Falkland Islands Government Grants Licence for Starlink Satellite Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has, after plenty of confusion and debate earlier in the year (here and here), finally granted a VSAT Broadband Connectivity Licence to SpaceX’s Starlink service. The move allows homes and businesses on the remote islands, which are a British Overseas Territory, to take an ultrafast internet service via Starlink’s satellite network. Just to recap. The islands, which reside around 500km off the South American coast...
Rural UK Broadband Altnet Gigaclear Hunts Buyer to Tackle £1bn Debt | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report has claimed that Abingdon-based broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 612,000 premises in rural parts of England and is home to c.160,000 customers, have begun the process of hunting for a buyer as one of the preferred options for tackling their £1bn debt mountain. The provider, which back in 2010 took on the huge challenge of trying to expand FTTP across rural areas using a commercial approach,...
Broadband ISP Aquiss Prep 2025 UK Black Friday Discounts – 6 Months Half Price | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Shropshire-based independent broadband ISP Aquiss has this morning unveiled its planned Black Friday discounts early by offering new customers six months of half-price service on their Openreach (FTTP + FTTC/SOGEA) and CityFibre (FTTP) based packages, which will be available to order between 1st and 30th November 2025. All packages include unlimited usage, a 12-month minimum contract term, a pledge of no annual mid-contract price rises, a static IPv4...
Mobile Operator Spusu Launches New SIM Only Plans for UK Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The SIM-Only mobile provider spusu, which holds a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement via BTWholesale to harness EE’s national 4G and 5G network, has today announced the launch of several new mobile plans. But unfortunately their “unlimited data” plan seems to have vanished and it’s unclear when it will return. As usual, all of their mobile plans include unlimited UK calls and texts, 500 minutes to EU numbers from the UK, and 500 roaming minutes and 500...
Vodafone and Three UK to Cut Jobs from Network Development Division | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has reportedly begun informing some staff members that they face redundancy in the future, due to their roles being outsourced to India under new contracts with network suppliers Ericsson and Nokia. On top of that, the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) – or TUPE – rules will not apply. Just to recap. Ericsson and Nokia were recently appointed as key partners to support the delivery...
Openreach Cuts UK Price of 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps FTTP Broadband Tiers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach (BT) has today informed ISPs about a “realignment of prices” on their top two fastest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband tiers – 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps (both 120Mbps upstream), which in practice appears to mark a further price reduction. Rivals will perhaps remark that we’ve seen quite a few special offers from the incumbent of late. The changes apply to internet service providers that have joined the network operator’s...
US govt pushing to ban TP-Link over national security fears | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News U.S. federal agencies are reportedly considering a significant restriction on TP-Link, a company that produces widely used home internet routers, amid escalating concerns over national security linked to China. The U.S. Commerce Department, alongside the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Defense, has proposed banning future sales of TP-Link Systems’ devices, a company whose routers reportedly comprise more than a third of the American...
WindTre and Iliad mull Italian merger | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison and the French telecommunications group Iliad, led by billionaire Xavier Niel, are reportedly in preliminary talks to merge their operations in the Italian telecom market. According to multiple sources cited by Reuters, the discussions could lead to a joint venture combining CK Hutchison’s subsidiary Wind Tre and Iliad’s Italian operations, which currently operate under the Free brand. Wind Tre, formed from...
Ofcom and UK Mobile Providers Agree on Wholesale Price of Bulk Biz Texts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Ofcom has today announced that they’ve secured “voluntary commitments” from mobile operators including EE, O2, Sky and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) to help stabilise the wholesale prices of automated text (SMS) messages that organisations send to people (A2P – application-to-person); these are widely used by organisations across the public and private sectors. Such messages are often sent, for example, by the NHS when issuing medical appointment...
Three UK Discounts Unlimited 4G and 5G Home Broadband to £16 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Three UK appears to have further reduced the price of their 4G and 5G powered unlimited Three Home Broadband package, which means it’s been discounted to only £16 per month on a 24-month minimum contract term (or £28 if you take it as a rolling monthly plan).You will also get a £50 Prepaid Mastercard. As usual, Three’s Home Broadband packages all include a mobile router, while also promising “average download speeds of 150Mbps” (this will...