London Broadband ISP CommunityFibre Launch Data Roaming eSIM Mobile Plan UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network ISP CommunityFibre, which has so far built their 5Gbps speed full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 1.342 million UK homes (plus c.200k businesses) – mostly in London, today claims to have become one of the first altnets to launch an international data roaming eSIM mobile service – available across over 160 countries. The Community Fibre eSIM is essentially a prepaid 4G and 5G capable data plan with support for tethering and “no...
EE UK Set to Cut BT Wholesale Out from Slower Broadband Packages | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile and broadband ISP EE (BT) has confirmed to ISPreview that the approach they currently take on their top 1.6Gbps speed Full Fibre (FTTP) package, which partly cuts BT Wholesale out of the equation, is set to be adopted across their slower tiers too (900Mbps and lower). But customers aren’t expected to notice any real difference. In the past it used to be the case that BT and EE’s consumer focused broadband packages were based on BTW’s products, but...
UK Banks Set to Take Losses on Loans to Alternative Broadband Networks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More In news that will surprise none of ISPreview’s regular readers. Several major UK banks, such as NatWest and Lloyds, among others, have confirmed that they’re setting aside funding to cover loans that were issued to alternative fibre broadband networks (altnets) and which are now deemed unlikely to be repaid in full. Regular readers will know that we’ve often had to report on the challenges being experienced by broadband network operators over the past...
Nokia looks to modernise rail connectivity with new 5G radio | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Along with an optimized Nokia 5G standalone (SA) core for railways, the solution enables seamless migration to FRMCS on a global scale Nokia today announced its new 5G radio solution, designed to deliver high-capacity, high-performance and resilient real-time communications to rail operators worldwide, setting the foundation for the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS). As a cornerstone for smarter, safer and more efficient...
Preston Joins Other UK Councils in Rejecting BT’s Gigabit WiFi Street Hubs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms and broadband giant BT has suffered another setback in its 10-year project, which aimed to convert a further 2,000 of their legacy payphones and kiosks – across more than 200 UK towns and cities – into smart Street Hubs (here). Preston Council rejected a couple of proposed deployments over concerns about rising “street clutter“. Regular readers will know that BT’s Street Hub 2 units have suffered somewhat of a popularity dip, with various local...
Ulster University Uses AI to Develop Faster MIMO Tech for 6G Mobile | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Researchers working out of Ulster University in Northern Ireland (UK) have harnessed AI (Artificial Intelligence) in order to develop a new type of Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (ma-MIMO) technology. The team say this could be used to make future 6G (IMT-2030) based mobile broadband networks “faster, smarter, and far more energy-efficient“. At present the 6G standard is still in the early R&D phase and most observers don’t expect to see the...
ISP Hey! Broadband Grow to 40,000 Customers on F&W’s UK Full Fibre Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider Hey! Broadband, which offers services to homes in various areas covered by F&W Networks (Fibre and Wireless) alternative gigabit speed full fibre lines (mostly across the South East of England), have today announced that their customer based has surpassed 40,000 (up from 25,000 a year ago). F&W has so far managed to extend their gigabit-capable broadband network to cover 410,000 UK premises as read-for-service (Feb 2024 data)...
Virgin Media O2 UK Users Struggle to Access Secondary Email Addresses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of Virgin Media’s (O2) broadband service have been struggling, often for several weeks now, to regain access to their email accounts – those belonging to secondary account holders. The issue began after the ISP made a change to their ID system that seemed to lock related users out with a “FORBIDDEN” message. ISPreview has always advised our visitors not to rely upon the email services provided by your broadband provider, not least because...
LSBUD Finds UK Telecoms Industry Delivers 37.5% of Searches for Digging Work | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig) organisation, which provides an online asset search facility to UK civil engineering firms for underground pipes and cables, has published their Digging Up Britain 2025 report and revealed that telecoms (broadband, mobile etc.) remains the “most active industry” when it comes to searching before digging (37.5% of all searches). But this was down from 39% last year. The report notes that, during 2024, the number of...
GoFibre Aims to Cover 250,000 UK Premises with FTTP Broadband in 3 Years | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Edinburgh-based ISP and network builder GoFibre recently published their annual accounts to the end of 2024, which among other things revealed that their revenues increased by 71% to £2.02m (2023: £1.17m). The operator now expects their roll-out of FTTP broadband in rural Scotland and North England to reach a footprint of 250,000 premises “in the next 3 years“. The latest accounts also revealed that the provider ended the year with an operating loss of...