Mobile Operator EE UK Launch All-New Refurbished Phones Range | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile operator EE (BT) has this morning launched its new refurbished smartphone range with airtime, featuring iPhone and Samsung smartphones – priced from £31 per month – and claiming to offer customers a “high-quality, more sustainable and cost-effective way to upgrade“. The range comes with extended warranty included for peace of mind, as well as using manufacturer approved parts, and a 40% discount on airtime plans for students. The...
ScamBlocker Launch Own UK Digital Landline Home Phone Service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Communications platform provider SONIQ Labs has launched a new “AI-powered digital landline service” called ScamBlocker Home, which connects via your existing broadband router and promises to protect UK households from telephone fraud by screening unknown callers before the phone rings. The service is said to be a direct-to-consumer product, which has been built on the company’s “enterprise-grade communications infrastructure” and seems to combine their...
DCF Examine Other Countries to Reveal Learnings for UK 2G Mobile Switch-off | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report from Plum Consulting and the Digital Connectivity Forum (DCF), an industry think-tank, has today been published that attempts to identify what UK mobile operators can learn from the switch-off of legacy 2G networks in other countries. Needless to say, there are a few recommendations. The government has already agreed with EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) to phase-out existing 2G and 3G signals by 2033 (here), which will free...
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...