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Virgin Media UK Deploys New TV 360 and STREAM OS Software Update

25th September, 2025 (7 Comments)

As first hinted at last month (here), broadband and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has now begun the process of rolling out the latest firmware update (v5.21) for their TV 360 and STREAM platforms (set-top-boxes). The change introduces a new search feature and some smaller changes / fixes, but nothing major.

ISP Zen Internet Signs Deal to Harness MS3’s UK Full Fibre Network UPDATE

25th September, 2025 (10 Comments)

Rochdale-based UK broadband ISP Zen Internet has today announced that MS3 have become the latest alternative network to sign a wholesale partnership deal. The move means that Zen’s customers will soon be able to order packages via the new FTTP network and no doubt the altnet will also join their Fibre Hub (network aggregation platform for use by other ISPs).

Broadband ISP TalkTalk Launch “Better Way to Wi-Fi” via New U Product UPDATE

25th September, 2025 (12 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has today unveiled the “next step in our Wi-Fi transformation” with the launch of “U“, which as well as being a letter in the alphabet also seems to be both a new class of UK broadband product and order process that aims to deliver a “tailored setup for each customer’s home, with speed that flexes as they need it, all for one price“.

BT Study Claims UK Digital Network Upgrades to Deliver £3bn in Economic Benefits

25th September, 2025 (6 Comments)

Broadband, mobile and telecoms giant BT has today published a new economic modelling study from Assembly Research, which examines how the ongoing migration from legacy networks (PSTN/WLR, 2G mobile etc.) to All-IP (Internet Protocol) services could “deliver billions in benefits” (£3bn) to the UK’s critical national infrastructure sectors.

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Ofcom Fines UK VoIP Provider Vonage £700k Over 999 Access Failure UPDATE

25th September, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today hit internet phone (VoIP) provider Vonage with a £700,000 fine after an investigation that started in March 2024 (here). The penalty follows an incident that resulted in disruption for its business customers to emergency calling (999) services between 23rd October and 3rd November 2023.

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Citizens Advice Reveal “murky practice” of Hidden UK Broadband and Mobile Deals

25th September, 2025 (10 Comments)

The Citizens Advice agency has warned that broadband ISPs and mobile operators are making it difficult for people trying to negotiate for a better renewal, which it’s estimated could save UK consumers more than £325 a year for both services combined. The charity has called on Ofcom to take action in order to ensure greater pricing transparency.

Connected Britain Names 2025 UK Broadband Award Winners

25th September, 2025 (1 Comment)

The annual Connected Britain Awards 2025 (Total Telecom) took place this week, which among other things saw alternative full fibre ISP Lightning Fibre scoop the coveted “Broadband Provider of the Year” award, while Openreach won the “Access Innovation Award” and Fibrus was handed the “Project Rollout Award“.

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First 50 Students in Lincolnshire Benefit from Quickline’s New Bursary

24th September, 2025 (0 Comments)

At the start of this year Quickline, which is building a rural gigabit broadband network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), announced that they and the Lincolnshire Institute of Technology (LIoT) would support 500 students through a bursary scheme (i.e. money to help with study, travel and childcare costs). The first 50 students have now benefitted from this.

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EE UK Named Official UK Partner for the Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Launch

24th September, 2025 (4 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ll once again be an official partner for the next Call of Duty video game (Black Ops 7), which is currently scheduled for release on 14th November 2025 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows (PC), Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Customers of the service can also expect a few perks, like beta access.

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BT CEO Complains UK Telecoms Operators Pay 10 Times More Than Peers

24th September, 2025 (13 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Allison Kirkby, appears to be gearing up for the government’s annual 2025 Budget announcement by complaining that the operator pays “10 times the amount our peers pay in countries like Germany and the Netherlands” on things like business rates, energy levies and other costs associated with regulation and compliance.

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Vodafone, Meta and Google Show Impact of Video Compression on Mobile Networks

24th September, 2025 (3 Comments)

British-registered mobile operator Vodafone has today published a new white paper with Meta and Google, which shows the benefits of advanced video compression technology, via the AV1 video codec, for Smartphone users on their mobile broadband networks. But it also notes that many people use budget handsets, which often lack full support it.

Channel 4 Prep Exclusive UK Streaming Channels for Freely’s Broadband TV Service

24th September, 2025 (15 Comments)

Public service broadcaster Channel 4 has this morning announced the launch of three new streaming channels – 4Reality, 4Homes, and 4Life, which are to made exclusively available via the new broadband-based live TV streaming service – Freely – in the UK.

Top 17 Largest UK Full Fibre Broadband Networks by Coverage – H2 2025

24th September, 2025 (7 Comments)

The latest independent data from Thinkbroadband has today helped us to produce an updated assessment of how big – in terms of network coverage (premises passed) – the top 17 largest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP networks in the UK have become by September 2025. Once again, we compare this data against official coverage claims.

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Openreach Build FTTP Broadband to 20 Million UK Homes as Uptake Hits 38 Percent

24th September, 2025 (15 Comments)

National network operator Openreach (BT) has this morning confirmed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which offers broadband speeds of up to 1,800Mbps to homes via hundreds of UK ISPs, has now covered 20 million premises (up from 18.3m on 1st May 2025) and take-up has risen to around 38%.

Fibrus Founder Claims Outdated Rules Force UK Taxpayers to Fund Rural Broadband

23rd September, 2025 (17 Comments)

The Co-Founder and Chairman of alternative rural broadband ISP Fibrus, Conal Henry, will tomorrow tell the Connected Britain event that Government subsidies (e.g. the £5bn Project Gigabit programme) are being “wasted” due to Ofcom’s rules allegedly making the roll-out of rural broadband “unnecessarily expensive“.

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Broadband ISP Olilo Connects First UK Customers via AllPoints Fibre Networks

23rd September, 2025 (8 Comments)

New techy-focused broadband ISP Olilo, which only launched a few short weeks ago (here), has this week announced that they’ve just placed their first consumer Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) orders via the aquila platform from AllPoints Fibre Networks’ (APFN). The latter is a wholesale platform that aggregates connectivity from several different full fibre networks.

Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Bring Full Fibre to 21,000 Homes in Littlehampton

23rd September, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre and supporting broadband ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), which share some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network to more than 21,000 homes in the West Sussex seaside town of Littlehampton “for the first time“.