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Virgin Media O2 Switches on 5G Standalone for UK Businesses UPDATE

13th Feb, 2025 (2 Comments)

After launching their first commercial 5G Standalone (SA) based mobile broadband network for consumers in February 2024 (here), mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today expanded the service’s availability to include large enterprise, public sector, and SME (business) customers on eligible tariffs.

Fibrus CEO Apologises for Lengthy Broadband Outages in Northern Ireland

13th Feb, 2025 (2 Comments)

The CEO and Co-Founder of UK ISP Fibrus, Dominic Kearns, has apologised to the several thousand premises in Northern Ireland that are still without access to their full fibre broadband network following Storm Éowyn (pronounced ‘Ay-oh-win’), which struck nearly three weeks ago. But most of their customers are now back online.

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Vodafone UK Send Mixed Messages Over Static IP Availability for Broadband UPDATE

13th Feb, 2025 (11 Comments)

Mobile operator and UK ISP Vodafone has today confirmed to ISPreview that customers of their fixed line consumer broadband packages, which are supplied over Openreach and CityFibre’s national networks (FTTC and FTTP), should still be able to request a Static IP (Internet Protocol) address. But this is despite some support staff telling users the opposite.

Vodafone and Three UK Confirm New Leadership Team for Merger

12th Feb, 2025 (18 Comments)

Mobile network operators Vodafone and Three UK (CK Hutchison) have this afternoon announced their newly formed General Management Team for the future merged company. The new appointments followed a selection process and were approved by the MergeCo Governance Board, with representatives of both operators as shareholders of the new entity.

New Gov Action Plan Supports Vulnerable Users in UK Digital Phone Switchover

12th Feb, 2025 (20 Comments)

The UK government has published its revised Telecare National Action Plan (TNAP), which will require major UK broadband and phone providers (e.g. BT, Virgin Media, Vodafone and Sky Broadband) to go further with protecting vulnerable telecare users when upgrading legacy phone lines to new digital (IP based) networks.

Mobile Operator Spusu Launch New 5GB SIM Only UK Plan for £4.90

12th Feb, 2025 (23 Comments)

Mobile provider spusu, which holds a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement via BTWholesale to harness EE’s national 4G and 5G network, today claims to have launched its “most affordable plan yet” at just £4.90 per month.

Digital Catapult is One of the First Sites to join UK 6G Research Platform

12th Feb, 2025 (5 Comments)

The self-proclaimed “deep tech innovation organisation“, Digital Catapult, has today become one of the first sites to connect to the University of Bristol (UB) led JOINER project (Joint Open Infrastructure for Networks Research), which is working to research and help accelerate the commercial deployment of future 6G based mobile broadband technologies across the UK.

Court Rejects Appeal Over Dismissal of BT UK Landline Overcharging Case

12th Feb, 2025 (6 Comments)

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has rejected an appeal against its earlier dismissal of a £1.3bn class action claim against BT by the Collective Action on Land Lines (CALL) campaign, which had accused the national broadband ISP and phone provider of overcharging 2.3 million of its landline-only phone customers between 2015 and 2018.

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Youfibre Preps First Own Brand Router for 7Gbps UK Broadband Plan

12th Feb, 2025 (19 Comments)

Broadband ISP Youfibre, which is one of the retail outlets for Netomnia’s (Brsk) 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has begun to distribute a new router to customers of their top 2Gbps and 7Gbps (average speed) packages. But unlike the Asus AXE16000 router they shipped before, the new kit is their first own-brand device and more will follow.

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BDUK Reopens Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme to Devon UK UPDATE

11th Feb, 2025 (12 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has made a change today that re-opens their Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) for parts of Devon in England, which means that local homes and businesses in poorly served rural areas can apply for big grants to help get a much faster broadband ISP network installed.

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Sky UK Launches New Broadband-based Sky Glass Gen 2 TV Sets

11th Feb, 2025 (31 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s broadband-based pay TV streaming service and devices may be interested to learn that the company has today introduced the first of their next generation Sky Glass Gen 2 televisions, which features an even brighter 4K HDR screen and an enhanced seven-speaker Dolby Atmos® sound system built in. This will be followed by SkyGlass Air “later this year“.

Broadband ISP Rocket Fibre to Build Own FTTP Network in Northamptonshire UK

11th Feb, 2025 (0 Comments)

Corby-based internet service provider Rocket Fibre has revealed that they’re looking to expand their existing roll-out of a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband network. The operator currently holds an “initial ambition” of being able to cover 21,000 “customers” in Northamptonshire (England) with the new network.

TP-Link Opens Largest National UK Distribution Centre in Newbury

11th Feb, 2025 (15 Comments)

Networking kit manufacturer TP-Link, which produces a lot of affordable broadband routers, WiFi extenders and smart home devices for ISPs and consumers, has this morning announced the opening of its “largest” UK and Ireland National Distribution Centre to date in Newbury.

CityFibre Report 518K UK Full Fibre Customers and Profitability UPDATE

11th Feb, 2025 (35 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has today published a key trading update for the year ended 31st December 2024 (FY24), which reveals that the coverage of their full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network has now reached 4.3 million UK premises (inc. Lit Fibre), with 518,000 live customers, and they also delivered their “first full year of profitability“.

Netomnia to Expand 10Gbps FTTP Broadband Rollout in Liverpool UK

11th Feb, 2025 (8 Comments)

Network operator Netomnia (inc. Brsk and ISP YouFibre) has today announced that their £39m investment to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the city of Liverpool (Merseyside) has covered 110,000 premises (homes and businesses). But they’re now planning to add another 80,000 premises.

Ofcom Refines Thinking on Cost of Adding Power Backup to UK Mobile Sites

10th Feb, 2025 (34 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published the results of a recent study it conducted into the costs of improving power resilience at UK mobile network sites (masts etc.). This finds that the cost of ensuring “almost everybody” could maintain access to the emergency services for up to 4 hours, in the event of a power cut, would be approx. £1bn.

Netgem TV Adds UK Support for Fox’s New Tubi Streaming Service

10th Feb, 2025 (1 Comment)

Digital IPTV platform provider Netgem TV has today announced that their broadband-based TV box and service, which is typically bundled by ISPs like Brsk, Connect Fibre, TalkTalk, CommunityFibre and a few others, has added UK support for Fox’s free (ad supported) Tubi video streaming service.