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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.

Virgin Media UK Kills Online Cloud, Webspace and SmartCall Services

16th March, 2016 (1 Comment)

In a surprise move cable operator Virgin Media has announced that they’re culling their online Cloud storage, Webspace and SmartCall services from 28th April 2016. The loss of Virgin’s Cloud and SmartCall will come as a particular shock since they’ve only been available for the past 2-3 years.

Specs for the NEW Virgin Media SuperHub 3 Cable Broadband Router – Adds VoIP

5th November, 2015 (17 Comments)

Liberty Global, which owns Virgin Media in the United Kingdom, has today confirmed that they’ve started the roll-out of a new cable broadband router (SuperHub 3), which can also act as a VoIP based telephone gateway, to their European and UK operators.

Best to Avoid Doing IP PBX Style VoIP via BT’s Home Hub Routers

27th March, 2015 (6 Comments)

Customers of BT’s consumer broadband service should avoid using the ISPs Home Hub routers for business style VoIP phone setups because of a seemingly deliberate built-in weakness that, no matter what security settings you choose on the hub, it will always leave port 5060 open.

ITSPA Reveals 2015 Best UK Internet VoIP Provider Award Winners

20th March, 2015 (1 Comment)

The Internet Telephony Services Providers Association (ITSPA), a trade body for the United Kingdom’s Voice-over-IP (VoIP) industry, has today announced the winners of their 7th annual 2015 ITSPA Awards. This year saw Orbtalk collect the gong for Best Consumer Provider, even though their website appears more business focused.

Vodafone UK Eye Summer Launch for Wi-Fi Calling and 4G VoLTE

10th March, 2015 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that the commercial launch of their new Wi-Fi Calling service and separate Voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology, which allows their new 4G network to carry “crystal clear” voice calls, should both be deployed this coming summer.

TalkTalk’s Talk2Go Allows Home Phone Calls via Mobile Data or WiFi

8th December, 2014 (0 Comments)

Customers of TalkTalk’s home broadband service can now download a new Talk2Go app for Android and iOS (iPhone etc.), which allows them to make and receive calls (i.e. using their landline minutes) whilst out and about on 3G or 4G based mobile broadband or over Wi-Fi connections (charged at the same rate as if they were at home).

UK ISP TalkTalk Grows to 4.22m Broadband Users as York FTTP Build Starts

11th November, 2014 (5 Comments)

Low cost ISP TalkTalk has published their latest Q3-2014 (calendar) results, which saw broadband subscribers increase by +15,000 in the quarter to total 4,221,000 (up from +10k in Q2 and the same in Q1). Meanwhile the joint roll-out of their 1Gbps capable FTTP broadband network in York has finally started the build phase. A new Talk2Go app for iOS and Android is also out (i.e. mobile calls over a fixed line).

UK ISP New Call Telecom Could Fuel Broadband with Nimbuzz Stake

28th October, 2014 (0 Comments)

Telecoms provider New Call Telecom, which also owns UK Internet and phone provider Fuel Broadband (formerly Primus Saver), has splashed out around £108 million ($175m) to acquire a 70% stake in India-based Nimbuzz, a free VoIP calls and instant messaging app for use on both desktop computers and mobile devices.

BT Wholesale Moot New Voice Assured Broadband Service for VoIP Calls

7th April, 2014 (5 Comments)

BT Wholesale has started consulting ISPs on the possible introduction of a new product called Voice Assured Broadband (VABB), which appears designed to optimise standard ADSL2+ and superfast FTTC (VDSL) lines for calls made via the Voice over IP (VoIP) protocol.

ITSPA Announces UK 2014 Best Internet VoIP Award Winners

6th March, 2014 (2 Comments)

The Internet Telephony Services Providers’ Association (ITSPA), which acts as a trade body for the United Kingdom’s VoIP industry, has today unveiled the winners of their 6th annual 2014 ITSPA Awards. Once again Localphone picked up the gong for Best Consumer VoIP provider.