Cityfibre has published their full H1 2016 results, which among other things reveals that the joint 940Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband trial with Sky Broadband and TalkTalk in York (England) is now “completed” (14,000 premises passed) and “achieved all target objectives in terms of penetration and deployment costs.” But what comes [...]

Virgin Media is spending £3bn to expand its cable network but fears competition from an independent Openreach. BT and Virgin Media have set aside their fierce rivalry to battle calls for BT to be forced to sell off its network division, Openreach, in a new escalation of the telecoms industry’s civil [...]

Openreach (BT) has today published the first Draft Reference Offer for their new Dark Fibre Access (DFA) product, which is designed to give rival ISPs “physical access” to the operator’s fibre optic cables (i.e. allowing them to “take direct control of the connection“). Under this Passive Remedy rival ISPs would [...]

The spread of “ultra-fast” pure fibre optic broadband connections (FTTP/H) across the United Kingdom appears to have accelerated over the past year, with the latest estimate of premises passed delivering a total of 779,006 (up from 351,642 last year) and it’s set to reach around 4 million by 2020. True [...]

The Broadband for South Westmorland project, which aims to roll-out a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP/H) broadband network to the rural communities of Old Hutton & Holmescales, New Hutton and Preston Patrick in Cumbria (England), yesterday began construction with local volunteers. More than 500 local homes and businesses in the area [...]

The second stage of the "world's biggest offshore wind farm" has been given the go-ahead by the government. The Hornsea Project Two scheme would see 300 turbines built 55 miles (88 km) off the East Yorkshire coast and provide enough electricity to power almost two million homes. Developer Dong Energy [...]

The rumour mill is swirling around Sky Broadband today, with reports indicating that the ISP will replace their ‘up to’ 76Mbps (19Mbps upload) Sky Fibre Pro (FTTC) service with a cheaper Sky Fibre Max product on 15th or 16th August 2016, albeit with reduced features. At this stage we’re taking [...]

Industrial action by Wood Group’s offshore workers has been suspended to allow for fresh talks between the company and the unions, the RMT union has said. To remind, Wood Group’s workers on Shell’s seven North Sea platforms participated in two strike actions in a dispute over proposed cuts on pay [...]

Transport for London is planning a Crossrail 2 major briefing day in mid-September for the construction industry. The London event will set out long and short-term plans for the £30bn project to give consultants, contractors and suppliers an insight into how they might get involved in the mega-project. The Crossrail 2 project team will give [...]

Several major Internet providers and other organisations, including TalkTalk, Vodafone, Sky Broadband, XLN and the Federation of Communication Services, have today launched a new campaign that encourages business to criticise the quality of Openreach’s UK network as part of Ofcom’s Strategic Review. It’s fair to say that TalkTalk, Sky Broadband [...]

Balfour Beatty has been given the planning thumbs up to start the University of Sussex’s ambitious East Slope student accommodation project. An artist's impression of how East Slope might look when it has been redeveloped. Balfour Beatty will redevelop part of the campus to create 2,100 new bedrooms as well [...]

WightFibre, which is a cable (DOCSIS) operator that delivers 152Mbps broadband and TV across the Isle of Wight (South Coast of Hampshire, England), has deployed a 1000Mbps fibre optic (FTTH/P) network to a development of new build homes in the village of Wootton and more will follow. The service is [...]