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O2 UK Expands Mobile 5G Standalone Network to 500 Towns and Cities

16th September, 2025 (17 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has announced that they now have the “country’s largest 5G Standalone deployment” after extending the coverage of their new ultrafast mobile broadband network to parts of 500 towns and cities, reaching more than 70% of the UK’s population (c.49 million people). Crucially this is provided to consumers “at no extra cost“.

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SignalTracker Compares Performance of UK Mobile Operators to Virtual Siblings

16th September, 2025 (6 Comments)

A new study from SignalTracker, which runs a popular Android mobile app (not iOS) for monitoring and examining mobile network performance, has revealed the results of a study into the speed differences between the UK’s primary mobile operators (MNO) and their virtual operator (MVNO) siblings. Unsurprisingly, EE, Vodafone, Three UK and O2 outperformed mvnos.

Broadband ISP LitFibre Launch New UK Business Packages up to 2.4Gbps UPDATE

15th September, 2025 (1 Comment)

Internet provider Lit Fibre, which harnesses CityFibre’s national UK full fibre (FTTP) network (covering c.4.5 million premises), has this afternoon announced the launch of three new line-only broadband packages for business customers – offering symmetric speeds from 500Mbps and up to 2.4Gbps, with contract options of 36, 24 and 12 months available.

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Mobile Operator GiffGaff Launch UK Full Fibre Broadband Packages UPDATE2

15th September, 2025 (44 Comments)

Mobile network provider giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica and uses O2’s associated virtual operator (MVNO) platform, has today officially taken their home broadband products – powered by nexfibre and Virgin Media’s full fibre networks – out of trial and made them available as commercial products for consumers to order.

TalkTalk Survey Claims Wi-Fi is Most Popular UK Name for Broadband UPDATE

15th September, 2025 (35 Comments)

A new online survey of 2,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Axicom on behalf of broadband ISP TalkTalk and conducted by OnePoll, claims to have found that “Wi-Fi” is the “most popular name” for home internet connections. One third of those asked said they use Wi-Fi to describe their internet connection, pipping “broadband” and “internet” to the post.

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Ookla Launch Scheme to Help People Verify if Places Offer Good Broadband

15th September, 2025 (2 Comments)

Network testing firm Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband Speedtest.net service, has today launched a new Speedtest Certified™ scheme. The program seems to be designed to help people verify whether properties like hotels, stadiums, event venues, office buildings, and airports are able to deliver “superior connectivity“.

Mobile Operator Talkmobile UK Finally Introduce eSIM Support

15th September, 2025 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator Talkmobile, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on parent Vodafone’s (VodafoneThree) national UK 4G and 5G network, has finally begun to offer eSIM (Electronic SIM) support to new customers who join by taking one of their SIM Only plans.

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Bharti Bosses Join BT Group’s UK Board as Non-Executive Directors

15th September, 2025 (9 Comments)

Telecoms and broadband giant BT Group has this morning announced that Bharti Mittal, the Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, and Gopal Vittal, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Airtel Limited, will both join the company’s Board as non-independent non-executive directors.

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Starlink Suffers Another Global Broadband Outage of Satellite Network

15th September, 2025 (2 Comments)

SpaceX’s popular Starlink service, which offers ultrafast low-latency broadband speed across the world via a mega constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), suffered another global outage this morning that started at around 5am. But services now appear to be returning to normal for many, but not all, users.

Rural Wales Village of Rhydlewis Raises £1.4m to Complete FTTP Broadband Build

13th September, 2025 (6 Comments)

Residents covered by the Rhydlewis Exchange in Ceredigion (Wales), which serves 1,058 premises across 127 postcodes, may be pleased to learn that their stop-start deployment of a new Openreach based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network can now finally complete after they worked together to raise £1.4m in pledges.

Newcastle to Deploy Free City-Wide Public WiFi Wireless Network

13th September, 2025 (5 Comments)

The Newcastle City Council has announced the launch of a pilot scheme with digital connectivity provider Purple, which will see an “extensive city-wide Wi-Fi” network being rolled out for residents, students and visitors to help them connect to the internet. The service is expected to be free to access.

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BBC Expands Low Latency Video Streaming Trial on iPlayer Service

12th September, 2025 (10 Comments)

The BBC’s Research & Development division has extended the testing period and increased the number of devices able to take part in their beta trial of “low latency streaming” on their iPlayer service. This aims to reduce the delay on live TV shows/events that exists between terrestrial broadcasts and streamed content.

First UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contract Completes in North Northumberland

12th September, 2025 (2 Comments)

The UK Government have this morning confirmed that GoFibre has become the first network operator to complete one of their subsidised roll-out contracts under the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The announcement relates to GoFibre‘s £7.3m (state aid) contract to deploy a full fibre (FTTP) network across 3,750 hard-to-reach premises in North Northumberland.

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Ofcom Celebrate as 1.6 Million UK People Switch Broadband or Phone via OTS UPDATE

12th September, 2025 (6 Comments)

The UK communications and media regulator, Ofcom, has this morning hailed the fact that 1.62 million consumers have now switched landline (phone) or broadband provider using their new One Touch Switch (OTS) process since it launched for the first time exactly one year ago.

Vodafone Launch UEFA Champions League Travel eSIM for Football Fans

12th September, 2025 (3 Comments)

Mobile and broadband telecoms giant Vodafone Group has announced the launch of a new Champions Travel eSIM, which forms part of the operator’s major new multi-year partnership with UEFA and UC31 to support the development of women’s and men’s European football.

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Openreach to Cut Price of FTTP Broadband Rental on UK Proactive Upgrades

12th September, 2025 (2 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) appears to be giving UK migrations from legacy fixed lines to modern Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband services a boost by offering UK ISPs and their customers a special discount on rental prices, albeit only when upgrades occur via their Proactive Upgrades process.

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Giffgaff Expand UK Full Fibre Broadband Trial with Extra Speed Options

12th September, 2025 (23 Comments)

Mobile network provider giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica and uses O2’s associated virtual operator (MVNO) platform, has provided customers of their new home broadband trial – based on nexfibre and Virgin Media’s 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) network – with additional speed options other than 500Mbps.