Wessex Internet Complete Full Fibre Rollout Contract in Devon and Somerset UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural broadband ISP Wessex Internet has today announced that they’ve completed their publicly funded deployment of full fibre broadband under the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme, which has seen 4,190 hard-to-reach rural homes and businesses across South Somerset in England gain access to their gigabit speed network. Just to recap. The Phase 2 CDS contract, which was first awarded at the end of 2020 (here) and initially supported by £4.7m of...
Lord Richard Allan Steps Down from Ofcom’s Board Early | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms, media and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has today announced that Lord Richard Allan has stepped down early from his position as a Non-Executive Director of the regulator’s board. The Secretary of State originally appointed Lord Allan for a four-year term at the end of 2024. According to the announcement, Lord Allen, who has over three decades of experience in communications and technology policy (he’s also been a Member of the House...
Trade Deal Between UK and Switzerland to Bring Free Mobile Roaming | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Yesterday saw the UK Government sign one of its largest services-focused trade deals to date, this time with the beautifully mountainous Central European country of Switzerland, which among other things included an agreement to support surcharge-free international mobile roaming. At present a lot of UK mobile operators already offer roaming options, either as an inclusive part of your mobile plan or as a paid add-on, although it’s worth noting that the...
Virgin Media UK Discount 1130Mbps Home Broadband to £24.99 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More New customers looking to join broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) should note that the ISP has introduced a big discount on their 1,130Mbps download (104Mbps upload) package, which has been reduced to just £24.99 per month (affiliate link) on a 24-month minimum term (price increases to £28.99 from April 2027 and £32.99 from April 2028). We’ve had some conflicting communications about when this new pricing would go live over the past few days and what level...
New UK Virtual 5G eSIM Mobile Provider Launches Called Simp Mobile | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Another day, another launch of a new eSIM focused virtual mobile provider. The latest to join the rapidly growing club is called Simp Mobile, which has spent the last few months in testing with a limited base of users and is now launching publicly. The operator proclaims itself as being “aimed squarely at a younger audience“. “Going eSIM-only lets us run a fully digital, app-first operation – no physical SIM logistics, no retail, no call centres....
Vodafone UK Deploy Number Verify v2 to Protect Against Online Fraud | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Six years ago the UK’s major mobile operators began to deploy a service called ‘Number Verify’ (here), which made it both easier and more secure to authenticate a user’s identity for online transactions. Vodafone has now announced that the UK, Germany and the Netherlands will be the first countries to get v2.0 of the phone number authentication API. Most consumers are probably already aware of the common Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) process, which...
SpaceX to Test Gen v3 Starlink Broadband Satellites on Next Starship Launch | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More SpaceX has revealed that the next test launch of their future Starship rocket (flight 13), which is scheduled to take place on Thursday night this week (occurring after 23:45), will attempt to deploy 20 of their next generation V3 (GEN3) Starlink broadband satellites “for the first time” (these will not be dummy demonstrators like before). But they’ll only last a few minutes. The service currently has around 10,800 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) –...
Thirdteen UK ISPs Awarded Uswitch 2026 Broadband Excellence Accreditation | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Comparison site Uswitch.com has announced that 13 UK Internet Service Providers (ISP) have today been awarded with its 2026 Broadband Excellence Accreditation, which is more than double last year and are said to reflect the ongoing regional deployment of full fibre networks. Apparently, the providers were all measured against a fixed set of criteria: broadband speed, including symmetrical upload speeds; network performance; provision of the latest...
Partnership Helps EE Bring Mobile Network to Remote North Wales Village | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A partnership between EE (BT), the Denbighshire County Council, the Clocaenog Community Council and the Welsh Government has enabled the operator to extend their mobile (mobile broadband) network signal to reach across the remote rural North Wales village of Clocaenog. The community is said to have “been without reliable mobile phone coverage for decades“. The technical details of precisely what mobile technologies have been deployed to cover Clocaenog’s...
BT Broadband Saw Major UK Surge in Streaming Traffic for England v Norway | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The latest internet traffic data from UK ISP BT (EE) has revealed that Saturday night’s quarter-final FIFA World Cup 2026 football match between England and Norway triggered another “major surge in streaming traffic” across BT’s broadband network, despite it taking place well outside of normal working hours. At 12.30am, peak traffic on the ITVX streaming app was 1,915% higher than BT would typically see at the same time on an average Saturday night into...