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Openreach Warn 500K UK Business Lines Haven’t Switched Away from Legacy Phones

5th February, 2026 (7 Comments)

National operator Openreach (BT) has today warned that “more than half a million business lines” still haven’t migrated away from the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to new IP-based digital phone (VoIP etc.) alternatives, which with only 12-months to go until the service is switched-off risks firms being exposed to price hikes, as well as “failing equipment and eventual loss of service“.

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Ookla 2026 Study Finds Starlink UK Broadband Speeds Poor vs Europe

5th February, 2026 (5 Comments)

Internet benchmarking firm Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net broadband connection testing website and app, has published a new study that examines the performance of Starlink’s (SpaceX) LEO satellite broadband service across the world. Overall, performance in the UK has improved, but we continue to lag most of Europe.

Broadband ISP VISPA Informs UK Customers of Closure and Liquidation

5th February, 2026 (3 Comments)

Long-running UK ISP VISPA, which was first launched way back in 1999, appears to have begun informing customers that they’ve “ceased trading and decided to commence liquidation proceedings“. The provider’s remaining broadband subscribers have been told they will need to “immediately” find an alternative.

New Coop Mobile MVNO Service Launches on the Channel Islands

5th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

A new mobile virtual network operator service has just launched on the Channel Islands called Coop Mobile, which some readers might recall is partly the product of last year’s £48m deal to build a new “world-class” 5G mobile broadband network across the islands (reflecting Sure‘s acquisition rival Airtel Vodafone).

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Vodafone UK Introduce New Mobile Broadband 5G Speed Boost Add-on

5th February, 2026 (11 Comments)

Some of ISPreview’s readers (credits Jade and Mike) have spotted that mobile network operator Vodafone (VodafoneThree) appears to have quietly added a new ‘Speed Boost’ add-on (Extras), which promises that data usage will be “prioritised on our network giving you the fastest speeds available in busy areas like train stations, stadiums, and crowded places.”

VodafoneThree Top 1.77 Million UK Broadband Users as Mobile Shrinks to 28.6M

5th February, 2026 (4 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has today published their latest Q3 FY26 financial results. The figures show that they now have 1.768 million fixed broadband customers (up strongly by 64k in Q3 vs 50k in Q2) and a huge combined mobile base of 28.619m (down from 28.824m).

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BT Results – Openreach Lose 210k UK Broadband Lines as FTTP Cover Hits 21.4M

5th February, 2026 (19 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT Group just published a short trading update to the end December 2025 (Q3 FY26), which reveals that Openreach lost a total of 210,000 broadband lines to rivals over the past quarter (down from 242k in Sept 2025). But their “full fibre” (FTTP) coverage grew to 21.4 million premises (up from 20.3m) and take-up increased to 38% (up from 37.66%).

Virgin Media UK Add 3 More Rakuten FAST TV Channels to Service

4th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

Customers of broadband provider Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who also take their Pay TV services via their TV 360 or Stream (Flex) platforms, may like to know that the ISP has today added support for three new Rakuten TV based FAST channels to their TV service “at no extra cost” – Rakuten TV Drama (Ch 462), Comedy (Ch 463) and Sci Fi (Ch 464).

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Virgin Media O2 Deploy AI Tech to Minimise Downtime on UK Mobile Network

4th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has announced that they’re working with Zinkworks to deploy AI-driven automation technology to “minimise downtime” across their 4G and 5G mobile network. The move is said build on “proven results” with their fixed broadband network, where similar automation has already had a big impact.

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RootMetrics Research Name EE as the Top UK Mobile Network for H2 2025

4th February, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile network benchmarking firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has today published their H2 2025 study of UK mobile networks (calls, texts etc.) and mobile broadband (4G, 5G) speeds. The results once again name EE as the best mobile operator after they scooped up the highest scores and fastest data speeds across most categories, while O2 languished at the bottom but has improved.

Sky Business Study Claims Two Thirds of SME Businesses Run Out of Mobile Data

4th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

A new OnePoll survey of 1,000 small and medium-sized UK businesses (leaders and decision makers), which was commissioned by broadband and mobile provider Sky Business, has claimed that 66% of them have “run out of mobile data in the last two years“, resulting in missed sales and lost productivity until resolved (i.e. an estimated average revenue loss of £3,462 a year).

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ISP Sky Broadband and Sky TV Reveal UK Price Hikes Policy for 2026 UPDATE

4th February, 2026 (9 Comments)

New customers of Sky UK’s (Sky Broadband, Comcast etc.) internet, phone and TV products are being informed about the provider’s latest round of annual price hikes, which will be introduced from 1st April 2026. For example, broadband customers will now see a flat hike of £3 to their monthly bills, which is the same as or lower than most of their largest rivals.

Broadband ISP Brsk Start Notifying UK Customers of YouFibre Merger

4th February, 2026 (10 Comments)

Several weeks have now passed since ISPreview revealed that one of the UK’s largest alternative full fibre broadband networks, Netomnia (Substantial Group), had decided to merge their two retail broadband ISPs – Brsk and YouFibre – into a single brand (here). Brsk have now begun to notify customers that they’re adopting YouFibre’s name.

Sky UK to Resuscitate Once Popular Sky One TV Channel on 24th February 2026

3rd February, 2026 (10 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband, Sky TV etc.) has this morning announced that they’re bringing back the once popular Sky One channel to their Pay TV platform, which was the oldest non-terrestrial TV channel in the UK until Sky retired it in 2021 as part of a key branding and channel shake-up of their Electronic Program Guide (EPG).

Virgin Media O2 UK’s Owners Close in on £2bn Broadband Deal for Netomnia

3rd February, 2026 (125 Comments)

European telecoms giants Telefónica and Liberty Global, the joint owners of Virgin Media and O2 in the UK, have reportedly now joined with private equity firm InfraVia Capital to progress their previously proposed £2bn bid to buy alternative full fibre broadband network Netomnia toward conclusion. The deal is likely to offer the altnet more than rival CityFibre could muster, but competition issues could be raised.

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The Trouble with Switching from Virgin Media UK to Giffgaff Broadband

3rd February, 2026 (23 Comments)

Over four months have now passed since mobile operator giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica UK, become the only other retail ISP after Virgin Media (O2) to start selling fixed broadband packages over nexfibre’s new full fibre (FTTP) network (here). But despite this welcome development, customers on Virgin Media are still struggling to switch.

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Broadband AltNet Aggregator Flexgrid Now Supports 24 UK Networks

3rd February, 2026 (2 Comments)

Brighton-based Flexgrid, which describes itself as the UK-focused connectivity aggregator for the channel market, has announced that they’ve launched a new website and now support the ability for partners to compare and order full fibre broadband services through a total of 24 alternative network (altnet) providers and suppliers.