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by Pete Harvey, Senior Product Manager Subsea, Starboard Maritime Intelligence

When Starboard published Cable Risk Intelligence 2026 (Issue 1) in April, the Persian Gulf scored 4.6 out of 5.0 on our risk index, the highest of the 25 cable landing zones we assessed globally. At the time, that rating was grounded in a combination of geopolitical tension, high traffic density, constrained repair access, and documented vessel behaviour around cable routes in the region.

Since then, the situation has deteriorated further. Iran has explicitly threatened to sever submarine cables in the Strait of Hormuz as part of the 2026 conflict, with state media circulating maps of Gulf undersea cable routes. At least 17 cable systems transit the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, carrying the majority of data traffic between Asia and Europe. Cable construction work across the Gulf has come to a standstill because repair ships can’t operate in active conflict zones.

The Persian Gulf rating was a forecast of the conditions that have now materialised.

The window of opportunity

Most operators find out a cable is at risk through a service degradation report from a customer, an optical monitoring alarm, or a repair dispatch. By the time any of those signals fire, the cable is already cut, and the repair window begins. Under normal conditions, that window averages 40 days for a deepwater fault. In a conflict zone there’s no definitive end.

The solution is to collate and analyse the risk data within the prevention window, giving operators a chance to intervene before a cable is struck.

Whether accidental or deliberate, every cable incident is preceded by vessel behaviour that is detectable before damage occurs. An anchor drag begins as a vessel drifting over a known route. A trawler working a protected zone slows to trawling speed before it makes contact. A vessel executing a deliberate act loiters, changes course without apparent purpose, or goes dark in a sensitive area. If you’re looking for them in the right way with the right tools, these patterns can be seen in the data before the fault event.

Early detection in practice

Starboard fuses AIS, satellite data, fibre sensing (DAS and SoP), and bathymetry into a single operational view, then applies behavioural models to flag when vessel activity near a cable route deviates from established patterns. The output is a prioritised alert with enough vessel data for a Marine Operations Centre or an operator to act.

In a New Zealand cable protection trial conducted with the New Zealand Government, commercial cable owners, and a marine operations centre, this approach generated 86 alerts, prompted 17 VHF vessel calls, and resulted in three vessels changing course, none of which required waiting for a fault signal.

When Starboard’s vessel risk alerts are integrated directly into a carrier’s NOC software, response time drops from 25 minutes to 3. The compressed timeline from signal to action is where damage is prevented.

Hormuz

The events of 2026 have clarified that ambiguity is itself a threat vector. When a vessel drags anchor over a cable, attribution is uncertain. When a sanctioned vessel transits a cable corridor slowly and without AIS, intent is unclear. When a cable is cut in or near a conflict zone, the line between accident and deliberate act is difficult to establish, and difficult to act on legally or operationally.

Starboard’s behavioural models are designed to provide information, clarity, and explanation that shed light on the. They flag deviations from established traffic patterns even when AIS data is absent or inconsistent, and correlate vessel activity with known risk indicators to deliver an assessed picture rather than a raw data feed.

This is the operating environment the Submarine Networks EMEA and Subsea Security Summit communities are navigating in 2026. The technology to detect threatening behaviour before it causes damage exists today. The question is whether it’s integrated into the operational workflows of the teams who need it.

Read the full risk index

Cable Risk Intelligence 2026 (Issue 1) covers 25 cable landing zones across the Baltic, Red Sea, Taiwan Strait, North Sea, Persian Gulf, and trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific corridors. The interactive map and full methodology are available at starboardintelligence.com/learn/where-submarine-cables-are-most-at-risk-in-2026.

Starboard Maritime Intelligence provides maritime domain awareness that helps governments, defence agencies, and critical infrastructure operators detect risks, prevent threats, and build resilience in real time. Partners include Ciena, Tampnet, Alcatel Submarine Networks, Kordia, and Searisk.

