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ISP News Archives for November 12, 2024

Lyca Mobile Partners with Sim Local to Improve Travel eSIM Plans

12th Nov 2024 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator Lyca Mobile, which is a virtual network operator (MVNO) on EE’s platform in the UK, has partnered up with global eSIM provider Sim Local to offer “high data plans” (mobile broadband) as a regional eSIM option in the UK, France, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Portugal and the US (Lyca also offers eSIMs across its network of 23 countries).

Mobile Operator Smarty Launches UK Black Friday Discounts

12th Nov 2024 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to join Smarty, which is a virtual mobile operator (MVNO) on Three UK’s national network, may like to know that they’ve kicked off their Black Friday deals, such as by doubling the data on their £10 per month 40GB plan to 80GB and offering 15GB for £7 per month (an extra 7GB).

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Neos Networks Signs Deal to Harness Vorboss’ Fibre Network in London

12th Nov 2024 (0 Comments)

Neos Networks, which operates one of the biggest 34,000km long business fibre networks in the UK – spanning 550 exchanges, 90+ data centres and 676 Points of Presence (PoPs), has today signed a new deal to harness the 100Gbps capable full fibre network that has been built by ISP Vorboss in London.

Northern Ireland Tenders for £81m Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

12th Nov 2024 (0 Comments)

The Building Digital UK agency and Department for the Economy (DfE) have this week begun the supplier procurement phase of their future Project Gigabit broadband roll-out for Northern Ireland, which values the contract at up to £81m (state aid) and could potentially achieve almost universal coverage of 1000Mbps+ broadband speeds.

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O2 Switch On First Publicly Funded UK 4G Mobile Mast for Total Not Spot Areas

12th Nov 2024 (9 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today marked an important milestone by switching on the UK’s first publicly funded “Total Not Spot” (TNS) 4G (mobile broadband) mast site on South Uist in Scotland, which forms part of the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme and its efforts to extend mobile coverage into remote rural areas.

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Vodafone UK Tops 1.48 Million Broadband and 18.47M Mobile Users

12th Nov 2024 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK has today published their Q2 FY25 financial results, which reveals that their fixed line broadband base grew again to total 1.477 million customers (up by 50k in Q2 vs 44k in Q1) and their mobile base fell again to total 18.474 million (down by -93k in Q2 vs -71k in Q1).

UK ISP Origin Broadband Trials Taking on New Customers Again

12th Nov 2024 (9 Comments)

Internet provider Origin Broadband, which is a trading name for Origin Communications and OB Telecom (TalkTalk), appears to have re-opened their order system to new broadband customers after closing it some months ago. The ISP is currently only available to those covered by Openreach’s national network.

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