While many parts of London still have broadband speeds of around 70Mb, the Hebridean islands of Tiree and Iona are set to receive ultrafast broadband. Openreach engineers are delivering this upgrade as part of the Scottish Government’s R100 fast broadban programme. The remote islands have long struggled with limited connectivity due to their isolation and

Virgin Media O2 has been rated the top national broadband provider in the UK by Opensignal. It secured first place in four out of five award categories, based on billions of daily measurements from over 100 million devices assessing mobile and broadband performance globally. Opensignal specialises in measuring and analysing mobile network performance and user

EE provides the best mobile experience by a major operator, according to tests by Global Wireless Solutions. Virgin Media O2 was the top provider when combining mobile and broadband experience, followed by Sky Mobile, EE, Vodafone, and Three. EE performed best in most test categories, including reliability, video streaming, and latency. In terms of throughput,

Next year will see many more device-to-device satcoms services says Peter Kibutu,Advanced Technology Lead at 5G satellite consultancy TTP There will be further partnerships between terrestrial network providers, which own most of the desirable spectrum and have access to a large subscriber base, and non-terrestrial providers. These joint ventures will tackle rural and remote black

EE plans to upgrade its home broadband service next year with a next-generation home broadband router supporting Qualcomm’s Wi-Fi 7 technology.

Vodafone’s has added a new social broadband tariff to its existing social tariff portfolio. The new plan, Fibre 2 Essentials, costs £20 a month for speeds of up to 73 Mbps.

Mobile networks and broadband ads which which do not clearly show future price rises risk having their ads banned from December under new rules by the Advertising Standards Authority Code Advertising Practise.

EE plans to launch Full Fibre 1.6Gbps broadband service soon accompanied by upgraded hubs and routers. The super-fast service has been developed at BT’s research centre at Adastral Park and is built on a gigabit+ capable full fibre network which will be be EE’s fastest service available supporting multiple online devices with average speeds up

Currys will now be selling Vodafone broadband in its 300-plus stores in addition to Vodafone’s mobile products.

A million people disconnected their broadband in the last year because they couldn’t afford it according to research from charity Citizen’s Advice’s survey of 6,000 adults and 243 respondents who receive Universal Credit.

Broadband Genie analysis of 400k speed tests rates three top and O2 bottom

Three is offering free connections worth a total of £150,000 to small and medium businesses with 20 to 150 employees in Manchester and Birmingham who can best demonstrate how their businesses can grow using the Three network. Successful applicants will get free SIM packages as well as free Business Broadband for two years. Businesses must

New deal offers savings of up to £348

The package is available to new and existing small business customers or SoHo business customers with 1-9 employees

Jeanie York, Chief Technology Officer, Virgin Media O2, discusses the benefits of XGS-PON on its full fibre network and how it can help consumers and businesses in the future

Customers could be hit by price rises of around 14pc at the end of March

The announcement comes following Ofcom’s recent UK Home Broadband Performance report revealing Virgin Media’s M125 package offers download speeds twice as fast as the UK average and the M250 is four times faster than the UK average

TalkTalk in the race of taking over BT after customers prioritise less expensive internet alternatives

Research showed 42 per cent of respondents expect to financially struggle during the crisis and 29 per cent have turned to the internet to help them save money

The new Business Broadband aims to provide instant downloads, smooth collaborations and taking payments for a seasonal business or a new short term location

The survey revealed that 36 per cent of Brits have never switched providers

More than 4,000 rural premises in Teesdale will gain access to faster and more reliable broadband after a £6.6m contract was awarded to GoFibre, under the government’s £5bn Project Gigabit Scheme

Former BT employee Lee will join Voneus as it aims to double its customer footprint by 2023

All Community Fibre broadband packages come with free installation and a free Linksys router

Homes and businesses across Devon, Dorset and Somerset are already benefitting from Jurassic Fibre’s network and the expansion to Cornwall reflects its commitment to level up in the South West

Shipments for the network will begin in Q4

Nottingham suffered the worst of the outages by spending the most time offline and losing 9.2 million hours of broadband annually

Its fixed network has passed 15.7m premises and the company is investing £2bn a year to expand its network to more areas in the UK

The cost-of-living crisis is hitting Brits in staying connected 

The UK’s largest digital network provider, Openreach, is used by BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone and Zen

O2 first partnered with The O2 arena in 2005, and its 5G mobile network is already available inside the venue

The launch of BT’s new product is the first commitment of its recently announced Enterprise Customer Charter

This broadband offer is available to purchase from May 9- May 15

The broadband company has also recently reached its key milestone of 75,000 connected premises

The initial collaboration between the companies was announced in 2020 with Zen committing to launching services across four locations, which has since expanded to 31

Rollout of Vodafone’s FTTP service will hit 35 locations across the UK in coming weeks

Uswitch.com is calling on broadband providers to make it easier for customers to recycle unused routers, and to offer a service for customers to return old routers

Broadband and mobile companies such as BT, O2 and Vodafone use the rate of inflation to set its price increases.

