6GHz for 6G, please: European operators petition regulators for more spectrum | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The operators warned that Europe’s 6G future could be in jeopardy if more spectrum is not made available to support emerging use cases This week, 12 of Europe’s largest mobile network operators have published a joint statement urging regulators to allocate the upper 6GHz band for mobile usage. The signatories, which include BT, Orange, Telefonica, TIM, and Deutsche Telekom, say this additional spectrum will be vital to supporting new technologies,...
Neos Networks Launch Rapid Activation Service for Fibre Optic Connectivity | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Neos Networks, which runs one of the biggest 34,000km long business fibre networks in the UK – spanning 550 exchanges, 90+ data centres and 600+ Points of Presence (PoPs), has this morning launched a new “rapid activation” service that makes it possible for customers to order and use their high-capacity optical connectivity in just 5-10 days. The new service appears to have come about as a result of Neos’ recently “re-architected network“, including its...
Broadband ISP Grain Build UK Full Fibre Network into Burton-on-Trent | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network builder and ISP Grain (Grain Connect) has informed ISPreview that their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network is to be rolled out in the East Staffordshire market town of Burton upon Trent. The first works are due to get underway this month. The operator’s broadband network currently covers over 250,000 premises (RFS) across the United Kingdom and is home to 43,000 customers (data from the end of March...
ISP Pulse Fibre Commits to Fixed Price Broadband in the UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More London-based broadband provider Pulse Fibre, which focused on deploying Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) internet connections into new UK build home developments and MDUs (here), have this week said it is “proud to reaffirm its commitment to price stability” in light of Ofcom’s new regulations banning certain mid-contract price increases (here). Pulse Fibre said they had “never engaged” in mid-contract price hikes and will offer “clear, transparent pricing...
Broadband ISP Zen Internet UK Launch Fibre Hub – Becomes Altnet Aggregator | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rochdale-base UK ISP Zen Internet has today officially launched The Fibre Hub, which essentially aggregates access to a number of major and smaller alternative full fibre broadband networks (Openreach, CityFibre, Trooli, Freedom Fibre etc.) and offers that up to partners (e.g. other ISPs) at the wholesale level. Zen previously only supplied services to homes and businesses using products from Openreach (BT) and CityFibre, but over the past couple of...
Ofcom Find Internet Access Levels in the UK Remain Stable in 2024 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today published their annual Media Use and Attitudes 2025 report, which among other things has revealed that the proportion of UK adults with home internet access remains plateaued at 94% in 2024. But the majority of adults without internet access at home report a lack of interest in having it. The full report looks at everything from our interactions and attitudes toward the internet, AI, social media,...
LightSpeed Broadband Launch Full Range of eero Wi-Fi 7 Routers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network operator and UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which has already deployed their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 250,000 premises across the East of England and Midlands, has today become the latest provider to adopt Amazon’s range of Wi-Fi 7 capable eero routers. The provider, which in 2023 was acquired by Kompass Kapital (here) after suffering some job cuts and a build slowdown in the East of England (here), is...
World Broadband Lines Top 1.5bn as UK Full Fibre Grows 11.7 Percent in Q4 2024 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More New research from Point Topic has revealed that global fixed broadband lines grew by 0.91% or 13.5 million in Q4 2024 (down from 1.44% in Q3 2024) to total 1.5 billion connections. The subscriber growth rate of “full fibre” (FTTP/B) networks also remained strong in the UK at 11.7%, putting us just two places behind the leading countries for growth. Once again South and East Asia has continued to claim the largest share of global fixed broadband...
Broadband Forum Start Interoperability Testing of 50G-PON and 25GS-PON Kit | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Broadband Forum has begun interoperability testing for the next generation of 50Gbps and 25Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable fibre optic broadband technologies, 50G-PON and 25GS-PON. Participating companies included Adtran, Broadcom, Calix, CIG, Cortina Access, Gemtek, Lambda Networks, MT2, Nokia, Sagemcom, and Vantiva. At present most of the “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband ISP networks in the United Kingdom tend to be powered by old-fashioned...
River City Networks Look to Build Fibre Broadband in UK Cities | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A relatively new Liverpool-based alternative network operator called River City Networks, which was incorporated on 30th May 2023 and has one Director (Matthew Wilson), has revealed that it plans to deploy a new “gigabit dual fibre and wireless” network to serve premises in several UK cities, specifically in Liverpool, Manchester and London. In order to do this, the operator is first seeking Code Powers from Ofcom, which are typically sought to help...