BT Faces Formal Trade Dispute After Union Rejects Pay Offer | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms and broadband giant BT appears to be facing another dispute over workers pay after the Prospect union, which represents a majority of staff at management grades within the UK company, overwhelmingly rejected a “derisory” pay offer from the employer (96% of those who voted elected to reject the offer on turnout of 68%). According to the union, which represents over 16,000 people working in UK Information Technology and Telecoms (including a...
Gov Reveal More on Ofcom’s Planned Change to Improve 4G Mobile Maps | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government’s Minister for Telecoms, Sir Chris Bryant, this week provided more details to parliament on how Ofcom would soon improve the accuracy and relevance of their mobile coverage maps, which made particular reference to the minimum required 4G mobile broadband speed (currently 2Mbps) – this will shortly be more than doubled to 5Mbps. A few months ago ISPreview reported on how Ofcom said they’d been “working hard to overhaul our mobile...
Full Fibre Broadband ISP CommunityFibre Grows UK Take-up to 25 Percent | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network ISP CommunityFibre (CF) has finally published – much earlier than before – their full annual accounts to the end of 2024. The results reveal that their 5Gbps speed full (FTTP) broadband network ended the year with a coverage of 1.342 million homes (plus c.200k businesses) and residential customers of 336,000 (25% take-up). But employees fell to 737 (2023: 930). The provider, which is currently being backed by funding of around £1bn,...
ISP Sky Broadband Launch CityFibre Based UK Full Fibre Packages | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More In a major shift for one of the UK market’s largest retail ISPs, Sky Broadband has quietly begun introducing a new, albeit not currently cheaper, range of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based home broadband packages that harness CityFibre’s alternative national network. Previously, Sky only sold packages via Openreach’s network. The agreement with CityFibre was first officially revealed in August 2024 (here), although it’s taken Sky this long to introduce...
Telefónica exits Uruguay in $440m Millicom deal | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The move marks another step in the company’s Latin American retreat Telefónica has agreed to sell its entire stake in Telefónica Móviles del Uruguay to Millicom for $440 million, continuing its withdrawal from Latin America. The company confirmed the agreement in a regulatory filing this week, stating that Millicom Spain will acquire 100% of its Uruguayan mobile business, which operates under the Movistar brand. The deal remains subject to...
AT&T agrees $5.75 billion deal for Lumen’s consumer fibre assets | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News AT&T has reached a $5.75 billion deal to acquire fiber assets from Lumen Mass Markets By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities A deal between AT&T and Lumen will see AT&T acquire “substantially all” of Lumen’s Mass Market fiber business, AT&T has announced. The news, revealed yesterday by AT&T, will be an all-cash transaction that will significantly expand AT&T investment in connectivity infrastructure, according to AT&T....
“You’re not keeping your word”: Louisiana fibre firm rails against Trump govt over BEAD delays | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The CEO of a Louisiana broadband construction firm has called out Donald Trump’s Sec. of Commerce in an open plea for an end to BEAD delays By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Frustration only continues to grow in rural Louisiana as a result of BEAD delays, as evidenced by the latest plea for action from Caleb Etheridge, the founder and CEO of EPC. Etheridge’s company, a broadband construction firm in rural North Louisiana, has suffered...
Netomnia Goes Live with First 50Gbps UK Full Fibre Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband operator Netomnia, which is supported by retail internet providers YouFibre and Brsk, has today become the first UK network operator to go live with a commercial deployment of 50Gbps capable 50G-PON based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology (real-world speeds of up to c.40Gbps are expected for homes and businesses). Just to recap. The network access provider, which has already extended their full fibre network to reach 2.4...
Openreach Brings Full Fibre Broadband to 80 Percent of Cardiff | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Openreach (BT) has today revealed that their roll-out of a new 1.8Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in Cardiff (Wales) has reached 140,000 premises (i.e. around 80% of properties across the city). The build is still very much ongoing, although less than two in five who could upgrade to the new network have done so. The network operator, which has previously stated that their average per premises build cost continues to hover...
Rural UK ISP Gigaclear Discounts 500Mbps Broadband to £22 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Abingdon-based alternative network provider Gigaclear, which is built a full fibre broadband network that covers 580,000 premises (RFS) across rural parts of England (inc. 130,000+ customers), has introduced a new discount that reduces the monthly price of their 500Mbps (469Mbps avg.) package to just £22 per month. The 500Mbps package itself (affiliate link) typically offers symmetric speeds, unlimited usage, an included Linksys wireless router, “FREE...