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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today published a new report and map to help show where 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) networks are falling short. In addition, the mayor proposes ten “practical steps” via a new framework that boroughs can take to support improvements. (more…)
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Alternative broadband network and UK ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd), which has been rolling out their full fibre (FTTP) network across the East of England, has added a new 5Gbps symmetric speed (4500Mbps average advertised performance) package to their website and introduced some lower pricing on other plans as part of their Black Friday offers. (more…)
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Customers of mobile operator Three UK have been given a boost at London Gatwick Airport after VodafoneThree deployed their Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) technology across the site, which enables Three’s customers to harness Vodafone’s existing 4G and 5G+ capable mobile (mobile broadband) network – part of the on-going network integration work. (more…)
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Mobile operator Three UK (VodafoneThree) has today further reduced the monthly price of their unlimited Three 5G Home Broadband package to just £15 per month on a 24-month contract term, which either ships with an indoor router or their 5G Outdoor Hub (Y5-210MU) + one Eero Mesh 6+ device from Amazon. (more…)
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Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today begun informing broadband ISPs about yet another Proof of Concept (PoC) trial they’re conducting called “Walk the Route“, which in simple terms will ask business customers to help their engineers plan an FTTP installation before they turn up. (more…)
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Broadband and mobile operators Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have this morning warned customers that they’ve seen a rise in recruitment scams, which have now entered their top 10 list of the most reported scam types across their UK network. The warning comes as almost 1 million 16–24-year-olds are not in education, employment or training – making them prime targets for such scams. (more…)
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Mobile and broadband provider Vodafone Business has launched a new service called Express Capacity, which aims to speed up the provision times of either 100G or 400G transport (data) links across selected strategic European routes to large enterprises, such as data centres, telecoms operators and large businesses etc. (more…)
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Internet video streaming provider Disney+ has once again followed their usual annual trend by hitting UK customers with a fresh round of price hikes, which are all due to be introduced for new customers today. Existing subscribers will also be hit, although this won’t follow until 18th November 2026 (or 2nd December 2026 if you pay annually). (more…)
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The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) unit has today posted contract modifications for two of Openreach’s Project Gigabit contracts – Call Off 3 (East and South Shropshire, North Herefordshire, North Wales, and Southwest Wales) and Call Off 8 (Cheshire). The move expands their public investment and planned deployment of full fibre broadband ISP networks into rural areas. (more…)
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In a potentially quite significant development. ISPreview has learnt that network operator Openreach (BT) are tentatively proposing to conduct a new Proof of Concept (PoC) trial, which in certain situations would allow end-customers to install their own Optical Network Terminal (ONT) on FTTP broadband lines and to also connect the PSU (power supply). (more…)