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ISP News Archives for October 2025

Mast Removal in Hebden Bridge Leaves O2 and Vodafone UK Users Without Signal UPDATE2

29th Oct 2025 (21 Comments)

Residents and businesses in the West Yorkshire (England) market town of Hebden Bridge, which is home to 4,500 people, have been warned that they could suffer from weak to non-existent mobile signals on O2 and Vodafone’s network, potentially lasting into early 2026, after a local mobile mast was suddenly removed.

Ofcom UK Propose New Rules to Tackle Mobile Messaging Scams

29th Oct 2025 (12 Comments)

Ofcom has today announced a “comprehensive package of planned measures” that are designed to improve protection for mobile phone users against messaging scams. According to the regulator, some 50% of UK mobile users said they received a suspicious message between Nov 2024 and Feb 2025 via text or iMessage, but it’s hoped today’s changes may reduce that figure.

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SignalTracker Compares UK 5G Performance with India, Greece, Spain and Finland

29th Oct 2025 (7 Comments)

A new study from SignalTracker, which runs a popular Android mobile app (not iOS) for monitoring and testing mobile network performance, has compared the 5G mobile (mobile broadband) performance (speeds, coverage etc.) in India against the UK, Greece, Spain and Finland.

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Starlink Threatens to Brick Dormant UK Broadband Kit if Users Don’t Update

29th Oct 2025 (11 Comments)

A lot of people use SpaceX’s LEO satellite-based Starlink ultrafast broadband service as a backup or for occasional roaming, which means that outside of those times their terminal kit (dish and router) will be left dormant (i.e. the service is paused or cancelled but can be reactivated). If you’re one of those, you need to reconnect it ASAP to avoid it being bricked.

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EE and Three UK Offer Free Calls and Data for Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa Hits UPDATE

28th Oct 2025 (4 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE (BT) has notified customers in Jamaica (Caribbean) that, due to the likely devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa (Category 5) today, they’re promising to credit back charges for mobile calls, texts and data (mobile broadband) used in Jamaica, as well as mobile and landline calls from the UK to Jamaica.

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Ofcom Grant Starlink an E Band Capacity Boost for UK Satellite Broadband

28th Oct 2025 (0 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today granted “temporary authorisation” for SpaceX’s Starlink service to harness the E band (71-76GHz and 81-86GHz) frequencies for their mega constellation of compact ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The move will boost their backhaul data capacity at three gateway earth station sites.

Grain Start Building UK Full Fibre Broadband Network in Gainsborough

28th Oct 2025 (2 Comments)

Carlisle-based alternative broadband network and UK ISP Grain, which recently secured a £225m funding boost to continue their expansion (here), has revealed that they’ve now begun to expand their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines across the Lincolnshire (England) market town of Gainsborough; home to over 20,000 people.

BT Group Explore Launch of Budget UK Mobile Brand to Complement EE UPDATE

28th Oct 2025 (40 Comments)

Telecoms and broadband giant BT is reportedly exploring the possibility of launching a new low-cost mobile service brand to complement their premium EE service. Such a move would seek to replicate Three UK’s approach with sub-brand Smarty or Vodafone’s approach with VOXI, albeit with some of BT’s own unique twists.

Virgin Media O2 CEO Joins BT in Raising Concern Over UK Biz Rates Hike

27th Oct 2025 (18 Comments)

The CEO of broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), Lutz Schüler, has today warned the UK government against reforming business rates in a way that would impose a “hefty hike” on telecoms providers because, he says, it would act as a “disincentive to invest that will be a real kick in the cabinets” to the industry. At a time when they’re already under pressure.

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5G on Aircraft and 5.8GHz for UK FWA Broadband as Ofcom Make Kit Licence Exempt

27th Oct 2025 (1 Comment)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today decided to proceed with all the proposals they outlined in January 2025 to exempt lots of additional equipment from needing a wireless telegraphy licence, such as 5G handsets and dongles on aircraft or ships and 5.8GHz (5725-5850 MHz) Fixed Wireless Access kit – used by many wireless broadband ISPs.

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Openreach UK Launch Rental Discount on up to 1Gbps EAD Ethernet Tiers UPDATE

27th Oct 2025 (1 Comment)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has notified UK internet providers (ISPs) about the looming launch of a new special offer on their Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) lines for speeds of 1Gbps or below. The deal will apply a rental discount of 10% on the current one-year term rental prices with no CPI price rises for a full 36 or 60 months in return for signing up to a new 36 or 60-month term.

Sky UK Launch Business Focused SIM-Only Pay Monthly Mobile Service

27th Oct 2025 (0 Comments)

Sky Business, the business broadband and wholesale focused division of Sky UK, has today expanded their product offerings by launching a new SIM-Only mobile service that’s been designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SME) across the country. Prices start at £11 +vat per month for a 10GB data plan (inc. unlimited calls & texts) and go up to £35 for an unlimited data.

Broadband ISP WightFibre Start Charging for “Free” Phone Line Service

27th Oct 2025 (4 Comments)

Internet service provider WightFibre, which is deploying a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband network across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire (England), have begun informing existing customers of their full fibre packages that they’ll now have to pay a monthly fee to keep their “free” phone line service.

Bad Weather Delays Fix for Broken Shetland Subsea Fibre Cable Until Tuesday UPDATE

27th Oct 2025 (0 Comments)

Bad weather means customers of broadband and mobile providers Vodafone, Sky Broadband and TalkTalk on Shetland, which is a remote UK subarctic archipelago that resides north of the Scottish mainland, will have to wait until Tuesday until repair ship Cable Vigilance can complete its fix of the recently broken SHEFA-2 (Faroese Telecom) subsea cable.

JT Group Acquire Isle of Man Broadband and Mobile Provider Manx Telecom

26th Oct 2025 (2 Comments)

Broadband, technology and telecoms operator JT (Jersey Telecom), which is owned by The States of Jersey and headquartered in St Helier, has expanded its reach from the English Channel Islands to include the Isle of Man after they partnered with CVC DIF (CVC Capital Partners) to acquire the Manx Telecom Group.

Openreach Damages Netomnia’s Main Fibre Optic Cable Near Bristol

25th Oct 2025 (58 Comments)

Hundreds of customers on Netomnia’s (Substantial Group) alternative broadband network in the Bristol (South West England) area, which has now covered 2.8 million UK premises RFS (inc. 400,000 customers) with their full fibre (FTTP) lines, are suffering connectivity problems after Openreach “took down one of our main cables” yesterday afternoon.

Scottish Government Upgrades Broadband Coverage Checker UPDATE

25th Oct 2025 (13 Comments)

The Scottish Government put out a brief notice this week to say that their “upgraded address checker … is now live” for broadband coverage, which apparently “now includes more detailed info on access and our delivery programmes“, albeit seemingly without providing any further specifics to better explain what’s changed.