Full Fibre UK ISP CommunityFibre to Launch Cheap Unlimited 5G Mobile eSIM | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband operator and ISP CommunityFibre, which have deployed their 5Gbps speed full fibre broadband (FTTP) network across 1.4 million UK homes (inc. 185k businesses within 200 metres of their network) in London and the South East, has today soft launched a £15 unlimited Mobile eSIM service for their existing customers. The service, which has been developed in partnership with Gamma Communications and app developer Zappter, aims to go live...
Netgem Add More Games and Channels to UK PLEIO Freely TV Streaming Box | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV has today announced that they’ve added a bunch of new cloud games and FAST TV channels to their UltraHD (4K) IPTV box – PLEIO, which already includes support for the UK’s newest broadband-based live TV streaming service (Freely). The set-top-box and wireless Bluetooth gamepad, which currently costs £99 one-off (including a 12-month subscription to their optional premium TV and cloud gaming service – 150+ channels...
BT Group Loses 203K UK Broadband Lines and Grows FTTP to 23 Million Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The BT Group has published their H2 FY26 biannual results, which saw total half year revenues of £9,840m (up from £9,806m in H1) and another quarterly UK decline in Openreach’s broadband lines of -203k (down from -210k in Q3 FY26) – full year losses totalled 825k. But the network operator still grew their full fibre (FTTP) coverage by 2.608 million premises in H2 (vs 2.23m in H1) to total 23m. The group’s consumer divisions – including BT, EE and Plusnet...
Openreach, Crimestoppers and EMR to Tackle UK Copper Broadband Cable Theft | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach (BT) and existing charity partner Crimestoppers have today announced that they’ve joined forces with a global leader in metal recycling, EMR, to help combat the rising tide of copper telecoms cable theft on their national broadband and phone network. Total Metal Theft is said to have costed the UK economy £4.3bn in the past decade. Crimes like this have become increasingly common in recent years, driven in part by the high...
Telstra and Ericsson team up to target 6G | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The agreement spans various aspects of 6G research, including trips to both parties’ research centres Telstra and Ericsson have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on 6G research. The agreement will see the companies collaborate on the research, standards development, and real-world testing of 6G technology, It also includes mutual site visitations, with Telstra engineers visiting Ericsson’s testbed in Sweden, and Ericsson staff travelling to...
Sparkle Expands Quantum Safe Connectivity With Equinix | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the commercial availability of its Quantum Safe Interconnect (QSI) across 20 Equinix International Business Exchange® (IBX) data center locations in Europe, the Americas and Asia where Equinix Managed Solutions are offered. After successful validation through a Proof of Concept (PoC) conducted over a secure Internet Protocol (IPsec)...
Connecting Europe Facility Digital: For more resilience and security | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article by Marc Tachelet, Director of the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) Since 2021, CEF-Digital has invested €615 million in 75 projects, spanning 18 EU countries and 10 overseas territories. These cables are strategic and critical assets, designed to: leverage private investment in European digital infrastructure; provide resilient high-speed coLnectivity to all EU citizens, including in the Outermost Regions and...
Sparkle and Entel Bolivia partner for Bio-Oceanic Digital Corridor | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release The two operators join forces to launch a novel low-latency terrestrial route linking Peru and Brazil via Bolivia Sparkle, one of the world’s leading global operators, and Entel Bolivia, Bolivia’s largest telecommunications company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly commercialize the terrestrial route connecting the Pacific and Atlantic coasts through Bolivia. The agreement, signed today on the sidelines of the ITW...
Submarine Networks EMEA 2026: Bridging the future of AI, security, and next-gen talent in London | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release LONDON, UK – The subsea cable industry’s most influential regional gathering, Submarine Networks EMEA, returns to the Business Design Centre in London from 27–28 May 2026. With over 1,250 senior leaders and 150 speakers, the 2026 edition comes at a pivotal moment as the industry navigates the increasing demands of AI and a complex global security landscape. AI and the subsea backbone Headlining this year’s event is the keynote...
FCC greenlights EchoStar’s $40bn spectrum sale to SpaceX, AT&T | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The approval will provide EchoStar with a much needed windfall The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Space Bureau have granted approval to EchoStar to sell its spectrum to SpaceX and AT&T. EchoStar agreed to sell 50MHz of spectrum in the 3.45GHz and 600MHz bands to AT&T for around $23 billion in August last year. This was followed in a month later by a $17 billion sale of 65MHz of AWS-4 and...