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KCOM Prepares to Migrate from PSTN Phone to VoIP Services in Hull

11th May, 2018 (16 Comments)

East Yorkshire focused ISP KCOM, which serves Hull, has long talked about becoming one of the first cities in the UK to switch-off their ageing copper telephone service (here). As part of that they’ve contracted Amdocs to provide automated software management of their network components.

Openreach Extend SOGEA Standalone FTTC Broadband Product Trial UPDATE

2nd May, 2018 (24 Comments)

Openreach has decided to extend the UK ISP trial phase for their new Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (SOGEA) product until 1st October 2018, which will one day enable consumers to buy a standalone FTTC “fibre broadband” (VDSL2 or G.fast) line without the voice (phone) service.

ITSPA Name Finalists for 2018 Best UK Internet VoIP Provider Awards

24th April, 2018 (1 Comment)

The UK Internet Telephony Services Providers Association, which represents the Voice-over-IP (VoIP) industry, has announced their short-list of potential winners for the 2018 ITSPA Awards event. Hello Telecom, Gradwell, SureVoIP and Voipfone are all up for the best consumer / SOHO provider category.

Internet Users Only Keeping a UK Fixed Phone Line for Broadband

24th April, 2018 (4 Comments)

Do we still need a fixed line telephone (voice) service? A new ISPreview survey of 1,911 readers has found that only 14.5% still use a landline phone service for making most of their calls and 67.2% said they’d get rid of it if the service wasn’t still needed by most ISPs for home broadband.

Ofcom UK Probe Vonage Over VoIP Network Availability

4th April, 2018 (3 Comments)

The growing importance of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) service stability, which is becoming more essential as UK broadband ISP users increasingly switch away from traditional phone services, has been underlined today after Ofcom began investigating Vonage over its recent network availability.

UPD Openreach’s SOGEA Standalone Fibre Broadband Product Gets a 3rd Trial

2nd December, 2017 (32 Comments)

Openreach has started an unexpected third UK ISP trial of their long in the making Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (SOGEA) product, which will allow consumers to buy a standalone “fibre broadband” (FTTC VDSL2 or G.fast) line without the voice (phone) service.

UK ISP Kijoma Broadband Begins Major 78Mbps+ Wireless Network Upgrade

24th June, 2017 (10 Comments)

Fixed wireless ISP Kijoma Broadband, which serves parts of West Sussex, Portsmouth, the Isle of White, Hampshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Surrey, has informed ISPreview.co.uk that they’ve begun to deploy a major upgrade on their network that will boost capacity and service speeds.

BT Set Date for Free ISP Trial of SOGFast – Standalone G.fast Broadband

2nd June, 2017 (18 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has confirmed that the first trial of their SOGEA based SOGFast service, which will allow UK consumers to order an “ultrafast broadband” (up to 330Mbps) standalone G.fast line without also needing to take a phone (voice) service, will begin in July 2017 and run until December 2017.

ITSPA Reveals the 2017 Best UK Internet VoIP Provider Award Winners

9th May, 2017 (0 Comments)

The Internet Telephony Services Providers Association (ITSPA), which represents the United Kingdom’s Voice-over-IP (VoIP) industry, has today announced the winners of this year’s ITSPA Awards event. Curiously though the ‘Best Consumer VoIP‘ category seems to have vanished.

ITSPA Names Finalists for the 2017 Best UK Internet VoIP Providers

6th April, 2017 (0 Comments)

The Internet Telephony Services Providers Association, which represents the United Kingdom’s Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) industry, has announced their short-list of potential winners for this year’s ITSPA Awards event. Antheus, VoiceHost and Vonage are all up for the best consumer provider.

The Changing Face of UK Home Phone Lines and Broadband Provision

13th February, 2017 (18 Comments)

The way that fixed voice services are delivered and used in the United Kingdom is changing. Over the next few years more and more people across the United Kingdom will gain the ability to take a truly standalone home broadband connection, albeit without a phone (voice) service.

Virgin Media Begins Deployment of VoIP Phone Alongside Broadband

27th January, 2017 (12 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they’ve just begun a limited deployment of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology to replace their old phone (line rental) service, but it’s currently only being sold in areas where the operator has deployed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology.

Subsidy Helps VoIP ISP Deploy 50Mbps Broadband to Kimmeridge in Dorset

7th October, 2016 (0 Comments)

A mix of support from the Superfast Dorset project and local ISP VoIP Unlimited has enabled the isolated village of Kimmeridge on the remote Dorset (England) coast, which previously struggled to get even 1Mbps via BT’s fixed lines, to build a new 50Mbps wireless broadband network.

ITSPA Offer Consumer Complaints Guidance for UK VoIP Providers

18th July, 2016 (0 Comments)

The Internet Telephony Services Providers Association, a trade body for the United Kingdom’s Voice-over-IP (VoIP) industry, has today introduced a new Complaints Handling Code and Guidance for its members to ensure that consumers are treated properly.

AAISP Offer Solution for Porting BT Fixed Line Phone Numbers to VoIP

20th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

Internet provider Andrews and Arnold (AAISP) has found a solution to one of the most frustrating problems for consumers, moving a BT based home phone line number to a VoIP provider and all without breaking your fixed line broadband connection in the process.

ITSPA Names the 2016 Best UK Internet VoIP Providers

11th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

The Internet Telephony Services Providers Association, which is a trade body for the United Kingdom’s VoIP industry, has today announced the winners of their 8th annual 2016 ITSPA Awards. This year saw Telappliant collect the gong for Best Consumer Provider.

ITSPA Gifts New Quality Mark to 5 UK VoIP Internet Phone Providers

12th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

The Internet Telephony Services Providers Association (ITSPA), a trade body for the United Kingdom’s VoIP industry, has awarded its new Quality Mark to the first five successful providers including Voipfone, Hello Telecom, SureVoIP, VoiceHost and Gradwell.