Tag: broadband
Vodafone to accelerate full fibre broadband
Vodafone has announced plans to accelerate the roll out of full-fibre broadband in the UK by restructuring its existing deal with 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% of UK premises, Vodafone is working with infrastructure companies such…
Ofcom introduces performance scorecards for broadband
Want to know how a broadband provider is doing? Ofcom is just one of the regulators that has partnered with the UK Regulations Network (UKRN) to publish new scorecards intended to help customers. These will allow consumers to compare providers by overall satisfaction as well as complaints to Ofcom and Net Promoter Score (NPS)…
Ofcom plans to ban selling of locked handsets
Mobile phone companies will be banned from selling 'locked' handsets, under a range of new plans from Ofcom to make switching even simpler. Companies including BT/EE, Tesco Mobile and Vodafone still sell mobile phones that cannot be used on other networks unless they are unlocked, which can cost around £10. Ofcom research has found that more…
Labour’s free full fibre broadband pledge: How will it work?
Labour has set out its plans to deliver fast and free full fibre broadband across the country if it wins the General Election. But how feasible is the plan and what impact will it have on rivals? What is full-fibre? Full-fibre is a newer, faster broadband technology which relies on fibre-optic cables, instead of the…
BT shares plunge after Labour’s free broadband promise
BT chief executive Philip Jansen BT shares dropped nearly 4% and TalkTalk put the sale of one of its businesses on hold after the Labour Party announced plans to turn broadband into a public service Jeremy Corbyn is due to officially announce the new policy in a speech in Lancaster…
Labour promises free full-fibre broadband for all
Labour has promised it will deliver free full-fibre broadband to every home and business by 2030, if it wins the General Election. The party intends to bring parts of BT, including Openreach which provides broadband infrastructure, into public ownership under plans it said will result in a massive upgrade in the UK’s internet infrastructure. The…
BT boss urges government to prioritise full fibre broadband
The next government must put a full fibre broadband rollout near the top of its priority list because households will need faster internet speeds to cope with the expected 100 smart gadgets in homes within the next five years, according to the boss of BT. Philip Jansen said most homes only have five internet-enabled devices.…
Full fibre boost for London using Tube tunnels
Properties in London are set to benefit from a £10 million investment in full fibre broadband using Tube tunnels and public buildings to deliver gigabit speeds. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced the latest upgrade from copper cables to full fibre optics, in a bid to help the capital catch up with other cities across…
2025 target for ‘gigabit broadband’ says UK Digital Secretary
Plans to achieve nationwide coverage of gigabit capable broadband is targeted for 2025, the Digital Secretary Nicky Morgan (pictured above) has confirmed. The roll-out came into question when it was vaguely worded “as soon as possible” without a date in the Queen’s Speech, but Nicky Morgan has revealed that the 2025 goal stands. However Boris…
Hull becomes ‘first full fibre city in the UK’
Hull has become the first place in the UK to have city-wide full fibre broadband coverage. The company behind the Lightstream project said around 200,000 homes and businesses in the city and surrounding area now have access to ultrafast speeds of 1Gbps, making Hull “the first full fibre city in the UK”. The East Yorkshire city’s…
