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ISP News Archives for April 2025

Trooli to Withdraw FTTC Broadband from Two Kent UK Villages UPDATE

7th Apr 2025 (13 Comments)

Alternative network operator and ISP Trooli (Call Flow) has revealed that they’re also planning to shut their “up to” 100Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband network in Kent, which currently still covers hundreds of premises across the villages of Stansted and parts of Fairseat.

Openreach CEO’s Call for Change to Boost UK Fibre Rollout Meets Opposition

6th Apr 2025 (71 Comments)

The CEO of network access provider Openreach, Clive Selley, has once again called on the government to help boost the UK roll-out of gigabit-capable broadband networks by making a number of key changes to several new bills. But gaining acceptance of these calls has proven difficult, particularly with a group of cross-party MPs campaigning for the opposite.

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Ofcom Grant Kepler a UK Licence for Small Broadband Satellites

5th Apr 2025 (1 Comment)

The national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has finally granted Canadian company Kepler Communications a wireless telegraphy satellite earth station network licence for the operation of their new global network of CubeSats and larger sized broadband satellites. This will allow them to deploy their user terminals for a range of different services in the UK.

British Satellite Broadband Operator Avanti Opens New HQ

4th Apr 2025 (1 Comment)

Avanti Communications, which is based in the UK and runs the HYLAS network of four large Ka-band communication satellites in high earth orbit (35,792km) for rural broadband and backhaul delivery across the EMEA, has this week opened a new technology HQ in the heart of Spaceport Cornwall’s Space Systems Operations Facility in Newquay.

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Rydal Group Acquires Trisoft’s IT Division in Another Growth Move

4th Apr 2025 (1 Comment)

Peterborough-based Rydal Group, which is a UK telecoms, broadband and managed IT provider, has today announced that they’ve acquired the IT services arm of Trisoft Limited, a Midlands-based technology provider. The move follows a recent acquisition spree, which most recently saw the group gobble phone and internet provider Merula.

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Amazon to Launch First 27 Project Kuiper Broadband Satellites

3rd Apr 2025 (2 Comments)

Online shopping giant Amazon has confirmed that they will attempt to launch their first batch of 27 ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for Project Kuiper on Wednesday next week (9th April 2025) – mission “KA-01“. But it will take a further 79 launches before the new global mega constellation is fully completed.

Ofcom Find 5 Percent of UK People Do NOT Have Home Internet Access

3rd Apr 2025 (23 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has published new research into internet adoption and digital disadvantage, which among other things estimates that 2.8 million people (5% of the UK population) do not have internet access (broadband etc.) at home. But 69% of those unlikely to get access in the next 12 months said this was because they had “no need” or were “not interested” in it.

Virgin Media UK Add 2 Free Rakuten TV FAST Channels to Service

3rd Apr 2025 (0 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who take TV services via one of the provider’s TV 360, Stream (Flex) or v6 set-top-box platforms, have today been informed that the provider has just added two new Rakuten TV FAST channels to its service “at no extra cost“.

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Broadband Operator Fibrus Reorganises UK Business and Appoints New MDs

3rd Apr 2025 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed alternative network operator Fibrus, which is currently busy building a new full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network across rural parts of Cumbria (England) and Northern Ireland, has today announced a reorganisation of their business and also the appointment of two new Managing Directors (MD) to “lead their next phase of growth“.

Ten of the Largest UK Broadband and Connectivity Providers Agree Climate Goals

3rd Apr 2025 (12 Comments)

The Digital Connectivity Forum (DCF), which is an industry think-tank for the Government, has today announced that ten of the largest UK broadband and connectivity players (Openreach, Sky etc.) have agreed to sign letters encouraging their suppliers to adopt voluntary minimum standards as part of their effort to reach climate goals.

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Gov Sets Out More Details of New UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill

2nd Apr 2025 (2 Comments)

The UK government has set out the scope and ambition for their new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (CSRB), which aims to respond to increasing attacks from “cyber criminals and state actors” by toughening and expanding the existing rules for broadband, mobile, managed service providers, data centres and even their suppliers.

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Eutelsat Boosts Deployment of OneWeb LEO Satellite Broadband for Aviation

2nd Apr 2025 (0 Comments)

Eutelsat has announced that their OneWeb network, which is a global constellation of broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) that is still partly supported by the UK government (11% stake), is “now live and operational” for commercial and business aviation customers (airlines etc.) and they’re “ramping up” related deployments.

UK Street Works Firm M Group Services Rebrands to.. M Group

2nd Apr 2025 (0 Comments)

Civil engineering firm M Group Services, which was last year acquired (here) by Private equity firm CVC (Fund IX) and also harbours a telecoms (broadband and mobile) focused division via several familiar brands (Avonline Networks, magdalene, Morrison and waldon), has today announced that they’re re-branding to just plain ‘M Group‘ (sans the ‘Services’ part).

Creative Attempt at Car Parking Wrecks Gigaclear Broadband Cabinet UPDATE

2nd Apr 2025 (22 Comments)

Customers of alternative UK broadband ISP Gigaclear, specifically those who take their full fibre (FTTP) network in the Northamptonshire (England) village of Brixworth South, have been impacted by a complex network outage since Sunday. This occurred after a car discovered a novel approach to parking by wiping out one of the operator’s street cabinets.

UK ISP Community Fibre Launches 5Gbps Home Broadband Plan UPDATE

2nd Apr 2025 (22 Comments)

New customers considering whether to join UK broadband ISP CommunityFibre (CF), which has rolled out their full fibre (FTTP) network across 1.35 million UK premises (mostly in Greater London), may like to know that the provider will today replace their top 3Gbps (symmetric) speed package with an even faster 5Gbps premium plan.

Three UK Business Mobile Customers Top 1 Million Milestone

2nd Apr 2025 (4 Comments)

Three Business, the business-to-business arm of mobile network operator Three UK, has today revealed it has reached 1 million customers. This might not seem like a big number for an operator with an overall base of 10.9 million customers (mostly residential / domestic users), but it reflects rapid growth over the last 4 years “from a virtual standing start“.

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Streetwave Data Casts Doubt on Ofcom’s 4G UK Mobile Coverage Claims UPDATE

2nd Apr 2025 (10 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave, which is harnessing bin lorries to map the coverage and performance of 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) networks across 113 UK councils, has said its data “calls into question” Ofcom’s claim that 88-89% of the UK’s landmass (geographic coverage) can access a 4G network if you look across all operators.