New Map of UK Cellular Coverage Goes Live to Help Examine Mobile Masts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A group of friends in the UK cellular (mobile networks) community have launched a new interactive map – UKCellNet RF Map – that allows hobbyists and professionals to access public cellular data (e.g. location and data on mobile phone mast sites etc.) for free – sourced from places like SiteFinder, Ofcom, planning applications and council FOI / EIR requests etc. The map, which has taken months of development, is still somewhat of an early stage...
Openreach Exchange Fire Disrupts Broadband Services in Strathaven | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband internet connectivity, phone and some Ethernet services being delivered by the Strathaven Telephone Exchange in South Lanarkshire (Scotland) have been disrupted after the site was hit by a serious fire. Approximately 1,500 customers on Openreach’s (BT) local network are understood to have been impacted. The fire is said to have occurred during Saturday morning (24th Jan 2026) and an industry briefing, seen by ISPreview, indicates that...
Altnet Broadband ISP Gigabit IQ Starts UK Crowdfund to Raise £270,000 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet access and online security provider Gigabit IQ (formerly Grayshott Gigabit) has officially launched their promised crowdfunding campaign, which aims to raise fresh investment of £270,000 to help grow and expand the business via the “next generation of safe, reliable broadband for the country“. Readers might recall that we first covered Gigabit IQ’s then tentative plan back in October 2025 (here). At the time we remarked that the idea of...
Ofcom UK Probe WhatsApp Over Inaccurate Information in Biz SMS Market Review | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has opened an investigation into Meta’s WhatsApp Business messaging service after provisionally finding that the information they supplied – as part of a recent review into the wholesale market for business bulk SMS messages – “may not have been complete and accurate“. Just to recap. Ofcom’s recent review examined the wholesale prices of automated text (SMS) messages that organisations send to people...
Broadband ISP Group TalkTalk Starts Talk Talking to Potential UK Bidders | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report has this afternoon claimed that the debt strained TalkTalk Group, which last year reportedly appointed advisers PJT Partners to help sell off its remaining operations (here), have now allegedly begun talks with several prospective bidders for their various divisions. The group has certainly had an eventful few years, which was headlined by the demerger of their businesses (Talk Talk Consumer, PXC [Wholesale] and Talk Talk Business Direct)...
Open Cosmos launches first satellites for new LEO constellation | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Open Cosmos, the company building satellites to understand and connect the world, has today launched the first satellites in its new proprietary low-Earth-orbit (LEO) telecom constellation, just one week after securing high-priority Ka-band spectrum. The two satellites, launched by Rocket Lab from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on its Electron rocket for the mission named ‘The Cosmos Will See You Now’, represent the first activation phase of...
Immfly to Bring Eutelsat OneWeb LEO Broadband Satellites to Budget Airlines | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Global technology firm Immfly, inflight WiFi provider GoGo and European satellite operator Eutelsat (OneWeb) have teamed up in an effort to create an integrated ecosystem of entertainment, retail, and connectivity that aims to make it possible for even low-cost and ultra-low-cost aircraft (narrowbody fleets) to deploy onboard broadband for passengers. As the somewhat comical spat between the bosses of budget airline Ryanair and satellite broadband...
Utility Warehouse Join Charter to Protect Vulnerable UK Users in Digital Phone Switch | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Energy and communications provider Utility Warehouse (UW), which offers broadband, mobile, energy and insurance services to UK consumers, has become the latest telecoms provider to sign the Government’s Public Switched Telephone Network Charter – committing them to protect “vulnerable customers” (e.g. those with telecare devices) when upgrading old phone lines to IP-based digital equivalents. Just to recap. During 2024 the big legacy phone switch-off was...
Openreach Publish UK Pilot Pricing for FTTP Broadband Speeds to 8500Mbps | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National network operator Openreach (BT) has this afternoon published pricing details for their forthcoming pilot of XGS-PON based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) home broadband ISP lines, which now includes the 5.5Gbps (550Mbps upload) and 8.5Gbps (850Mbps upload) tiers. The launch date for the pilot has also been put back slightly from 1st to 23rd March 2026. As previously reported (here, here, here, here and here), Openreach are currently in the final...
Telenor makes $3.9bn exit from Thailand | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News With the sale of its stake in True, Telenor is left with just two mobile businesses in Asia This week, Norwegian telco giant Telenor has announced the sale of its 30.3% stake in Thailand’s True Corporation for NOK 39 billion ($3.9 billion). The deal will see Telenor immediately offload a 24.95% to Arise Digital Technology, a holding company owned by Thai billionaire Khun Suphachai Chearavanont. The remaining 5.35% stake is to be sold in two years’...