ISPA and Gov Set Out New UK Guidance for Deploying Telegraph Poles | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The ISPA and INCA have today published new ‘Best Practice Guidance’ for gigabit broadband operators that are building new poles as part of their UK network expansions. The guidance aims to support the Government’s goal of “ending the deployment of unnecessary telegraph poles” (here), not least by requiring providers to engage more closely with communities before they build. The United Kingdom has long been home to millions of poles (wood and metal),...
CEO of Alternative Cornwall Broadband ISP Wildanet Departs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network provider Wildanet, which has spent the past few years deploying a mix of full fibre and wireless broadband networks across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon in England, has today confirmed to ISPreview that its CEO, Helen Wylde-Archibald, has “left the business“. The operator was last year estimated to have so far covered around 30,000 premises (Ready for Service) with their newest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which stems...
CityFibre to Acquire Connexin’s UK FTTP Broadband Network UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator CityFibre has this morning announced their second recent acquisition of an alternative UK broadband provider, which will see them gobble Connexin’s growing 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in parts of East Yorkshire (Hull etc.), Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire (England). The financial details of the deal are not yet known. Just to recap. Connexin, which is backed by an investment of £80m from PATRIZIA, has spent the...
Three UK Boosts Scam Protection via New Bitdefender Partnership | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Three UK has today announced a new partnership with global network security firm Bitdefender, which has resulted in the launch of a new ‘Three Device Security’ service – expressed as being a “powerful new subscription service designed to safeguard customers against fraud, phishing, and malware attacks“. The operator, which noted that they had already successfully blocked nearly 7 million scam messages from reaching UK customers in the...
Quickline Confirm Expansion of Yorkshire UK Gigabit Broadband Projects | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural broadband ISP Quickline has today confirmed that they’ve reached an agreement with the Government’s Project Gigabit broadband roll-out programme. The deal will see them expand their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover an additional 6,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England. Until today Quickline had already secured several deployment contracts for the West Yorkshire and the York area (Lot 8), North...
Hey! Broadband Top 35,000 Customers on F&W’s UK Full Fibre Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More UK ISP Hey! Broadband, which caters for areas covered by F&W Networks (Fibre and Wireless) alternative gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines – mostly across the South East of England, has revealed that their customer base has now reached over 35,000 (up from 30,000 in mid-November 2024). Customers of the service typically pay from £27 per month for their top 900Mbps (symmetric) package, which compares with £33 for 400Mbps and then £23 for...
Mobile Operator VOXI UK Tops 1 Million Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is a virtual network operator (MVNO) sibling of Vodafone, has today celebrated the milestone of reaching 1 million customers. The operator has come a long way since it first launched in 2017, when they initially appeared to be focused on the student market. Since launching, the operator has expanded its availability to cater for all users and offers a distinctive mobile proposition by providing customers with...
CItyFibre begins M&A drive with acquisition of Connexin’s fibre network | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The deal will see over 185,000 premises added to CityFibre’s full fibre network Today, wholesale fibre network operator CityFibre has announced the acquisition of smaller altnet Connexin’s network infrastructure. The deal will see CityFibre integrate Connexin’s fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) network in Hull and East Riding, which currently reaches over 80,000 premises, with a further 20,000 planned for the future. The deal will also see CityFibre take...
Sparkle Reinforces Partnership with Al-Bawaba to Provide Services to Corporate Customers in Libya | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Rome, 20 March 2025 Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, and Al-Bawaba for Telecommunications and Informatics Co., a Libyan ISP provider offering a wide range of ICT solutions, have enhanced their commercial partnership to provide international connectivity services to and from Libya. The agreement is based on a state-of-the-art fully redundant infrastructure – which relies on Al-Bawaba’s Libyan...
Work begins on E2A transpacific subsea cable | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The E2A system, linking Japan and the USA, is expected to be ready for service in 2028 Today, an international consortium including Chunghwa Telecom, SoftBank Corp., SK Broadband, and Verizon Business has announced the start of construction of the East Asia to North America (E2A) submarine cable system. The E2A system, which features 12 fibre pairs and a total capacity of over 182Tbps, will span approximately 12,500km across the Pacific, connecting...