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O2 UK Boost 4G and 5G Mobile at 13,000 Scottish Postcodes for Summer

3rd July, 2025 (5 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that – over the past 12-months – they’ve upgraded the network capacity and coverage of their 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) services at a total of 13,000 postcodes across Scotland, including at some of the country’s most remote destinations (SRN).

Mobile Operator Giffgaff Hunts for New UK Boss as CEO Steps Down

1st July, 2025 (3 Comments)

Mobile network operator giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica and naturally uses O2’s virtual operator (MVNO) platform (they’re also trialling FTTP broadband via nexfibre and Virgin Media – here), has announced that its CEO – Ash Schofield – has decided to step down, and they’ve begun the hunt for his replacement.

Mobile Operators to Test UK Wide Emergency Alerts Later in 2025

30th June, 2025 (31 Comments)

Get ready to jump out of your skin.. again. The UK Government recently announced that mobile network operators will conduct a second nationwide test of the Emergency Alerts service later in 2025, which is normally only intended to be used if there’s a “danger to life nearby” (e.g. severe flooding, fires and extreme weather).

O2 Confirms UK Mobile Boost as 78.8MHz of Spectrum Acquired from Vodafone

30th June, 2025 (20 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed the details of their spectrum transfer agreement with Vodafone UK (VodafoneThree), which follows last year’s network sharing deal. This will see VMO2 acquiring 78.8MHz of spectrum for an investment of £343m to “materially enhance” their 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network.

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A Year Early – £1bn SRN Project Delivers 95 Percent UK Cover of 4G Mobile

30th June, 2025 (5 Comments)

The Government has announced that the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which aimed to extend geographic 4G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage to 95% of the UK (aggregate) by the end of 2025 (5G also benefits from the new infrastructure), has “achieved its overarching target a year ahead of schedule“. But there’s more work left to do.

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Coverage of Gigabit Broadband Nears 88 Percent of UK in H1 2025

30th June, 2025 (4 Comments)

ISPreview has this morning published our biannual H1 2025 summary of UK fixed broadband coverage, which reveals that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have grown to reach 78.06% of premises (up from 73.53% in H2 2024) and 87.84% are within reach of “gigabit” 1000Mbps+ speeds (up from 85.87%). Read on to see details for England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland…

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Study Claims 85 Percent of UK Broadband Users Suffer Connection Issues

28th June, 2025 (29 Comments)

A new survey of more than 4,347 UK adults with a home broadband ISP contract, which was conducted between Dec 2024 and Jan 2025 by Which?, has claimed that 85% of respondents have experienced at least one “connection issue” in the past year (e.g. slow speeds, connection drop-outs, and router problems). Customers of Sky Broadband and Virgin Media were the worst hit.

EU Reveals 2025 Gigabit Broadband and 5G Coverage Progress vs UK

27th June, 2025 (16 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) recently published their annual 2025 study of broadband coverage in Europe, which reveals how the EU’s fixed gigabit broadband (FTTP and Hybrid Fibre Coax) and 5G mobile networks compare across all of its 27 countries. We compare this with the United Kingdom below.

Virgin Media UK Returns to 24 Month Contracts for New Customers

26th June, 2025 (33 Comments)

New customers looking to take a home broadband package or bundle from UK ISP Virgin Media (O2) may like to know that the service provider will today be moving from 18-month minimum term contracts to longer 24-month terms. The change does not impact existing customers, at least it won’t until you need to upgrade or re-contract.

Virgin Media UK Add 2 More FAST TV Channels to Service

24th June, 2025 (3 Comments)

Customers using broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who also take a Pay TV service via one of their TV 360, Stream or v6 box platforms, may like to know that they’ve added two new FAST channels to their TV service – British Screen Classics and wedotv movies – “at no extra cost“.

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The H1 2025 Top Fastest UK Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs

21st June, 2025 (1 Comment)

ISPreview has today published our latest biannual study of how the United Kingdom’s broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available fixed line ISPs, mobile network operators and Starlink (satellite) services since the end of 2024. But this time we’ve made some changes to the structure of our top lists.

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Ofcom Warns UK Broadband ISPs NOT to Use Alternative Switching Methods

19th June, 2025 (29 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has posted an update on their investigation into the performance of the new consumer broadband and phone switching system (One Touch Switching). This found no major problems with the biggest ISPs but did warn that some providers on Openreach’s network were using an “alternative switching method“, which they said must stop.

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O2 UK Complete 4G and 5G Upgrades for 3,000 Postcodes in Glasgow

18th June, 2025 (2 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that – over the past 12-months – they’ve completed a project to upgrade the capacity of their 4G and 5G mobile services across “over” 3,000 postcodes in the city of Glasgow (Scotland), which should bring “faster” mobile broadband speeds and greater reliability to the area.

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Plusnet Named Best UK ISP in 2025 Broadband Genie Awards

18th June, 2025 (10 Comments)

The annual Broadband Genie 2025 Awards survey has this morning named UK ISP Plusnet as the “Best Broadband Provider” of the year, while a variety of other internet service providers also scooped various other awards across several different categories.

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Nexfibre Responds to Concerns Over UK Broadband ISP Onboarding Progress

15th June, 2025 (16 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which is working alongside Virgin Media to deploy a new 10Gbps full fibre broadband (FTTP) network across millions of UK premises (c.2.2m have already been built), has told ISPreview that they “remain focused on enabling as many ISPs as possible“. This came after some of ISPreview’s sources indicated that their wholesale plans seem to have stalled.

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Liberty Global Boss Claims UK Gov Wants it to Rescue Broadband Altnets

13th June, 2025 (66 Comments)

The boss of Liberty Global (Mike Fries), one of the parents behind UK broadband provider Virgin Media (O2) and associated network builder nexfibre, has reportedly claimed that the UK Government’s Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds MP, expressed that he was “anxious” for them to step in and rescue struggling alternative networks.

Virgin Media and O2 Warn UK Pensioners Unaware of Cheap Social Tariffs

12th June, 2025 (10 Comments)

Broadband and mobile provider Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has this morning claimed, as part of a new online survey conducted by Strand Partners, that 48% of UK pensioners are still unaware of the social tariffs that can offer “significant cost savings” to those on state benefits, such as Pension Credit, Universal Credit and others.