NAO Finds Ofcom Must Improve UK Broadband Regs for Vulnerable Consumers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The National Audit Office (NAO), which acts as an independent public spending watchdog for the UK, has today published a new report that examines the work done by Ofwat, Ofgem and Ofcom to ensure that residential consumers of water and energy supplies and broadband services – particularly vulnerable users – receive good outcomes. Needless to say, some improvement required. The report, which is particularly focused on the experience of consumers in...
G.Network Reapply for Code Powers to Build UK Full Fibre Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative UK ISP and network builder G.Network, which has deployed a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across parts of London and recently came out of administration “debt-free” (here), is once again seeking Code Powers from the telecoms regulator, albeit under their new company of G.Network Holdco Limited. The application reveals that G.Network’s full fibre infrastructure now claims to be providing symmetrical gigabit connectivity of up to 10Gbps,...
Hyperoptic and Community Fibre Backers Reportedly Hunt for UK Buyers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A major newspaper report has claimed that private equity firms Warburg Pincus, which backs alternative full fibre broadband network CommunityFibre, and KKR, which backs Hyperoptic, are allegedly exploring sales of their respective UK fibre broadband businesses. Both operators arguably represent some of the UK market’s more financially credible alnets. Just to give this some context. Hyperoptic so far claims to have deployed their “full fibre” FTTP/B...
Ofcom UK Shut Enforcement Programme for Checking 999 Calling Access | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has closed the own-initiative compliance programme that it opened in October 2025 (here) for assessing whether regulated UK phone providers were meeting their obligations concerning the need to ensure access to emergency calls (e.g. 999 and 112). The good news is they found no major issues, but they have still proposed a few changes. The original move came after a string of broadband and VoIP providers, including BT,...
Orange acquires 100% ownership of MasOrange | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Orange today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the 50% stake in MasOrange held by Lorca, its joint venture partner in Spain. The Group now owns 100% of the operator’s capital and will fully consolidate MasOrange’s results in its financial statements from going forward. This transaction follows the signing of a binding agreement with Lorca on 12 December 2025, under which Orange agreed to acquire full ownership of...
VodafoneThree Allegedly Places Bid for UK Consumer Broadband ISP TalkTalk | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report claims that broadband and mobile giant Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has made an offer to acquire the consumer internet and phone business of debt-strained rival TalkTalk (home to 1.75 million customers as of May 2026), which could turn them into a much bigger fixed line ISP (Vodafone has 1.83m fixed broadband customers). Regular readers will already be aware that the TalkTalk Group has reportedly been engaging in talks with several prospective...
Connect Fibre Expands Derbyshire UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government (DSIT) appears set to slightly expand their Project Gigabit contract with altnet ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets) for the £33m (public subsidy) Derbyshire (LOT 3) Project Gigabit contract; this originally (here) aimed to build a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover “around” 17,000 premises in hard-to-reach areas. However, it’s important to remember that such contracts are not static and their scope, as well as committed levels...
BT takes shelter under Anthropic’s Glasswing | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The company will gain access to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview to help boost its cybersecurity amidst the growing threat of AI cybercrime BT has become the first UK company to join Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, a defensive coalition of critical infrastructure providers from around the word. The partnership will give BT access to Anthropic’s powerful frontier AI model Claude Mythos Preview, which recently shocked the global cybersecurity...
WightFibre’s Broadband Gigabit Island Project Slowly Nears Completion | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network provider WightFibre, which runs its own independent gigabit speed Full Fibre broadband (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (situated off the South Coast of Hampshire in England), has published their annual accounts to September 2025 and revealed that their fibre lines now cover c.90% of premises (74,000+) and they’re home to 28,000+ customers. In case anybody has forgotten. The operator previously stated that they were expecting...
Elon Musk Previews Two New Starlink Broadband Dish Terminals | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The boss of SpaceX, Elon Musk, has given a subtle preview of two new dish (terminals) for their Starlink broadband service as part of a new video interview, both of which look set to be thinner and lighter than before. But the internet provider has yet to reveal any solid official details about the new kit, which is expected to launch soon. Starlink currently has nearly 10,600 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) – mostly at altitudes of between...