BT agrees sale of Italian unit | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News BT is to sell its remaining stake in its Italian unit to local telco Retelit, the Financial Times has reported today Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed, but the unit sold generated revenues of approximately €160 million in 2024. The “expansion will further strengthen Retelit’s coverage of the Italian corporate market, providing a more comprehensive suite of ICT infrastructure and services to support the innovation and the...
Ericsson commits €200M to Irish R&D | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Ericsson has announced a €200 million investment in a research, development, and innovation (RD&I) project in Ireland Photo: Ericsson. (From left to right: IDA Ireland, CEO, Michael Lohan; Ericsson President and CEO, Börje Ekholm; Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Peter Burke, TD; Head of BA Cloud Software and Services, Ericsson, Jenny Lindqvist; Head of Ericsson Athlone, Denis Dullea.) The project, launched at the...
Second Louisiana CEO appeals to Lutnick for end to BEAD delays | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Another Louisiana CEO is calling on Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to address BEAD delays and reaffirm a strategic commitment to fibre By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Days after the CEO of Louisiana-based SkyRider Communications penned an open letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick pleading for BEAD to move forward, another Louisiana CEO has voiced a similar call. In a new letter given to Broadband Communities today, David...
Zen Internet Survey Claims 52 Percent of Brits Still Have a Landline | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new Censuswide survey conducted on behalf of UK broadband ISP Zen Internet, which involved 2,000 nationally representative UK consumers aged 16+ (surveyed during Q1 2025), claims to have found that 52% of Brits still have a landline, yet only 15% use it regularly. But only a third intend to take (or have already) the digital voice alternative when the switchover occurs. The survey, which has been timed to coincide with the anniversary of the invention...
Virgin Media O2 Reveals Some Internet Traffic Trends of UK Children | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 have this morning revealed new mobile, internet, and TV data showing a weekday afternoon surge in traffic after 3.40PM, as children across the UK reach for screens after school. This is largely driven by TV/streaming, YouTube and homework related activity. The new network data is accompanied by a limited consumer survey, although VMO2 fails to clarify any details about the methodology or sample size...
Full Fibre Broadband ISP Hyperoptic Suffers UK Service Outage | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of city-focused UK ISP Hyperoptic, which since 2011 claims to have deployed an alternative full fibre (FTTP/B) network to reach “more than” 1.73 million homes in parts of 64 towns and cities, appear to be suffering from a sizeable network outage this morning. The outage started at around 7am and the provider issued the following statement via social media shortly after that: “We’re currently facing service disruptions in a number of areas....
UK Broadband ISPs Should Stop Making Service Status Pages Useless | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The ability of a broadband provider to offer an effective and informative ‘Service Status‘ page, which can be useful for keeping customers updated about developments during network outages, is a crucial but often overlooked feature of modern internet provision. Yet in recent years’ ISPs seem to have been making them less and less effective or removing them entirely. In the past it was fairly normal for any ISP worth their salt to include a Service Status...
Openreach’s UK Fibre Broadband Checker Offline for Second Day UPDATE3 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Several of ISPreview’s readers have indicated to us that Openreach’s fibre broadband checker has been down since yesterday morning or thereabouts. The popular tool is currently still offline at the time of writing today and returns the following message on use: “Service request failed. Please try again later“. The network access provider is clearly aware of this, as their website now carries a status message to inform visitors that they are “experiencing...
Broadband Speed Lifts Table of Top 60 UK Cities for Remote Working | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from researchers at RemotePeople, which is an international remote recruitment agency, claims to have identified some of the sixty best and worst UK locations for working from home (WFH). One of the key metrics here is broadband speed (download and upload), which helped to lift Southampton into the top spot. But London ranked last. In order to determine which cities make the “ideal remote work destinations“, the research team evaluated...
du and Microsoft sign AE $2 billion hyperscaler deal | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The facility will be delivered in phases and is aimed at meeting rising demand for AI, cloud, and digital services in the region UAE operator du has unveiled plans for a new hyperscale data centre worth AED 2 billion ($544.54 million) with Microsoft confirmed as the lead tenant at AI week in Dubai. “This marks a significant investment in digital infrastructure, reinforcing Dubai’s leadership in adopting the latest technologies, innovations, and...