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Openreach adds 170 towns and villages to FTTP rollout plan

27 October 2021, 11:11

Welcome additions to the 551 FTTP rollout locations announced this June.

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Major UK ISPs ordered to block five pirate streaming sites

26 October 2021, 13:11

Hollywood studios worked with Netflix to get latest London High Court injunction.

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UK Gov to provide 6 months free broadband to jobseekers

28 September 2021, 11:11

It has picked TalkTalk to be the provider, helping it to tackle 'digital exclusion'.

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Alphabet's Project Taara is "like fibre, but without the cables"

17 September 2021, 12:11

The firm recently successfully trialled Taara tech to join two Congolese cities.

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Google Grace Hopper subsea cable connected to Bude, UK

16 September 2021, 12:11

The 16-fibre pair Google-funded cable now connects New York to Bude and Bilbao.

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FTTP saturation: Western Europe broadband speeds plateau

15 September 2021, 13:11

And Jersey claims the fastest mean download speeds in the world at 274Mbps.

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UK Gov back £4m trial of fibre broadband via water pipes

9 August 2021, 10:11

The same strategy proved a success in Spain and other countries.

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Starlink satellite broadband to improve ping time to sub-20ms

16 July 2021, 11:11

Meanwhile, scientists in Japan have achieved 319Tbps fibre internet transfers.

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Openreach shares list of 551 FTTP rollout locations

25 June 2021, 11:11

The UK cities and towns targeted will all get gigabit-capable fibre by Dec 2026 at the latest.

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Virgin Media O2 spotted running ad-funded free broadband trials

9 June 2021, 11:11

Another recent trial was doubling its 100Mbps tier download speeds from 10 to 20Mbps.

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UK full fibre grows but it remains third from bottom in Europe

13 May 2021, 12:11

Full fibre penetration in the UK is just 3.7 per cent, but is available to 15 per cent of homes.

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Virgin O2 merger provisionally approved by UK regulator

15 April 2021, 13:11

CMA looked closely at whether merger could lead to reduced competition.

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Openreach enables 1Gbps capable FTTP in 4.5m UK homes

25 March 2021, 12:11

To reach its latest target it added 1.9 million premises during the last year.

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Virgin Media UK testing 400Gbps over a single fibre

5 March 2021, 11:11

And the ISP reports a new network traffic record of 20.77GB per user on one day in Feb.

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Ofcom UK explains One Touch broadband switching process

5 February 2021, 13:11

Easier ISP switching should be enforced by December 2022, after industry consultation.

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Nokia and Vodafone successfully trial 100Gbps fibre broadband

2 February 2021, 13:11

Breakthrough '100G PON' tech is 10x faster than today's most advanced fibre networks.

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Starlink satellite constellation gets laser crosslink upgrades

29 January 2021, 13:11

The lasers will boost coverage and reliability. Future connections as fast as 10Gbps touted.

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UK customers start to test SpaceX Starlink internet services

5 January 2021, 12:11

The Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite broadband service isn't cheap through.

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Cross party committee criticises UK gov gigabit broadband plans

24 December 2020, 12:11

As downgrading of pledged coverage, slipping of target dates looks set to continue.

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Ofcom says UK average fixed line broadband speed is 71.8Mbps

8 December 2020, 11:11

A decent improvement from 64.0Mbps reported in the previous biannual dataset.

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UK Gov brings forward Huawei 5G network install ban

1 December 2020, 21:11

But the target for the complete eradication of Huawei's 5G kit remains the end of 2027.

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UK Gov waters down broadband plans in spending review

26 November 2020, 12:11

Gigabit broadband UK coverage target revised down to 85 per cent of homes by 2025.

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UK mobile firms won't be able to sell locked phones from Dec 2021

27 October 2020, 11:11

And Ofcom is looking to make broadband switching between networks easier.

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Nokia will replace Huawei kit used for BT / EE mobile networks

29 September 2020, 13:11

BT had enjoyed a strong relationship with Huawei dating back to 2005.

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BT CEO warns it could be 2033 before UK gets 'Gigabit for all'

28 September 2020, 13:31

UK PM Johnson said last year that he aimed to achieve goal this by the end of 2025.

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Ofcom publishes fourth annual telecoms service quality report

21 August 2020, 12:21

It finds Plusnet (ISP) and Tesco Mobile (Mobile) deliver the greatest user satisfaction levels.

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Ofcom looks into 'personalised pricing' in telecoms industry

7 August 2020, 14:21

Pricing algorithms based on user behaviour are 'unfair' according to research.

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UK gov finally decides on Huawei 5G equipment ban

14 July 2020, 16:51

Meanwhile Samsung has shared its vision for 6G communications.

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UK Gov looking into using other utility pipes for fibre broadband

15 June 2020, 13:11

More than a million kilometres of the UK's underground utility ducts are currently 'passive'.

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Virgin Media UK high street stores won't be reopening

29 May 2020, 11:11

It plans to offer the 341 affected staff, from 53 closed stores, new roles in the company.

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Researchers achieve 39Tbps transfers over standard fibre

25 May 2020, 11:51

Photonic microcomb technology replaces current laser arrays to enable the speed boost.

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Virgin Media and O2 merger agreed

7 May 2020, 10:11

50-50 joint venture will create a major rival to BT. Deal is valued at £31.4 billion.

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O2 confirms it is in merger talks with Virgin Media

4 May 2020, 12:11

The precise terms of the talks, or whether they will result in a merger, are not known.

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