£1.3 billion a year lost thanks to broadband outages – survey
Broadband outages effecting home workers have cost the UK economy £1.3 billion over the past year, according to a report by Uswitch.com.
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UK telcos to help customers cope with cost of living crisis
Customers in the UK who are struggling to pay their broadband and mobile bills are to get help under a new deal agreed between the government and operators.
UK foreign worker red tape slowing fibre rollout – Openreach
In an interview with the FT Clive Selley, CEO of UK fixed line wholesaler Openreach, said the UK government is making it too hard to recruit foreign workers.
Nokia inches forward with its 100G PON tech
Finland’s Nokia has hit the heady heights of 100-Gbps broadband using its latest passive optical networking (PON) technology.
Vodafone says it’s now the number one full fibre provider in the UK
UK operator Vodafone says its full fibre broadband offering now reaches 8 million homes and that it has overtaken BT by that metric.
Fibre builders keep building, but customers can’t pay
Consumers in the UK are struggling to pay for Internet access, according to a new study shared by London fibre builder Community Fibre.
CityFibre raises a further £4.9 billion to fully finance its full fibre ambitions
UK fibre infrastructure player CityFibre has managed to borrow almost 5 billion quid, which means its full fibre rollout is now fully financed.
TIM and Open Fiber pick up €3.4 billion in broadband funding
Italian telcos TIM and Open Fiber have won government funding worth a total of €3.4 billion to roll out high-speed fixed broadband to uneconomic areas of the country.
US to splurge $45 billion on affordable Internet
The US government has launched an ambitious new broadband funding scheme with the stated aim of closing the digital divide by the end of the decade.
VMO2 pushes fibre rollout as competition bites
Virgin Media O2 is shouting about its plans to crack on with full fibre rollout, but its latest quarterlies show it is starting to feel the heat from the competition.
EE dabbles with Pilates for gamers
The coronation of EE as the BT group consumer brand has apparently unlocked a new raft of whacky marketing initiatives.
T-Mobile US attacks big broadband firms
T-Mobile US is making a renewed push into 5G-based fixed wireless services for home broadband, in the process hitting out at the country’s established ISPs in its own unique style.
Vocus CEO hits out at NBN ‘monopoly’ as election looms
With just over a fortnight to go before Australia’s next parliamentary election, the head of Aussie telco Vocus has made his feelings clear on the country’s state-owned broadband network.
More cash and customers as UK fibre boom continues
New developments in the UK fibre market indicate that the sector remains buoyant, not that there was really any doubt on the matter.
BT finally makes EE its main consumer-facing brand
A sort-of rebrand means EE will become the flagship brand for consumers, and will ‘expand into new areas’ – though the BT brand will remain on home standalone broadband and landline services.
Shell Energy tops list of broadband complaints
ISP Shell Energy has generated the most amount of complaints to UK comms regulator Ofcom of all the major broadband providers, mainly due by faults and service issues.
Shareholders approve Italian broadband merger
Shareholders of Italian broadband providers Tiscali and Linkem have approved their merger plan, paving the way for completion of the deal later this year.
Broadband prices ranked – UK is 92nd cheapest in the world
Price comparison site Cable.co.uk has released a report listing what it reckons are the cheapest and most expensive places to buy broadband across the world.
Zen Internet to offer services across CityFibre’s entire footprint
ISP Zen Internet has signed a deal to extend its services to 285 cities, towns and villages across full fibre infrastructure firm CityFibre’s UK network.
BT: ‘we went too early’ on digital voice
BT is putting its digital voice service rollout on ice due to the fact it caused more disruption to customers than the telco had anticipated.
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