New warning from CSRI that UK undersea infrastructure is at risk from China and Russia | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More NEWS A new report by the China Strategic Risks Institute (CSRI) reveals that the UK is unprepared for escalating threats from China and Russia targeting undersea internet cables. The institute analysed 12 incidents between January 2021 and April 2025, and found that eight out of ten suspect vessels were directly linked to China or Russia. These nations are reportedly employing commercial “shadow fleet” vessels to conduct “grey zone” operations. CSRI...
Netgem TV Add DAZN Premium TV Sports via Supporting UK Broadband ISPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV has today announced that their IPTV box and service, which is typically bundled by broadband ISPs like Brsk, TalkTalk, CommunityFibre, Wightfibre and others, will benefit from its new partnership with one of the world’s leading sports platforms, DAZN. The collaboration complements Netgem’s existing access to 50+ free live sports channels in the UK, alongside access to a broad library of 250 other channels and...
Openreach Maps UK Cities by Internet Activity to Celebrate 25 Years of Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Openreach (BT) has marked “25 years of home broadband” by combining its own data with consumer research to map the UK cities by their online activity. The results found that the busiest hour of the day for internet usage in the UK is between 8-9pm, followed by 9-10pm and 7-8pm. And the highest peak of the year so far was on 14th January 2025 at 9pm. The results go on to show that the city where the average family spends the most overall time online is...
ITS Technology on 50Gbps Plans, UK Full Fibre Expansion and Partnering Zen Internet | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The ITS Technology Group, which has built various open access full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks (“Faster Britain“) across urban parts of the UK for businesses and ISPs, has today announced a reciprocal partnership with retail provider Zen Internet and spoken of their ambition for future network expansion within the next 2 years. Just to recap. The operator’s XGS-PON-enabled (10Gbps capable) full fibre network is currently said to “pass” almost...
Nexfibre Responds to Concerns Over UK Broadband ISP Onboarding Progress | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator nexfibre, which is working alongside Virgin Media to deploy a new 10Gbps full fibre broadband (FTTP) network across millions of UK premises (c.2.2m have already been built), has told ISPreview that they “remain focused on enabling as many ISPs as possible“. This came after some of ISPreview’s sources indicated that their wholesale plans seem to have stalled. Just to recap. Back in 2022 Telefónica, Liberty Global and InfraVia Capital...
Wessex Internet Founder James Gibson Scoops King’s Birthday Honours | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The annual King’s Birthday Honours (2025) have just been published, which includes a couple of people from the United Kingdom’s telecommunications sector, such as the founder of alternative rural broadband ISP Wessex Internet, James Gibson Fleming, who scooped an MBE for services to community, charity and businesses in Dorset. The honours’ system is technically designed to recognise people who have made achievements in public life and or committed...
Zen Internet Starts Selling Broadband via Freedom Fibre’s UK Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rochdale-based UK broadband ISP Zen Internet has revealed that Freedom Fibre’s alternative full fibre (FTTP) network, which at the last update covered 315,000 premises in parts of England and North Wales (4th Nov 2024), is now live on their service and being sold to consumers after being almost fully integrated following last year’s wholesale deal (here). Until recently Zen Internet was only able to harness FTTP lines from Openreach, CityFibre and...
Control of Broadband Altnet ISP Runfibre Changes Again to Fibre Nova | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The ownership of alternative network operator and ISP Runfibre, which has built a small Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of South Gloucestershire in England, appears to have changed again after a relatively new provider called Nova Fibre took control of the business from the Fibreray Group. In case anybody has forgotten. Runfibre is a small altnet that originally started life in 2020/21 by deploying their full fibre...
ISP Vodafone UK Officially Launch Pro 3 Broadband Plans and WiFi 7 Kit | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A month has passed since Vodafone first quietly introduced their new range of “Pro 3 Broadband” packages for homes (as spotted by ISPreview), which features their new WiFi 7 capable routers and wireless extenders. The good news today is that the provider has finally issued an official announcement, but it doesn’t add anything new vs our original report. The provider’s new Pro 3 service is an optional paid add-on for most of their home broadband packages,...
Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme Tweaks UK Eligibility Criteria | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has tweaked the eligibility criteria for their Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) again, which among other things now requires that a home or business must have existing available broadband download speeds of less than 1Gbps in order to be eligible (previously it was 100Mbps). Just to recap. The GBVS typically offers grants worth up to £4,500 to help remote rural or poorly served urban homes and...