Ofcom Probe Zayo Group and Tata Comms UK Over Info. Request Failures | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has this afternoon opened two separate investigations into whether or not fibre optic network operator Zayo Group UK or digital communications provider Tata Communications (UK) “failed to comply” with the regulator’s requirements in their response to a statutory information request. The regulator holds various information gathering powers to help them assess, monitor and govern the UK market. Naturally, communication...
New Rules to Tackle Fake Discounts Set to Benefit UK Consumers in 2027 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The new UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, yesterday pledged to bring forward the introduction of several planned measures to help consumers exit bad contracts, stop misleading price promotions and to generally tackle “subscription traps“. Some of the new measures will now be introduced from January 2027, rather than next Spring, but others require further consultation. The new rules appear to mark both an enhancement and acceleration of changes that were...
Report Warns Against Future TV Plan to Shut Down UK’s Tall Tower Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report from the National Preparedness Commission (NPC), which is said to be an independent and non-political body focused on preparing the country for a major crisis, threats and incidents, has warned that the UK’s proposed plan to switch-off terrestrial TV signals in favour of broadband internet-based streaming “risks … over-concentrating communications on internet-based networks“. Just to recap. Back in June 2026 the Government proposed a plan...
Removing Paramount+ on Three UK Risks Inviting 100Mbps Data Speed Cap | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some existing customers of mobile operator Three UK, specifically those who have the Paramount+ add-on included with their ‘Complete‘ plan, have responded to the looming price hike on the streaming service by taking the option to remove it from their package. The catch is that doing so seems to require you to accept the operator’s new 100Mbps cap on mobile broadband speeds. Back in April 2026 we reported that Three UK had moved to mirror Vodafone by...
Assessing the Future Withdrawal of UK Mobile MMS Picture Messaging | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More An important development recently happened in Germany as mobile operators switched off the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), which meant that users would in future be limited to sending pictures, short videos and audio files to other mobile phone users via internet-based messaging platforms (RCS, WhatsApp, iMessage etc.). But this raises the question, when might the UK follow? The commercial deployment of MMS started around 2002 and only really became...
Streetwave Set to Survey Mobile Broadband Coverage Across West Yorkshire | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network analyst firm Streetwave has revealed that they’ve been chosen by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in England to conduct a real-world study of mobile network coverage and 4G / 5G data performance across the region, harnessing 12,000km of the county’s road network and testing all three of the primary mobile networks – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK). Just to recap. Streetwave works by harnessing waste bin (refuse) collection...
Octopus Investments Reportedly Set to Buy TalkTalk’s UK Wholesale Business | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report has today claimed that Octopus Investments, via infrastructure investor Fern Trading, is on the verged of entering into advanced talks to acquire TalkTalk Group’s wholesale broadband and Ethernet business – PlatformX Communications (PXC). TalkTalk’s consumer business is also now said to be fielding interest from Opus Broadband, in addition to Vodafone and possibly others. Last month ISPreview reported that PXC had attracted interest from...
Giant Broadband Launch Free UK Network-Level Internet Security Service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Liverpool-based UK ISP Giant has introduced a new network-level internet content filtering and security service called ‘Guardian‘ for their customers, which is available for free on all of their broadband packages and is designed to “work across every connected device — no downloads or per-device setup required“. Guardian is designed to give Giant’s customers a single, simple switch so that they can block malicious websites — and optionally adult content...
OneWeb Broadband Satellites Help Lift LEO Revenues 69.5 Percent at Eutelsat | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More European satellite operator Eutelsat just published their results for the year ended 30th June 2026 and reported that their revenues from OneWeb’s constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) “beat expectations“, jumping by 69.5% to €297m (accounting for 25% of the group’s overall revenues). OneWeb, which regular readers may recall was originally rescued from bankruptcy by the UK government and Indian group Bharti Global,...
Openreach Says UK Full Fibre Broadband Usage Jumped 37 Percent in H1 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Director of Network Technology at national UK broadband operator Openreach (BT), Trevor Linney, has today reported that “full fibre usage” – driven by live TV video streaming and new video game updates – across their network increased by 37% in the first half of 2026, compared with the same period last year. “That tells us something important: people aren’t just using more data, they’re increasingly relying on Full Fibre to do more online, more...