Revolut to launch mobile plans | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The launch positions Revolut as one of the first digital finance companies to expand into mobile connectivity Mobile bank Revolut has announced the launch of a new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services in the UK and Germany, with more markets to follow. The London-based fintech company, best known for its digital banking services, announced today that it will roll out mobile subscriptions with unlimited calls, texts, and data. The...
Bosses of B4RN, MS3 and Quickline Give Update on UK Broadband Builds | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The CEO of ISP Zen Internet, Richard Tang, has today shared three recent interviews with the bosses of several alternative network providers, including B4RN (Tom Rigg), MS3 (Guy Miller) and Quickline (Sean Royce). Each provides a useful progress update on their efforts to deploy full fibre (FTTP) broadband across different parts of the UK. The first interview is one that combines both MS3’s Guy Miller and Quickline’s Sean Royce. Just to recap, Hull-based...
Primary UK Mobile Operators Beat Virtual MVNOs for Broadband Speed | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published the result of a new study that analyses the performance of Mobile Network Operators (MNOs like EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK) and then compares that with their many virtual operators (MVNOs like Sky Mobile, iD Mobile, Smarty etc.). Overall, the primary operators deliver faster data speeds than virtual providers. On the surface, you might think that virtual (MVNO) operators should perform about the...
Signify and Cornerstone to deploy city-wide multi-operator wireless network through street lighting | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release The partnership will enhance urban connectivity across three major cities in the UK this year, with Oxford as the first city of deployment, enabled by Dense Air’s neutral host platform London, United Kingdom – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, has partnered with Cornerstone, the UK’s leading mobile infrastructure services company, and Dense Air, a leading neutral host platform-as-a-service provider, to transform...
The Top Fastest and Slowest UK Locations for Broadband Speed in 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More New research from Broadband Genie has analysed 348,000 internet speed tests across 1,302 locations in order to identify the top slowest and fastest UK locations for broadband. The slowest location was found to be Lostwithiel in Cornwall (average downloads of 2Mbps and uploads of 1Mbps), while the fastest was South Hetton in County Durham (526Mbps down and 448Mbps up). According to Thinkbroadband’s latest data, some 87.3% of UK premises are currently...
Streetwave See Mobile Broadband Coverage Improve Across Mid Wales | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network analyst firm Streetwave, which is using bin lorries to help map the coverage and performance of 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) networks across 113 UK councils, has revealed how much the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project has helped to improve mobile coverage across mid-Wales over the past 9 months – O2 saw the strongest improvement. Just to recap. Streetwave has spent the past couple of years harnessing waste (bin / refuse) collection trucks...
Study Claims UK Broadband Users Could Save £61.1m Monthly by Ditching Landlines | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from comparison site Go.Compare has claimed that broadband users who have a landline phone service included in their package could save as much as a combined £61.1m each month by switching to a non-landline deal (roughly £4.1 per month per user). But it’s not always quite so simple. The study, which uses internal comparison data on the cost of packages (from January 2020 to February 2025), as well as data from the ONS and a recent (Feb 2025)...
BEAD delay causes Louisiana layoffs at construction firm | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Delays to BEAD forced a Louisiana broadband construction firm to layoff 80% of subcontractors, according to the organisation’s co-owner This article was originally published by Brad Randall, Editor of our sister publication, Broadband Communities A broadband construction firm in rural Louisiana has been forced into layoffs due to BEAD delays, according to Josh Etheridge, the co-owner of EPC. Etheridge, who founded EPC with his brother eight years...
Germany appoints first ever digital minister | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Dr. Karsten Wildberger, CEO of consumer electronics retailer Ceconomy, will head up the newly created Ministry for Digitalisation Following the federal elections in February this year, Germany’s new government is a ‘grand coalition’ between the centre right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the centre left Social Democratic Party (SPD). CDU leader Friedrich Merz will be sworn in as Chancellor early next month. One of the new government’s...
BT opens new flagship Manchester office | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release BT has announced the opening of its new multi-million-pound office in the heart of Manchester. The opening of Four New Bailey is the final step in BT Group’s five year, UK-wide ‘Better Workplace’ transformation programme, which set out to consolidate the company’s office spaces from around 300 to closer to 30 key locations. Four New Bailey will house up to 2,000 colleagues from across BT Group and has been fitted with state-of-the-art...