Press Release Zen Internet has approved near and long-term science-based emissions reductions targets with the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), as well as targeting net-zero science-based target by 2040 Zen Internet has responded to the SBTi’s urgent call for corporate climate action by committing to align with 1.5o C and net-zero through the Business Ambition for 1.5oC campaign. […]
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Acquisition of full-fibre ISP described as marking a meeting of minds at a time when gigabit broadband consumers deserve more from the internet, while the UK’s largest independent broadband provider claims landmark in fibre delivery in Derby
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Published: 05 Sep 2022 12:43
As the UK gigabit broadband market continues to grow rapidly, leading internet service provider (ISP) Giganet has announced the acquisition of fellow independent provider Cuckoo. East London-based Cuckoo began life two years ago with a stated aim of providing “the fastest, fairest, feelgood broadband” and with a mission to disrupt what the firm claimed was the UK’s “broken” telecoms sector. “This is broadband we want you to actually feel good about,” said the company. “And if that sounds strange, it’s only because such a low bar has been set for such a long time.”
In the two years since its launch, Cuckoo has been voted the top provider in the UK for customer service by MoneySavingExpert in February 2022, scoring 9.7/10 for customer service in a national poll of more than 20,000 respondents. Part of the Fern fibre family, which also includes Jurassic , Swish, Allpoints Fibre and Vorboss, Giganet has enjoyed a strong 2022 and in May inked a deal to make its full-fibre service offering available across CityFibre’s entire eight million-home nationwide roll-out . The network currently passes more than 1.5 million homes and Giganet will bring its broadband services to market in new locations throughout 2022. The two firms expect services to be available to all homes across the entire CityFibre footprint within the next 12 months. With the addition of Cuckoo, Giganet says its reach will now extend to nine million homes across the UK and adds that it will now work with Cuckoo to disrupt the UK broadband market by prioritising service and customer experience as the roll-out of full-fibre accelerates. Cuckoo and Giganet have both been advocates against “loyalty taxes” and price hikes, pledging to charge loyal customers the same as new customers, and opting not to increase charges mid-contract, with prices currently frozen until 2023. Cuckoo will become the lead consumer brand for Giganet’s core residential customers, with Giganet itself continuing to be the brand serving its growing enterprise base. Commenting on the acquisition, Cuckoo CEO Alexander Fitzgerald said: “This is great news for customers. Cuckoo’s expertise lies in building brilliant customer experiences thanks to our supremely talented team of developers, designers, marketers and customer service experts. Giganet are experts in building and running networks. Together, we will deliver faster, cheaper and better broadband for millions – and we’re only just getting started.”
Giganet CEO Jarlath Finnegan added: “Today’s acquisition marks a meeting of minds at a time when consumers deserve more from a utility as critical as the internet. Our vision to be the best ISP in the UK aligns perfectly with Cuckoo’s goal to be the fastest and fairest, and of course the most trusted, bringing to the market a fresh challenger that puts customers first.”
Meanwhile, CityFibre has announced that it has now laid 675km of full-fibre internet cables beneath the streets of Derby as part of its £50m plan to future-proof the city’s digital connectivity – a network build that started in March 2020. Its build partner, McCann, is working in various locations across the city, with network construction taking place in the Alvaston, Boulton, Chellaston, Littleover and Normanton areas. The roll-out has been completed across large sections of Derby, including Allestree, Mackworth, Mickleover, Darley, Abbey, Alvaston and Boulton. As per its May deal, Giganet is one of the ISPs named by CityFibre for the Derby network and is joined by Vodafone , TalkTalk, Zen Internet , Air Broadband, Gigabit Networks , IDNet, Marston’s and Yayzi, with others set to join the network soon. Read more about UK broadband
London and South of England fibre broadband provider Community Fibre expands out of consumer-focused sweet spot and claims new benchmark for gigabit business connectivity package. British broadband boosted as altnet Swish Fibre signals long-term ambition to become a national broadband provider with the launch of a new Yorkshire subsidiary, while Bath-based full-fibre provider Truespeed claims step-change in its mission to bring the south-west out of the digital slow lane in partnership with Adtran to enhance network with XGS-PON technology. Leading UK food chain  Subway confirms deal with Zen Internet to make UK ISP an accredited partner to supply its stores across the country with a bespoke connectivity offering that facilitates a delivery line of service that was not previously possible. Read more on Telecoms networks and broadband communications
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Zen Internet partners with Kroll to enhance cybersecurity strategies for businesses across the UK
Zen Internet announced a new strategic partnership with Kroll to enhance online protection for businesses across the UK. Zen will offer Kroll’s flagship managed detection and response solution, Kroll Responder, and its penetration testing, attack simulation and protection services. Zen’s customers will benefit from Kroll’s front-line threat intelligence and experienced team of accredited analysts, threat hunters and incident response experts who handle more than 3,200 incidents every year. With more robust and resilient cyber security in place, organizations’ cyber risk will be minimised and their ability to quickly identify and respond to threats in real-time will be improved, a critical capability given that digital communications and therefore the potential opportunities for attack are accelerating at pace. Mark Nicholls, Chief Research Officer in Kroll’s Cyber Risk practice comments: “With the UK’s Information Commissioners Office only recently saying that we’ve entered a ‘new era of security’ and our research finding that there was a 140 percent increase in data breach cases reported between 2019 and 2020, it’s clear that businesses in the UK need to invest in their protection against cyber attacks. We’re looking forward to working with Zen to bring our security solutions to more businesses in the UK market. It will allow organizations to not only improve their cyber resilience through better detection and response – but also allow them to assess the effectiveness and maturity of these measures – something which is essential in the current threat environment.”
