Alternative UK Full Fibre Networks to Launch Broadband Independents’ Day | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) has announced their intention to launch a national week-long campaign commencing on 4th July 2026 called Broadband Independents’ Day, which aims to raise awareness about alternative broadband networks (altnets) to help homes and businesses discover what ISP options are available. According to INCA’s data, altnets now account for more than 3.6 million live broadband connections in the UK, while more...
China Telecom and Huawei Win TM Forum 2026 Excellence Award for Second Straight Year | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release [Copenhagen, Denmark, June 26, 2026] At Digital Transformation World (DTW 2026) hosted by TM Forum, the joint project submitted by China Telecom and Huawei—”To AN Level 4 and Beyond – How 900+ AI Agents Have Transformed China Telecom’s Operations”—was honored with the 2026 Excellence in Autonomous Networks Award. This marks the second consecutive year the partners have taken home a heavyweight industry award, following their success at the...
Indonesia’s Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Huawei Win TM Forum 2026 Excellence in AI & Data for business impact Award | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release [Copenhagen, Denmark, June 24, 2026] At the DTW 2026, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH), in partnership with Huawei, won the “Excellence in AI & data for business impact” award for the new Generation intelligent operations solution AUTINOps based on the AI-Native Framework for Intelligent Operations. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as Digital Twin Network (DTN), Multi-agent collaboration, and Domain Specific Model (EDNS 2.0),...
Virgin Media O2 UK Sets Out New Green Transition Plan to Hit Net Zero in 2040 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have this morning set out their new Green Transition Plan, which claims to reveal how it will achieve Net Zero carbon emissions across its full value chain, while reducing its environmental impact, by their current target for the end of 2040. Admittedly keeping tabs on all these “green” initiatives has become a bit of a choir, particularly when you have operators like VMO2 attaching several...
BT and Verizon Combine International Enterprises into 50:50 Joint Venture | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More British telecoms and broadband giant BT Group has this morning announced that they’ve signed an agreement with Verizon Communications to combine their respective international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture. Both operators will hold equal voting rights and Verizon has agreed to pay BT an equalisation payment of $625m (£473m). The new JV, which is expected to “unlock significant scale efficiencies across the combined global network and...
Ofcom’s Mid-Contract Pricing Policy Resulted in Higher UK Broadband Prices | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More In news that will not come as a great surprise to ISPreview’s readers. A new MSE survey of 47,000 tariffs – all from UK mobile and broadband providers with the biggest market share – has found that Ofcom’s latest policy to improve the transparency of mid-contract price hikes actually seems to have resulted in consumers paying more for their service. At the start of last year the UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, began requiring telecoms providers...
B4RN Connect 15,700 Customers to Rural 10Gbps Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural-focus internet provider B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which is a community built and supported network that has so far deployed their 10Gbps full fibre (FTTP) lines to cover 32,000 rural premises in England (up from 30k in Apr 2025), has now grown its customer base to 15,700 (up from 15k in Sept 2025). B4RN is a registered Community Benefit Society, which means they can’t be bought by a commercial operator and profits must go back into the...
Broadband ISP TalkTalk Pause Sale of Digital Voice to New UK Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of TalkTalk have informed ISPreview that, after pausing the sale of new hybrid fibre FTTC (VDSL2 / SOGEA) broadband lines to new subscribers (here), the ISP has also stopped providing their IP-based Digital Voice (phone) service to new customers too. But those aren’t the only products they’ve paused. A quick look at the related information page on TalkTalk’s website confirms that Digital Voice is “only available to existing customers on our...
Streetwave Tests UK Mobile Operator Performance on District Line Trains | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network analyst firm Streetwave has published the partial results from a new study that compared the real-world mobile network (4G, 5G) and mobile broadband performance from EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK across the District Line, which runs from Whitechapel to Wimbledon. The tube journey involved in this study typically connects Whitechapel to Wimbledon – lasting over 50 minutes – and goes through zones 1-3. Streetwave is understood to have taken their...
Deepening the Transformation Process, Ushering in a New Era of Intelligent Operations | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Huawei with TM Forum and 12 Operators, Jointly Releases the New-Generation Intelligent Operations White Paper 4.0 [Copenhagen, Denmark, June 23, 2026] At the DTW Ignite 2026, Huawei in collaboration with TM Forum and 12 global operators, jointly released the New-Generation Intelligent Operations White Paper 4.0. This white paper focuses on Agentic Operations, integrating practical achievements from multiple global operators. It...