Openreach Build FTTP Broadband to 20 Million UK Homes as Uptake Hits 38 Percent | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National network operator Openreach (BT) has this morning confirmed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which offers broadband speeds of up to 1,800Mbps to homes via hundreds of UK ISPs, has now covered 20 million premises (up from 18.3m on 1st May 2025) and take-up has risen to around 38%. The progress, which comes a day after we revealed that the operator will trial download speeds of up to 8.5Gbps during Q1 2026 (here), won’t come as a...
Top 17 Largest UK Full Fibre Broadband Networks by Coverage – H2 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The latest independent data from Thinkbroadband has today helped us to produce an updated assessment of how big – in terms of network coverage (premises passed) – the top 17 largest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP networks in the UK have become by September 2025. Once again, we compare this data against official coverage claims. One of the difficulties with keeping close tabs on the rapid growth of UK full fibre networks is that some...
Channel 4 Prep Exclusive UK Streaming Channels for Freely’s Broadband TV Service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Public service broadcaster Channel 4 has this morning announced the launch of three new streaming channels – 4Reality, 4Homes, and 4Life, which are to made exclusively available via the new broadband-based live TV streaming service – Freely – in the UK. Freely, which first launched in April 2024 (here), is not currently being pushed as a replacement for the ageing terrestrial Freeview (inc. Freeview Play) and satellite-based Freesat TV platforms and...
Vodafone, Meta and Google Show Impact of Video Compression on Mobile Networks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More British-registered mobile operator Vodafone has today published a new white paper with Meta and Google, which shows the benefits of advanced video compression technology, via the AV1 video codec, for Smartphone users on their mobile broadband networks. But it also notes that many people use budget handsets, which often lack full support it. Just for context. Modern video codecs and compression algorithms tend to get more sophisticated and thus effective...
BT CEO Complains UK Telecoms Operators Pay 10 Times More Than Peers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The CEO of BT Group, Allison Kirkby, appears to be gearing up for the government’s annual 2025 Budget announcement by complaining that the operator pays “10 times the amount our peers pay in countries like Germany and the Netherlands” on things like business rates, energy levies and other costs associated with regulation and compliance. In the recent past, BT, particularly it’s Openreach network access division, has tended to focus more of its public...
EE UK Named Official UK Partner for the Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Launch | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ll once again be an official partner for the next Call of Duty video game (Black Ops 7), which is currently scheduled for release on 14th November 2025 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows (PC), Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Customers of the service can also expect a few perks, like beta access. The main perk seems to involve granting customers early access to the game’s Open...
First 50 Students in Lincolnshire Benefit from Quickline’s New Bursary | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More At the start of this year Quickline, which is building a rural gigabit broadband network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), announced that they and the Lincolnshire Institute of Technology (LIoT) would support 500 students through a bursary scheme (i.e. money to help with study, travel and childcare costs). The first 50 students have now benefitted from this. The bursary was setup to support students from “underrepresented groups“,...
Netomnia Refreshes UK Brand as FTTP Broadband Network Expands | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More One of the country’s largest alternative broadband networks, Netomnia (Substantial Group), which has now covered 2.8 million UK premises RFS (inc. 400,000 customers) with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network (up from 2.7m on 1st Sept 2025), have this morning announced a refresh of their brand following the merger with Brsk. So far as we can tell from the logo on their website today, the refresh appears to be reflected through a...
Openreach to Trial UK FTTP Broadband Speeds of 8.5Gbps in Q1 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today provided more details to ISPreview on their future plans for a trial of full fibre broadband (FTTP) using 10Gbps capable XGS-PON technology in early 2026. The trial is planned to reach about 40,000 premises in Guildford and push download speeds from ISPs up to a blistering 8.5Gbps (8,500Mbps). The operator’s existing FTTP network is currently still largely based off older Gigabit Passive Optical Network...
ISP Toob Connect 100,000 Customers to its UK Fibre Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Hampshire-based alternative network builder and UK ISP toob, which has deployed a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other areas, has today announced that they’ve connected their 100,000th customer (up from 90k on 12th June 2025). The customer figures break down as 60,000 on their own network and more than 40,000 through their wider CityFibre partnership, which shows...