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Ofcom boost for service upgrades

UK comms regulator Ofcom has made changes to its regulations that will help broadband companies upgrade customers to faster broadband more efficiently, and support digital infrastructure provider Openreach’s trials in Salisbury and Mildenhall. Openreach’s trials in Salisbury and Mildenhall will test the processes for moving customers off older broadband and telephone services, as part of […]

January 29, 2020By Colin Mann

Openreach accelerates full-fibre build

UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in 227 market towns and villages across the nation, with building to commence within the next 14 months. The portion of this build plan completed by March 2021 is within Openreach’s previously stated target to reach four million homes […]

January 27, 2020By Colin Mann

CityFibre acquires FibreNation, adds TalkTalk

In parallel to its deal with UK telco Vodafone to support its full-fibre rollout, broadband infrastructure provider CityFibre has acquired FibreNation from TalkTalk Group, increasing CityFibre’s rollout target from 5 million to up to 8 million premises. This investment programme, totalling up to £4 billion, will also secure TalkTalk as a major wholesale customer across […]

January 21, 2020By Colin Mann

Vodafone boost for UK full-fibre

Multiplay telco Vodafone has revealed plans to accelerate the roll out of full-fibre broadband in the UK by restructuring its existing deal with broadband infrastructure provider CityFibre to encourage it to build its fibre infrastructure more quickly and to more places. With full-fibre broadband still only available to around 11 per cent of UK premises, […]

January 21, 2020By Colin Mann

BT bundles Google Stadia with broadband offers

BT has become the first European distribution partner for Stadia, Google’s new cloud gaming platform. The partnership will see BT and Google deliver cloud gaming via this new-generation platform to more UK consumers as well as see the two companies work together on initiatives designed to build awareness, access and availability of it in the […]

January 17, 2020

Openreach extends free full fibre offer

Thousands more new-build homes are in line for a broadband boost as UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach is extending the reach of its scheme offering Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) installation free of charge for new housing developments. Developers building smaller new sites of just 20 or more properties are now eligible to have full fibre connectivity built […]

January 14, 2020By Colin Mann

Nigeria to invest €65bn in broadband

Nigeria’s Communications Commission says the overall sum to be invested into the nation’s broadband infrastructure will top Naira 265 billion (about €65.7 billion). The Commission will put N65 billion into 6 private companies under public/private partnership deals, said Umar Danbatta, the CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission. The aim is to boost connectivity for the […]

January 14, 2020By Chris Forrester

Ofcom UK full fibre plan

Homes and businesses up and down the UK are set to benefit from much faster and more reliable fibre broadband, under major proposals set out by comms regulator Ofcom. As demand for Internet data accelerates, the UK’s infrastructure needs to be upgraded. Full-fibre broadband connections can deliver much faster speeds than copper – up to […]

January 8, 2020By Colin Mann

South Korea: Decline in mobile revenue to hit pay-TV market

The total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in South Korea is expected to decline at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.3 per cent in between 2019 and 2024. Growth in mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV segments’ revenues will however fail to offset steady decline in revenues from mobile voice, messaging and fixed […]

December 30, 2019

Ofcom: 3m UK homes can access full-fibre broadband

Nearly 3 million UK homes can now access full-fibre broadband, Ofcom’s latest data on broadband and mobile availability shows. Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report analyses the availability of broadband and mobile services across the UK and its nations. This year’s report highlights further progress from industry in rolling out their networks, with the availability of […]

December 20, 2019