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Mobile-broadband-UK-operator-network-speed by 123rf

30th April, 2025 (5 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published the result of a new study that analyses the performance of Mobile Network Operators (MNOs like EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK) and then compares that with their many virtual operators (MVNOs like Sky Mobile, iD Mobile, Smarty etc.). Overall, the primary operators deliver faster data speeds than virtual providers.

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30th April, 2025 (0 Comments)

The CEO of ISP Zen Internet, Richard Tang, has today shared three recent interviews with the bosses of several alternative network providers, including B4RN (Tom Rigg), MS3 (Guy Miller) and Quickline (Sean Royce). Each provides a useful progress update on their efforts to deploy full fibre (FTTP) broadband across different parts of the UK.

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30th April, 2025 (0 Comments)

New research from Broadband Genie has analysed 348,000 internet speed tests across 1,302 locations in order to identify the top slowest and fastest UK locations for broadband. The slowest location was found to be Lostwithiel in Cornwall (average downloads of 2Mbps and uploads of 1Mbps), while the fastest was South Hetton in County Durham (526Mbps down and 448Mbps up).

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Streetwave Mid Wales Map PR 290425

30th April, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave, which is using bin lorries to help map the coverage and performance of 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) networks across 113 UK councils, has revealed how much the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project has helped to improve mobile coverage across mid-Wales over the past 9 months – O2 saw the strongest improvement.

telephone broken uk 123rf

29th April, 2025 (6 Comments)

A new study from comparison site Go.Compare has claimed that broadband users who have a landline phone service included in their package could save as much as a combined £61.1m each month – across the UK – by switching to a non-landline deal (roughly £4.1 per month per user). But it’s not always quite so simple.

BT Four New Bailey Building in Manchester PR 290425

29th April, 2025 (11 Comments)

Telecoms and broadband giant BT today claims to have achieved the final step in their 5-year long “Better Workplace” transformation programme, which has involved modernising and consolidating the number of offices they have (going from around 300 and down to nearly 30 key locations), by opening a new office – the ‘Four New Bailey’ building – in Manchester.

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29th April, 2025 (2 Comments)

Three Business, the business-to-business arm of mobile network operator Three UK, this morning claims to have launched the “UK’s first large-scale eSIM trial” for over 50,000 business, albeit initially only available to those in the Birmingham and Bristol areas. The trial will allow customers to test Three’s network before making the commitment to switch providers.

10Mbps broadband uk uso usc

29th April, 2025 (3 Comments)

UK ISP BT has published their first biannual progress update for 2025 on their delivery of Ofcom’s somewhat maligned 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband. The provider has so far helped to build a USO connection to over 8,411 premises (up from 8,248 in Oct 2024), with 349 further builds in-progress (up from 215).

ULA KA-01 PR Rocket Launch Image 290425

29th April, 2025 (0 Comments)

Online shopping giant Amazon last night succeeded in launching their first batch of 27 ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for Project Kuiper. The platforms were put into space by a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket that unleashed some 2.7 million pounds (12 megaNewtons) of thrust.

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29th April, 2025 (2 Comments)

Network operator BT Wholesale, which supplies a number of UK ISPs with broadband and other communication services, has today launched a new ‘Teams Phone Mobile‘ service for its partners that combines Microsoft Teams’ collaboration features with EE’s mobile connectivity.

29th April, 2025 (1 Comment)

Internet provider TalkTalk has today launched a free new tool called ‘Broadband Proactive Alerts‘, which is designed to notify customers about local network issues, “often before they even notice a problem“. But only some of the provider’s customers will be able to benefit from it.

Now Broadband UK ISP Router

29th April, 2025 (8 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s sibling NOW Broadband (NOW TV) ISP sub-brand, specifically those on their older “part-fibre” (FTTC) based superfast broadband packages, have been informed that their bundled Hubs (routers) are now unsupported and won’t be replaced if they develop a fault. But don’t “worry“, say NOW, because if that happens your service can be terminated or moved to Sky.

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28th April, 2025 (4 Comments)

Existing customers of Virgin Media and O2’s various broadband, mobile, phone and TV packages may like to know that their ‘Priority’ app, which rewards subscribers with various special offers and discounts, has this week launched “Blue Mondays” to give UK subscribers something to smile about at the start of every week with lots of special rewards.

BT Moira Stuart Digital Voice Switchover campaign

28th April, 2025 (45 Comments)

Broadband and phone provider BT (EE) has today launched a new campaign with Moira Stuart, a well-known British TV presenter and broadcaster, to help raise awareness around the switch to digital landlines and the forthcoming deadline of 31st January 2027 for vulnerable users.

CityFibre-UK-2024-Engineer-Kneeling-in-front-of-Cabinet

28th April, 2025 (9 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has today announced that the first customers have gone live on their new 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network in Hampshire (England), which is being built as part of their £104m state aid supported Project Gigabit contract (Lot 27) – this aims to reach more than 75,000 extra premises across hard-to-reach rural areas.

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28th April, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has moved into the final market engagement phase of their proposed £70m (state aid) “Extending High Speed Broadband Reach in Wales” (EHSBRW) project, which aims to help upgrade broadband for some or all of the remaining 84,000 premises (i.e. those that can’t yet get “superfast” speeds of 30Mbps+).

eSim on a Smartphone by 123rf

28th April, 2025 (9 Comments)

A couple of weekend newspaper reports have stated that the Fern Trading (Octopus Group) backed Y Corporation appears to still be gearing up to launch a new UK mobile operator of their own, which would be backed by a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement with Three UK. But readers of ISPreview will know that they already tried this last year (here) – leaving many early adopters confused.

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