Submarine Networks EMEA takes place in London tomorrow! Get your ticket and join the discussion today.

Find Starboard Maritime Intelligence at Stand 10 of the co-located Subsea Security Summit & Expo.

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Broadband and mobile providers Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have changed their plans for the previously proposed merger of their respective customer community forums. The complexity of the challenge means that they will now focus on reintroducing the two communities separately, at least at first.

Just to recap. Both Virgin Media and O2 took their separate community forums offline for new postings in January 2026 (here), which formed part of their plan to merge them into a single platform (including posts, stats, member accounts etc.). More recently the operators have also removed public access to view posts, so you can’t even read existing content any more.

At the time of the original announcement, we remarked that upgrading and merging two large databases of historic customer content would be a real nightmare to pull off smoothly. Complex database migrations and mergers rarely go without problems and often throw up significant obstacles. This partly explains why VMO2 has never once specified how long the downtime would actually last (i.e. they couldn’t be sure themselves).

ISPreview last posted an update on this in March 2026 (here), at which point we speculated that it might take VMO2 until around mid-2026 to complete the process. The latest development is that VMO2 have put their plans for merging the two forums on hold, at least temporarily, with the operator confirming to us that the “work required is complex” and their new plan is to reintroduce the communities “separately at first“.

The original forums made use of the Khoros platform, although VMO2 has also finally confirmed to ISPreview that the new one will make use of a different solution from Sprinklr, which we’ve been told is a “market leader in customer experience platforms“.

The operator added that they were not yet in a position to confirm exact timelines, although we understand from other sources that the July-August window is currently the aspiration for Virgin Media’s community forum to return. The O2 forum will either relaunch at the same time or follow soon after. A VMO2 spokesperson simply told us they “want to go live as soon as is practically possible“.

Introducing the new platform and migrating each forum separately is a much simpler task (albeit not one without some challenges), relatively speaking. The indication is that VMO2 may return to the idea of a grand merger of both forums again in the future, once they’ve had time to become familiar with the new platform and ensure everything is working smoothly. Sometimes trying to do too many big changes at once can be unwise.

Community forums remain an incredibly popular and useful tool for customers of such services to raise their issues and get support, even during periods where the telecoms provider itself might seem to be unresponsive (community members often help each other out). Suffice to say that there is a lot of interest in the return of both forums.

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Canadian investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners, which backs alternative rural UK broadband ISP Quickline, has reportedly expressed an interest in acquiring KCOM, the incumbent broadband and phone provider for Hull, from Australian investment group Macquarie. But any deal is likely to see Northleaf pay less than £627m Macquarie did to buy the incumbent.

Quickline is currently funded by c.£500m from Northleaf, as well as c.£300m of public subsidy from four Project Gigabit contracts (here, here and here), plus c.£225m in term loans and debt guarantees from the National Wealth Fund and a £25m term loan from NatWest. At the end of 2025 their full fibre broadband network covered 200,000 premises (excluding fixed wireless coverage, which also covers c.200,000 premises – not all gigabit-capable) – mostly across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The operator currently aims to extend gigabit-capable broadband to a further 360,000 UK premises.

By comparison, Macquarie Infrastructure (MIRA / MEIF 6 Fibre) acquired KCOM in August 2019 for £627m (here) and promptly began a major network expansion, while also selling off some of the company’s assets. But the operator’s dominance of their core market in Hull, where Ofcom still deem them to hold Significant Market Power (SMP), has since been significantly eroded by rival networks like MS3, Quickline, Grain and Connexin (now part of CityFibre).

According to Ofcom, rival fibre builds mean that around 70-79% of premises in the Hull Area now have access to at least one alternative network to KCOM. Despite this, the regulator recently proposed to maintain many of its controls on the incumbent and even foster greater infrastructure sharing, which won’t have helped their prospects (here). KCOM currently has c.150,000 customers (we don’t know how many Quickline has).

