Autumn UK Budget 2025 Brings Little New for Broadband and Mobile UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Chancellor of the UK Government, Rachel Reeves MP, has today announced her Autumn 2025 Budget and there appears to be no current sign of anything significantly new for broadband and mobile infrastructure (except an update on pushing gigabit broadband into MDUs). In addition, there’s no indication that any of the recent calls for targeted business rates relief on digital infrastructure have been heeded. Just to recap. The Government currently has two...
Broadband ISP Voneus Criticised for Leaving Rural Brecon Homes Disconnected | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative rural UK broadband network Voneus has been criticised after a network fault resulted in two premises in villages near Brecon (Wales) losing connectivity, which by itself wouldn’t be a huge development. But in this case, the provider later chose to “decommission” the service rather than repair it, leaving those affected offline. Just to recap. Voneus has been struggling a bit recently with complaints in some areas about network performance...
Spacecoin to Launch Broadband Satellites for Decentralised Starlink Alternative UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new company called Spacecoin, which aims to build a “decentralised” alternative to Starlink’s global mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), will today attempt to launch three satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base as part of its mission to extend internet connectivity to the 2.6 billion people globally who remain offline. The new network aims to deploy a constellation of small satellites (CubeSats) into LEO...
Chair of ISPA Steve Leighton on Solving the UK’s Full Fibre Take-up Problem | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Strategic Advisor for fibre supplier Altnets and Chair of the UK Internet Service Provider’s Association (ISPA), Steve Leighton, has made a number of recommendations on how he believes the broadband sector can address one of its “most pressing challenges” – low adoption of full-fibre services despite expanding network coverage. At present around 88% of UK premises can already access a gigabit-capable broadband network or 78% when only looking at...
Altnet Broadband ISP Connect Fibre Launch Netgem’s New PLEIO UK TV Box | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband operator and UK ISP Connect Fibre, which has been rolling out their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network across the East of England, have today become the latest internet provider to make Netgem TV‘s new PLEIO IPTV set-top-box and streaming service available via their TV bundles. The new kit is both more powerful and supports the new Freely live TV streaming service. As with the prior announcement from Brsk, this news won’t...
Virgin Media UK Offers TV Customers Free Family Films in 4K Over December | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who also take a Pay TV service via one of their TV 360, Stream or v6 Box platforms, have today been told that they can enjoy a range of family favourite films in Ultra High Definition (UHD) at no extra cost through December 2025. The move means that customers can access channels 175 and 999 (aka – Virgin TV Ultra HD) for an entire month, which will showcase family films every afternoon, as...
Openreach closes first exchange in PSTN switchoff milestone | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Openreach plans to shut down 80% of its UK exchanges, saying it will only need 1,000 ‘super digital exchanges’ to serve the entirety of the UK Openreach has exited the Deddington Exchange in Oxfordshire, making it the first of 4,600 exchanges across the UK to be fully de-commissioned as part of a nationwide shift from copper networks to digital full fibre infrastructure. Deddington also becomes the first UK location to see the closure of...
Openreach Officially Closes First Legacy UK Exchange – Deddington | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today confirmed that the first of their pilot programme of old exchange closures – Deddington (pictured) – has finally shut its doors and slightly ahead of schedule. The move also means that Deddington is the first UK location to see the closure of BT’s copper based Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). Just to recap. The operator currently has c.5,600 UK exchanges, but only c.1,000 of these are needed to...
New Broadband ISP Olilo Joins Freedom Fibre’s UK FTTP Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Techy-focused broadband ISP Olilo, which first launched in early September 2025 (here), has today announced that they’re in the process of starting to go live across Freedom Fibre’s alternative open access full fibre (FTTP) network – available to 350,000 premises across various parts of England and North Wales Related packages cost from £36 per month on a 12-month minimum term for symmetric speeds of 1Gbps with free installation, which rise up to £56 per...
O2 Set for “Major” 5G Standalone Mobile Network Upgrade in Norfolk UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they’ve begun to switch on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband network in Norfolk (England) as part of its UK-wide rollout, which is now live in a total of more than 500 locations (70% of the UK’s population or c.49 million people). Just to recap. 5GSA networks are pure end-to-end 5G that can deliver ultra-low latency times, greater energy efficiency, better speeds...