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ISP News Archives for May 19, 2025

No Resolution Yet in £120m Dispute Between Vodafone UK and Former Franchisees

19th May 2025 (0 Comments)

Last year we reported on how broadband and mobile provider Vodafone had been hit with a £120m+ legal claim from over 60 current and former UK franchisees (here). The group, which said they were challenging the “financial, mental, and physical impacts of the retail giant’s “irrational” business decisions“, today reported that their attempt to mediate a solution “has come to an end with no resolution“.

O2 UK Fixes VoLTE Flaw that Exposed User Mobile Location Data UPDATE

19th May 2025 (16 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today informed ISPreview that they’ve finally resolved a nasty security issue with their 4G based Voice-over-LTE service (VoLTE or 4G Calling), which effectively made it possible for customers of the operator’s network to have their location tracked by almost anybody with access to their mobile number.

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Clarifying POP Telecom’s Approach to Unwanted Feature Charges on UK Bills

19th May 2025 (9 Comments)

Several newspaper reports over the weekend have claimed that UK ISP POP Telecom has been adding a “sneaky hidden broadband charge” to customers’ bills for “Router Assurance“, which can add an extra cost of £2.50 per month to the bill. But that’s not the only extra charge to consider, so ISPreview decided to dig a bit deeper.

Grain Puts FTTP Broadband Network Live in Saltburn, North Yorkshire

19th May 2025 (4 Comments)

Alternative network builder and UK ISP Grain (Grain Connect) has announced that their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has gone live in the North Yorkshire (England) seaside town of Saltburn (Saltburn-by-the-Sea), which is home to around 6,000 people.

BT in Advanced Talks to Sell 50 Percent Stake in TNT Sports to Warner Bros Discovery

19th May 2025 (18 Comments)

Telecoms and broadband giant BT is reportedly in “advanced talks” to sell its 50% stake in UK TV broadcaster TNT Sports, which was formerly known as BTSport before the operator retreated from pay TV. Existing partner Warner Bros Discovery would pick up the stake and use it to help support their plans for a new streaming service (yes.. another one, sigh).

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Alternative Broadband Operator FullFibre Cuts Jobs Post Zzoomm Merger

19th May 2025 (15 Comments)

Alternative UK network operator FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes), which in early March 2025 completed its merger with Zzoomm (here), has in the past few weeks begun to notify staff of further redundancies. Most of the cuts appear to be coming from their internal fibre build and supporting teams, and this also extends to some senior leadership levels.

Government to Foster 10 Year UK Infrastructure and R&D Funding

19th May 2025 (6 Comments)

The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) has this morning announced that it plans to introduce long-term, ten-year funding for certain R&D (Research and Development) activities, which could also deliver longer-term funding for infrastructure projects too.

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