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ISP News Archives for July 16, 2025

Broadband ISP Yayzi Deploys IPv6 Addressing Across UK Network

16th Jul 2025 (11 Comments)

Internet provider Yayzi Broadband has this afternoon informed ISPreview that they’ve begun to deploy Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) addressing across their entire network as part of a step toward “future-proofing our infrastructure and enhancing network performance, scalability, and connectivity“. But it will take a few “days” longer before it reaches every user.

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O2 UK Boost 4G and 5G Mobile at 2,000 Postcodes in Coventry

16th Jul 2025 (0 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that over the last 12-months they’ve upgraded the network capacity and coverage of their 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) services at a total of over 2,000 postcodes across the West Midlands (England) city of Coventry.

Government Set Six Standards to Tackle Digital Divide in UK Schools

16th Jul 2025 (3 Comments)

The UK Government’s Department for Education (DfE) has today set out “six standards” that it hopes will end the “postcode lottery of school technology” and help to close the digital divide. The standards cover broadband internet, wireless networks, network switches, digital leadership, plus two safety requirements: cyber security and filtering and monitoring to keep pupils safe online.

Openreach Extend FTTP Uninhabitable Broadband Locations Pilot for 12 Months

16th Jul 2025 (16 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach has decided to extend the ongoing UK pilot of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband lines for “Uninhabitable Locations” for a further 12-months (i.e. where the service is used to connect non-traditional end points such as CCTV cameras, bus shelter signs, EV charging points, lift lines etc.).

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TalkTalk Cause Confusion for Some UK Users with Paid Email Migration UPDATE

16th Jul 2025 (11 Comments)

Some customers of UK ISP TalkTalk have been left confused after the broadband provider emailed them to notify that their free email accounts would soon be migrated to Open-Xchange’s Everymail platform, which will attract a cost of £5 per month – those who don’t agree by 8th September 2025 will lose access. But it’s not quite that simple.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk Issue Trading Update and Hints at New UK WiFi Product

16th Jul 2025 (12 Comments)

The heavily indebted TalkTalk Group, which has recently been going through another turbulent period due to payment disputes with suppliers and reports of a possible sale (here, here and here), has today published a fairly limited Q1 FY26 trading update to 31st May 2025 that attempts to highlight the positives and hints at a new home Wi-Fi proposition.

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SpaceX to Launch First 1Tbps GEN3 Starlink Broadband Satellites in H1 2026

16th Jul 2025 (4 Comments)

SpaceX’s Starlink service, which offers ultrafast broadband speeds to the UK and globally via a massive constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has published a new network update that reveals how the first of their third generation (GEN3) satellites will launch during the first half of 2026. Assuming their Starship rockets stop exploding.

Giffgaff Enhances its UK Mobile Phone Recycling Service via £40 Bonus

16th Jul 2025 (1 Comment)

Mobile network provider giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica and harnesses O2’s virtual operator (MVNO) platform in the UK, has moved to encourage more people to cash in their old phones by offering an additional £40 incentive via their recycle service.

Significant Job Cuts Set to Strike Workers at UK Broadband ISP Cuckoo

16th Jul 2025 (33 Comments)

Internet service provider Cuckoo, which is the consumer broadband outlet for the associated AllPoints Fibre (Fern Trading) network – as well as several third-party full fibre operators (Openreach, CityFibre), has confirmed to ISPreview that they’ve had to put a sizeable proportion of their current staff under notice of potential redundancy.

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