The situation was underlined last month after KCOM revealed a huge c. £530m write down in the value of their assets (here). Suffice to say that this helps to explain why Macquarie hasn’t really made a secret of their desire to exit the business (here), ideally before their recent efforts to restructure KCOM’s current capital structure reaches its next set of funding problems in September 2027 (here).

A new report in The Times (paywall) now states that Northleaf Capital Partners is understood to have expressed its interest in buying KCOM, albeit almost certainly for a much smaller figure than Macquarie originally paid. The cost of upgrading KCOM’s remaining customers from copper to full fibre is another issue, although they’ve been making progress on that (legacy products are due to be retired in the next 18+ months or so).

The issue of value and Ofcom regulation, given KCOM’s predicament, could make reaching a deal quite difficult (Macquarie tried to sell the operator in 2024 and failed). On the other hand, despite operating in the same parts of England, both Quickline and KCOM only have a relatively small amount of overbuild via their respective full fibre broadband networks (KCOM is mostly focused on Hull and its surrounding areas, while Quickline tends to stretch much further beyond).

At present, it remains unclear whether Northleaf’s express of interest can be turned into a formal agreement, although any deal could potentially have an impact (e.g. delay) upon Ofcom’s current strategic review of Hull’s telecoms market (here). Alternative options might involve further debt restructuring (i.e. lenders taking more control of the company) or a break-up / asset sale of the business.

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Internet and web hosting provider Freeola has introduced a special offer on their 12-month minimum term contracts for customers joining in areas covered by Freedom Fibre (FreedomTruespeed Group) or Trooli’s full fibre broadband networks, which discounts the price by between £8 and £10 per month.

For example, the discount takes their 110Mbps Freedom Fibre package down to £28.76 per month, while their top 2.5Gbps tier becomes £48.06. But this Freedom Fibre promo is only live until 18th June 2026 and connections must be live by the end of June. The Freedom Fibre network covers 412,000 premises RFS across various parts of England.

Freeola are also running a slightly longer promo on Trooli connections for 12-month contracts, which reduces them by the slightly lower value of £8 a month. For example, the 175Mbps package is now £30.16 per month and their top 2.5Gbps tier is now £50.06. This will be live until the end of the year.

At present Trooli’s full fibre network is said to cover more than 477,000 homes across the United Kingdom, including various towns and large semi-rural villages across parts of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Norfolk, Suffolk, West Sussex and Wiltshire in England. As well as bits of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire and Fife in Scotland (formerly part of Axione UK’s network – here).

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A small portion of consumers connected via ISPs on CityFibre’s national UK full fibre (FTTP) broadband network, specifically some of those with a cream white coloured Nokia Optical Network Terminal (ONT) on their interior walls, are currently known to be suffering from a bug that causes a significant drop in upload speeds.

Just to recap. CityFibre’s full fibre network currently covers over 4.7 million UK premises (4.5m Ready for Service) and they aspire to reach 8 million premises in the future. Customers who have had this installed will typically receive a small ONT (or optical modem) device from either Calix (older GPON lines) or Nokia.

The ONT is usually installed inside your home or office, near to where the fibre optic broadband cable physically enters your property, and its primary job is simply to take the optical signal and convert it into an electrical one that can be connected to your broadband router via a Local Area Network (Ethernet) port.

Most of the time ONTs just work and you don’t need to think about them, but not always. Recently some broadband customers on CityFibre’s network – across multiple ISPs – appear to have been observing a significant drop in upload speeds (e.g. customers on faster than 1Gbps seeing uploads of c.100-300Mbps). Granted that’s not the end of the world and many may not even notice, but it’s still a huge fall (credits to WKDRED for first bringing it to our attention).

According to our industry sources, the issue was initially traced to the Nokia ONTs that CityFibre use, although some ISPs did still struggle to get related issues escalated and, in a few cases, it has caused multiple engineer visits before any action was taken.

