April 2025 Progress Update on BT’s 10Mbps UK Broadband USO | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More UK ISP BT has published their first biannual progress update for 2025 on their delivery of Ofcom’s somewhat maligned 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband. The provider has so far helped to build a USO connection to over 8,411 premises (up from 8,248 in Oct 2024), with 349 further builds in-progress (up from 215). The USO is a legally-binding and industry-funded obligation that falls on BT across the UK and KCOM in just Hull. In short,...
Three Business Launch Large-scale UK eSIM Trial for 50,000+ Businesses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Three Business, the business-to-business arm of mobile network operator Three UK, this morning claims to have launched the “UK’s first large-scale eSIM trial” for over 50,000 business, albeit initially only available to those in the Birmingham and Bristol areas. The trial will allow customers to test Three’s network before making the commitment to switch providers. Unlike physical SIM cards, eSIMs embed an electronic SIM into your device (Smartphone)...
NOW Broadband Warn UK Customers with Older Routers of No Upgrade Policy | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of Sky’s sibling NOW Broadband (NOW TV) ISP sub-brand, specifically those on their older “part-fibre” (FTTC) based superfast broadband packages, have been informed that their bundled Hubs (routers) are now unsupported and won’t be replaced if they develop a fault. But don’t “worry“, say NOW, because if that happens your service can be terminated or moved to Sky. Sky Broadband itself has, thus far, been doing a modestly good job of offering...
Octopus Group eyes UK MVNO launch | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Octopus Group, the investment group behind Octopus Energy, is preparing to make its move into the UK mobile market, The Telegraph reported over the weekend. According to the article, the company is exploring plans to launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that could challenge the dominance of the UK’s current biggest four operators, EE, Virgin Media O2, Vodafone, and Three. Octopus’s mobile service would operate by leasing capacity...
O2 UK and Virgin Media Launch Blue Monday Priority Rewards | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Existing customers of Virgin Media and O2’s various broadband, mobile, phone and TV packages may like to know that their ‘Priority’ app, which rewards subscribers with various special offers and discounts, has this week launched “Blue Mondays” to give UK subscribers something to smile about at the start of every week with lots of special rewards. The move is being promoted as a “significant refresh” of how Priority usually works and will see more than...
Octopus-Backed Y Corp Still Looking to Launch UK Mobile Provider | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A couple of weekend newspaper reports have stated that the Fern Trading (Octopus Group) backed Y Corporation appears to still be gearing up to launch a new UK mobile operator of their own, which would be backed by a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement with Three UK. But readers of ISPreview will know that they already tried this last year (here) – leaving many early adopters confused. According to the FT (paywall), which itself followed a report in the...
Progress on GBP70m Extending High Speed Broadband in Wales Project | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Welsh Government (WG) has moved into the final market engagement phase of their proposed £70m (state aid) “Extending High Speed Broadband Reach in Wales” (EHSBRW) project, which aims to help upgrade broadband for some or all of the remaining 84,000 premises (i.e. those that can’t yet get “superfast” speeds of 30Mbps+). Regular ISPreview readers will know that the WG first began to explore the viability of such a project in May 2023 via a Prior...
First Homes Live on CityFibre’s Project Gigabit Broadband Network in Hampshire | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator CityFibre has today announced that the first customers have gone live on their new 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network in Hampshire (England), which is being built as part of their £104m state aid supported Project Gigabit contract (Lot 27) – this aims to reach more than 75,000 extra premises across hard-to-reach rural areas. The operator, which is supported by ISPs like Vodafone, TalkTalk, Zen Internet and many more...
BT Kicks Off UK Digital Voice Switchover for Vulnerable Users with Moira Stuart | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and phone provider BT (EE) has today launched a new campaign with Moira Stuart, a well-known English TV presenter and broadcaster, to help raise awareness around the switch to digital landlines and the forthcoming deadline of 31st January 2027 for vulnerable users. Just to recap. The big analogue phone switch-off was last year delayed to 31st January 2027 in order to give broadband ISPs, phone, telecare providers, councils and consumers more...
Diversifying the UK’s data centre landscape: a path to economic growth | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Insight By Spencer Lamb, Chief Commercial Officer at Kao Data Data centres are the foundations of our digital economy and the backbone of the AI revolution. The UK’s data centre industry is heavily concentrated in and around London, with more than 85% of facilities in Slough and across West London – which together, represent the second largest data centre hub in the world. The significant reliance on areas around London as a data centre hub puts all...