R100 Gigabit Broadband Rollout Reaches 93,800 Premises in Scotland | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Scottish Government (SG) recently revealed that 93,800 premises have now benefitted from their £697m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach (up from 83,419 in July 2025), which is rolling out full fibre (FTTP) broadband to remote rural areas. But the full roll-out is still not expected to complete until early 2028. The R100 scheme currently aims to cover another 113,000 premises – split across three contracts – in areas that lack access to...
Broadband ISP TalkTalk Issue Trading Update and Explores New Ownership Structures | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The TalkTalk Group has today published a very brief trading update for the half year ended 31st August 2025, which largely only highlights the positives (unlike their annual accounts) and claims to have “delivered a solid first-half performance“. The group is currently aiming to tackle its debts by targeting £146m in total savings by FY28. The group, which recently launched a major brand refresh and advertising push for its consumer broadband ISP...
Major UK Phone Providers Agree to Crackdown on Scam Calls and Fraud | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new landmark Telecommunications Charter has today been agreed between several of the UK’s leading broadband, mobile and phone providers, which commits BT (EE), Virgin Media (O2), VodafoneThree, Tesco Mobile, TalkTalk, Sky (Sky Broadband) and the Comms Council UK to a “crack down on scam calls and fraud“. A sub-charter also exists for B2B phone services. Just to recap. Most of the United Kingdom’s major telecoms providers have already implemented...
INCA Continues Work to Standardise Wholesale Full Fibre Among UK Altnets | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative broadband networks, has today provided a progress update on their work to standardise wholesale access (‘Wholesale Standards Initiative‘) and make it easier for retail ISPs to purchase services from such operators. The initiative, which first launched a year ago (here), helped to establish clear commercial and technical frameworks for wholesale access....
Zoom to open UK data centre as part of AI-focused expansion | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Zoom has announced plans to open a UK data centre in early 2026, aiming to meet local data residency requirements and broaden its appeal to regulated sectors including the public sector, healthcare and financial services. The facility, which Zoom says will host services such as Meetings, Webinars, Rooms, Team Chat, Phone, Notes, Docs and its AI assistant, is intended to give UK organisations greater choice over where their data is stored and...
New Spec Looks to Make 5G Fixed Wireless Broadband Viable for Blocks of Flats | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Broadband Forum has published a new technical report that outlines how multiple tenants and apartments (MDU – Multi-Dwelling Units) could receive gigabit broadband connectivity through a single 5G based Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network connection, not least by reusing some of the building’s existing infrastructure. Sadly, not every large residential apartment building (MDU) can have a new fibre optic connection installed (yet), and using FWA...
AWS unveils plans for transatlantic cable Fastnet | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced plans for a dedicated transatlantic subsea cable, Fastnet, that will link Maryland in the United States with County Cork in Ireland. The system, due to enter service in 2028, is pitched as a high‑capacity route intended to bolster resilience and capacity for cloud and artificial intelligence traffic between North America and Europe. Fastnet is designed with route diversity in mind. Rather than...
Orange offers €4.25bn to take full ownership of MasOrange | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The buyout would come less than two years since the merger On Friday, Orange announced that it had reached a non-binding agreement to acquire full control of its joint venture with MasMovil, called MasOrange. The deal would see the Frech telecoms group purchase the 50% stake it does not own from MasMovil’s private equity owners KKR, Cinven, and Providence, for €4.25 billion. A binding agreement is expected before the end of the year, with Orange...
Vodafone UK Launch New Together Discount on Mobile and Broadband Bundles | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms giant Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has just refreshed their “Together” discount, which now also offer new savings to families that combine (bundle) their unlimited Pay Monthly mobile (4G / 5G) plans with one of their fixed line full fibre broadband packages (supplied via either Openreach or CityFibre). Savings of up to £636 are being promoted. Customers with an existing Pay Monthly plan can now add unlimited mobile plans to their account for just...
eSIM.net Launch eSIM Using iOS 26’s Automatic Travel Activation Feature | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Virtual mobile provider eSIM.net, which specialises in offering travel eSIMs (electric SIMs) for roaming use, has launched a new travel eSIM – Global64 – that claims to be “the first” to take advantage of Apple’s latest iOS 26 innovation — automatic travel SIM activation. In short, customers with an Apple iPhone running iOS 26 or later can now detect when a user travels abroad and automatically activate a preloaded travel eSIM, before seamlessly...