Dave Barber, Portfolio Management Director at Zen Internet, comments: “With the number of cyberattacks rising sharply, businesses are feeling the pressure to ensure their security measures are up to scratch, whilst simultaneously accelerating their digital transformation journey post-covid. With the skills gap in the cybersecurity industry ongoing, businesses are increasingly outsourcing services to experts in the field who can provide a one-stop shop for holistic security solutions. “Our partnership with Kroll is fundamental in enhancing our clients’ cybersecurity strategies; it brings a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity and risk management, providing UK businesses with round the clock access to qualified analysts to support their digital transformation and protect their business.”
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Kroll’s Penetration Testing Services offer Zen’s clients cyber assessments of computer networks, systems, and applications to identify and address security weaknesses. The range of penetration testing engagements helps organizations to effectively manage cybersecurity risk by identifying, safely exploiting, and helping to remediate vulnerabilities that could otherwise lead to data and assets being compromised by malicious attackers. Given the scale of increasingly sophisticated breach attacks being encountered by businesses, this will enhance the overall cyber resilience of organizations. Kroll Responder
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Here's why Zen Internet's full-fibre is worth the wait for ultra-fast broadband speeds throughout Bolton
Thousands of residents in Bolton can now enjoy superfast broadband speeds thanks to Zen Internet's full-fibre connectivity
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With Zen's full-fibre broadband, households can connect all devices lightning fast and super reliably at the same time (Image: Zen Internet LTD)
Residents in Bolton can now access full-fibre connectivity with Zen Internet , the only Which? Delivered over the CityFibre network, more than 20,000 homes are already enabled, with thousands more added every month. Only 33 per cent of UK households are full-fibre enabled, giving residents of Bolton the opportunity to be early adopters on what is being coined the future of broadband. What is full-fibre broadband? Full-fibre broadband is the faster, more reliable, higher performance connection the UK has been waiting for, and it’s now already available via Zen for thousands of residents in Bolton. Whether for working, playing, streaming, downloading or backing up precious files, Zen's full-fibre is built to keep the whole home connected. Whatever you’ve heard it called – from Fibre To The Premises (FTTP) and Fibre To The Home (FTTH) to Ultrafast or Gigafast – full-fibre gives you a different type of broadband; one that swaps old-fashioned copper wires for a faster, more modern and reliable connection delivered via fibre optic cables. Traditional broadband connections use copper wires all the way from the exchange to your home. Copper is great at carrying phone calls, but when it’s used for data, as it has been for years, it can create certain problems. For example, the strength of your signal can degrade very quickly over copper, which basically means the longer the copper wire between your home and the exchange, the slower your broadband speed. Replacing the traditional copper broadband connections, full-fibre uses fibre optic cables
Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) improved this situation a great deal in the last decade by using fibre optic cable to connect the exchange to your local street cabinet. But that ‘last leg’ – the final bit of distance between the cabinet and your house – still uses copper telephone wires. Now, full-fibre ensures a fibre connection all the way to your home. That means a more robust, reliable connection delivering internet speeds of up to 900Mbps is now available and can be enjoyed by thousands of residents in Bolton with Zen Internet over the CityFibre network. Why do I need Zen's full-fibre broadband? Consider all the things you use your broadband for today. From streaming video, watching on-demand TV, downloading and playing online games and working from home, to connecting all your household’s devices, including smart home technology. Over the next few years, 4K streaming is on track to become the norm, which means most of our entertainment will be online. We might even be streaming our games too. Then there’s home working, which for many has become permanent. Not to forget all those smart home devices. From smart speakers to thermostats, doorbells, CCTV, alarms, sensors and more. As our homes become increasingly connected, they’ll put an ever-greater strain on our bandwidth. That’s the key point. This isn’t just about great speed for a single connected device. This is about more than enough bandwidth to connect all your devices simultaneously and the ability to futureproof a home’s internet capabilities. With download and upload speeds of up to 900Mbps, Zen’s full-fibre is available in a range of packages starting from £29.99 per month, allowing a household to connect all devices lightning-fast and super reliably at the same time. Zen's full fibre is worth the wait
Full-fibre is probably one of the biggest leaps forward in connectivity since the switch from dial-up to broadband. It’s built to cope with even the most demanding internet use both now and in the future. This, in other words, means it will provide all the bandwidth you need today and probably for years to come. When you’re looking for the absolute ultimate in a home connection, when the whole family wants to connect without compromise, when reliable home working is a must, when video calling is crucial, when you’re connecting the smart home of the future today, full-fibre with Zen over the CityFibre network is definitely worth the wait. For more information about full-fibre, call 01706 902573 or visit Zen’s website here . Follow Manchester Evening News

