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Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Welsh Government’s (WG) Tech Valleys programme has announced that 17 primary schools in Blaenau Gwent to be upgraded to gigabit-speed internet as part of their new partnership with Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council and the Shared Resource Service. The new service for the Blaenau Gwent region, which is said to be “up to ten times faster than some of the current connections” used by the schools (listed at the bottom of this article), is being funded...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The SIM-Only mobile operator Spusu, which holds a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement to harness EE’s 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) network, has today celebrated their third birthday since launch in the UK by gifting existing customers an extra 5GB (GigaBytes) of data for free until 30th June 2026. Since entering the UK market in 2023, spusu has grown from a new entrant in a heavily populated industry, to a provider trusted by more than 150,000 customers....

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and wireless infrastructure firm Cellnex UK have today signed a 5-year agreement to join the Brighton Main Line (BML) connectivity project, which aims to expand “highspeed” 5G mobile (mobile broadband) connectivity and tackle mobile signal “not-spots” across the route. The BML is a 108km long railway corridor in southern England that links London (Victoria and London Bridge) to Brighton on the south coast and handles...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Shropshire-based independent UK ISP Aquiss, which sells full fibre broadband packages via several different networks (Openreach, CityFibre, Freedom Fibre, Gigaclear, Netomnia and FullFibre Ltd.), has this afternoon announced the launch of Fusion – a new Partner Portal that’s said to offer a faster, simpler way to order and manage connectivity solutions from over a dozen UK networks. Partners can now search availability, place orders, manage existing...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Business communications and broadband provider Exponential-e has been awarded a 5-year Wide Area Network (WAN) Services contract by Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) in England. The deal will see the ISP deliver and manage a modernised Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) across more than 200 sites throughout the county. Procured under the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Network Services 3 Framework, Exponential-e will be tasked with replacing the...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Shropshire-based independent UK ISP Aquiss, which sells full fibre broadband packages via several different networks (Openreach, CityFibre, Freedom Fibre, Gigaclear, Netomnia and FullFibre Ltd.), has this afternoon announced the launch of Fusion – a new Partner Portal that’s said to offer a faster, simpler way to order and manage connectivity solutions from over a dozen UK networks. Partners can now search availability, place orders, manage existing...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and wireless infrastructure firm Cellnex UK have today signed a 5-year agreement to join the Brighton Main Line (BML) connectivity project, which aims to expand “highspeed” 5G mobile (mobile broadband) connectivity and tackle mobile signal “not-spots” across the route. The BML is a 108km long railway corridor in southern England that links London (Victoria and London Bridge) to Brighton on the south coast and handles...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The SIM-Only mobile operator Spusu, which holds a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement to harness EE’s 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) network, has today celebrated their third birthday since launch in the UK by gifting existing customers an extra 5GB (GigaBytes) of data for free until 30th June 2026. Since entering the UK market in 2023, spusu has grown from a new entrant in a heavily populated industry, to a provider trusted by more than 150,000 customers....

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new survey of 2,000 British adults, which was commissioned by broadband ISP Zen Internet (vested interest), has claimed that one in five UK sports fans have missed key moments due to buffering and freezing while watching live sport at home, while almost half (47%) have experienced some other form of internet-related problem while watching. The survey found that, in terms of those other connectivity issues that can occur, some 14.2% have had their...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new survey of 2,000 British adults, which was commissioned by broadband ISP Zen Internet (vested interest), has claimed that one in five UK sports fans have missed key moments due to buffering and freezing while watching live sport at home, while almost half (47%) have experienced some other form of internet-related problem while watching. The survey found that, in terms of those other connectivity issues that can occur, some 14.2% have had their...