YouGov Survey Claims to Find High Level of Trust in European Routers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new YouGov survey of 5,209 participants from the UK, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Italy, which was conducted during August 2025 and commissioned by FRITZ! (somewhat of a vested interest), claims to have found that users regard European brands of broadband router as the “most trustworthy“. According to the results, only 10% of respondents said they distrust European router manufacturers, which compares well with 48% for Chinese and 55% for...
STC, Mobily, and OneWeb NEOM among winners at inaugural Connected World KSA Awards | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 18 November 2025 – Connected World KSA is proud to reveal the winners of its first-ever Connected World KSA Awards, presented today during the event at Riyadh Front Exhibition & Conference Center. The awards recognise organisations and initiatives driving innovation, connectivity, and digital transformation across the Kingdom. The 2025 winners are: Digital Infrastructure Innovation: OneWeb NEOM Borderless...
Germany to lose 700 jobs as Nokia preps to close Munich site | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The move comes as part of long-term restructuring underway since 2023 According to reports, Nokia is set to close its site in Munich by 2030, a move that will see 700 jobs cut or relocated. Around 300 of these jobs are to be cut in 2026, with the remainder taking place by the end of 2030. The closure is part of Nokia’s major restructuring announced back in 2023, aimed at streamlining the company and reducing costs. Part of this plan is a reduction...
Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Build Full Fibre to 6,000 Homes in Ripon | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More UK ISP Virgin Media (O2) and network partner nexfibre, which enjoy some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their 2Gbps (symmetric) speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to reach more than 6,000 homes in the North Yorkshire (England) based Cathedral City of Ripon. The city, which is home to a population of around 17,000, currently only has some very limited gigabit speed full fibre coverage from...
Study Examines Impact of Solar Storms on Starlink Broadband Performance | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from a team of three researchers working out of the University of California (USA) has taken a “deep dive” into the impact of solar storms on Starlink’s global network of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The results uncovered some “previously overlooked patterns” of vulnerability and suggest that “more adaptive, region-aware mitigation strategies” may be needed. The Starlink constellation currently has around 8,990...
House of Lords Report Calls for UK Broadband Investment to Boost Home Working | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The cross-party Home-based Working Committee (Lords Select Committee) has published its report on remote and hybrid working in the UK, which among other things finds that the government should “increase long-term investment in digital infrastructure, particularly broadband” in order to properly support such working. Currently, over 88% of UK premises can already access a 1000Mbps+ (gigabit) capable broadband network (here), while Ofcom separately...
Broadband ISP TalkTalk Increases UK Mid-Contract Price Hikes to £4 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Perhaps inevitably, TalkTalk has today become the latest internet and phone provider to increase the customer cost impact of their existing mid-contract pricing policy, which will be introduced from 16th November 2025. But the price increase itself won’t hit until April 2026. Just to recap. At the start of 2025 Ofcom began requiring telecoms providers to adopt a new approach to mid-contract price hikes, which did away with the old percentage and...
Full Fibre’s Impact – Fibrus Report Makes Three Predictions for UK Rural Areas in 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Infracapital-backed alternative broadband ISP Fibrus, which is building a full fibre network across parts of Cumbria (England) and Northern Ireland, has published a new report that outlines three predictions for how the UK’s rural areas might look in 2050 and highlights the “extraordinary potential” of such communities as engines of growth. The new ‘Future of Rural‘ report, which was commissioned by Fibrus and authored by “leading Applied Futurist“, Tom...
Nokia Interview – 6G to Focus on Efficiency More than Mobile Broadband Speed | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Head of Standards at Nokia Technologies, Peter Merz, has today told ISPreview – as part of our latest interview – that they’re conscious of wanting to avoid what mobile operators call “G-fatigue” (over-hyping) with their development of future 6G mobile (broadband) technology, which he says will be more about “intelligence and efficiency” than raw data throughput. The future 6G standard is currently still in the early Research and Development...
Ofcom Consult on Impact of Openreach PIA on the UK Leased Line Market | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today opened a “narrow consultation” that proposes to amend their leased line access (LLA) market analysis for the ongoing Telecoms Access Review 2026 (TAR) to reflect a “greater potential impact” from Openreach’s Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product (this allows rivals to run new fibre via existing cable ducts and poles). The regulator has already recognised that competitive conditions are different across...