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Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve completed a project to upgrade the capacity of their 4G and 5G mobile services across “over” 1,500 postcodes in the East Midlands city of Nottingham (Nottinghamshire, England), which should mean “faster” mobile broadband speeds and greater reliability. The work, which began at the start of 2024 (the press release actually says “since the beginning of the year“, but we suspect they mean 2024 rather than 2025), forms part...

Edinburgh-based UK alternative network ISP GoFibre has today announced that they’ve begun to expand their new full fibre (FTTP) broadband network into the rural village of Ovington in County Durham, which forms part of their state aid supported Project Gigabit contract with the government (this also includes nearby villages such as Hutton Magna and Gainford). Just to recap. The Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit programme is currently working to extend 1Gbps download speeds (200Mbps+ uploads)...

News  A commercial launch would put the company in direct competition with satellite giant Starlink  Jeff Bezos is preparing to launch a satellite broadband service in the UK to rival Elon Musk’s Starklink, according to an article published by the Telegraph over the weekend.  Through its Project Kuiper satellite division, Amazon is gearing up to offer satellite broadband in the UK.   The Project, though heavily delayed, ultimately aims to launch more than more than 3,200 low Earth orbit (LEO)...

News  The funding will help expand the company’s data centre portfolio to meet the growing demand for cloud and AI infrastructure across Asia  Digital Edge, a developer and operator of data centres cross Asia, has successfully raised over $1.6 billion in new funding.   The capital, which includes both equity and debt financing, will fuel the company’s next phase of growth as it works to meet the increasing demand for cloud and AI services across the region.  This funding round is made up of...

Rural focused alternative UK ISP Quickline, which is building a gigabit-capable broadband network (full fibre and wireless) across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has collaborated with the Lincolnshire Institute of Technology (LIoT) to help support 500 students through a bursary scheme (i.e. money will help with study, travel and additional childcare costs). The bursary is intended to be used to support students from “underrepresented groups“, including mature students, parents,...

News The tanker is believed to have damage submarine telecoms and electricity cables by dragging its anchor across the lines late last year Late last month the subsea cable Estlink 2, which connects Finland and Estonia, was severed, causing significant disruption to data transport between both countries. An adjacent subsea power cable was also damaged. An investigation into the damage was quickly launched, Finnish authorities seizing the tanker Eagle S, which was in the vicinity when the...

Business focused UK broadband ISP, IT and Cloud solutions provider FluidOne has today announced the appointment of Graham Dickie as its new Chief Financial Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Graham will replace former CFO, Roy Hastings, in the role after he left during July 2024 by mutual agreement. The new CFO is said to bring over 20 years of financial leadership experience to FluidOne and has worked in multinational businesses with revenues of upwards of £100m. In particular, the...

A new newspaper report has revealed what digital infrastructure investors think of the UK’s current market for alternative broadband networks (altnets). Suffice to say that, after a difficult couple of years, there still seems to be a fair mix of both strong pessimism and optimism for 2025, which perhaps reflects the different states of the market’s many providers. ISPreview’s regular readers will already be familiar with the many challenges being experienced by network operators over the past...

The CEO of alternative network operator AllPoints Fibre (APFN / Fern Trading), Jarlath Finnegan, has today told ISPreview – in a new interview – of his ambition for the company to become the “UBER of the full fibre wholesale market“, which reflects their desire to help “accelerate” the delivery of related UK broadband services over the next few years. In case anybody has forgotten, AllPoints Fibre Networks was officially formed between 2023 and 2024 from the consolidation of three alternative...

National network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which offers broadband speeds of up to 1800Mbps to homes and businesses via hundreds of ISPs, has now covered 17 million UK premises. This includes more than 4.3 million premises in “rural and hard-to-reach areas“. The data means that Openreach, which also saw their overall broadband usage (data / internet traffic) surge by 10.8% during the year (representing traffic from...