So far, the network operator has been dealing with this and trying to mitigate the problem on a case-by-case basis, rather than deploying a network-wide fix, which is understood to have caused some frustrations among a few of their partners. Such an approach also means that consumers who aren’t yet aware of the issue may unwittingly continue to suffer from it.

What’s the cause?

CityFibre has confirmed that the issue, which appears to be primarily impacting multi-gigabit customers, exists, although they didn’t clarify what the cause was or when the final fix will be ready. In addition, there still appears to be some uncertainty around whether the Nokia ONTs are actually the cause or merely a closely associated symptom (CityFibre primarily use Nokia kit for multi-gig lines).

However, multiple sources have informed us that CityFibre’s own engineers allegedly said the issue stems from a configuration issue, which has been preventing Nokia’s ONT devices from fully being able to utilise their upload bandwidth (swapping those for a Calix ONT or applying a generic profile to Nokia-based connections seemed to resolve it).

A CityFibre spokesperson said:

“We’re aware of an issue affecting multi-gig upload speeds for a very small number of customers on CityFibre’s network. Our team has identified the cause, agreed a mitigation and we’ll keep our partners up-to-date as we work with our supplier and implement a permanent fix.”

The issue itself is understood to have been occurring for roughly the past couple of months. Clearly something was deployed to start this all off in the first place, although at present it’s unclear whether the blame sits more with Nokia’s kit, the way CityFibre deployed an update (incorrect configuration) or at some other point in the network.

Either way, we spoke to multiple sources and most were less than pleased with CityFibre’s handling of the ongoing issue. So, if you have a multi-Gigabit line on CityFibre then it might be worth doing a few speedtests, just to check (report to your ISP if uploads are dramatically lower than expected). But remember that problems with broadband speed can also be caused by other things (slow WiFi, network congestion etc.), so make sure to rule your home environment out as much as possible.

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Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of their parentage with Virgin Media (they harness the same build teams), has today revealed another batch of seven locations across the United Kingdom – reflecting a total investment of £12.2m and 76,600 premises passed – that will benefit from an upgrade to their latest full fibre (FTTP – XGS-PON) broadband tech.

Just to recap. Telefónica, Liberty Global and InfraVia announced a deal to acquire rival Netomnia in Feb 2026 (here). As part of that nexfibre also announced a plan to finance the FTTP upgrade of 2.1 million homes covered by Virgin Media’s old Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) network (i.e. those that are “adjacent” to the Netomnia footprint), with VMO2 paying wholesale fibre access fees on its customers in those homes as the fibre becomes available.

Since then nexfibre has been busy announcing a growing number of related ‘HFC to FTTP’ upgrade areas under the aforementioned 2.1m homes commitment (here, here, here, here, here and here) and today’s update adds another seven areas locations to the ones we’ve previously covered.

Latest (22nd May 2026) Nexfibre HFC to FTTP Upgrade Areas

➤ More than 11,000 homes and businesses in Thurrock, via an investment of £1.8m+.

➤ Up to 11,600 homes and businesses in East Lothian, via an investment of £1.9m+.

➤ Up to 12,000 homes and businesses in South Kesteven, via an investment of £1.9m+.

➤ Up to 17,000 homes and businesses in Calderdale, via an investment of £2.7m+.

➤ Up to 8,000 homes and businesses in West Lothian, via an investment of £1.3m+.

➤ Up to 9,000 homes and businesses in County Durham, via an investment of £1.4m+.

➤ Up to 8,000 homes and businesses in Gravesham, via an investment of £1.2m+.

As usual, nexfibre has pledged to make this network “available to all internet service providers“, which will hopefully result in them enticing more retail internet provider to join their platform at wholesale. But so far, it’s only been accessible via ISPs owned by the same group of companies, like giffgaff and Virgin Media.

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Press Release

In the coming years, the competitiveness of EU economies will directly depend on their ability to access massive computing power that is available, affordable and sovereign. The challenge is industrial, financial and strategic: enabling European companies to train, deploy and operate their AI models under controlled conditions in terms of performance, cost and sovereignty.

