Hyperoptic to Extend UK FTTP Broadband Coverage via Openreach | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More In a significant strategic development. City-focused UK ISP Hyperoptic, which has spent the past few years deploying their own alternative full fibre (FTTP/B) gigabit broadband network to cover 1.9 million premises (up from 1.73m in July 2024), has confirmed to ISPreview that they plan to extend this to “at least” another 1 million premises – albeit using Openreach’s network. The operator, which at the start of this year suffered another round of...
Landowners Lobby UK Government for Higher Rents on 5G Mobile Masts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A group of land and property owners, including the British Property Federation (BPF) and National Farmers Union (NFU) among them, have written a new letter that calls on the UK government to suspend earlier reforms that made it easier and cheaper for mobile and broadband operators to deploy their infrastructure on private land. Before 2017 it was frequently landowners that would extract highly lucrative rental agreements in return for allowing telecoms...
EE UK Start Enabling Voice Over 5G Standalone Option on Smartphones | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some of ISPreview’s readers have informed us that mobile operator EE (BT) appears to have pushed out a new carrier update, which enables the “Voice Over 5G Standalone” network feature on Smartphones that can support it (currently we’ve only seen reports of this from Apple iPhone users). Just to recap. Most 5G mobile networks today are still largely based on Non-Standalone (NSA) technology, which means they are partly reliant upon older and slower 4G...
Fibrus Hits EBITDA Breakeven as UK Broadband Customers Top 113.5k | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Infracapital-backed alternative network operator Fibrus, which has been rolling out their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across Northern Ireland and Cumbria (England), has today published their latest annual results and revealed that they finally achieved EBITDA breakeven in March 2025 and are now home to 113,500 customers (up from 100k in Nov 2024). The ability to achieve a positive EBITDA (i.e. earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and...
Openreach Finally Kicks Off Larger FTTP Broadband Build in Oxford | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach (BT) has finally started to deploy their new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP network across the Cathedral City of Oxford (Oxfordshire) in England, which mostly reflects the central area covered by their main exchange. The city of Oxford is a bit of an unusual one because, until fairly recently, the only real option for gigabit-capable broadband came via Virgin Media’s (inc. nexfibre) network. Openreach...
Openreach Allegedly Threatens to Block New TalkTalk Broadband Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has reportedly warned the heavily indebted UK broadband ISP TalkTalk that they could block them from putting new customers on to their network. The threat allegedly arose after the ISP missed several monthly payment deadlines to the network operator, its biggest supplier, due to cash flow issues. Just to recap. The internet provider has had a rough few years and in September 2024 secured a crucial refinancing...
UK Fibre Awards 2025 Name Winning Broadband Operators | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The fourth annual UK Fibre Awards event was held yesterday in London, which saw a number of broadband ISPs and full fibre network builders across several categories pick up awards for their achievements. Some of this year’s winners included Gigaclear for ‘Best Rural Fibre Provider’ and MS3 for ‘Best Overall Fibre Provider’ (they scooped several wins). The event, which appears to be quite similar to many existing industry award ceremonies (e.g. the annual...
INCA Calls on Lords to Address UK Broadband Woes for Remote Working | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative broadband operators, has today proposed several priority recommendations to help address – as part of a Lords Select Committee inquiry – the gaps in critical broadband infrastructure that could be holding back home-based working. Just to recap. The Home-based Working Committee (Lords Select Committee) launched a call for evidence to support its inquiry...
ISP Gamma and Clear Business Boosted by UK Strategic Partnership | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Multi-utility operator Clear Business, which provides UK SMEs with access to lots of different services (broadband, mobile, energy, payment, water etc.), has today announced that they’ve “strengthened” their strategic partnership with business ISP Gamma Communications. The deal, which aims to make essential services “simpler, faster, and more effective” for small businesses across the UK, will see Gamma provide a fully managed service for connectivity...
ASDA Mobile UK Refreshes Pay Monthly and Pay As You Go Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The mobile operator division of supermarket chain ASDA, which is powered by a virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with Vodafone, has just launched a refreshed SIM-Only range with a reduced number of products, featuring reduced pricing across some of their key plans. The changes are too subtle and numerous to list in full, but a bunch of older plans have been removed, while others have had their prices cut. For example, ASDA Mobile’s Pay Monthly...