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...
Starlink Updates App for Satellite Broadband Service with Event Log | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of SpaceX’s popular Starlink broadband service, which offers ultrafast low-latency internet speeds across the UK and the world via a mega constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), may like to know that they’ve added a useful “Event Log” feature to their accompanying App. Starlink currently has around 8,500 satellites in orbit (c.4,895 are v2 / V2 Mini) – mostly at altitudes of c.500-600km – and they’ll add thousands more by...
Netomnia announces ‘powerful and ambitious’ rebrand ahead of Connected Britain | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Netomnia has unveiled a new rebrand to better reflect the scale and longevity of its full fibre ambitions The rebrand follows the company’s 2024 merger with brsk, which saw the company become the second-largest altnet in the UK, after CityFibre. Netomnia currently has 2.8 million premises serviceable and 400,000 customers connected as of September 2025, with the stated goal of passing five million premises passed by 2027. To achieve this, Netomnia...
Vodafone UK Set to Switch Off 2G Mobile Services During 2030 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Vodafone UK (VodafoneThree) has revealed that they intend to switch off their now ancient 2G based mobile network “during 2030“, roughly three years ahead of the government’s official 2033 deadline for the phasing out of both 2G and 3G services (here). The operator has already shut down its 3G network (here). One of the reasons why 2G has stuck around for so much longer, more so than even 3G (the first 2G services went live in 1991!), is...
VodafoneThree drops Samsung, relies on Nokia and Ericsson for £2bn network upgrade | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Just a few months after its creation, VodafoneThree has today announced the next major milestone in building the UK’s best network, with the appointment of strategic build partners to support the delivery of one of Europe and the UK’s largest, privately-funded infrastructure projects, totalling contracts worth more than £2 billion. Global communications technology leaders Ericsson and Nokia will deliver part of the unprecedented £11...
Tarana Make 6GHz Fixed Wireless Broadband Update Available to UK ISPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Tarana Wireless has announced that their next-generation “6GHz” capable G1 wireless (ngFWA) platform and kit is now ready to deploy in the UK with the addition of support for the UK’s Band C (5725-5850 MHz). This can be enabled via an “optional, free software upgrade to unlock the 6 GHz spectrum as it is available“. At present a number of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) providers in the UK are known to be using Tarana’s ngFWA setup, including broadband ISP...
Openreach Update on Progress of Innovations in UK FTTP Broadband Build | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today provided a progress update on the difference that their innovations (e.g. drones, mini-exchanges, LiDAR-powered planning etc.) are making to their ongoing roll-out of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP technology. This network now covers 20 million premises (70% of the UK). We start things off with drones. Openreach have been using air drones to help deploy (carry) new fibre optic cables...
VodafoneThree Sign £2bn UK Network Upgrade Deal with Ericsson and Nokia | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has this morning announced that they’ve signed two multi-billion-pound and 8-year long partnerships with network technology suppliers Ericsson and Nokia. The deals will see both suppliers provide radios and other cell / core network kit and services for 17,000+ mobile sites across the United Kingdom. The announcement forms part of VodafoneThree’s post-merger plan to invest £11bn into upgrading the...
MS3 Hit 20,000 Customer Milestone on Hull UK FTTP Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Hull-based alternative UK network operator MS3, which has deployed their full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network across 234,000 premises (207k RFS) in the North of England, has announced that they’ve just connected their 20,000th customer in the Hull and Humber region (up from 19,000 on 3rd July 2025). The announcement partly reflects the fact that MS3 has been focusing more on commercialisation of their existing network than rolling out new fibre over...
Channel Islands Customers on Airtel Vodafone Start Migration to Sure | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile and broadband operator Sure, which serves the English Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, has confirmed that customers of the Airtel Vodafone service have started to be migrated on to their network. The move follows last year’s £48m deal to build a new “world-class” 5G mobile broadband network across the islands as part of Sure’s acquisition of the operator. Readers may recall that the original deal (here) only became possible after the States...