Infranomics has shed light on the UK’s 3.24 million “white premises,” areas identified as having no commercial or public gigabit broadband plans. Their analysis reveals challenges with the dataset’s accuracy, which unchanged would misalign up to £125 million in public funds. The guys and girls at Infranomics are obsessed with data, metrics, and AI, and … Read more
Dotlines UK has officially launched with a bold mission to modernize connectivity and digital security within the UK, focusing in both the business and residential market. Dotlines Group has experienced large success in India with Carnival Internet and wants to bring that success to the UK. Although the group won’t just be focusing on connectivity, … Read more
In this episode, I sit down with the industry GOAT—Richard Tang. Richard has successfully built an ISP that operates in the consumer, B2B, and wholesale spaces, generating over £120M in revenue with an incredibly strong and unique culture. We discuss the Zen journey and Richard’s vision for getting Zen to where it is today, the … Read more
Does Fibre Café Have a Future After the Big Alt-Net Consolidation? Founder Wail Sabbagh Says Yes! With the anticipated consolidation of alternative networks, some might question Fibre Café’s relevance. However, Wail Sabbagh, Founder and MD of Strategic Imperatives, sees it differently. He describes Fibre Café not just as an aggregation tool but as a unified … Read more
EkkoSense, an AI-driven data centre optimisation firm, has collaborated with Virgin Media O2 to deliver annual energy savings exceeding £1 million in data centre cooling. Through real-time insights into thermal, power, and capacity performance across 20 UK data centres, EkkoSense helped Virgin Media O2 reduce cooling energy consumption by 15%. This translates to cutting 760 … Read more
Bloomberg reports that Virgin Media O2 is seeking to raise at least £1 billion by offering a 20% to 40% stake in its newly formed network company. This is part of a larger £5 billion plan to expand full fibre coverage across the UK. However, details are scarce as the information comes from anonymous sources. … Read more
Openreach has unveiled plans for a new symmetric 1Gbps broadband tier, expanding options for Communications Providers on its Full Fibre network. This service is set to launch in April 2025 and will be available in areas covered by Openreach’s “Type C” bid under the UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit initiative, focused on upgrading the hardest-to-reach … Read more
If you didn’t know, a couple of times a year, thinkbroadband.com releases a document named “The State of Broadband” report, which provides some key metrics in the full fibre world. Specifically, they feed “RFS” data from all the major networks, so they can provide the most accurate report on how large an “alt net” footprint … Read more
Cornwall-based broadband provider Wildanet has announced a groundbreaking partnership with global telecoms giant Nokia to speed up the deployment of its gigabit-enabled Full Fibre network across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. This collaboration leverages Wildanet’s local expertise and Nokia’s international experience in major network deployments. Justin Clark, Wildanet’s Chief Strategy & Technology Officer, said: … Read more
