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BT Business Launch Prioritised 4G and 5G Access for Mission-Critical Sectors

11th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Communications and broadband provider BT Business has today announced the launch of a new “prioritisation capability” delivered over EE’s commercial mobile network. The new feature, called Mission Boost ™, enables organisations in “critical sectors” to access prioritised 4G and 5G connectivity during periods of congestion or high demand.

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Openreach Says No BIG BANG in Jan 2027 When UK Analogue Phones Switch-Off

11th June, 2026 (38 Comments)

The Senior Manager for All IP Migrations and Exchange Exit at Openreach, Juliette Scott, has revealed in a new interview that 1.9 million UK lines are yet to switch to a digital alternative ahead of the closure of the old analogue phone (PSTN / WLR) service in early 2027. But for consumers who fail to switch in time, there “won’t be a big bang on 1st February 2027“.

BT to Harness Claude Mythos AI Preview to Boost UK Telecoms Security

8th June, 2026 (7 Comments)

Broadband and telecoms giant BT has today announced that they’ve “become the first UK company” join Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, which will allow them controlled access to the frontier AI model – Claude Mythos Preview – in order to help strengthen cybersecurity for its networks and customers against the latest AI threats.

£700m R100 Gigabit Broadband Rollout in Scotland Covers 100,000 Premises

7th June, 2026 (8 Comments)

The Scottish Government (SG) has this morning announced that they’ve just passed the 100,000 premises milestone – reflecting those who have benefitted from their publicly subsidised £697m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach, which is rolling out gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) broadband to remote rural areas.

BT and EE’s UK Websites and Apps Experiencing Service Disruptions UPDATE4

5th June, 2026 (13 Comments)

Customers of broadband and mobile providers BT and EE (possibly also including Plusnet) appear to have been suffering from difficulties accessing or using their online accounts, official apps and webmail today. But the feedback appears to suggest that it might not be impacting every service, subscriber or platform in the same way.

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BT and Meta Deploy Congestion Awareness Tech to Improve EE UK Mobile Streaming

28th May, 2026 (7 Comments)

Broadband and telecoms giant BT (EE) have teamed-up with social media giant Meta to develop and deploy a new technology that aims to make watching online videos via Facebook and Instagram more reliable for EE mobile customers, even during periods of high network demand.

UK Government Hints it Would Block Bharti Boss Taking Control of BT

28th May, 2026 (5 Comments)

Officials within the UK Government have reportedly sent their strongest signal yet that they’d oppose any move by the boss of the India-based Bharti group, Sunil Bharti Mittal, to take control of UK broadband and telecoms giant BT by increasing his stake above the current level of 24.95%.

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BT Group Loses 203K UK Broadband Lines and Grows FTTP to 23 Million Premises

21st May, 2026 (38 Comments)

The BT Group has published their H2 FY26 biannual results, which saw total half year revenues of £9,840m (up from £9,806m in H1) and another quarterly UK decline in Openreach’s broadband lines of -203k (down from -210k in Q3 FY26) – full year losses totalled 825k. But the network operator still grew their full fibre (FTTP) coverage by 2.608 million premises in H2 (vs 2.23m in H1) to total 23m.

BT Mobile Goes Live for UK Consumers and Confirms Package Details

20th May, 2026 (19 Comments)

Broadband and telecoms giant BT has today gone live with their revived BT Mobile service, which among other things confirms that the details we uncovered on Monday were correct (here). All the plans feature basic 30-day rolling SIM Only contracts with capped data allowances and are exclusively for the provider’s own broadband customers.

UK ISP BT Business Launch New Free Security Tools for SME Customers

20th May, 2026 (0 Comments)

Communications and broadband provider BT Business has today launched a new suite of “industrial-grade” cybersecurity tools to help the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises tackle cyber criminals. The ISP will also provide a new Cyber Support Hub to help SMEs stay safe online, including free access to their “cyber advisors“.

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Openreach Reach 7,000 Electric Vehicles as Part of UK Fleet Transition

19th May, 2026 (2 Comments)

National network access provider Openreach (BT) has today announced that they’ve deployed their 7,000th Electric Vehicle (EV) on UK roads to support their broadband and phone engineers, which is up from around 6,000 in December 2025. Most of the operator’s EVs come from brands such as Ford, Stellantis (e.g. Vauxhall), Toyota, and Renault.

BT Business Partners with Accenture to Deploy New UK AI Capabilities

18th May, 2026 (1 Comment)

Communications and broadband provider BT Business has today announced a new multi-year partnership with Accenture, which will see them deploy new service management orientated AI capabilities to harness network intelligence, customer data and insight platforms to improve its support for businesses and the public sector.

More Details of BT Mobile’s Forthcoming UK Price and Packages Surface

18th May, 2026 (20 Comments)

Over a week has passed since BT announced the revival of their BT Mobile brand for basic 30 day rolling SIM Only contracts with capped data allowances (here), which will only be available to BT’s Consumer broadband customers (unlimited data and handset bundles remain EE’s domain). But ISPreview has now managed to uncover more details of the provider’s mobile plans.

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BT Set to Move G.Fast UK Broadband Customers to SOGEA Platform

16th May, 2026 (33 Comments)

Credible sources have informed ISPreview that UK ISP BT (EE) are preparing to migrate their remaining base of over 20,000 customers on Openreach’s hybrid fibre G.fast “ultrafast broadband” network to the equivalent digital SOGEA (formerly SOGFAST) platform. The change is due to the looming closure of the old analogue phone network (PSTN / WLR).

Openreach Reveal New Closure Dates for Two UK Pilot Exchange Exits UPDATE

15th May, 2026 (16 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has confirmed new closure dates for the two legacy exchanges in Ballyclare (9,500 premises in N.Ireland) and Kenton Road (9,500 premises in London), which were originally due to be switched off on 30th November 2025. The new Network Cease Date for both has now been set back almost a year to 2nd of November 2026.

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BT and Openreach Prep UK Network Protections for 2026 FIFA World Cup

14th May, 2026 (4 Comments)

The FIFA World Cup 2026 is getting closer and as part of that Openreach and BT have announced a “UK wide network service protection period” for their national broadband services, which will be in place from 11th June to 19th July 2026. The measures are designed to help mitigate an expected increase in network demand and to avoid changes that may disrupt match viewing.

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Vodafone Attract Most Ofcom UK Complaints for Broadband and O2 for Mobile – Q4 2025

11th May, 2026 (7 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their latest quarterly (Q4 2025) study of UK consumer telecoms and TV complaints, which finds that Vodafone attracted the most complaints from customers for fixed broadband services, while O2 came top of the naughty table for Mobile services and EE did the same for Pay TV.