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Transport for Wales Trials Satellite Broadband for Bus WiFi Services

16th September, 2025 (5 Comments)

Transport for Wales (TfW), which is a not-for-profit organisation owned by the Welsh Government, has begun trials of a new satellite internet solution to connect the unique demand-responsive transport (DRT) based fflecsi bus services in the rural area of Machynlleth (Powys). Users of the service can now benefit from onboard WiFi.

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Wireless ISP WiFi Scotland Brings Full Fibre Broadband to Rural Moray

16th September, 2025 (3 Comments)

Some 43 homes and businesses around remote rural parts of Moray in the Scottish Highlands have gained access to gigabit broadband speeds thanks to a new deployment by local ISP WiFi Scotland. The provider was able to harness public funding via the R100 Voucher Scheme (SBVS) to connect premises around the Craigellachie and Ben Aigan areas.

Sky UK Informs Workers that up to 600 Staff Face the Chop

16th September, 2025 (25 Comments)

Sky UK (Sky Broadband, Sky TV, Sky Mobile – Comcast etc.) has today begun notifying their workforce that up to 600 of them are likely to be made redundant by the end of this year, while around 300 more may be impacted by a wider business reorganisation. Many of those expected to be cut appear to come from Sky’s tech and networking teams.

New Full Fibre Broadband Network Goes Live at Margam Park, Neath Port Talbot

16th September, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme has announced the completion of a £150,000 project to deploy a new full fibre broadband network across Margam Park (Neath Port Talbot) in South Wales, which will also reach homes in the surrounding area.

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Ofcom UK Propose to Speed Up NGSO Licensing for LEO Broadband Satellites

16th September, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK broadband, media and communications regulator, Ofcom, has today opened a new consultation that proposes to improve the existing license process for non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) systems, such as those like Starlink, OneWeb and others that offer broadband from satellites in a Low or Medium Earth Orbit (LEO and MEO).

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Freedom Fibre Expand UK Wholesale Broadband Partnership with PXC

16th September, 2025 (1 Comment)

Alternative network operator Freedom Fibre, which has so far grown their FTTP (XGS-PON) based gigabit broadband network to cover 350,000 premises across various parts of England and North Wales, has this morning announced the expansion of its established partnership with PlatformX Communications (formerly TalkTalk Wholesale).

Beware Email Scams Seeking Feedback on the UK’s Emergency Alerts Test

16th September, 2025 (2 Comments)

The recent nationwide mobile test of the UK’s new Emergency Alerts service has, perhaps inevitably, been followed by a new wave of email phishing scams and spams over the past week. This attempts to impersonate the government by claiming to seek feedback from recipients on whether or not they received the alert.

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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.