B4RN Welcomes 15,000th Customer to Rural FTTP Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative rural broadband ISP B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which is a community benefit society that has so far built their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 30,000 premises across England, has today announced that they’ve just connected their 15,000th customer (up from 14,000 a year ago). The provider is a registered Community Benefit Society (i.e. they can’t be bought by a commercial operator and profits go back...
Virgin Media UK Expand FTTP Broadband to 13,000 Homes in Stroud | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator nexfibre and supporting retail broadband ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), which share some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to more than 13,000 homes in the Gloucestershire market town of Stroud for the first time. The area is currently already well covered by Openreach’s and Netomnia’s gigabit-capable FTTP broadband...
BT Group Moves to Improve UK Video Streaming with New Delivery Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and telecoms giant BT Group has today announced a new partnership with edge video delivery network MainStreaming, which they hope will deliver a smoother and “more resilient streaming experience” for UK audiences by integrating it directly into their nationwide mobile and fixed networks. According to the blurb, the new collaboration will: boost the quality of experience (QoE) and reliability for live streaming audiences; drive greater cost...
Ofcom to Open UK 5G Mobile Auction of 26GHz and 40GHz Bands on 17th Sept | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today revealed that they will begin accepting applications from network operators for their auction of the 26GHz and 40GHz millimetre wave (mmW) bands from 17th September 2025. The large chunk of radio spectrum will be used by mobile operators to deliver faster 5G data (broadband) services. At present the major mobile providers (EE, O2 and VodafoneThree – Vodafone and Three UK) already have access to several 5G capable...
Car Fire Triggers 3 Week Openreach Broadband Outage in East Sussex Village | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some residents in the semi-rural village of Catsfield in East Sussex (England), which is home to nearly 900 people, have been left without access to fixed broadband and phone services for roughly three weeks after a car fire caused damage to Openreach’s nearby telecoms pole and fibre optic cables. Resolving such problems in urban areas is normally a lot quicker and a downed or damage pole can often be corrected within only a matter of hours, or a few...
Consumer Activist Proposes to Sue Sky UK Over TV End of Contract Notifications | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A self-proclaimed “consumer rights litigant“, Marc John, claims to have notified the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) of his plan to launch a £2bn opt-out collective proceedings claim against Sky UK (Comcast). The claim appears to focus on Sky’s alleged failure to issue end-of-contract notifications (ECNs) to millions of its satellite TV customers. The proposed case relates to a long-running legal dispute between Ofcom and Sky, which started in...
BT Agrees Deal to Sell its Radianz Business to Transaction Network Services | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms giant BT has today announced that their Radianz unit, which is a global network and connectivity platform for the financial services industry that generated revenues of approx. £142m during 2024/25, is to be sold to Transaction Network Services (TNS) – a provider of ultra-low latency trading infrastructure – for an undisclosed sum. The planned transaction aligns with BT’s strategy to withdraw from its global operations and become more of a...
Founder and Boss of Major UK Broadband Altnet CityFibre to Step Down UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Greg Mesch, the original founder and current CEO of the UK’s largest alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband network for ISPs, CityFibre, is reportedly to step down after setting the Openreach competitor up some 14 years ago in January 2011. The move comes shortly after the operator secured a crucial UK funding agreement worth £2.3bn (here). CityFibre has so far deployed their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover around 4.5 million premises...
Study Warns UK Students Face £142 Broadband Penalty Due to Shorter Deals | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More New research from Broadband Genie, which analysed the cost of 12-month and 24-month broadband deals from major UK providers during August 2025, claims to have found that 12-month broadband contracts “ideal for students” are on average 49% more expensive (costing £142.88 more a year) than two-year deals. Virgin Media is said to have stood out as the “most extreme example“: its short-term option works out at £30.68 more every month, adding up to £368.12...
Virgin Media O2 to Donate 1,200 Pre-Owned Smartphones in Scotland | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today announced that they’re working with both the Scottish Government and Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) to help people get online. This involves donating 1,200 refurbished smartphones and mobile data SIMs to Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABs) across 12 Local Authorities throughout Scotland. The move forms part of VMO2’s earlier commitment to donate “up to” 12,000 pre-owned Smartphones during...