ISP OneTek expands new full fibre network into Clackmannanshire | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Last year we reported that business focused UK ISP, IT and comms provider OneTek (One Tek Business Solutions) had secured Code Powers from Ofcom to help them expand their full fibre broadband and leased line network, starting with the West Cheshire Business Estate area. But they’ve now also begun moving into parts of Clackmannanshire (Scotland). The provider has informed ISPreview that they’re currently in the process of deploying their new full fibre...
Broadband Altnet Runfibre changes UK ownership again to Bentry Infrastructure | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband operator and UK ISP RunFibre, which originally built a small full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of South Gloucestershire (England) and was in June 2025 acquired from the Fibreray Group by Fibre Nova (here), has quietly changed hands again and been acquired by the new Bentry Infrastructure Group. RunFibre is a relatively tiny altnet that originally started life in 2020/21 by deploying their full fibre lines into...
Ofcom – 1 in 12 UK adults use AI to help manage their telecoms services | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published the results of their initial assessment of AI’s impact on telecoms customers so far and how AI in the telecoms customer journey may evolve in future. Among other things this reveals that 53% of online UK adults use AI, with 8% using it to help manage their telecoms (broadband, mobile and phone) services. The regulator’s existing telecoms rules allow for AI innovation while “protecting consumers“, but...
Project Gigabit broadband rollout created 3,080 jobs and apprenticeships in England | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The government has today revealed that their £5bn Project Gigabit programme, which aims to help extend gigabit broadband (1000Mbps+) ISP networks to “nationwide” coverage (c.99% of UK premises) by 2032, has created “more than 3,000 jobs and apprenticeships” in England (e.g. engineers, support staff etc.). Some 91% of UK premises can already access such a network today (here) and Ofcom are forecasting this could reach up to 95% by January 2029 (here),...
Sky Broadband launch 1.6Gbps package via Openreach’s UK FTTP network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider Sky Broadband has today announced the launch of a new 1.6Gbps (1,600Mbps) speed home broadband package, which will harness Openreach’s rapidly growing Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network and use the same “Gigafast+ Hub” (SCER11BELUKS) Wi-Fi 7 router as their multi-gigabit packages on CityFibre’s network. Until today the fastest package available on the Openreach-based side of Sky’s full fibre network was a 900Mbps tier, while those on...
Keep On Roaming add EU roaming feature to multi-operator UK eSIM plan | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile travel-focused eSIM provider Keep On Roaming has informed ISPreview that their Sidekick plan, which is designed to act as a backup for your main UK mobile plan and gives you access to EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK when your main mobile service isn’t available, has now added support for roaming across the EU, EEA and Switzerland “at no extra cost“. At present there are a handful of virtual mobile providers that can provide consumers with 4G and 5G...
TalkTalk issue strategic update on sale of UK broadband and PXC businesses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The debt-strained TalkTalk Group, which is still in the process of trying to sell both their consumer broadband ISP business and PXC (PlatformX Communications) wholesale business, has this morning issued a “Strategic Update” on the process that makes clear the effort is still live and will be concluded “imminently“. Details remain in short supply. A number of recent reports had indicated that the Group may have given until the end of this month to...
Airspan deal absorbs 135 former Cambium employees | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The deal comes as Cambium Networks enters insolvency following prolonged financial difficulties. Airspan Networks Holdings LLC announced yesterday that it has acquired several fixed wireless product lines from Cambium Networks, a move that comes as the wireless networking business enters insolvency following prolonged financial difficulties. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed but the acquisition transfers key point-to-point and...
Southern Water using Lightsonic’s fibre-sensing tech to detect leaks | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The technology has already helped to save more than 4 million litres of water per day over 650km of the UK’s water network Southern Water, which provides drinking water for millions of customers across the South of England, has announced a new partnership with Lightsonic, aiming to use the company’s sensing technology to help identify their leaking pipes. The UK’s aging pipe network leaks roughly 2.6 billion litres of water every day but...
Openreach confirm post-January 2027 measures for UK analogue phone switch-off | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today outlined the next stage of their closure preparation for the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which helps to confirm the plan and service pricing that will occur for consumers that fail to migrate to a modern IP-based digital line alternative by the early 2027 closure deadline. The PSTN switch-off is currently due to reach its conclusion on 31st January 2027. As a result, broadband, phone,...