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ISP News Archives for April 2025

Vodafone and Three UK Reportedly Exploring TV and Broadband Bundles

13th Apr 2025 (24 Comments)

In a somewhat unsurprising development, newspaper reports have today claimed that Vodafone and Three UK (CK Hutchison) may be gearing up to support their merger by discussing the launch of a new Pay TV service. Such products are typically sold as part of a bundle (convergence), such as alongside fixed broadband, phone and mobile plans.

Fastr Broadband Complete FTTP Broadband Build in York City Centre

11th Apr 2025 (0 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Fastr Broadband (formerly UK Fibre Networks) has today announced that they’ve completed the roll-out of their new Adtran powered and 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the city centre of York (England), which they claim has put them within reach of 8,000 local homes and businesses.

Virgin Media UK Upgrade to Hub 5 Broadband Routers on All TV Bundles

11th Apr 2025 (14 Comments)

New customers looking to join one of Virgin Media’s broadband and TV bundles may like to know that the ISP has recently made some further hardware updates, which means that all TV packages now include a Hub 5 router (Flex ‘service’ is excluded). Previously, some bundles still included older routers, like the now somewhat dated Hub 3.

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Universities Demo UK’s First Long-Distance Quantum-Secured Fibre Network

10th Apr 2025 (12 Comments)

Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge claim to have demonstrated the UK’s “first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of data over a quantum communications network” using “standard [single-mode] fibre optic infrastructure“. The test successfully transmitted a live quantum-secured video call over a distance of 410km (between Bristol and Cambridge).

O2 UK See Significant Inbound 2G and 3G Roaming Traffic as Switch-Off Looms

10th Apr 2025 (19 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today warned that they’re still seeing “significant inbound roaming traffic” on their legacy 2G and 3G networks in the UK. This comes ahead of their rapidly approaching plan to withdraw the service from 1st October 2025.

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MLL Telecom Secure Six Lots on UK Public Sector YPO Framework

10th Apr 2025 (0 Comments)

Business internet and managed service provider MLL Telecom has announced that they’ve been awarded a place on the latest YPO (The Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation) public sector procurement service. The decision gives them a place on six LOTS for the new framework.

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Virgin Media O2 and Mutual Energy Make UK Streetworks Safer by Joining LSBUD

10th Apr 2025 (4 Comments)

The LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig) organisation, which offers an online asset search facility to UK civil engineering firms for underground pipes and cables, has said that Northern Ireland’s underground pipes and cables will be “safer than ever before” after Virgin Media (O2) and Mutual Energy joined their platform.

BT Corrects Embarrassing Error on UK Social Broadband Tariffs Page UPDATE3

10th Apr 2025 (7 Comments)

This morning we reported on how ISP BT (EE) had updated their website to change their low-cost home broadband social tariffs for those on state benefits (Home Essentials). The changes saw the removal of their £15 per month 36Mbps “fibre” plan for those with “no income” on 1st May 2025 and some price rises. But BT has now reversed this, saying they were “changed in error“.

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Fibrus Launch 2025 Broadband Community Fund with Pot of £120,000

10th Apr 2025 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed broadband operator and UK ISP Fibrus, which is building a full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cumbria (England) and Northern Ireland, has this week re-launched their Community Fund for 2025 with a pot of £120,000 to invest across a variety of rural community groups within the operator’s network patch.

Vodafone Rain Detector via Mobile Network

Vodafone Update on Harnessing UK Mobile Network to Measure Rain

10th Apr 2025 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Vodafone has revealed more details about how they’re harnessing their UK mobile network to provide more accurate rain “nowcasting” (i.e. short-term forecast of rainfall – from a few minutes to a few hours ahead). This is supported by the River Severn Partnership’s Advanced Wireless Innovation Region (RSPAWIR) and Wireless DNA.

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Focus Group Acquires UK Telecoms and Mobile Provider Matrix247

9th Apr 2025 (0 Comments)

Business focused broadband ISP and IT solutions provider Focus Group has today announced that they’ve acquired Rossendale-based managed IT and telecoms solutions provider Matrix247 for an undisclosed sum. The latter was originally setup by Stephen Pritchard and Geoff Wright in 1991!

Openreach Offers Free Proactive FTTP Broadband Upgrades to UK ISPs

9th Apr 2025 (0 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has informed ISPs that they’ll be able to take advantage of free (connection charge) “Proactive FTTP Upgrades” for migrations to Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband speeds of 80Mbps (20Mbps upload) and above from 7th May 2025. This may or may not get passed on to related consumers.

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Some Customers of UK ISP Virgin Media Suffering Email Problems UPDATE

9th Apr 2025 (6 Comments)

Some customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media, specifically those with one of their legacy addresses that use the ntlworld.com domain, are having trouble sending and receiving email today. The issue appears to be rooted in the fact that the domain has stopped resolving. But the provider is working on a fix.

FarrPoint Orkney 4G Mobile Coverage by EE

FarrPoint Study 4G Mobile Network Performance on Orkney in Scotland

9th Apr 2025 (1 Comment)

Consultancy firm FarrPoint has today published the results of a new study, which saw them working with the Orkney Islands Council to investigate 4G mobile coverage and network performance (mobile broadband) across Orkney. Vodafone and O2 were found to have the best coverage in the main areas surveyed, while Three UK and EE have the “worse coverage overall“.

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Highland Broadband Extends FTTP Network to Halkirk in Scotland

9th Apr 2025 (4 Comments)

Alternative ISP Highland Broadband (Lothian Broadband), which is building a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network across rural parts of the Scottish Highlands, has confirmed that they’ve worked with network partner ADTRAN to cover the Caithness village of Halkirk.

Thinkbroadband Roadworks Map for Broadband in England

New Map Shows Broadband and Mobile Related Streetworks in England

9th Apr 2025 (8 Comments)

A useful new interactive map has today been published by Thinkbroadband, which rather handily provides a visual overview of broadband related roadworks across the whole of England and thus helps to see who is building near to your home. Plans are also afoot to expand the map’s coverage beyond England.

Elevate Put New £7m Full Fibre Broadband Network Live in Cardiff

9th Apr 2025 (0 Comments)

Alternative network operator Elevate (formerly Telcom and Luminet) has today announced that they’ve completed the deployment of a new full fibre “Hypercity” network across the city of Cardiff in Wales. The new network gives over 5,000 businesses access to dedicated internet speeds up to 10Gbps and over 4,000 homes access to speeds of up to 1Gbps.