Broadband Satellite ISP Starlink Prep Free Stargaze Data to Avoid Space Collisions | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Starlink service from SpaceX, which operates a mega constellation using thousands of ultrafast broadband internet satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally, has revealed that they’re about to start making data from their Space Situational Awareness (SSA) system, called Stargaze, available for free to other satellite operators. Starlink currently has around 9,600 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (c.6,150 are v2 / GEN2 variants) – mostly...
Is a BEAD conflict brewing between NTIA and Starlink? | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Starlink, a subsidiary of SpaceX, is trying to change the government’s broadband playbook, a new leaked document reportedly reveals. By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities States are being sent riders from Starlink that list caveats to the service the company will eventually give to broadband serviceable locations (BSLs) under government’s massive broadband push, known as the BEAD program. The revelation comes after several “concerned states”...
Sparkle and Valencia Digital Port Connect: Agreement to Land Barracuda Subsea Cable at Genoa Landing Platform | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Rome/Valencia, 30 January 2026 Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, and Valencia Digital Port Connect (VDPC), the Spanish telecommunications infrastructure company developing the Barracuda submarine cable project in collaboration with private equity firm Teset Capital, announce a strategic agreement to land the Barracuda submarine cable at Sparkle’s Genoa Landing Platform. The Barracuda project...
Gigaclear Makes Progress on Cotswolds Project Gigabit Broadband Build | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has so far deployed their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 612,000 UK premises (inc. 160,000 customers), has just put their new network live in the Cotswolds village of Kemble. The deployment forms part of Project Gigabit’s £10.81m East Gloucestershire (Lot 18) contract to upgrade 3,547 premises in hard-to-reach areas. The original contract was first awarded all the way back in February 2024 (here) and was initially...
Virgin Media and O2 Set to Merge UK Customer Communities Together | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP Virgin Media and mobile operator O2 are about to begin an impactful change as part of their previous merger, which will bring their once entirely separate community discussion forums together for the first time. The operators also plan to move to a “new platform” during the process as their “agreement with the current provider is ending“. Most of the major broadband and mobile operators run customer communities, which are often a useful...
North Africa’s 5G wave continues with Libya launch | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The launch means all African nations on the Mediterranean have now launched 5G This week, Libya’s second largest state-owned telco, Almadar Aljadid, has announced the launch of 5G in parts of the capital, Tripoli. For now, the launch is limited to just central parts of the city, but citywide coverage – and, indeed, nationwide coverage – will take place in stages, according to the company. The company said the launch represents a significant boost...
South Korean memory-makers warn of AI supply chain crunch | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Despite efforts to expand capacity, semiconductor players are struggling to keep pace with demand As the AI boom continues to gain momentum, two of the world’s leading chipmakers, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, are warning that their expansion plans will not move fast enough to ease supply chain bottlenecks. The companies, both which reported their latest financial results this week, said that the memory chip supply crisis would be unlikely to...
London FTTP Broadband Network CommunityFibre Reports Strong Growth | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator and UK ISP CommunityFibre, which has invested c.£1bn to deploy a 5Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network across 1.342 million homes (inc. 185k businesses within 200 metres of their network) – mostly in London, has today announced a “record year” of annual revenue growth (up 48% to £113m) and their customer base hit 429,000 (up 26% for a take-up rate of just under 32%). The provider’s preview of its annual results to the end of 2025, which...
EE Wins Big in Opensignal Study of Best 4G and 5G UK Mobile Networks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has this morning published their first Mobile Network Experience Report for 2026, which measured the 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) services of all the primary network operators – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) – to determine which delivers the best performance. Overall, EE won most, but not all, of the categories. The study is based off crowdsourced data gathered from users on hundreds of thousands of...
O2 UK Deploy 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to 5 Towns in Dorset | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they’ve just switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband network across five “major towns” in the county of Dorset (England). The operator’s 5GSA network is now live across a total of more than 500 UK locations (70% of the population, or c.49 million people). O2’s 5GSA rollout first began in February 2024 (here) and they usually aim to reach “at least 90%...