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ISP News Archives for September 3, 2026

Lancashire Man Sent to Prison for Operating Rogue UK Cell Phone Tower

3rd Sep 2026 (10 Comments)

The City of London Police (CLP) have revealed that Mohammed Faiyaz Iqbal (43) of Preston in Lancashire has been sentenced to more than 3 years and 8 months in prison for setting up a rogue cell phone tower, which was then used to bypass mobile network security protocols in order to send masses of fraudulent texts (aka – SMS Blaster).

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O2 UK Enables 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network in Northern Ireland

3rd Sep 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5G+) mobile broadband network across much of Northern Ireland, which is said to reach more than 800,000 residents in 5 cities, 22 large towns and 382 smaller towns, villages and hamlets – delivering “faster speeds, better coverage and lower latency at no extra cost.”

Troubled UK Broadband ISP iTalk Files Notice to Appoint an Administrator UPDATE2

3rd Sep 2026 (9 Comments)

Earlier this year ISPreview reported on how customers of internet provider iTalk (iTalk Affiliate Telecommunications) had been complaining about protracted service outages and a lack of support (here), while others claimed the provider tried to push them on to a new contract as a way of resolving the issues. Sadly the company now appears to be falling into administration.

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Gigaclear Tweaks East Gloucestershire’s FTTP Broadband Rollout Contract

3rd Sep 2026 (2 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) directorate has posted another contract modification notice for Gigaclear’s Project Gigabit contract in East Gloucestershire (Lot 18), which slightly increases the planned roll-out of full fibre broadband (FTTP) by 325 premises and yet manages to reduce the contract value by £777,041 (public investment).

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APFN Opens Own UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to UK ISP Partners

3rd Sep 2026 (2 Comments)

The AllPoints Fibre Network (APFN), which is a Fern Trading backed wholesale platform that aggregates connectivity from several different UK networks including their own, has this morning announced that they’re opening up access to their own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband infrastructure (formerly Jurassic Fibre, Giganet and Swish Fibre) to their partner ISPs.

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Netomnia UK Build Didsbury FTTP Broadband Network to 40,000 Premises

3rd Sep 2026 (15 Comments)

Alternative broadband network Netomnia (Substantial Group, YouFibre), which has so far built their UK full fibre network to cover over 3 million premises RFS (inc. 500,000 customers), have confirmed that their deployment across the Manchester suburb of Didsbury has reached more than 40,000 homes and businesses.

Vodafone UK Launch Pay TV and 5G+ SuperMobile Broadband Service UPDATE

3rd Sep 2026 (11 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has this morning announced the launch of two major new products, including the provider’s first pay TV product for UK customers with a home broadband, 5G Broadband or mobile plan and “SuperMobile“, which promises to give you up to 4x faster data speeds via their 5G+ (Standalone) network for an additional cost.

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Norfolk County Council Issues Update After CityFibre Scale-Back Fibre Broadband Build

3rd Sep 2026 (7 Comments)

The Norfolk County Council (NCC) in England has published a new document, which reveals the future plan for gigabit broadband deployments after CityFibre scaled-back their contracted roll-out of full fibre infrastructure under the UK government’s Project Gigabit scheme in May 2026. As expected, Openreach (BT) look set to pick up the slack.

Broadband ISPs EE and BT Revamp UK Pay TV Packages and Pricing UPDATE

3rd Sep 2026 (7 Comments)

Internet, mobile and phone providers BT and EE will today refresh their range of pay TV (IPTV) and broadband bundles, which will see various TV plans renamed and features changed. For example, the current ‘Entertainment’ package will become ‘Entertainment Plus’ and there will be a new ‘Entertainment’ plan in its place, which excludes some key content.

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