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ISP News Archives for September 16, 2025

Transport for Wales Trials Satellite Broadband for Bus WiFi Services

16th Sep 2025 (5 Comments)

Transport for Wales (TfW), which is a not-for-profit organisation owned by the Welsh Government, has begun trials of a new satellite internet solution to connect the unique demand-responsive transport (DRT) based fflecsi bus services in the rural area of Machynlleth (Powys). Users of the service can now benefit from onboard WiFi.

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Wireless ISP WiFi Scotland Brings Full Fibre Broadband to Rural Moray

16th Sep 2025 (3 Comments)

Some 43 homes and businesses around remote rural parts of Moray in the Scottish Highlands have gained access to gigabit broadband speeds thanks to a new deployment by local ISP WiFi Scotland. The provider was able to harness public funding via the R100 Voucher Scheme (SBVS) to connect premises around the Craigellachie and Ben Aigan areas.

Sky UK Informs Workers that up to 600 Staff Face the Chop

16th Sep 2025 (24 Comments)

Sky UK (Sky Broadband, Sky TV, Sky Mobile – Comcast etc.) has today begun notifying their workforce that up to 600 of them are likely to be made redundant by the end of this year, while around 300 more may be impacted by a wider business reorganisation. Many of those expected to be cut appear to come from Sky’s tech and networking teams.

New Full Fibre Broadband Network Goes Live at Margam Park, Neath Port Talbot

16th Sep 2025 (0 Comments)

The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme has announced the completion of a £150,000 project to deploy a new full fibre broadband network across Margam Park (Neath Port Talbot) in South Wales, which will also reach homes in the surrounding area.

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Ofcom UK Propose to Speed Up NGSO Licensing for LEO Broadband Satellites

16th Sep 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK broadband, media and communications regulator, Ofcom, has today opened a new consultation that proposes to improve the existing license process for non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) systems, such as those like Starlink, OneWeb and others that offer broadband from satellites in a Low or Medium Earth Orbit (LEO and MEO).

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Freedom Fibre Expand UK Wholesale Broadband Partnership with PXC

16th Sep 2025 (1 Comment)

Alternative network operator Freedom Fibre, which has so far grown their FTTP (XGS-PON) based gigabit broadband network to cover 350,000 premises across various parts of England and North Wales, has this morning announced the expansion of its established partnership with PlatformX Communications (formerly TalkTalk Wholesale).

Beware Email Scams Seeking Feedback on the UK’s Emergency Alerts Test

16th Sep 2025 (2 Comments)

The recent nationwide mobile test of the UK’s new Emergency Alerts service has, perhaps inevitably, been followed by a new wave of email phishing scams and spams over the past week. This attempts to impersonate the government by claiming to seek feedback from recipients on whether or not they received the alert.

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O2 UK Expands Mobile 5G Standalone Network to 500 Towns and Cities

16th Sep 2025 (17 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has announced that they now have the “country’s largest 5G Standalone deployment” after extending the coverage of their new ultrafast mobile broadband network to parts of 500 towns and cities, reaching more than 70% of the UK’s population (c.49 million people). Crucially this is provided to consumers “at no extra cost“.

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SignalTracker Compares Performance of UK Mobile Operators to Virtual Siblings

16th Sep 2025 (6 Comments)

A new study from SignalTracker, which runs a popular Android mobile app (not iOS) for monitoring and examining mobile network performance, has revealed the results of a study into the speed differences between the UK’s primary mobile operators (MNO) and their virtual operator (MVNO) siblings. Unsurprisingly, EE, Vodafone, Three UK and O2 outperformed mvnos.

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