nPerf Ranks Fastest UK Fixed Broadband ISPs by Nation and Speed
Internet connection benchmarking firm nPerf has today published the results from a new crowdsourced study into fixed broadband ISP speeds across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But oddly the results only cover Sky Broadband, Virgin Media, Vodafone, TalkTalk, Fibrus (NI) and Ogi (Wales). The latest nPerf study is based on speedtests that were carried out – between 1st January and 31st December 2024 – exclusively by end-customers using tools on both nPerf’s website and via their...
UK ISP Plusnet Discounts 900Mbps FTTP Broadband to £37.99
Broadband ISP Plusnet has introduced a bunch of new discounts across their home broadband plans for new customers, which for example has cut the monthly price of their top 900Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) package to just £37.99 per month on a 24-month term (price increases by £3 per month from April each year). Plus there’s a £110 reward card thrown-in. The internet provider’s fibre broadband packages are typically data-only plans (no home phone) that include unlimited usage, a new Hub Two...
BT Group to Recruit 600 More UK Apprentices and Graduates in 2025
Broadband ISP and telecoms giant BT have today confirmed that they will recruit more than 600 additional apprentices and graduates in 2025 (up from 500 in 2024) – forming part of their September 2025 intake. The roles will span across areas such as cybersecurity, software engineering and customer service. As usual, the new roles will be also be spread across a number of UK locations, including in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Darlington, Ipswich, Leeds, London, Manchester, Sheffield,...
Jobs at Risk as Svella Connect and Virgin Media UK Work to Settle Dispute
Broadband ISP Virgin Media (inc. nexfibre and O2) and civil engineering partner Svella Connect are currently trying to resolve a difficult dispute over “contractual terms“, which touches on issues of worker safety, rate reductions, and work volumes for Nexfibre. But there’s still hope for an amicable solution that may avoid the risk of redundancies. For context. Svella Connect is a telecommunications contractor working with Virgin Media, Openreach and CityFibre to help expand their respective...
Gov Expand CityFibre’s Project Gigabit Broadband Rollouts in 4 UK Regions
The Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has published contract modification notices for CityFibre’s state aid funded Project Gigabit broadband roll-outs across four regions – Hampshire (Lot 27), Suffolk (Lot 2), Cambridgeshire (Lot 5) and Norfolk (Lot 7). The changes increase the level of committed public funding and often also the contracted scope. Just to recap. The original announcement in July 2024 (here) pledged £114m for Norfolk to help CityFibre expand...
Tele2 continues to shuffle exec team, adds new CCO
News Tele2’s executive changes continue with the exit of the company’s current CCO and CFO This week, Swedish operator Tele2 has announced the latest in a string of managerial changes, with both the company’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) departing imminently. The announcement has seen current CCO Hendrik de Groot leave the company to be replaced by Petr Cermak, who has most recently served as Telia’s Group Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer. Cermak will...
SKT joins MIT’s GenAI Impact Consortium
News SK Telecom has joined the “MIT GenAI Impact Consortium” as a founding member to explore the real-world applications and business impact of generative AI MIT has been actively studying generative AI-driven industrial transformation, with researchers publishing 25 papers on generative AI in the past year. Now, the university is forming a GenAI Impact Consortium aimed at better understanding how this new technology will shape the future of industries and society. The founding members of...
CEO of AireBeam discusses ‘secret sauce’ behind ISP’s growth
Podcasts Ben Elkins, the CEO of AireBeam and Utah Broadband, joined the ‘Beyond the Cable’ podcast to discuss strategy and AireBeam’s explosive growth in Arizona By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Since taking the helm as the CEO of an Arizona City-based AireBeam, Ben Elkins has overseen a 375 percent growth in fiber subscribers for the ISP. Now, Elkins is attempting to repeat success at another subsidiary of the Boston Omaha Corporation: Utah Broadband. Named as the Utah Broadband’s CEO...
Quickline Helps Produce UK Kids Cartoon Book About Rural Broadband
And now for something completely different. Rural broadband ISP Quickline, which is rolling out a gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and 5G powered fixed wireless access (FWA) network across rural parts of England (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire), has helped to launch a new children’s book that explains the work network operators do and educates on safety etc. The book – ‘Cones and Rural Broadband‘, which was commissioned by Quickline and written by author Chris Madeley, is the latest in a series...
EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)-Digital programme will enhance access to backbone connectivity for all citizens
Insight Access to backbone connectivity varies significantly across the European Union (EU) and, in some regions, inadequate connectivity can impact the development and performance of access networks. This disparity may also lead to potential imbalances in service pricing for both network operators and users. Fortunately, EU funding programme CEF-Digital plays a crucial role in addressing these connectivity challenges by supporting infrastructure development in those regions where market...