Top 10 UK Full Fibre Providers by Share of New Build Homes – 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More ISPreview has today published a 2025 summary of the top ten full fibre broadband (FTTP) operators with the largest share of the UK new build homes market, which is naturally a table that ends up being dominated by the market’s biggest network provider – Openreach (BT), followed by Hyperoptic and others. At present, somewhere around 99% of new build homes are constructed with support for Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure (here), which has been...
Country Connect Target 20,000 Premises with FTTP Broadband by 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The CEO (Mark Tomlinson) of small but profitable alternative network provider Country Connect has told Richard Tang, CEO of UK ISP Zen Internet, that they’re aiming to extend their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to reach 20,000 premises by the end of 2026 (currently at c.10k RFS) and have plans to go wholesale. But if you want to buy the network, £10m will do it. The provider, which has previously described itself as being an unashamedly...
Sparkle expands its reach in the US with a PoP in San Diego | 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 expansion of its network in the United States with the opening of a Point of Presence (PoP) in San Diego, California. With this PoP, Sparkle adds a new strategic infrastructure alongside its existing nodes in McAllen, El Paso, Dallas (US) and Queretaro (Mexico), ensuring maximum diversification and redundancy for local customers....
O2 UK Boost 4G and 5G Mobile at 13,000 Scottish Postcodes for Summer | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that – over the past 12-months – they’ve upgraded the network capacity and coverage of their 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) services at a total of 13,000 postcodes across Scotland, including at some of the country’s most remote destinations (SRN). The upgrades form part of O2’s Mobile Transformation Plan, which is investing around £700m this year into their mobile network – “ensuring it is...
Neos Networks launches DDoS Mitigation to strengthen business-critical connectivity | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Reading, UK – 3rd July– Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of business connectivity, has today announced the launch of advanced Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Mitigation as an integrated feature of its Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) service. This latest enhancement supports Neos’s growing secure networking proposition and responds directly to the demands of public sector and private businesses for resilient, high-capacity internet access...
Neos Networks Add DDoS Protection to Dedicated Internet Access Service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Neos Networks, which operates one of the biggest 34,000km long and 400Gbps capable business fibre networks in the UK – spanning 550 exchanges, 90+ data centres and 600+ Points of Presence (PoPs), has today announced that they’ve integrated Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Mitigation as a built-in feature of its Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) service. The DIA solution is a high-capacity leased line (Ethernet) style service for businesses, which...
CityFibre Put First Full Fibre Homes Live in Buckinghamshire for Project Gigabit | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More CityFibre, which has so far deployed their 5.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 4.4 million UK premises, has just connected its first customers in Buckinghamshire (inc. Hertfordshire and East Berkshire) as part of their £58m (state aid) Project Gigabit contract (LOT 26) to reach 34,000 hard-to-reach rural premises in the county. Just to recap. The original contract award was announced back in February 2024 (here) and...
Gov Planning New UK Law to Help Protect Subsea Fibre Optic Cables | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government’s Minister for Telecoms, Sir Chris Bryant MP, has told the Joint Committee’s ongoing Undersea Cables Inquiry that they will need to draft new laws in order to better address the growing risk of deliberate sabotage against our vital subsea fibre optic cables – responsible for carrying much of the world’s internet data traffic. Damage to submarine cables is, sadly, not uncommon. According to the UN’s ICPC (here), an average of 150 to 200...
ISPA UK Awards Add Digital Inclusion Champion for Charities and Communities Category | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today added another category to their forthcoming 2025 industry awards event (27th ISPA Awards) – ‘Digital Inclusion Champion for Charities and Communities‘, which will sit alongside their similar ‘Digital Inclusion Champion for Industry‘ category. The association said they wanted to highlight the good work being done by communities & charities to fix the digital divide and help those in need...
Digital Catapult recognised as the UK’s first OTIC-accredited centre | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More The accreditation recognises Digital Catapult’s world-class capabilities in testing, validating and integrating open and interoperable radio access network (Open RAN) technologies, and its aim to advance the development and deployment of open and future networks. Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs) provide a collaborative, open environment to support the growth of the Open RAN ecosystem by enabling rigorous testing, validation, and integration...