Customers can make big savings on 4G and 5G broadband plans up until February 10

Some of the big cities in the UK didn’t rank in the top 10 fastest streets for broadband

During the pandemic, over three-quarters of small businesses have been hampered by slow broadband at some point

Vodafone is aiming to connect eight million homes with full fibre broadband by spring 2022

The scheme offers jobseekers free uncapped broadband for six months

While 5G mobile usage expands to regions beyond the capital according to latest Ofcom report

Network unveils UK’s only voice-integrated WiFi booster

The solution is called Complete Connectivity and focuses heavily on providing a secure connection

SME customers upload speeds will double

The figure has jumped up from 18pc from last September

Small businesses won’t have to pay anything until 13 months into the 36-month contract

Trials in Southampton and Manchester delivered speeds 40 times faster local average

Operator relaunches successful programme to help small business

Liston replaces Richard Hooper, who steps down after 11 years in role

New Pro Broadband guarantees WiFi in every room

Partnership will bring connectivity to rural areas

Virgin’s entire network of 15 million homes will gain access to gigabit speeds by the end of the year

The ISP currently provides fibre connectivity to over half of London boroughs

A lack of confidence in switching providers is costing consumers 

After 12 months, 36-month contract reverts to standard business rates

While super fast broadband availability grows to 96 per cent in nationwide coverage

Uswitch.com research crowns Queens Road in Weybridge, Surrey as slowest street for broadband

3 Gigafast package now available in 12 London boroughs

Offer is available to new and upgrading customers

The UK has dropped 13 places in rankings since last year

Vodafone has partnered with Openreach to provide the three cities with the gigafast broadband

Prices for the second broadband line start from £21 per month

Bristol experienced the most amount of time with outages across the UK

Ofcom estimates 40 per cent of broadband customers are currently out of contract

NHS workers have been able to access greater amounts of data, voice calls and texts

The telco has set an ambitious target to connect 15 million homes by the end of 2021

Offer is available with Microsoft 365 for the next three months

The lockdown has seen a huge spike in broadband usage, reveals Ofcom

The lockdown has seen families make the most out of their broadband 

Assembly Research highlights six recommendations for the UK policymakers in order to achieve target

All EE/BT stores and call centres will remain open , with strict hygiene measures in place 

Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales expected to see major improvements in mobile phone coverage

Virgin Media plan to rollout gigabit services to 15 million homes by the end of 2021

Two new mobile broadband plans, one with 10Mbps cap

However Uswitch has launched a service designed to inform customers of the best available speeds at their home 

Data compiled by Cable.co.uk saw the UK deliver lower average speeds compared to much of Europe

The regulator has teamed with the UK Regulators Network to compare the biggest companies

Ofcom hopes to drive better competition across the country, especially in rural areas

Investment comes from new ownership

County Broadband’s full-fibre rollout will provide rural areas with speeds of up to 1Gbps 

Trio of big data offerings in the last three months for cloud provider

The Gig 1 service will deliver peak-time download speeds of 1.1Gbps

Part-nationalisation of BT to be funded by tax on tech companies

Broadband speeds more than 10 times faster than the local average arrive in the Scottish city

TalkTalk research highlights the importance of internet speeds to Brits

Jurassic Fibre is backed by India’s largest IT company

Speeds over 20 times faster than UK average with Virgin Media’s Gig1

SFSY marked the contract completion by visiting a number of local businesses that have benefited from the faster speeds

Indoor 4G coverage for the four operators remains at 77 per cent

The service is wireless offering an alternative to fixed-line broadband

Operator claims it is a UK-first

A million connections will be surpassed this year Virgin Media has set out bold targets to connect up to 15 million UK homes with gigabit broadband by the end of 2021. The first homes will be connected with the gigabit speeds this year, with Southampton the first city to receive the broadband, where customers have

So far 1.5 million premises has been reached nationwide through the ‘Fibre First’ programme Openreach has announced 36 new locations will receive its Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology in the next 12 months. The rollout means 74 locations across the UK are now covered by Openreach’s Fibre First programme. In the coming months towns and cities

Despite a slight improvement on the previous quarter Plusnet still lead the way for complaints Plusnet has topped the Ofcom league tables for most complained fixed broadband in the UK for the first quarter of 2019. It is the second quarter in a row that Plusnet has occupied the top spot as it also led

5G has been touted as the future for home broadband EE has started selling 5G mobile broadband plans with a HTC 5G Hub. Two plans are available on 12 months contracts – 50GB for £50 per month and 100GB for £75 per month. An upfront charge of £100 is needed for the HTC 5G Hub,

Prices start from £37 per month and gives customers access to 52 Premier League football matches