Home » UK ISP News Archive » Monthly Archives: September 2025 (162 Posts Found)

ISP News Archives for September 2025

broadband vouchers ultrafast gigabit uk full fibre by 123rf

Government to Expand UK Availability of Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme

26th Sep 2025 (4 Comments)

Good news. The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency will shortly announce that more areas of the United Kingdom are to be re-opened to the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS), which means that homes and businesses in poorly served areas will be able to apply for funding to help get faster internet connections installed.

Internet Danger Websites with Scam Ads and Malware

Ofcom Warn UK People to Watch for Scammers Impersonating the Regulator

25th Sep 2025 (4 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has warned consumers that fraudsters are attempting to impersonate them. In short, some people have received calls from scammers, which claim that services (e.g. broadband, phone etc.) have been fraudulently taken out in their name, when this is not the case.

Comms Council UK Name Winners of Best 2025 VoIP Provider Awards

25th Sep 2025 (0 Comments)

The Comms Council UK, which represents the United Kingdom’s national Unified Communications and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone industry, has today announced the winners of their 17th annual 2025 awards event at a ceremony at The IET in London. Some of the winners include bOnline, 8×8, and Yealink.

fibre optic cables on pcb circuit board 123rf

Full Fibre Provider ITS Technology Launch Enterprise-Grade Security for Every Business

25th Sep 2025 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which has deployed various open access full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across parts of the United Kingdom, has today announced the launch of its new Cisco-powered ‘ITS SecureEdge’ product. The new value-added service is designed to “protect businesses of all sizes” from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

Virgin Media UK TV Search Update for OS v5.2

Virgin Media UK Deploys New TV 360 and STREAM OS Software Update

25th Sep 2025 (7 Comments)

As first hinted at last month (here), broadband and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has now begun the process of rolling out the latest firmware update (v5.21) for their TV 360 and STREAM platforms (set-top-boxes). The change introduces a new search feature and some smaller changes / fixes, but nothing major.

ISP Zen Internet Signs Deal to Harness MS3’s UK Full Fibre Network UPDATE

25th Sep 2025 (10 Comments)

Rochdale-based UK broadband ISP Zen Internet has today announced that MS3 have become the latest alternative network to sign a wholesale partnership deal. The move means that Zen’s customers will soon be able to order packages via the new FTTP network and no doubt the altnet will also join their Fibre Hub (network aggregation platform for use by other ISPs).

Broadband ISP TalkTalk Launch “Better Way to Wi-Fi” via New U Product UPDATE

25th Sep 2025 (12 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has today unveiled the “next step in our Wi-Fi transformation” with the launch of “U“, which as well as being a letter in the alphabet also seems to be both a new class of UK broadband product and order process that aims to deliver a “tailored setup for each customer’s home, with speed that flexes as they need it, all for one price“.

BT Study Claims UK Digital Network Upgrades to Deliver £3bn in Economic Benefits

25th Sep 2025 (6 Comments)

Broadband, mobile and telecoms giant BT has today published a new economic modelling study from Assembly Research, which examines how the ongoing migration from legacy networks (PSTN/WLR, 2G mobile etc.) to All-IP (Internet Protocol) services could “deliver billions in benefits” (£3bn) to the UK’s critical national infrastructure sectors.

Home Phone and UK Broadband VoIP Services

Ofcom Fines UK VoIP Provider Vonage £700k Over 999 Access Failure UPDATE

25th Sep 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today hit internet phone (VoIP) provider Vonage with a £700,000 fine after an investigation that started in March 2024 (here). The penalty follows an incident that resulted in disruption for its business customers to emergency calling (999) services between 23rd October and 3rd November 2023.

Hands holding british pound coin and small money pouch by 123rf

Citizens Advice Reveal “murky practice” of Hidden UK Broadband and Mobile Deals

25th Sep 2025 (10 Comments)

The Citizens Advice agency has warned that broadband ISPs and mobile operators are making it difficult for people trying to negotiate for a better renewal, which it’s estimated could save UK consumers more than £325 a year for both services combined. The charity has called on Ofcom to take action in order to ensure greater pricing transparency.

Connected Britain Names 2025 UK Broadband Award Winners

25th Sep 2025 (1 Comment)

The annual Connected Britain Awards 2025 (Total Telecom) took place this week, which among other things saw alternative full fibre ISP Lightning Fibre scoop the coveted “Broadband Provider of the Year” award, while Openreach won the “Access Innovation Award” and Fibrus was handed the “Project Rollout Award“.

Mich-Lochran-of-Liot-and-Julian-Chalk-of-Quickline

First 50 Students in Lincolnshire Benefit from Quickline’s New Bursary

24th Sep 2025 (0 Comments)

At the start of this year Quickline, which is building a rural gigabit broadband network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), announced that they and the Lincolnshire Institute of Technology (LIoT) would support 500 students through a bursary scheme (i.e. money to help with study, travel and childcare costs). The first 50 students have now benefitted from this.

video gamer playing on computer by 123rf

EE UK Named Official UK Partner for the Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Launch

24th Sep 2025 (4 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ll once again be an official partner for the next Call of Duty video game (Black Ops 7), which is currently scheduled for release on 14th November 2025 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows (PC), Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Customers of the service can also expect a few perks, like beta access.

BT-Group-CEO-Allison-Kirkby-sitting-down-PR-290125

BT CEO Complains UK Telecoms Operators Pay 10 Times More Than Peers

24th Sep 2025 (13 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Allison Kirkby, appears to be gearing up for the government’s annual 2025 Budget announcement by complaining that the operator pays “10 times the amount our peers pay in countries like Germany and the Netherlands” on things like business rates, energy levies and other costs associated with regulation and compliance.

Image-of-photos-video-music-and-games-from-123RF-ID-10229388

Vodafone, Meta and Google Show Impact of Video Compression on Mobile Networks

24th Sep 2025 (3 Comments)

British-registered mobile operator Vodafone has today published a new white paper with Meta and Google, which shows the benefits of advanced video compression technology, via the AV1 video codec, for Smartphone users on their mobile broadband networks. But it also notes that many people use budget handsets, which often lack full support it.

Channel 4 Prep Exclusive UK Streaming Channels for Freely’s Broadband TV Service

24th Sep 2025 (15 Comments)

Public service broadcaster Channel 4 has this morning announced the launch of three new streaming channels – 4Reality, 4Homes, and 4Life, which are to made exclusively available via the new broadband-based live TV streaming service – Freely – in the UK.

Top 17 Largest UK Full Fibre Broadband Networks by Coverage – H2 2025

24th Sep 2025 (6 Comments)

The latest independent data from Thinkbroadband has today helped us to produce an updated assessment of how big – in terms of network coverage (premises passed) – the top 17 largest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP networks in the UK have become by September 2025. Once again, we compare this data against official coverage claims.