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The Amazon Leo service, which is building a new constellation to deliver thousands of ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally, has extended their existing agreement with Arianespace in Europe by adding six additional rocket launches (total of 24 launches) via their Ariane 6 vehicle. (more…)
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Alternative full fibre operator Open Fibre Networks (OFNL), which serves developments of new build homes, have notified their broadband ISP partners across the UK that they’ve completed the integration work for FibreNest‘s network. In other words, retail ISPs on both sides of the network are now starting to gain access to each other’s fibre infrastructure. (more…)
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After over a week of trying to get a clear answer, Sky Broadband has now confirmed to ISPreview that Yahoo Mail’s recent move to introduce new storage limits on their free UK email platform, which slashed the previous limit of 1 TeraByte (1,000GB) to 15 GigaBytes, will NOT apply to their own Yahoo based email platform (Sky Yahoo Mail); despite customers being told otherwise. (more…)
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Devon-based Cambium Networks, which specialises in providing wireless broadband (FWA) and Wi-Fi style technologies globally and also to broadband ISPs in the UK via its local subsidiary, appears to have called in the administrators following the “unfortunate collapse of the business“. (more…)
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Nearly a year has passed since the Glasgow-based Fibeo revealed to ISPreview that they were currently planning to launched their new ISP sometime in “early” 2026 – powered by the Dotlines Catena Cloud platform and the PXC broadband network. But the provider, which still isn’t live, has now put this back to Q1 2027 and rebranded to Terivo. (more…)
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The UK telecoms, media and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has today launched a new Consumer Hub that is said to feature “practical money-saving tips and tools” for every mobile, fixed broadband and pay-TV customer. The launch comes as new research claims that many out-of-contract customers who bundle services from the same provider could save over £100 a year by switching. (more…)
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Hampshire-based alternative network toob, which has built their own gigabit speed full fibre broadband network in South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other UK areas, has today announced a “successful follow-on investment” into the company by Ares Infrastructure Debt strategy. But the exact financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. (more…)
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The Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) in England has launched a new pilot project that aims to address rural broadband “not spots” across the agricultural sector by helping farms deploy Starlink’s satellite based broadband service. If found to be successful, the initiative could be rolled out “across the county” to farms where fibre-based solutions are unlikely to be delivered in the near future. (more…)
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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is responsible for examining the value for money of UK Government projects, is this morning expected to find that water, energy and broadband regulators (e.g. Ofcom) are not doing enough to support vulnerable customers, and will call on them to act more urgently to ensure people get the standard of service they deserve. (more…)
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Two years have passed since UK fixed broadband and phone providers began using Ofcom’s new One Touch Switch (OTS) process, which was designed to make it easier and quicker to change ISP. The latest data supplied to ISPreview shows that 3,481,323 consumers have now switched provider using this process (up from 1.62m in the first year). (more…)