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Customers of UK Mobile Provider Mozillion Suffer WiFi Calling Problems UPDATE

18th August, 2025 (13 Comments)

Mobile operator Mozillion, which is a virtual network operator (mvno) that harnesses EE’s national 4G and 5G platform, has confirmed that some of its customers are experiencing ongoing connectivity problems (i.e. it stopped working) with their WiFi Calling service.

Ofcom Fine UK Broadband ISP Gigaclear £122k Over Calling Info Failure

30th July, 2025 (10 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator has today fined alternative rural broadband ISP Gigaclear £122,500 after they were found to have failed to “provide accurate and reliable caller location information to emergency services,” which could have made it more difficult for the police, fire and ambulances to find callers.

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Openreach List Next 137 UK Areas for Copper to FTTP Switch – Tranche 21

22nd July, 2025 (36 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today published the next (Tranche 21) batch of 137 exchanges in their “FTTP Priority Exchange Stop Sell” programme, which reflects areas where over 75% of premises are able to get full fibre lines and will thus stop selling copper based legacy phone and broadband products (i.e. FTTP becomes the only product option).

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Geemarc Produce Clever 4G Adapter for Old Analogue UK Home Phones

21st July, 2025 (12 Comments)

Geemarc Telecom, which specialises in the manufacture and sale of products that help hearing-impaired and visually impaired users, has produced an interesting new twist on the humble Analogue Terminal Adapter (ATA) that allows people to plug their old home phone handsets directly to a 4G mobile broadband network. But that isn’t its only trick.

Comms Council Reveal the 2025 Best UK VoIP Provider Award Finalists

7th July, 2025 (4 Comments)

The Comms Council UK, which represents much of the United Kingdom’s national Unified Communications and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone industry, has today released their shortlist of finalists for the organisation’s 17th annual 2025 industry awards event.

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Openreach Start Enhanced Migration Pilot for Legacy UK Phone Switch-Off

23rd June, 2025 (9 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has kicked off their first UK pilot to test the effectiveness of a targeted approach for safeguarding vulnerable customers during the mass migrations away from the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which is due to be switched-off, in favour of a temporary alternative service.

Openreach Tells UK Businesses to “act faster” on Legacy Phone Switch-Off

12th June, 2025 (16 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today warned businesses across the UK that they must “act now” in order to be ready for the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to be switched-off in favour of IP-based digital phone (VoIP etc.) services. But many are leaving it until the last minute, “risking network outages and malfunctioning systems“.

Government Hails Start of National Campaign for UK Digital Phone Switch

2nd June, 2025 (24 Comments)

The UK government has today hailed the start of a new national campaign, funded by broadband giants BT and Virgin Media, which aims to help support and encourage vulnerable people in their efforts to switch from legacy phone lines to new digital (IP / VoIP based) networks before the deadline.

UK ISP Spitfire Criticise Openreach for Lack of PSTN Switch Off Contract Clarity UPDATE

20th May, 2025 (12 Comments)

Business telecommunications and UK broadband ISP Spitfire has today called on Openreach (BT) to provide “much needed clarity” for service providers, and the businesses they support, on new contracts related to the looming switch-off of the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) in favour of IP-based digital phone (VoIP etc.) services.

Virgin Media UK and Telecare Cardiff Trial to Support Digital Phone Switchover

15th May, 2025 (1 Comment)

Broadband and phone provider Virgin Media (O2) has today launched another trial to support their Digital Landline Switchover (DLS) programme (i.e. migrating old analogue landline phones to IP-based services), which this time focuses on giving support to telecare users in Cardiff (Wales) in order to help them make the switch.

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Openreach Name 163 More UK Areas for Copper to FTTP Switch – Tranche 20 UPDATE

6th May, 2025 (38 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has released the next May 2025 batch of exchanges (Tranche 20) in their “FTTP Priority Exchange Stop Sell” programme, which reflects areas where over 75% of premises are able to get full fibre lines and will thus stop selling copper based legacy phone and broadband products (i.e. FTTP becomes the only product option).

Study Claims UK Broadband Users Could Save £61.1m Monthly by Ditching Landlines

29th April, 2025 (6 Comments)

A new study from comparison site Go.Compare has claimed that broadband users who have a landline phone service included in their package could save as much as a combined £61.1m each month – across the UK – by switching to a non-landline deal (roughly £4.1 per month per user). But it’s not always quite so simple.

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Moira Stuart Helps BT Kick Off UK Digital Voice Switchover for Vulnerable Users

28th April, 2025 (45 Comments)

Broadband and phone provider BT (EE) has today launched a new campaign with Moira Stuart, a well-known British TV presenter and broadcaster, to help raise awareness around the switch to digital landlines and the forthcoming deadline of 31st January 2027 for vulnerable users.

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Zen Internet Survey Claims 52 Percent of Brits Still Have a Landline

24th April, 2025 (42 Comments)

A new Censuswide survey conducted on behalf of UK broadband ISP Zen Internet, which involved 2,000 nationally representative UK consumers aged 16+ (surveyed during Q1 2025), claims to have found that 52% of Brits still have a landline, yet only 15% use it regularly. But only a third intend to take (or have already) the digital voice alternative when the switchover occurs.

Cross Party MPs Warn Risk to Life Still Exists with UK Digital Phone Switch

26th March, 2025 (27 Comments)

A new report from the Digital Communities All-Party Parliamentary Group (DC APPG) has been published, which examines the ongoing industry-led switchover from Openreach, BT and KCOM’s legacy phone lines to new digital (IP / VoIP based) networks. But it warns that, despite recent efforts, vulnerable users still face a “risk to life” from the switch.

Broadband ISPs Vodafone, BT, KCOM and Zen Internet Prep New UK Battery Backup

14th March, 2025 (47 Comments)

Broadband, mobile and phone provider Vodafone UK has today announced that they’ve teamed up with rival ISPs BT, KCOM and Zen Internet to help bring an improved Broadband Battery Backup (BBU) device for WiFi routers to market, which is said to be capable of powering a customers broadband router (inc. digital phone/voice service) for up to 4-to-7 hours.

Broadband ISP Sky Business Launch UK Cloud Voice Service

13th March, 2025 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Sky Business (Sky UK) has today announced the launch of their new Cloud Voice solution, which is partly intended to help businesses migrate away from the traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) system before it’s switched-off at the end of this year (vulnerable consumers have longer, until 31st January 2027).