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ISP News Archives for December 2025

O2 UK Expand 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to Essex

10th Dec 2025 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband network in Essex (England) as part of its UK-wide rollout, which is now live in a total of more than 500 locations (70% of the UK’s population or c.49 million people).

Gov Confirm “No Plans” to BAN Mid-Contract UK Broadband and Mobile Price Hikes

10th Dec 2025 (52 Comments)

The Government has clarified that it has “no plans to ban in-contract price rises” for UK consumers taking broadband, mobile and phone services, which makes their recent push to have Ofcom’s CEO, Dame Melanie Dawes, “look at in-contract price rises again“ seem increasingly unlikely to result in any big changes.

Ofcom Finds UK Adults Now Spend Over 4.5 Hours Online Each Day

10th Dec 2025 (1 Comment)

The telecoms regulator has today published their annual Online Nation 2025 report, which examines how we all use and interact with the internet in the United Kingdom. Overall, it found that 95% of people aged 16+ have access to the internet at home, and the average time spent per day online (excluding work) is 4 hours and 30 minutes (up 10 mins from last year).

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CityFibre Updates on Future UK 50Gbps and 100Gbps Broadband Upgrades

10th Dec 2025 (26 Comments)

The Chief Technology Officer of major alternative network provider CityFibre, David Tomalin, has provided an update on their plans to upgrade their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband infrastructure to support 50G-PON (50Gbps Passive Optical Network) and then 100G-PON technology in the future.

Government Launch 80 Free Local Digital Skills Training Schemes Across UK

10th Dec 2025 (0 Comments)

The Government has today complemented their Digital Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) by launching 80 local schemes across the UK, which will offer free digital skills training and other support to help some of the most vulnerable in communities get online with confidence (i.e. disadvantaged young people to elderly people and the homeless etc.).

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ASA UK Ban Ads for The One Broadband Over Misleading Performance Claim

10th Dec 2025 (3 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a direct mailing and circular advert for UK ISP The One Broadband (DSV Communications Ltd), which occurred after both were found to have misleadingly suggested that some of those who received the promotions currently only received “poor broadband connectivity” from their existing service, when that was not the case.

ASA Bans UK Starlink Satellite Broadband Ad for Misleading Pricing

10th Dec 2025 (3 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an online banner advert for SpaceX’s ultrafast broadband satellite service, Starlink, after it was found to be “misleading” because the offer of free terminal hardware (normally £299) omitted several key bits of material information.

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BT’s Former Chief UK Network Architect Becomes CityFibre’s New CTIO

9th Dec 2025 (6 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which have so far expanded their 10Gbps capable FTTP broadband network to cover 4.6 million UK premises (4.3m RFS) and connected 730,000 customers, has today announced that BT Group’s former Chief Architect, Neil McRae, has been appointed to be the company’s new Chief Technology & Information Officer (CTIO).

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UK ISP Spitfire Launch PSTN Switch Off Migration Service for Businesses

9th Dec 2025 (3 Comments)

Business telecommunications and UK broadband ISP Spitfire has today launched its new PSTN Switch Off Migration service, which is designed to provide both technical support and expertise to UK businesses making the move from the old Public Switched Telephone Network to all-IP (digital).

Openreach UK Appoints James Lowther as New MD for Commercial

9th Dec 2025 (1 Comment)

National broadband and Ethernet operator Openreach (BT) has today announced the appointment of James Lowther as its new Managing Director (MD) for Commercial, which will become effective from January 2026. The new hire will join the operator’s Executive team and report to Deputy CEO, Katie Milligan.

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Ofcom Approve Satellite Networks to Deliver 4G and 5G to UK Smartphones

9th Dec 2025 (11 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today approved UK mobile companies and satellite operators to join forces and use the airwaves (mobile spectrum bands) to support Direct to Device (D2D) services, which will allow standard unmodified Smartphones to connect via satellites to improve 4G and 5G (calls, texts and broadband) coverage in remote areas and roaming.

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EE Named Best UK Mobile Operator in New 2026 Network Test Study

9th Dec 2025 (14 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has once again come top in the annual 2026 umlaut connect UK Mobile Network Test, which deployed a range of different benchmarks to test 4G and 5G performance (voice and broadband) across 16 cities, 24 smaller towns and along 10,170km of major roads. On the flip side, O2 (Virgin Media) continued to be ranked at the bottom.

Grain to Start Expanding UK Full Fibre Broadband Network in Wigan

9th Dec 2025 (1 Comment)

Carlisle-based broadband network and UK ISP Grain, which in July 2025 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 large Greater Manchester (England) town of Wigan; home to around 108,000 people.

Trooli Goes Live on PXC as FTTP Broadband Covers 460,000 UK Premises

8th Dec 2025 (5 Comments)

Alternative network operator and ISP Trooli, which have deployed their full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 460,000 premises across parts of England and some of Scotland (up from 448k in Sept 2025), has today revealed that their recently established wholesale partnership with PXC (formerly TalkTalk Wholesale) is now “ready to trade at scale“.

1p Mobile UK Finally Spotted Starting to Deploy eSIM Support UPDATE

8th Dec 2025 (15 Comments)

Mobile network operator 1p Mobile appears as if it may finally be introducing eSIM (Embedded SIM) support to their service, which follows months of waiting after previous promises evaporated (example). Several customers spotted the feature today, but the launch currently appears to be suffering from a few teething issues.

Talkmobile Deploy Support for Vodafone and Three UK Network Roaming

8th Dec 2025 (13 Comments)

Customers of mobile provider Talkmobile, which is a virtual operator (MVNO) on parent Vodafone’s (VodafoneThree) national UK 4G and 5G network, have been notified that they too can now “automatically use both the Vodafone and Three networks” (i.e. the new Multi-Operator Core Network or MOCN – detailed here and here).

Openreach Deploy 6,000th Electric Vehicle Under UK Fleet Transition

8th Dec 2025 (7 Comments)

National UK network operator Openreach (BT) has revealed that they’ve just put their 6,000th EV (Electric Vehicle) on the road to support their broadband and phone engineers (up from 4,300 at the start of 2025), which is currently expected to reach 7,000 EVs by the end of March 2026.