Freedom Telecom International and e& Sign Strategic MoU to Advance Global Fintech–Telco Collaboration | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Freedom Telecom International (FTI), a subsidiary of Freedom Holding Corp. (FRHC), and e&, a leading global technology group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore strategic collaboration opportunities at the intersection of telecommunications and financial technology across international markets. The MoU establishes a high-level framework for cooperation, enabling both organizations to leverage their respective strengths in...
Rural Broadband ISP Quickline Refreshes UK Packages for New Year 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative rural broadband ISP Quickline, which is building a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has kicked off the New Year with a mild package refresh that reduces some prices and removes the cheapest entry-level fibre tier. The most obvious change is the removal of their entry-level “START” package for new customers (no change for existing...
O2 Priority Offers Prize to Cover UK Mobile or Broadband Bills for 1 Year | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of UK ISP Virgin Media and O2’s various broadband and mobile packages may like to know that their ‘Priority‘ app, which rewards existing subscribers with various special offers and discounts, has today announced a bunch of new drops and prizes available as part of its Blue Monday’s initiative through January. One of which will cover your mobile or broadband bills for 12 months. The latest additions include the “chance” (i.e. you have to open...
Business ISP Exascale Launches UK Consumer Broadband Brand | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Communications provider and UK network builder Exascale, which has deployed their own gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in part of Telford and Wrekin, has quietly launched a more consumer focused broadband brand that will sell packages via several fibre networks. The change means that Exascale’s main website has recently switched its focus to sell residential broadband packages, while business and wholesale...
Gov Look to Boost EE’s 4G Based UK Emergency Services Network via Satellite | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has reportedly invited interested suppliers, such as Starlink, to engage on the possibility of harnessing Direct to Device (DtD) based signals from broadband satellites to help resolve coverage gaps in the Government’s massively late and over-budget 4G based Emergency Service Network (ESN); currently being delivered by EE (BT). Just to recap. The emergency services (police, fire etc.) were supposed to have moved away from the...
Virgin Media UK Reveal XMas 2025 and New Year 2026 Broadband Traffic | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider Virgin Media (O2) has kindly furnished ISPreview with some general traffic stats from their fixed broadband network over the festive period, which for example reveals that Christmas Day internet traffic was up 11% on last year (broadly in line with traffic growth generally). But compared to an average Thursday in 2025, traffic was up by 22%. In terms of New Year’s Eve, Virgin Media reported that fixed broadband traffic was up 10% from...
Starlink to Shift LEO Ultrafast Broadband Satellites into a Lower Orbit | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Vice President of Starlink Engineering for SpaceX, Michael Nicolls, has revealed that they’re going to move all of the broadband satellites they currently have in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at around 550km above the planet to c.480km (impacting roughly 4,400 satellites) over the course of 2026. According to Nicolls, the “significant reconfiguration” of Starlink’s satellite constellation is a change that is “focused on increasing space safety” and is...
UK ISP BT Criticised Over Failure of Broadband Battery Backup During Power Cuts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband provider BT (EE) has been criticised by a resident of the remote Outer Hebrides (Scotland) island of Scalpay after they found that the Battery Backup (BBU) device, which the ISP provided for their internet and Digital Voice (phone) service, failed to work in two out of three recent power cuts. A bit of a problem as the house also gets no mobile signal. The need for a BBU is relevant because the industry is now in the final process of retiring...
Gigabit Broadband Cover Reaches Nearly 90 Percent of the UK in H2 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More ISPreview has today published our biannual H2 – 2025 summary of fixed broadband coverage, which reveals that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have grown to reach 81.89% of UK premises (up from 78.06% in H1) and 89.6% are within reach of “gigabit” 1000Mbps+ speeds (up from 87.84%) – close to the major milestone of 90%. Read on to see details for England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland. All the new gigabit-capable network (1000Mbps+ or 1Gbps+) coverage...
Openreach’s Essex and North East England Project Gigabit Broadband Contract Expands | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK government has posted a Project Gigabit modification for Openreach’s £61.3m (public subsidy) contract to extend the reach of their full fibre (FTTP) based gigabit broadband network across Essex and North East England. This increases the value by £610,393 to £61.92m and will now reach an additional 269 premises in remote rural areas (total target now 24,707 premises). Just to remind. Project Gigabit’s contracts are not static and their scope, as...