UK ISP TalkTalk Shrinks to 3.2 Million Broadband Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new preview of TalkTalk’s next set of annual accounts has reportedly revealed that the UK internet provider is continuing to haemorrhage broadband customers. The latest figure puts them at around 3.2 million customers as of February 2025 (down from 3.6m last year). The Salford-based group has had a rough few years and only recently secured a refinancing package worth around £400m (here and here), which saved it from the immediate risk of a default on...
Community Fibre hits profitability as altnet market braces for M&A | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The altnet’s financial position looks increasingly secure at a time when its rivals are struggling to stabilise This week, The Financial Times reports that London-based altnet Community Fibre has posted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of £8 million in 2024, marking the first time the company has been profitable. Commenting on the milestone, Community Fibre CEO Graeme Oxby said the results showed that “broadband...
Full Fibre UK Broadband Builder Quickline Opens New Facility in Leeds | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural-focused UK ISP Quickline, which is deploying a gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has announced the opening of a new facility and logistics Hub in Leeds to support their ongoing network build and training for future engineers. The provider is currently being backed by c.£500m from Northleaf Capital Partners and aims to cover 200,000 premises with...
Broadband ISP Fibrus Helps Boost N.Ireland Economy by £431m Since 2020 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new economic and social impact report from Grant Thornton has claimed that Infracapital-backed network operator Fibrus, which is building a full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network across several rural parts of the UK, has contributed £431 million (expenditure) to the Northern Ireland economy since beginning operations in 2020. Just to recap. Fibrus have been primarily focusing their roll-out of gigabit broadband across rural parts of both Cumbria in...
New Broadband ISP Carnival Internet UK Finally Goes Live | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Back in November 2024 we reported that global tech company Dotlines (Dotlines UK) were preparing to launch a new broadband ISP called Carnival Internet UK during “early 2025” (here). The good news today is that this has now gone live and pledges to donate 1% of customer bills to charities to fight digital poverty in the UK (they’ll also plant one tree or kelp plant for every month a customer stays). The new provider claims to be “promising...
Better Mobile Cover Goes Live from O2 UK on East Coast Mainline | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 UK (Virgin Media) has today announced, in a “railway first“, that 4G and hopefully 5G connectivity too (mobile broadband) has received a “major boost” after the London North Eastern Railway (LNER), Network Rail and the private sector completed deployment of a new custom-built Distributed Antenna System (DAS). As we reported over a year ago, the hope is that this work will ensure that customers travelling through the two tunnels...
Openreach Name 163 More UK Areas for Copper to FTTP Switch – Tranche 20 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Openreach (BT) has released the next May 2025 batch of exchanges (Tranche 20) in their “FTTP Priority Exchange Stop Sell” programme, which reflects areas where over 75% of premises are able to get full fibre lines and will thus stop selling copper based legacy phone and broadband products (i.e. FTTP becomes the only product option). Currently, there are two schemes for moving away from old copper lines and services, which can sometimes cross over. The...
50% of Telecoms Service Providers Expect SMS Fraud to Grow in 2025, According to Research from XConnect and Mobilesquared | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More London, United Kingdom, 6th May 2025 – XConnect, a Somos Company, the provider of world-class numbering intelligence solutions has launched a report with Mobilesquared, the leading provider of business messaging intelligence, revealing that over 50% of telecoms service providers expect SMS to experience an increase in fraud in 2025, with less than a third expecting SMS to become a cleaner channel in this period. The report, ‘How Do We Create a...
Sparkle and Orchest Technologies Announce Strategic Network Interconnection to Accelerate NaaS Automation | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Rome/Washington, 5 May 2025 Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, has entered into a strategic agreement with Orchest Technologies, a leading LATAM connectivity and automation provider, to enhance mutual network coverage and streamline service orchestration, accelerating the adoption of Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solutions.. Under the agreement, presented in Washington during International...
Sky Glass UK Customers Suffering Black Screen and Content Display Bugs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of Sky’s broadband-based Sky Glass pay TV streaming service and device, including those on both their first and latest second generation TV sets, appear to be suffering from a frustrating bug that is disrupting their ability to view content (TV channels, streaming apps etc.) – often showing black screens, incorrect audio or error messages. The majority of the problems appear to have started in early April 2025, although we did find some...