BT Group UK Sells US Government Contracting Subsidiary to TSCTI | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms and broadband giant, BT Group, has today continued to reduce their international operations by announcing the complete sale of US government contracting subsidiary, BT Federal Inc., to 22nd Century Technologies, Inc. (TSCTI) – a public-sector IT systems integrator – for an undisclosed sum. The transaction will expand TSCTI’s managed network services capabilities, including coverage across all 50 states of the USA, with BT Federal’s...
Amazon Set to Release Redesigned and Faster Fire TV Software and UI | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet retail giant Amazon has announced that owners of their Fire TV line of broadband streaming sticks and internet-connected televisions will in the near future receive a major software (firmware) update, which will deliver a new and faster User Interface (UI), as well as a “transformed” Fire TV mobile app. But UK users will have a longer wait. The “redesigned user interface” is said to be “cleaner, faster, and better organized“. For example, in...
ASA Bans Six More Vodafone UK Ads Over Misleading “Nation’s Network” Claim | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some readers might recall that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned an advert on mobile and broadband ISP Vodafone’s website in April 2025 after EE complained about the operator describing itself as “The Nation’s Network” (here), which was ultimately deemed to be a misleading claim. The ASA has now banned another six ads for doing the same sort of thing. The six adverts reflected a mix of TV and YouTube promotions, as well as posters, Meta...
Survey Warns a Third of UK Adults Use VPNs to Bypass Internet Porn Age Checks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new survey of 1,469 adults, which was conducted by the child protection focused Lucy Faithfull Foundation, has “warned” that 45% of adults who don’t want to verify their identities to access porn – a requirement of the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) – have turned to using sites without age checks. In addition, 29% have used Virtual Private Networks to bypass age checks on sites that have them. The foundation expresses concern about this because those...
UK govt earmarks £210m to fortify its cyber defences | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The funds aim to “spark a step change in public sector cyber defences”, as well as “holding organisations to account for fixing vulnerabilities” Today, the UK government has unveiled a new cybersecurity plan, introducing new measures aimed at making government departments and public services more secure. The Government Cyber Action Plan, created by the Government Cyber Unit (GCU) and backed by £210 million, aims to achieve clearer visibility of...
UK Broadband ISP TalkTalk Predicts Future UK Internet Traffic Peaks for 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More In somewhat of an unusual move, internet provider TalkTalk has today attempted to predict which major dates and events in 2026 will drive the most traffic across their UK broadband network. For example, the ISP is forecasting up to an 8% surge in network usage during the 2026 World Cup’s initial stages and a 15% increase for the Grand Theft Auto 6 launch (16th Nov 2026). Major broadband providers often attempt to forecast what kind of impact such events...
KCOM’s Broadband Engineers Help Out on BBC DIY SOS TV Show in Beverley | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Engineers from Hull-based broadband ISP KCOM, which have deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) network across a big chunk of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, recently took a break from their normal work to help the BBC’s DIY SOS team and the Gladiators to build a new, purpose-built youth centre in the market town of Beverley. According to the BBC’s summary on iPlayer, the Gladiator’s Special (Episode 5 of Series 34) saw the DIY SOS team step in...
Sky Mobile Confirms 2026 Price Increase for In-Contract UK Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of the Sky Mobile service, which is an O2 (Virgin Media) powered Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) with an estimated 3.7 million subscribers, has today announced that the majority of their monthly data (mobile broadband) tariffs will increase by £1.50 (equating to an annual rise of £18), effective from February 2026. Sky says that this is the first time they’ve implemented a price change for in-contract customers in over seven years (last...
Top 10 Fastest and Slowest Streets for UK Fixed Broadband Lines in 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from Broadband Genie has analysed 145,926 internet speed tests in order to identify the top slowest and fastest ten UK streets for broadband. The slowest street was found to be Heol-Y-Fedw (Cymmer) in Wales on an average download of just 0.81Mbps (Megabits per second), while the fastest was Inglewood Avenue in Derby (England), where residents enjoy speeds of 1.21Gbps (1,210Mbps). According to Thinkbroadband’s latest independent modelling,...
Investigation launched after Baltic subsea cable damaged | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News This weekend, Swedish telecoms giant Arelion has confirmed that its BCS East submarine cable, connecting Latvia and Lithuania, was damaged on Friday. The damage appears to have been caused by a ship passing overhead a few kilometres from the cable’s landing station in Liepāja, Latvia. The exact location and extent of the damage is still being identified. Whether the damage was caused by accident or intentionally remains to be determined. According...