This is precisely the aim of the project put forward by the AION consortium.

Mobilizing French excellence to build world-leading AI infrastructure

In response to the rapid adoption of AI and the explosion in demand for computing power, AION brings together all of the critical skills required for creating new-generation European infrastructure.

The consortium leverages the complementary strengths of a wide spectrum of benchmark players covering the entire value chain: supercomputers, microprocessors, quantum computing solutions and critical infrastructure, expertise in energy, cloud platforms, sovereign AI and the development and operation of datacenter infrastructure, as well as AI deployment capabilities, investment capacity and industrial know-how.

AION will also be able to draw on a broad ecosystem made up of technological, academic and industrial partners, as well as user companies such as Le Crédit Agricole, Equans, Future4Care, GENCI, Hugging Face, INRIA, Kyutai, LightOn, Multiverse Computing, Nokia, Opcore, Quandela, PariSanté Campus, Schneider Electric, SiPearl, Sopra Steria, Verne, VSORA and ZML.

France – a strategic choice for hosting a European AI Gigafactory

France has unique strengths for hosting infrastructure of this magnitude. It has abundant, affordable, sovereign and low-carbon electricity thanks to its energy mix that is mainly made up of nuclear and hydraulic power, as well as robust digital infrastructure and recognized expertise across the whole value chain, particularly in data centers, cloud services and high-performance computing.

France has also established itself as one of the most dynamic AI ecosystems in Europe thanks to the quality of its research, the emergence of world-class tech players, and a dense pool of scientific and industrial talent. From research labs to start-ups, through to major end-user companies, it brings together the full range of skills needed to build a competitive AI industry on a European scale.

Hosting an AI Gigafactory would enable France to offer all the conditions for strengthening European tech sovereignty, accelerating AI adoption by private companies and public-sector players, and driving competitiveness and innovation.

An ambition built on four pillars

The AION consortium is based on four fundamental pillars:

• Performance: deploying world-class AI infrastructure to serve the European economy.
• Trust: reinforcing Europe’s strategic autonomy via complete control over the AI value chain – from hardware to open source software – thanks to the support of sovereign players.
• Openness: promoting the use of open source technologies, as well as partnerships to strengthen the European ecosystem.
• Responsibility: developing AI for the benefit of European research, businesses and citizens with a particular focus on containing its environmental footprint.

An open consortium to bring together the European ecosystem

The alliance announced today marks the starting point of a project aimed at bringing together all French and European players who are ready and willing to contribute to this shared industrial ambition.

“As an independent European player in data and AI, Artefact is uniquely positioned to observe the rapid growth in demand for computing power, as well as the lack of sufficient sovereign solutions. We’re technology-agnostic and our priority is to provide our customers with truly resilient solutions based on three dimensions of sovereignty: technology, operations and data. There’s no time for companies to wait – the infrastructure of the future needs to be built today. By joining the AION consortium, Artefact will be able to deploy the most ambitious AI use cases for its customers, within a fully sovereign framework, ensuring freedom, security and resilience.” Vincent Luciani, Executive President of Artefact

“It’s time to build a European AI ecosystem together, based on world-class European infrastructure and underpinned by France’s outstanding low-carbon energy capabilities. United by this ambition, we’re delighted to be teaming up with our friends at the iliad Group and the Orange group to join and steer the AION consortium, which will also be supported by other major industrial and tech players. Alongside our partners, we’re proud to be putting our industrial and financial expertise to the service of developing sustainable and resilient AI computing capacity on a large scale.” Benoît Gaillochet, Head of Infrastructure Europe at Ardian

