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17th Jul 2026 (4 Comments)
Carlisle-based alternative broadband provider Grain (Grain Connect) has today published an update on their latest company results, which among other things reveals that their point-to-point full fibre (FTTP) network now covers 300,000 UK premises (up from 270k in Jul 2025) and their customers increased to 56,000 (up from 43k in March 2025).
17th Jul 2026 (17 Comments)
Broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has introduced a new technology – created in-house – that harnesses AI-powered robots to monitor TV services in real time (i.e. more than 220 IPTV channels), which can be used to help the provider spot and resolve issues faster than ever before.
17th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)
Openreach (BT) has launched a new trial on Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP lines, which so far as we can tell appears to be based on an earlier Proof of Concept (PoC) that will make it easier for the operator to determine, in real-time, whether a network incident or Planned Engineering Work (PeW) is affecting a customer’s live service.
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17th Jul 2026 (2 Comments)
Earlier this week Ofcom introduced new measures to help UK mobile operators “block, limit and disrupt scammers” from sending messaging scams (here). The changes, while positive, overlooked the fact that the regulator ended up rejecting an already adopted (in other countries) and UK developed fix that would have been more effective, partly due to BT and others complaining that it would be too “onerous“.
17th Jul 2026 (3 Comments)
Network analyst firm Streetwave has confirmed that they’ve been chosenb y Cornwall Council in England to survey mobile network coverage and 4G / 5G data performance across the region, harnessing 7,250km of the county’s road network and testing all three of the primary mobile networks – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK).
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