iQmetrix challenges industry disconnect between telecom innovation and the store experience | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More BARCELONA, Spain – January 20, 2026 – iQmetrix, the only global provider of Interconnected Commerce solutions for telecom retail, today announced its return to Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona with the first-ever Telecom Retail Summit. The exclusive half-day summit designed to spark an overdue conversation: telecom sells the most advanced technology on earth, yet delivers one of the least inspiring retail experiences in modern commerce. Bringing...
2,500 Lincolnshire UK Premises Offline After Cable Thieves Strike Openreach | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some 2,500 properties around the village of Moulton Chapel in Lincolnshire (England) are suffering “significant disruption” to their broadband and phone connectivity, which occurred after criminals cut and then stole an unspecified amount of Openreach’s copper telecoms cable in the area. According to the Lincolnshire Police, the incident appears to have occurred along Roman Road at about 8:50am in the morning on Monday (19th Jan 2026), which is an...
Openreach Expands Scotland’s Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contract | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has issued a contract modification notice for Openreach’s £157m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract in Scotland (Call off 6), which originally aimed to reach 65,070 premises in remote rural areas. But the change means it will now be expanded to tackle 77,639 premises. The original contract was officially awarded back in May 2025 (here) and formed part of...
Syntys expands Qatar hyperscale footprint through Q Data acquisition | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Ooredoo Group has confirmed that its data centre subsidiary, Syntys, has successfully acquired Q Data QFZ LLC from Doha Venture Capital. The transaction incorporates two Tier III-certified, carrier-neutral facilities located within the Qatar Free Zones into the Syntys portfolio. This move adds 12.5MW of total hyperscale capacity to the platform, consisting of 5MW currently live and an additional 7.5MW under active development, bringing the...
NCSC warns critical infrastructure is being pummelled by Russian DDoS attacks | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Local authorities and critical infrastructure operators are being warned to update their cyber defences to fend off Russian hacktivists This week, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning that Russian-state backed hackers are consistently targeting the UK public sector and critical infrastructure with dedicated denial of service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt and disable services. DDoS attacks involve flooring target websites with...
Mobile Operators Push for UK Planning Reform Again to Improve 5G and AI | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Industry trade body Mobile UK, which represents EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK), has warned that the UK’s ambition to become an “AI superpower” will struggle without “high quality 5G Standalone (5GSA) networks acting as the ‘nervous system’“. But it warns that we “lag behind other leading nations” in this area and must reform the planning system. Regular readers will know that both mobile and broadband operators frequently push for...
Ofcom Sets Out Current Progress and Future Plans to UK Prime Minister | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms, media and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has this week written to the Prime Minister (Keir Starmer), Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves) and Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Peter Kyle), among others, to update them on how its work is “contributing to innovation, investment and growth in the UK“. The new Open Letter is said to cover both Ofcom’s achievements since this time last year and what’s coming over the year...
Actifai: The built-for-broadband AI you might have missed at Connected Britain 2025 | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article Used by over 30 North American ISPs, Actifai is bringing its proven, telecom-specific AI platform to the UK market by Vasa Babic, Head of EMEA at Actifai It’s hard to find a technology more discussed yet less consistently monetised than artificial intelligence. For broadband providers, the real challenge isn’t joining the AI conversation, it’s figuring out how AI can actually generate revenue. At Actifai, that question has been our...
Broadband ISP VISPA UK Faces Compulsory Strike-off Action Again | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband provider VISPA has recently become subject to another “First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off” – as shown on the Companies House (CH) website, which follows both a significant delay to the publication of their latest accounts (CH’s website states their next accounts were “due by 31 January 2025“) and adoption of CH’s default address. In recent years the small and previously Manchester-based ISP has tried their hand at building a full...
MaxCell unveils bold brand refresh to meet global demand for high density fiber infrastructure | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Wadsworth, Ohio- MaxCell®, the global leader in flexible fabric innerduct solutions, today announced a comprehensive brand refresh designed to meet the escalating infrastructure demands of the digital age. Featuring a new visual identity, an optimised website, and the tagline “engineered for efficiency and built for flexibility” the update reinforces MaxCell’s position as the premier choice for maximising conduit capacity in Telecom, Data Center, and...