ADVERTORIAL: Here's why Zen Internet's full-fibre is worth the wait for ultra-fast broadband speeds throughout Bolton

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ISP Zen Internet has signed a deal to extend its services to 285 cities, towns and villages across full fibre infrastructure firm CityFibre’s UK network. Zen Internet committed to four initial locations with CityFibre in 2020, a number which has since expanded to 31. This deal represents a commitment to extend that further to 285 locations by 2025 as CityFibre continues its infrastructure rollout. CityFibre’s is targeting coverage of eight million homes in a £4bn investment programme. It is expected that Zen Internet services, which it claims provide 900 Mbps download and upload speeds, will be available to all homes across the entire current CityFibre footprint by the end of this year. “We’re delighted to be working with CityFibre on delivering full fibre broadband to even more UK homes up and down the country. We’re seeing great consumer demand and interest in our early cities and are excited to ensure more homes can access an award-winning full fibre service at what is a pivotal time for connectivity in the home. By 2030 everyone will have made the switch and we are excited about the role Zen plays as an ultrafast pioneer to be a key enabler of early adoption.”
Greg Mesch, CEO at CityFibre added: “We are delighted to have had the opportunity to demonstrate the technical and commercial superiority of our Full Fibre networks to Zen and we are thrilled they have selected CityFibre as a network of choice across our nationwide rollout. Zen has proven to be an outstanding partner, and we look forward to accelerating the availability of their market-leading services to millions of homes across the UK.”
Zen Internet is one of the smaller ISP’s operating in the UK (according to ASPreview it ranks ninth behind major players like BT, Sky and Virgin) so this is a pretty big major commitment for a company of its size, but one that could off course pay off if it wins business across such an extended area.

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Kroll, formerly Duff & Phelps, is a provider of services and digital products related to valuation, governance, risk and transparency. It works with clients across diverse sectors in the areas of valuation, expert services, investigations, cyber security, corporate finance, restructuring, legal and business solutions, data analytics and regulatory compliance. The company was founded in 1932 and is based in New York, New York. In January 2020, Duff & Phelps was acquired by Stone Point Capital and Further Global Capital at a valuation of $4.2B.

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Zen Internet has announced a new strategic partnership with Kroll , the leading provider of data , technology and insights related to risk , governance and growth , to enhance online protection for businesses across the UK .

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CityFibre builds, designs, and operates pure-fiber networks across the United Kingdom. As the United Kingdom's only nationwide, wholesale provider of dark fiber, and with a range of active products, CityFibre serves tier 1 providers, local authorities, mobile operators, and communications providers.

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Zen Internet is an Internet service provider based in Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England.

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