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ISP News Archives for July 17, 2025

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Survey Claims UK Alternative Broadband Networks Still Confident of Future

17th Jul 2025 (12 Comments)

A new survey of 300 alternative networks, ISPs, suppliers and other companies has found that 83% of altnet decision makers believe their companies will grow over the next year, while 77% said they are planning to increase their investment in the coming 12 months. Similarly, 70% believe the forthcoming consolidation will have a positive impact.

Ofcom UK Confirm Changes to 3.9GHz Band for 5G Mobile and Wireless Broadband

17th Jul 2025 (2 Comments)

Ofcom has introduced changes to its existing licence for the 3.9GHz (3925 – 4009MHz) radio spectrum band, which among other things will adjust the authorised frequency from 3925-4009MHz to 3800-3884MHz (i.e. making it more efficient) and allow Three UK (VodafoneThree) to harness it for fixed wireless and 5G based mobile broadband services (Three Home Broadband).

Ofcom Study Examines UK Speed and Coverage of 4G and 5G Mobile Networks

17th Jul 2025 (6 Comments)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today published their 2025 Mobile Matters report, which uses Opensignal’s crowdsourced data (collected between October 2024 and March 2025) to benchmark the performance of UK mobile broadband networks by both technology (2G to 5G), nation and operator choice – including Three UK, O2, Vodafone and EE.

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Openreach Recycles UK Home Broadband Kit to Help Slash Plastic Use

17th Jul 2025 (17 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today announced the launch of a new range of Optical Network Terminals (ONT) from Nokia – the wall-mounted optical modems that get installed in homes alongside their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP lines, which use re-engineered casings made from 85% recycled plastic.

CityFibre UK Lays 286km of Fibre for FTTP Broadband Build in Bognor Regis

17th Jul 2025 (0 Comments)

Roughly three years have passed since CityFibre first started rolling out their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the West Sussex seaside town of Bognor Regis (here). But the operator has today revealed that they’ve so far laid over 286km of new fibre in the town.

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UK Ranks Poorly in Ookla’s European Study of 5G Mobile Availability

17th Jul 2025 (5 Comments)

Broadband network benchmarking firm Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular internet Speedtest.net website and App, has published the results of a new Q2 2025 study that ranks European countries by their level of 5G mobile network availability. But the UK somewhat unsurprisingly comes in near the bottom with an availability level of 45.2%.

30 Government Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Now Live Across Wales

17th Jul 2025 (2 Comments)

The UK Government has this morning revealed that a total of 30 publicly-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live across Wales as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which recently succeeded (here) in extending geographic 4G coverage from at least one operator to 95% of the UK (aggregate).

Virgin Media O2 Connect 1,000 Residents in Newcastle to Free Internet

17th Jul 2025 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and UK tech charity Jangala have worked with the Newcastle City Council (NCC) to connect more than 1,000 local residents living in housing plus schemes at 30 different locations to a “free internet” service, which harnesses their special GetBoxes (a type of portable WiFi broadband router that uses mobile data).

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Which? Name Virgin Media and EE as Biggest UK Consumer Letdowns of 2025 UPDATE

17th Jul 2025 (11 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has this morning named the winners of their Shoddy Awards 2025, which lists the companies that have done poorly through the year. The bad news is that broadband ISP Virgin Media was awarded a Shoddy for the third year running due to poor ratings and price rises, while EE picked up an award for its mid-contract price rises on mobile bundles.

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