Category: Altnets

After the announcement in March that Trooli was joining the PXC wholesale platform, the firms have announced that they are ready to move to the next phase, with Trooli ready to welcome PXC’s customers onto its network. “Since we announced the start of the partnership earlier this year, our highly experienced teams have been working […]

Olilo which is currently pushing hard to establish itself in the Prosumer broadband space and specifically those chasing low and stable latency has agreed a partnership that will see its products selling in Freedom Fibre FTTP areas. At the time of writing this news item, the Olilo website is still only showing package availability for […]

Quickline has announced building to over 10,000 premises under the Project Gigabit contract that is Lot 23 covering Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. The press release tells us that the footprint delivering is 10,610 using public subsidy and a further 17,000 properties can get Quickline FTTP as part of a wider commercial rollout. […]

Broadband altnet Gigaclear has announced that it has arranged £80m of long-term financing from its consortium of existing banks. The company has more than 600,000 premises passed with its FTTP network, across 26 counties, and has over 160,000 customers connected. The company is also celebrating its 15th birthday this month, as the company was founded […]

Broadband provider IDNet has expanded its altnet footprint to include Netomnia. This is one of six altnets that IDNet is able to provide services through, alongside Openreach, the BT Wholesale network and Platform X (previously TalkTalk Wholesale). IDNet is known for delivering low-latency, high-performance connectivity, catering to home users, remote workers, gamers and SMEs. The […]

A data breach has been reported at altnet brsk, which has suffered a loss of data through one of its systems. The company has confirmed that it does not affect its core network or operational systems. Reports online are that 230,105 customer records have been stolen which includes information related to customer bookings and installations. […]

Altnet Connect Fibre has been announced as another ISP that will be rolling out Netgem’s PLEIO TV service, which allows users, to watch, stream and play all through a single puck-shaped device. PLEIO has Freely built in, which provides access to the standard terrestrial channels by streaming these to the device rather than having to […]

Broadband provider brsk, part of alt-net Netomnia, has announced that they are the first full fibre broadband provider in the UK to launch PLEIO, the IP streaming device from Netgem. The company are keen to announce that they can now offer a TV experience to rival other pay-TV operators such as Sky, Virgin and BT. […]

Ofcom is consulting further on the Telecoms Access Review on Wholesale Local Access pricing. The Independent Networks Co-operating Association (INCA) have issued a statement on the importance of ‘pricing remedies’ in ensuring a competitive market. INCA has opposed the consultation on Wholesale Local Access (WLA) pricing remedies, which it says amounts to the regulator stepping […]

Enders Analysis have warned quite starkly about the unsustainable losses incurred by alternative network operators challenging incumbent Openreach and others on full fibre rollout. In their report titled “UK Altnets: Something’s got to give” they highlight some of the key challenges faced by altnets in the wider competitive landscape. “Altnet losses expanded to £1.5bn in […]