ISP Baltic Broadband Look to Expand UK Business Full Fibre Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Business ISP Baltic Broadband, which has long offered a mix of fixed wireless and full fibre broadband network connectivity to firms in the Liverpool area, has hinted at a possible expansion of their 100Gbps capable network to reach 2,000 more business premises located in offices, and business estates over the next 12-months or so. In order to do this, the operator is first seeking Code Powers from Ofcom, which are typically pursued to help speed-up...
UK ISP Airband Wins 2025 World Communication Award for Wireless Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband provider Airband, which has deployed both Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based networks to cover various rural parts of Wales and South West England, last night won the ‘Connected Communities Award’ for their gigabit wireless service at the World Communication Awards 2025. The award reflects Airband’s recent move to embrace evolving millimetre wave (mmWave) solutions in the 60GHz band, which enabled them to offer a...
Grain to Start Expanding UK Full Fibre Broadband Network in Coalville | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Carlisle-based broadband ISP Grain, which in July 2025 secured a £225 million funding boost to continue their UK network expansion (here), has announced that they’ve begun to expand their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines across the North West Leicestershire (England) town of Coalville; home to around 38,000 people. The town itself is already covered by gigabit-capable broadband from both Virgin Media (inc. nexfibre) and Openreach’s respective full...
Utility Warehouse Starts Adding eSIM Support to UK Mobile Service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Consumer energy, broadband, mobile and insurance provider UW (Utility Warehouse), which is ultimately controlled by Telecom Plus, has recently become the latest virtual mobile network operator (mvno) to start introducing eSIM (Embedded SIM) support to their service. Just to recap. The eSIM standard is an alternative to physical SIM cards, which works by essentially embedding a digital SIM into your device (Smartphone) that could – once fully implemented...
Sky UK Stops Selling Sky Q Online as Users Nudged to Glass and Streaming | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Sky (Sky Broadband) has recently continued their gradual move away from satellite-based Pay TV services by withdrawing their Sky Q kit and service from online sales. New customers are instead being directed to take the company’s latest broadband-based Sky Glass (Sky integrated streaming TV set) and Sky Stream (streaming set-top-box) solutions. Both Sky Glass and Sky Stream are standalone products that use your home broadband ISP and WiFi connection to...
LMT Group completes strategic pivot, transforming from telco operator to technology company | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More LMT has long ceased to be just a mobile network operator, but rather an ICT company that offers exportable solutions. Now, LMT is purposefully shifting into a multi-sector technology company ecosystem – the LMT Group. The Group comprises several companies and branches, including LMT IoT, LMT Defence, LMT Systems, LMT Retail & Logistics, LMT Finance, LMT Innovations, and Santa Monica Networks. LMT Group’s strategic diversification is firmly rooted in...
World Communication Award Winners 2025 | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More World Communication Awards Total Telecom is thrilled to unveil the exceptional winners of the 2025 World Communication Awards (WCAs) For over two decades, the WCAs has been the definitive global benchmark for technological excellence and industry leadership. With a rigorous, independent review panel of over 80 judges, the WCAs ensure that every award recognises genuine, real-world impact and future-defining innovation that is transforming the global...
Ofcom clears the way for satellite-to-smartphone services | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Ofcom has given the green light for mobile network operators to deliver ‘direct-to-device’ (D2D) satellite services to ordinary smartphones, clearing the regulatory pathway for calls, texts and data to be delivered from space across the UK. The regulator’s final decisions authorise the use of mobile spectrum below 3 GHz for D2D links, with safety guards in place to prevent harmful interference with radar and air traffic control systems. The...
O2 UK Expand 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to Essex | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband network in Essex (England) as part of its UK-wide rollout, which is now live in a total of more than 500 locations (70% of the UK’s population or c.49 million people). Just to recap. 5GSA networks are pure end-to-end 5G that can deliver ultra-low latency times, greater energy efficiency, better speeds (particularly...
UK ISP Spitfire Launch PSTN Switch Off Migration Service for Businesses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Business telecommunications and UK broadband ISP Spitfire has today launched its new PSTN Switch Off Migration service, which is designed to provide both technical support and expertise to UK businesses making the move from the old Public Switched Telephone Network to all-IP (digital). Just to recap. The legacy phone switch-off was last year delayed to 31st January 2027 in order to give broadband, phone, telecare providers, councils and consumers more...