK Full Fibre Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Digital infrastructure builder CityFibre has today announced that they’ve reached a crucial UK funding agreement worth £2.3bn (mix of debt and equity). The deal will support the ongoing deployment of their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network and also drive a new wave of consolidation. Just to recap. CityFibre has already deployed their full fibre network to cover around 4.5 million premises (inc. 550k customers) and they’ve...
Study Claims 60 Percent of UK Broadband Users are Out of Contract | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More New research from Broadband Genie and OnePoll, which surveyed a total of 3,997 broadband bill payers in the UK between July and November 2024, has revealed that 60% of respondents are out-of-contract – varying between a peak of 64% for those aged 65+ and a low of 55% for those aged 18-24. But many of these could be paying extra by failing to switch ISP. However, when asked why such people hadn’t switched ISP, some 45% of over-65s and a “large proportion...
Faulty Three UK Mast Disrupts Mobile Connectivity in Handforth for 6 Weeks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of mobile network operator Three UK (VodafoneThree) in the Cheshire (England) town of Handforth, which is home to nearly 7,000 people, have complained to ISPreview that they’ve been suffering from disruption to their calls and data (mobile broadband) connectivity for over a month after the local mast developed a fault. The existence of a problem, which has resulted in poor (sometimes unusable) call signals, extremely slow data speeds (sub-1Mbps...
Openreach Testing Relaxed Rules for UK Exchange Closure Pilot | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach (BT) are testing a relaxation of their FTTP broadband Priority Exchange Stop Sell rules and Copper line re-arrangement in the Kenton Road Exchange area. This is one of the three exchanges taking part in their initial pilot project to test approaches, before eventually closing c.4,600 of their legacy exchanges from 2030 onwards. At present Openreach operates around 5,600 UK exchanges, but only c. 1,000 of those are used to...
UK Gov Boosts Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO Broadband Satellites by £140m | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government has agreed to commit a further £140m (€163.3) of public investment to help Eutelsat grow and expand its constellation of OneWeb ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The funding will be combined with other investments, such as €750m from France (the French State), to support a total capital increase of €1.5 billion (£1.29bn). Just to recap. OneWeb (aka – Eutelsat OneWeb), which was originally rescued from bankruptcy...
Openreach Speeds Up Proactive FTTP Broadband Upgrades by UK ISPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach (BT) has tweaked their Proactive FTTP Upgrades process for ISPs, which allows providers to optionally reduce the normal lead time of 6 weeks. Just to be clear, it’s normally consumers that initiate an upgrade, but with proactive upgrades the initiator is your ISP (this can help with copper broadband [ADSL/FTTC/G.fast] to full fibre migrations). Proactive migrations thus arise where your ISP proposes an upgrade to their new...
High Court Rejects Phones 4u Appeal in Damages Claim vs O2, EE and Vodafone UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The long-running saga of former high street mobile phone retailed Phones 4u (P4u), which fell into administration in 2014 and claimed that key mobile operators (e.g. O2, EE and Vodafone) had colluded to drive them out of business, may have finally come to an end after the Court of Appeal in London dismissed each ground of the case. In case anybody has forgotten. O2 decided not to renew their new connections contract with P4u in October 2012 and a year...
Texas launches $3.8bn broadband grant programme | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The Texas Comptroller’s office has officially commenced the application process for more than $3.8 billion in funding to advance broadband infrastructure across the state. This substantial investment, administered by the Broadband Development Office (BDO), combines federal dollars from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program with state contributions from the Texas Match Assistance Program (TMAP). The initiative aims to extend...