Openreach UK Appoints James Lowther as New MD for Commercial | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National broadband and Ethernet operator Openreach (BT) has today announced the appointment of James Lowther as its new Managing Director (MD) for Commercial, which will become effective from January 2026. The new hire will join the operator’s Executive team and report to Deputy CEO, Katie Milligan. James is a familiar name in this industry and has over 20 years of experience in it. He began his career at BT before holding senior roles at Virgin Media,...
Ofcom Approve Satellite Networks to Deliver 4G and 5G to UK Smartphones | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today approved UK mobile companies and satellite operators to join forces and use the airwaves (mobile spectrum bands) to support Direct to Device (D2D) services, which will allow standard unmodified Smartphones to connect via satellites to improve 4G and 5G (calls, texts and broadband) coverage in remote areas and roaming. Several satellite-based broadband networks are currently developing services that can directly...
EE Named Best UK Mobile Operator in New 2026 Network Test Study | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator EE (BT) has once again come top in the annual 2026 umlaut connect UK Mobile Network Test, which deployed a range of different benchmarks to test 4G and 5G performance (voice and broadband) across 16 cities, 24 smaller towns and along 10,170km of major roads. On the flip side, O2 (Virgin Media) continued to be ranked at the bottom. The study’s more scientific focused drivetests and walktests were both conducted between 27th October to 8th...
Grain to Start Expanding UK Full Fibre Broadband Network in Wigan | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Carlisle-based broadband network and UK ISP Grain, which in July 2025 secured a £225m funding boost to continue their expansion (here), has revealed that they’ve now begun to expand their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines across the large Greater Manchester (England) town of Wigan; home to around 108,000 people. The town is currently well covered by gigabit-capable broadband from both Virgin Media (inc. nexfibre) and Openreach, alongside a few smaller...
LG Uplus’s AI voice call app glitch leaks user data | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Private data from 36 users was unintentionally shared with 101 individuals who had just downloaded the app LG Uplus revealed that a temporary technical error earlier this week related to its AI-based voice call application, ixi O, had led to the exposure of private user information. The incident, which was promptly addressed, raises questions around the company’s data security protocols amid heightened global scrutiny of privacy safeguards. The...
NTT DATA Announces Six New AI-Powered Cyber Defense Centers to Strengthen Cyber Resilience and Counter an Evolving Threat Landscape | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More LONDON – Dec 3, 2025 – NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today announced the launch of four next-generation autonomous Cyber Defense Centers powered by AI technologies in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Noida and Mumbai, with two additional centers set to open in Birmingham (UK) in Dec 2025 and Dallas (USA) by Jan 2026. These purpose-built Cyber Defense Centers reinforce NTT DATA’s strategic focus on modernizing...
Intracom Telecom and Geolinks Demonstrate Multi-Gigabit Performance in Landmark U.S. Trial | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Intracom Telecom, a global telecommunication systems and solutions vendor, and GeoLinks, a leader in next-generation fixed wireless, successfully completed and unveiled the results of a breakthrough joint field trial in Las Vegas during WISPAPALOOZA 2025, the flagship conference for Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs). The trial achieved multi-gigabit performance on Intracom Telecom’s Fixed Wireless Access platform and confirmed the commercial...
Sparkle Strengthens Its Presence in Chile with a New Point of Presence in Santiago | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Rome, 4 December 2025 Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the expansion of its network in Chile with the opening of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Santiago. With this infrastructure, adding to the existing nodes in Santiago and Valparaiso, Sparkle provides greater diversification and redundancy for local customers and further enhances connectivity across South America. Located at...
Telco Giant E&’s Music Partner Twist Strengthens Capability with Tuned Global | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Twist, a fast-growing digital entertainment platform in MENA, has renewed its partnership with Tuned Global, the leading B2B music technology platform, for another three years. This collaboration powers the next phase of Twist Music, building on its success in Egypt and enabling expansion into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia (KSA). Twist maintains a strong alliance with E& — one of the largest telecom operators in theMiddle East and...
Talkmobile Deploy Support for Vodafone and Three UK Network Roaming | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of mobile provider Talkmobile, which is a virtual operator (MVNO) on parent Vodafone’s (VodafoneThree) national UK 4G and 5G network, have been notified that they too can now “automatically use both the Vodafone and Three networks” (i.e. the new Multi-Operator Core Network or MOCN – detailed here and here). Just to recap. VodafoneThree has so far upgraded 8,000 UK mast sites to implement MOCN, which enables customers to roam across both...