“This initiative is particularly important for Bull in its capacity as the only player capable of guaranteeing a mostly European supply chain for AI, cloud and supercomputer infrastructure. We see AION as a natural extension of our strategic pathway, bringing additional computing capabilities dedicated to simulation and AI, developing new AI-optimized hardware technologies, and deploying our software platform and data science services to enable the production of industrial AI use cases. Through AION, we’re reaffirming our commitment to strengthening Europe’s ability to develop and operate next-generation AI and cloud infrastructure, while laying the foundations for a more resilient, competitive and independent technology ecosystem.” Emmanuel Le Roux, CEO of Bull

“Europe has everything it takes to write one of the most inspiring chapters of the AI revolution: excellence in research, industrial champions, low-carbon energy and values based on the trust and sovereignty of the European system. What was missing was the ability to bring together these strengths based on a shared project that can rise to the challenges at stake. With AION, this goal is achievable. It’s a French venture, led collectively, for the benefit of the whole of Europe. By joining this consortium, Capgemini is committing to put all of its experience and its global network to the service of a cause that is bigger than us all individually: building sovereign and sustainable AI infrastructure that is open to the entire European ecosystem. As a global leader in data and AI-powered business transformation, Capgemini has a specific responsibility in this project. Creating European AI gigafactories means offering our clients the possibility of using sovereign solutions by integrating the latest technological advances with no trade-off between performance and control. Technological sovereignty cannot be decreed – it has to be constructed, brick by brick, with the right partners. We are proud to be a part of this adventure.” Etienne Grass, Chief AI Officer at Capgemini Invent

“France has major strengths to lead the way in the development of AI infrastructure, including competitively-priced, sovereign and low-carbon electricity. With this consortium, we’re embracing a shared ambition to build a world-class European AI gigafactory based in France, and EDF intends to fully contribute to this strategic momentum for Europe.” Beatrice Bigois, Group Senior Executive Vice-President, Customers & Energy Services, at EDF

“In a world where computing capacity is becoming a lever of power, Europe cannot allow itself to depend on infrastructure designed, financed and operated elsewhere. With AION, our aim is to unite a range of leading players to build world-class European AI infrastructure based in France. AION has unprecedented technological clout, bringing together the very best of French and European digital, industrial and energy expertise, and the iliad Group intends to contribute fully to the project.” Thomas Reynaud, Chief Executive Officer of the iliad Group

“France has unique assets to shape the next chapter of European AI – front-ranking digital infrastructure, low-carbon energy, and one of the most dynamic research and innovation ecosystems in Europe. For Orange, joining the AION consortium reflects our strong conviction that Europe needs collective action to create a powerful, open and inclusive European AI to drive the continent’s competitiveness. With its sovereign cloud and trusted AI capabilities, Orange brings to this project what lies at the core of its identity: a trusted player that connects, secures and delivers sovereign digital services for companies, small businesses and individuals.” Christel Heydemann, CEO of the Orange Group

“I’m delighted that the AION initiative launched last year is continuing to gain traction and attract broad support. Within this richly diverse industrial alliance, Scaleway will focus on its core expertise of providing an open and interoperable sovereign cloud and AI platform serving businesses, researchers and public-sector players. I’m convinced that this project, which includes leaders across the entire value chain, will help consolidate the foundations of a European AI sector built on openness, control and trust.” Damien Lucas, CEO of Scaleway

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A growing amount of evidence seems to be suggesting that SpaceX may be developing a new and more rugged mini dish (terminal) for their Starlink broadband service which, as well as being tougher, may also feature a built-in battery and USB-C charging port for power (the current mini dish requires an adapter for such access).

According to several different sources (here, here and here), information extracted from the latest Firmware releases for Starlink’s service appear to make reference to a new “MINI1_RUGGED_PROD1” product, as well as other entries for “PowerSource_USBC“, “PowerSource_BATTERY“, and “PowerSource_USBC_AND_BATTERY” (new entries also exist for monitoring the battery state).

The suggestion is that we could be looking at the future launch of a Rugged Mini Dish, which may feature a built-in battery or the option to add one. At present Starlink has not announced any such products, either officially or otherwise, although it would be a useful option for the service to have. The catch is that any battery would need to be quite beefy in order to support a good level of service performance, which might add a fair bit to the cost.

