O2 UK and Ontix Enhance 4G and 5G Mobile Network Capacity in North Wales | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and network technology provider Ontix have this morning reported that they’ve successfully deployed their first 4G and 5G Small Cells in North Wales, which have apparently gone live across Flintshire to boost data capacity (mobile broadband), including around Deeside Industrial Park. Small cells are mini shoebox sized mobile (radio) base stations, which are designed to deliver limited coverage (usually up to around 100...
Wessex Internet Revise Dorset and Somerset UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government (DSIT) appears set to revise their Project Gigabit contract with rural UK ISP Wessex Internet for Dorset and South Somerset (Lot 14.02), which originally aimed to build a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover “around” 21,400 hard-to-reach premises. But the contract value has now been increased to £38.2m and fewer premises are set to be reached. Before we get started it’s important to understand that Project Gigabit’s contracts...
Ookla 2026 Study Finds Starlink UK Broadband Speeds Poor vs Europe | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet benchmarking firm Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net broadband connection testing website and app, has published a new study that examines the performance of Starlink’s (SpaceX) LEO satellite broadband service across the world. Overall, performance in the UK has improved, but we continue to lag most of Europe. Starlink currently has around 9,600 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (c.6,150 are v2 / GEN2 variants) – mostly at altitudes of...
Openreach Warn 500K UK Business Lines Haven’t Switched Away from Legacy Phones | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National operator Openreach (BT) has today warned that “more than half a million business lines” still haven’t migrated away from the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to new IP-based digital phone (VoIP etc.) alternatives, which with only 12-months to go until the service is switched-off risks firms being exposed to price hikes, as well as “failing equipment and eventual loss of service“. Just to recap. The legacy phone switch-off was last...
Uswitch 2026 Awards Name Top UK Broadband ISP and Mobile Providers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Comparison site Uswitch.com has named the winners of their annual 2026 Telecoms Awards, which among things saw EE scooping the win for best “National Broadband Provider of the Year“, while YouFibre won the best regional provider award for the second year in a row and VOXI scooped the win for best mobile “Network of the Year“ etc. As usual, the comparison site selected its winners via a combination of methods. Most of the awards were decided based on a...
University of Leeds Team Push Free Space Terahertz Laser Data Link to 4Gbps | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A team of UK researchers working at the University of Leeds, supported by colleagues from University College London (UCL) and others, has demonstrated a wireless line-of-sight Free Space Optical (FSO) communication link pushing data speeds of 4Gbps (Gigabits per second) using Terahertz (THz) frequencies; something that has previously been extremely difficult to harness. Past FSO links have already demonstrated low latency (<1 ms) data rates reaching...
Broadband ISP VISPA Informs UK Customers of Closure and Liquidation | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Long-running UK ISP VISPA, which was first launched way back in 1999, appears to have begun informing customers that they’ve “ceased trading and decided to commence liquidation proceedings“. The provider’s remaining broadband subscribers have been told they will need to “immediately” find an alternative. The small and previously Manchester-based ISP had recently tried their hand at building full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks, such as in the town of...
New Coop Mobile MVNO Service Launches on the Channel Islands | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new mobile virtual network operator service has just launched on the Channel Islands called Coop Mobile, which some readers might recall is partly the product of last year’s £48m deal to build a new “world-class” 5G mobile broadband network across the islands (reflecting Sure‘s acquisition rival Airtel Vodafone). Just to recap. The original deal (here) only became possible after the States of Guernsey voted to temporarily suspend local competition law...
BT Results – Openreach Lose 210k UK Broadband Lines as FTTP Cover Hits 21.4M | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms giant BT Group just published a short trading update to the end December 2025 (Q3 FY26), which reveals that Openreach lost a total of 210,000 broadband lines to rivals over the past quarter (down from 242k in Sept 2025). But their “full fibre” (FTTP) coverage grew to 21.4 million premises (up from 20.3m) and take-up increased to 38% (up from 37.66%). Firstly, our usual reminder that the BT Group now only publishes a short trading update for Q1...
VodafoneThree Top 1.77 Million UK Broadband Users as Mobile Shrinks to 28.6M | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has today published their latest Q3 FY26 financial results. The figures show that they now have 1.768 million fixed broadband customers (up strongly by 64k in Q3 vs 50k in Q2) and a huge combined mobile base of 28.619m (down from 28.824m). In terms of their fixed broadband lines, Vodafone reported further growth, with a quarterly addition of 64,000 customers – thanks in part to being widely available...