Broadband ISP Ogi Award Community Grants to Projects in Rural Wales | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Infracapital-backed UK ISP Ogi, which is rolling out a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across South Wales (110,000 RFS premises passed by end of 2024), has today announced that they’ve released another batch of grants – worth around £5,000 – as part of their “Cefnogi” community support fund for local projects. The community support fund (“Cefnogi”) typically offers grants worth up to £500, and volunteering hours, to local grassroots...
ISP Sky Broadband Offers UK FTTC Customers Free Upgrades to FTTP | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of Sky Broadband’s “superfast” (part-fibre) packages (FTTC or SOGEA), specifically those living in areas where Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines now exist from either Openreach or CityFibre’s networks, have started to receive Texts (SMS) and WhatsApp messages inviting them to upgrade to their Full Fibre 100Mbps (18Mbps upload) service “at no extra charge“. So far as ISPreview can tell, the new programme appears to have started a few weeks ago,...
Neos Networks Completes Oxfordshire UK GigaHubs Full Fibre Build | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) and Neos Networks have today confirmed the completion of their £7.25m “GigaHubs” project, which has now connected 192 public sector sites (schools, hospitals etc.) to a new 1,500km long gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network. Just to recap. Neos holds the contract for this, but they’re also partly acting as an aggregator, bringing together several connectivity suppliers — including Openreach, Virgin Media...
Wildanet’s Project Gigabit Broadband Build in Cornwall Covers 10,000 Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative UK network provider Wildanet has announced that they’ve now built their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband service to an additional 10,000 premises in rural Cornwall. The effort forms part of the three contracts they hold with the government’s wider £5bn Project Gigabit programme, which are worth £77m (state aid). At present Wildanet holds the following Project Gigabit contracts: Cornwall Central (Lot 32.03), South West (Lot 32.02)...
Broadband ISP KCOM Awards Three More Digital Inclusion Grants | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Hull-based incumbent broadband provider KCOM, which has built a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across large parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has named three more winners for their Digital Inclusion Grants – worth a combined £20k. A total of £100,000 has so far been paid out to related projects since the scheme started. The grant scheme, which is currently still due to run until the end of 2026, is designed to help promote online...
Virgin Media UK Waves Farewell to BBC iPlayer Support on TiVo TV Box | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of broadband and phone provider Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who take their pay TV service and continue to use one of the provider’s legacy TiVo set-top-boxes, have recently been informed – via email – that the BBC’s popular iPlayer service “will no longer be supported” from 23rd July 2025. But it’s not all bad news. The move (CordBusters) is hardly a surprise given the ever-advancing age of Virgin Media’s TiVo hardware (we suspect it...
Zayo Europe partners with Ciena for German network boost | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Leading network infrastructure provider Zayo Europe has deployed Ciena’s optical technology to launch a new German network covering 3,000km of fibre across 8 core domestic metros including Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Berlin. The network also extends to a 14th key hub across the border in Strasbourg, France. With Ciena’s Reconfigurable Line System (RLS) and WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) solutions, Zayo Europe can now offer...
Multi-agent AI environments and the importance of trust | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Interview Netcracker’s Head of Strategy and Marketing, Sue White, discusses why telcos’ rapid adoption of Agentic AI must not risk compromising their operational integrity As expected, the evolution of AI was one of the major themes at this year’s DTW conference in Copenhagen, with discussions moving swiftly from Generative AI to Agentic AI. This change – allowing AI agents to go beyond recommending solutions to taking action autonomously – potentially...
Ookla Award Three UK and Vodafone Fastest for 5G Mobile Speeds in H1 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network testing firm Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband Speedtest.net service, has published their Q1-Q2 2025 (H1) study into the speed of 5G based mobile broadband networks across the United Kingdom. The results reveal that Three UK continues to hold the top spot, followed by merger partner Vodafone. The catch here is that mobile broadband performance can be a very difficult thing to pin down because related users are...
Sky Broadband Launch WiFi 7 Router and 5Gbps UK Broadband via CityFibre | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider Sky Broadband has today gone fully live via CityFibre’s growing Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based home broadband network. The change is being launched alongside a new Wi-Fi 7 router (“Gigafast+ Hub“) and two new packages – Full Fibre 2.5 Gigafast+ (2.5Gbps) and Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+ (5Gbps). The agreement with CityFibre was first officially revealed in August 2024 (here) and this finally progressed to the customer pilot phase in May...