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Broadband Focused TalkTalk Group Set to Cut a Further 100 UK Jobs | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The debt strained TalkTalk Group, which at this point has been through a demerger of its businesses and in 2024 secured a £400m refinancing package to avoid a default on its debts (here, here) – not to mention the recent £120m funding deal (here), is reportedly set to axe around 100 more jobs as part of its latest restructuring effort. Suffice to say that the group, which recently launched a major brand refresh and advertising push of its consumer...

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SpaceX Gives Closer Look at its Next Generation v3 Broadband Satellites | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More SpaceX’s global Starlink service, which offers ultrafast broadband speeds across the UK and globally via a mega constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has provided their best view yet of what the company’s next generation v3 (GEN3) satellites will look like when deployed to orbit. Each one will have 10 times more capacity than earlier v2 satellites. The service currently has around 8,600 satellites in orbit (c.5,000 are v2 / V2...

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Guernsey Regulator to Approve Spectrum for 5G Mobile Rollout from JT and Sure | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Guernsey Competition & Regulatory Authority (GCRA) has “provisionally approved” the release of new radio spectrum in the 700MHz and 3.6GHz bands in order to enable telecoms operators JT and Sure to roll-out 5G mobile (mobile broadband) services across the islands of Guernsey, Alderney and Sark from “early 2026“. On 25th September 2025, following completion of the pre-application phase of the Spectrum Licensing Framework, JT (Guernsey) Limited...

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Fixed UK Broadband Subscribers Predicted to Fall by 250,000 in 2025 | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A recent study from New Street Research has predicted that the UK will lose around 250,000 subscribers to fixed broadband services this year, which would mark “the first time there has ever been a decline” in the market. Competition from Starlink (satellite), fixed wireless and mobile broadband rivals are said to be the main cause. The study indicates that one of the key changes taking place reflects the growth in mobile-only households, where factors...

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Rebrand complete, Netomnia’s Jeremy Chelot outlines national ambitions at Connected Britain | Total Telecom

Original article Total Telecom:Read More Interview Sporting a brand new Netomnia hoodie and matching trainers, Chelot said he wants Netomnia to become the largest altnet in the UK “I want to become the largest altnet in the UK and I think I’ve got a very good shot at it,” he said, noting the company’s 2.8 million premises passed and goal of 5 million by 2027. “As an ISP, we have around 400,000 customers, so we’re about to catch up with Community Fibre an Hyperoptic before the end of the year....

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Lack of fibre is putting the brakes on UK’s data centre expansion, says study | Total Telecom

Original article Total Telecom:Read More News New research from Neos Networks suggests that 82% of data centre operators in the UK have delayed deployment due to a lack of connectivity infrastructure Access to fibre connectivity could be a significant bottleneck for the UK’s data centre ambitions, suggests a new study commissioned by Neos Networks. The study, conducted by Censuswide, surveyed 100 data centre decision-makers, 100 large enterprise tech/IT decision-makers, and 100 local...

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TP-Link Boasts “breakthrough” with First Wi-Fi 8 Connectivity Test | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Networking kit manufacturer TP-Link, which develops a lot of broadband routers, WiFi extenders and smart home devices for network operators and consumers, today claims to have hit a “major technological milestone” after they conducted their first successful connectivity test using a prototype of the next gen Wi-Fi 8 standard (802.11bn – Ultra High Reliability). As we’ve previously reported, Wi-Fi 8 will focus more on improving network reliability than...

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Neos Networks Claim UK Data Centre Builds Being Delayed by Fibre Availability | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Connectivity provider Neos Networks, which operates one of the biggest 34,000km long and 400Gbps capable business fibre networks in the UK – spanning 550 exchanges, 90+ data centres and 600+ Points of Presence (PoPs), has claimed in a new survey that 82% of UK data centre operators have delayed site builds or expansion due to fibre availability. The work is based on a Censuswide survey of 100 data centre decision-makers, 100 large enterprise tech/IT...

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Lit Fibre Introduce New UK Broadband Pricing on National and Local Networks | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider Lit Fibre, which harnesses CityFibre’s national UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (they originally ran their own fibre network too – here), has today introduced a new national broadband pricing framework that charges residential consumers more for those on their National (off-net) vs Local (on-net) network tiers. The provider’s announcement doesn’t explain precisely what they mean by “National” or “Local“, particularly since they...

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Ofcom Will Tomorrow Kick Off the UK 5G Mobile Auction for 26GHz and 40GHz | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today confirmed that the first bidding on their auction of the 26GHz and 40GHz millimetre wave (mmW) spectrum bands for use by 5G mobile (mobile broadband) operators will get underway tomorrow, with BT (EE), O2 (Telefonica UK / Virgin Media) and Vodafone (VodafoneThree) all taking part. The major mobile network providers already have access to several 5G capable bands between 700MHz and 3.8GHz. Such frequencies reflect...

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