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ISP News Archives for July 2025

Broadband ISP Carnival Internet UK to Reduce eWaste and Tackle Digital Exclusion

2nd Jul 2025 (1 Comment)

New ISP Carnival Internet UK, which was launched in May 2025 (here) and is being backed by global tech company Dotlines (Dotlines UK), has today announced that they’ve partnered with Brixton-based charity Community TechAid to help “tackle digital exclusion and e-waste“.

VodafoneThree Sign Exclusive UK Mobile Operator Distribution Deal with Currys

2nd Jul 2025 (9 Comments)

VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has today announced an exclusive new multi-year partnership with high street retailer Currys, which will see the newly merged operator becoming the retailer’s sole mobile network operator (distribution deal) and also expanding their offering to “include mobile broadband” (Fixed Wireless Access).

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Three UK Delivered Fastest Mobile Broadband Speeds at Glastonbury

2nd Jul 2025 (10 Comments)

Network testing firm Ookla (i.e. Speedtest.net, Downdetector.co.uk) has today revealed that mobile operator Three UK delivered the fastest 4G and 5G mobile broadband speeds during last weekend’s Glastonbury Festival, which saw the operator produce a median average download of 347.66Mbps. But O2 (Virgin Media) were the slowest on 67.66Mbps.

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SpaceX Burnt Up 472 Starlink Broadband Satellites in Last 6 Months

2nd Jul 2025 (29 Comments)

SpaceX has revealed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it deorbited 472 Starlink ultrafast broadband satellites – burning them up in Earth’s atmosphere – during the six-month period from December 2024 to May 2025 (2.6 per day), which marked a significant increase from previous period of six-months when just 73 met a fiery demise.

Rural Broadband ISP Wildanet Launch 2Gbps FTTP for South West England

1st Jul 2025 (10 Comments)

Alternative network provider Wildanet, which has spent the past few years building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon in England, has today announced the launch of its first 2Gbps speed package for consumers.

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Despite Poor Mobile – London Named Most Popular European City for Startups

1st Jul 2025 (7 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Opensignal, which uses crowdsourced speedtests from users of its apps and services, has examined the 15 most popular start-up hubs in Europe and warned that the leading city – London – still has a major weakness when it comes to the performance of local mobile connectivity (4G and 5G).

Mobile Operator Giffgaff Hunts for New UK Boss as CEO Steps Down

1st Jul 2025 (3 Comments)

Mobile network operator giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica and naturally uses O2’s virtual operator (MVNO) platform (they’re also trialling FTTP broadband via nexfibre and Virgin Media – here), has announced that its CEO – Ash Schofield – has decided to step down, and they’ve begun the hunt for his replacement.

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Ofcom Updates on UK Satellite Broadband Fees and Project Kuiper

1st Jul 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK communications regulator has today published a shotgun blast of new satellite broadband consultations, which cover everything from changing satellite gateway fees to introducing another new gateway licence for Amazon’s future Project Kuiper network. Ofcom has also proposed short duration licences for mobile (4G/5G) networks in the lower 2.3GHz band.

Broadband ISP EE UK Adds Stream Mode to WiFi Enhancer Service

1st Jul 2025 (3 Comments)

Mobile and broadband ISP EE (BT) has today added the new ‘Stream Mode’ feature to their existing WiFi Enhancer service, which works by claiming to “intelligently prioritise a customer’s favourite streaming apps, helping customers enjoy smooth, high-quality streaming … even when the entire household is online.”

Broadband ISP TalkTalk UK Adopt NiCE’s AI-Powered Customer Service Platform

1st Jul 2025 (14 Comments)

Debt troubled broadband ISP TalkTalk today claims to have taken “another step forward” in its “mission to become the UK’s most recommended Wi-Fi provider” by adopting a new AI-powered customer service automation platform from NiCE (tough ask in the current climate), which is called CXone Mpower.

Rural UK Full Fibre Broadband ISP Gigaclear Sees More Job Cuts

1st Jul 2025 (17 Comments)

Abingdon-based alternative rural gigabit broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has already deployed their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 600,000 premises (mostly in remote rural parts of England), sadly appears to have suffered another round of redundancies over the past few weeks.

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Openreach Name 21 New UK Locations for FTTP Broadband Build Plan

1st Jul 2025 (52 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has today published an updated build plan for the ongoing roll-out of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP network, which is the first update since December 2024 and adds 21 new locations – covering 80,000 extra UK premises – to their national deployment plan.