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International Body Launched to Help Protect Submarine Telecoms Cables

29th November, 2024 (0 Comments)

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Agency for Digital Technologies, and the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) have today formed a new ‘International Advisory Body for Submarine Cable Resilience‘, which comes hot on the heels of an ongoing dispute after two fibre optic cables were cut in the Baltic Sea last week.

O2 UK Deploying Free AI-Powered Scam Call Detector Service

28th November, 2024 (4 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today expanded upon their existing partnership with Hiya by integrating the company’s AI-powered scam detection service to help combat fraud and nuisance calls, which sees them claiming to be the “first and only UK mobile operator to provide this service to customers at no extra cost“.

Sky Threatens Legal Challenge to Vodafone and Three UK Merger

26th November, 2024 (28 Comments)

Sky (Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband etc.) has today warned the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that they could launch a legal challenge (appeal) if the proposed merger between mobile network operators Vodafone and Three UK is allowed to proceed, unless significant changes are made to the proposed competition remedies.

High Court Rejects LetterOne Appeal Over Forced Sale of UK Broadband Biz

21st November, 2024 (9 Comments)

The High Court in London has dismissed an appeal by investment firm LetterOne, which had been asking the court to rule that it was unlawfully ordered, under the new National Security and Investment Act (NSIA), to sell Upp’s full fibre broadband network by the UK Government. The company is now considering whether or not to challenge the outcome.

Virgin Media O2 UK Creates AI Granny to Waste Scammers Time UPDATE

14th November, 2024 (18 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has done something rather crafty by creating a “human-like” AI (Artificial Intelligence) ‘Granny’ called Daisy, which is designed to answer calls in real-time from fraudsters and then keep them on the phone and away from customers for as long as possible – wasting them time and money.

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Three UK Warn of SURGE in Mobile Scams Over Black Friday and XMas

8th November, 2024 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has warned consumers to be extra cautious around the festive season due to a significant increase in fraudsters targeting mobile users. The operator noted how, at the same time last year, their network tracked a 300% increase in scams around Black Friday and a 500% uptick in fraud or SMS-based scams reported over Christmas.

Gigabit IQ Bring Internet Security Features to FullFibre Ltd’s UK FTTP Network

6th November, 2024 (1 Comment)

Network operator FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes), which has already built their open access Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 380,000 UK premises, has today announced that ISP Gigabit IQ have made their broadband services and internet security features – FamilyGuard and CyberGuard – available over the network.

CMA Give Provisional Green Light to Vodafone and Three UK Merger UPDATE2

5th November, 2024 (56 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority has today appeared to give a “provisional” approval to Vodafone and Three UK’s recently tabled commitments (here) under their proposed merger (here), which were intended to placate concerns that the deal could result in a “Significant Lessening of Competition” (SLC) in the mobile market. But it will require changes.

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New UK Data Use and Access Bill to Aid Utility Maps and ISP Comparisons

24th October, 2024 (3 Comments)

The UK government has today unveiled details of their new Data Use and Access Bill (DUAB), which aims to deliver a £10bn economy boost by “unlocking the secure and effective use of data for the public interest“. The measures will also support personalised market comparisons for utility pricing and a new digital map of underground broadband cables and pipes on a “statutory footing“.

Ofcom UK Investigate Tismi Over Possible Misuse of Phone Numbers

18th October, 2024 (10 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today opened a new investigation into communications provider, Tismi, which will assess whether the company has failed in its duty to ensure that phone numbers allocated to it are not being misused, including to perpetrate scams.

Three Men Arrested in N.Ireland for Theft of Openreach’s Broadband Cables

11th October, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which have been investigating multiple thefts of copper broadband and phone cables from Openreach (BT) – said to be worth “six figures“, have just arrested three men (aged 36, 38 and 60) on suspicion of related theft and criminal damage.

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Four Arrested Over Theft of Batteries from Broadband Cabinets in Kent UK

11th October, 2024 (14 Comments)

The Kent Police‘s Rural Task Force this week arrested four suspects – three men aged between 37 – 57 and a 14-year-old boy – in connection with the theft of batteries from “telecoms boxes” (i.e. street cabinets used by broadband providers) and a large number of cables from across the South East of England.

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London Hosts the Most Nuisance Callers by Percentage of All UK Reports

11th October, 2024 (9 Comments)

A rather basic new study, which was conducted by tech refurbishment firm Back Market, has analysed the number of nuisance call reports coming from 752 area codes across the UK – as reported on who-called.co.uk – to see which ones receive the highest percentage of reports nationally. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given its size, London was found to be the area most exploited by cold callers.

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BT Block 20.1 Million SCAM and SPAMs from Reaching UK Home Phones

3rd October, 2024 (15 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT (EE) has this morning announced that their new scam protection service, which is based on Hiya’s technology and was introduced to their IP-based Digital Voice (phone) customers in May 2024, has blocked more than 2.4 million scam calls and almost 17.7 million spam calls since its introduction.

DrayTek Vulnerable Routers Exposed to the Internet UK and World

Serious Security Vulnerabilities Exposed in 704,525 DrayTek Routers UPDATE

3rd October, 2024 (11 Comments)

A new report by Forescout Research has identified 14 new security vulnerabilities in 24 models of DrayTek‘s popular Vigor routers, which is a familiar name in the UK broadband ISP world. One of the vulnerabilities even has a Common Vulnerability Score (CVSS) of 10 out of 10 and over 704,000 routers were found exposed online in 168 countries.

Vodafone and Three UK Set Out Competition Commitments for Merger UPDATE

30th September, 2024 (21 Comments)

Mobile network operators Vodafone and Three UK (CK Hutchison) have today responded to the recently raised competition concerns over their proposed mega-merger by setting out a series of commitments, which they hope will satisfy the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) enough to approve the deal.

Survey Claims UK Internet Users Leave Broadband Routers Open to Hackers

30th September, 2024 (10 Comments)

A new survey of 3,045 UK internet users, which was conducted by Broadband Genie between 1st January and 26th April 2024, has revealed that 89% of respondents have never updated the firmware of their home router and 86% have never changed the device’s administrator password (falling to 72% for those who have never changed their WiFi password).