Wiltshire Council Praise Wessex Internet’s Rural Gigabit Broadband Build Progress | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Wiltshire Council in the South of England has praised rural broadband ISP Wessex Internet for exceeding 40% of its connectivity targets under their £18.8m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit contract for South Wiltshire (Lot 30), which has so far expanded full fibre broadband to reach 7,500 premises in hard-to-reach areas. The original contract, which was announced back in March 2024, aimed to build their 10Gbps capable FTTP broadband network to cover...
Grain Builds Gigabit Broadband Network to 300,000 UK Premises as Take-up Grows | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Carlisle-based alternative broadband provider Grain (Grain Connect) has today published an update on their latest company results, which among other things reveals that their point-to-point full fibre (FTTP) network now covers 300,000 UK premises (up from 270k in Jul 2025) and their customers increased to 56,000 (up from 43k in March 2025). The altnet, which now serves existing homes across more than 60 urban centres and more than 150 new build...
Ofcom Rejected More Effective Method of Blocking UK Messaging Scams | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Earlier this week Ofcom introduced new measures to help UK mobile operators “block, limit and disrupt scammers” from sending messaging scams (here). The changes, while positive, overlooked the fact that the regulator ended up rejecting an already adopted (in other countries) and UK developed fix that would have been more effective, partly due to BT and others complaining that it would be too “onerous“. The system we’re talking about above is a mandatory,...
Openreach Trial Looks to Better Monitor Incidents on UK FTTP Broadband Lines | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Openreach (BT) has launched a new trial on Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP lines, which so far as we can tell appears to be based on an earlier Proof of Concept (PoC) that will make it easier for the operator to determine, in real-time, whether a network incident or Planned Engineering Work (PeW) is affecting a customer’s live service. The network access provider’s public briefing on the FTTP trial for pre-emptive incidents and PeWs...
Virgin Media UK Launch AI-powered Robots to Monitor TV Services in Real Time | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has introduced a new technology – created in-house – that harnesses AI-powered robots to monitor TV services in real time (i.e. more than 220 IPTV channels), which can be used to help the provider spot and resolve issues faster than ever before. The AI robots, in-between planning their overthrow of the human race (kidding.. I think), are designed to watch TV services exactly as customers experience them...
Streetwave Set to Survey Mobile Broadband Coverage Across Cornwall | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network analyst firm Streetwave has confirmed that they’ve been chosenb y Cornwall Council in England to survey mobile network coverage and 4G / 5G data performance across the region, harnessing 7,250km 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 lorries to map mobile network coverage and...
BT Reveals Broadband Traffic Stats for England v Argentina Match | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The latest data from broadband ISP BT (EE) has revealed that Wednesday’s night’s semi-final FIFA World Cup 2026 football match between England and Argentina triggered the “largest live streaming event ever seen” on the internet provider’s national network. Streaming traffic is said to have exceeded BT’s previous record by nearly 30%, driven in part by customers tuning in via the BBC’s exclusive 4K iPlayer viewing experience. The record came during a...
Comms Council UK Name Winners of Best 2026 VoIP Provider Awards | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Comms Council UK, which represents the UK’s national Unified Communications and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone industry, has today revealed the winners of their 18th annual 2026 awards event at a ceremony at Kitty Hawk in London. Some of the winners include Nebula, 8×8, Zayo and Daktela others. Tracey Wright, Chair of Comms Council UK Council, said: “This was another brilliant CCUK Awards ceremony. It was great to see an exceptional...
Ofcom Investigates Multiple UK Broadband Networks Over Liability Funds | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has opened investigations into several alternative full fibre broadband networks (altnets) – including Internetty, Cambridge Fibre Networks, Optical Fibre Infrastructure, Pine Media and Trooli – after they found “reasonable grounds to believe” that they may not be meeting their duties to show they have secured funds for meeting their liabilities. Breaking news.. more to...
Huawei’s purpose-built tourism LLM shines in Xi’an | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article The BoGuan LLM is enabling millions of visitors to enjoy historically accurate experiences from China’s ancient capital Xi’an, situated in Shaanxi province, is one of the most celebrated cities in all of China. Internationally renowned as the home of the Terracotta Army, the city served as China’s capital for over 1,000 years under 13 different dynasties. Today, it is one of China’s largest domestic tourism destinations, attracting...