Starlink currently has nearly 10,400 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) – mostly at altitudes of between c.340-550km. Residential customers in the UK previously paid from £40 a month for the ‘Residential 100Mbps’ unlimited data plan (kit price may vary due to different offers), which also promises uploads of c.15-35Mbps and low latency connectivity. Faster packages exist at greater cost, while more restrictive (data capped) options also exist for roaming users (e.g. £55 per month for 100GB of data).

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Alternative broadband network and online security provider Gigabit IQ (formerly Grayshott Gigabit) has this morning announced a strategic partnership with managed IT and cybersecurity specialist Disking IT, which should help to strengthen and expand their offerings for businesses and consumers by integrating new security solutions.

The partnership primarily aims to enable businesses to benefit from a combination of their full-fibre broadband and advanced managed security services, including proactive cybersecurity protection against malware, managed IT support and infrastructure monitoring, enhanced network resilience and more.

As part of the wider partnership, Gigabit IQ will also work alongside Disking Computers, the consumer technology division of Disking IT, to help families access safer, more secure digital experiences across both connectivity and devices.

Family consumers will thus benefit from trusted advice on secure home technology setups, access to devices and hardware optimised for modern family connectivity, improved cybersecurity awareness and digital education for households, and there are plans for future bundled solutions that combine secure broadband, protected devices, and managed support.

Mashood Ahmad, Founder of Gigabit IQ, said:

“Our vision has always been to deliver connectivity that businesses can depend on.

Partnering with Disking IT allows us to significantly strengthen our business offering by combining ultrafast full-fibre broadband with trusted cybersecurity and managed IT expertise. Together, we are creating a more secure and resilient digital environment for organisations across the UK.”

Jack Calloway, Technical Director of Disking IT, added:

“We’re excited to partner with Gigabit IQ to deliver a more integrated approach to business connectivity and cybersecurity. Organisations today need more than just internet access — they need secure, reliable infrastructure and trusted support that enables them to operate confidently in an increasingly digital world.”

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Press Release

Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of Priority Postpaid, a new service that leverages 5G slicing technology to deliver superior and more consistent experience to customers on postpaid. This service is specially built for busy customers who depend on uninterrupted connectivity for work, entertainment, or online collaboration.

For this service, Airtel has upgraded its 5G network with advanced capabilities of slicing technology. This makes the network more efficient, creates more capacity, and provides the capability to use this capacity in a targeted manner for delivery of a superior experience for Priority customers. By intelligently and dynamically segmenting network capacity, Airtel is offering a stable and dependable experience for postpaid customers, even when traffic demand is high.

Over the past year, slicing based 5G services have been launched in many countries like USA, Singapore, United Kingdom and Malaysia. Airtel’s launch is the first such launch in India, reflecting Airtel’s continued investment in building a smarter, more resilient, and future-ready digital network and reinforces its commitment to combining advanced technology with customer-centric innovation.

Commenting on the launch, Shashwat Sharma, MD & CEO – Airtel India, said, “Our focus at Airtel is on delivering meaningful innovations that enhance our customers’ experience. Priority Postpaid is our latest innovation powered by the 5G slicing technology. It provides a superior, more reliable, and dependable experience to our customers — whether they are attending a client call in traffic, or streaming at a packed concert, or booking a cab in a crowded market.”

Airtel Priority service is available for customers on all our postpaid plans. Existing customers will start enjoying the benefit automatically. Prepaid customers or customers wanting to switch to Airtel Priority postpaid can do so easily through the Airtel App or by visiting any Airtel Store.

Priority Postpaid Plans

Customers can enjoy our Priority service on any 5G SA‑enabled smartphone, with their latest software upgrades. Customers for whom an upgrade is pending, will see a pending action showing in the ‘Settings’ section of their phones. Customers can also check their phone readiness for Airtel Priority services by logging on to the Airtel App.

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