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Broadband ISP and network builder Exascale, which has also deployed their own gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to a few thousands premises in part of Telford and Wrekin, has today signed a partnership to harness CityFibre’s network and thus deliver FTTP and Ethernet services to more UK homes and businesses.
Mobile operator Three UK appears to have introduced one of the biggest discounts yet on their 4G and 5G powered unlimited Three Home Broadband packages, which have just been discounted to only £17 per month on a 24-month minimum contract term (or £28 if you take it as a rolling monthly plan).
The SIM-Only mobile provider spusu, which holds a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement via BTWholesale to harness EE’s national 4G and 5G network, has today announced “sweeping cuts” to their international data (mobile broadband) roaming charges across 150 countries and slashing rates by at least 50% in over 100 of those.
Broadband and mobile provider Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has today signed a new partnership that will see them adopting Trustly’s “next-generation” Direct Debit account automation and one-off Pay by Bank solutions. The goal is to streamline payments and onboarding processes as part of the UK operator’s commitment to “making customers’ lives easier“.
Broadband and mobile provider Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has today launched a new service called ‘Just Ask Once‘, which will essentially see “one person deal with a customer’s query from start to finish, until it is sorted“. The operator claims this will mean no more waiting on hold, no more transfers between agents and no more repeating yourself.
Over the years we’ve seen various different uses for wireless WiFi signals being developed, such as the ability to see through walls (here) or to act as a motion sensing alarm system (here). Now a team of Italian researchers have figured out how to identify individual people by the biometric identifier they give off when walking through Wi-Fi signals.
Matthew Hare, the Executive Chairman of alternative UK broadband operator FullFibre Limited, has announced that he is “stepping back” from the role after only being appointed to the post in January 2025 following the merger with fellow altnet Zzoomm (here), where he was previously the CEO.
Alternative network operator Netomnia (Brsk, Youfibre) has today published their Q2 2025 results, which reveals that their multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network now covers 2.56 million UK premises (up 243k in the quarter) and is home to 341,000 customers (up 54k).