O2 UK extends 5G standalone mobile broadband network to Bristol | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5G+) mobile broadband network in the Bristol area, which is said to reach up to 495,000 people across the city – delivering “faster speeds, better coverage and lower latency at no extra cost.” O2’s rollout of 5G+ first began in February 2024 (here) and aims to reach “at least 90% outdoor coverage” in every location they cover. The...
CityFibre build UK broadband network to 4.8m premises and prep £900m for consolidation | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK’s largest alternative 10Gbps capable Full Fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband network, CityFibre, has today revealed that their network now covers 4.8 million UK premises (4.6m RFS) and revenues grew to £164m (up 36% from £120m last year). But shareholders have also prepared £900m in a “new equity commitment” to help drive future altnet consolidation. The details were released as part of a new trading update to 30th September 2026, which also...
Data centres: From misunderstood infrastructure to economic enabler | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article by Iqbal Bedi, Managing Partner of Intelligens Consulting The UK wants to lead in AI, cloud and digital services. Prime Minister Andy Burnham recently reinforced that ambition at the UN, committing to put AI at the heart of the UK’s 2027 G20 Presidency. But delivering that ambition depends on physical infrastructure. AI, cloud and digital services all rely on the compute capacity, connectivity and data centres that underpin the...
Virgin Media O2 create new team in Newcastle to help handle repeat UK calls | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media (O2) has today announced the creation of a new dedicated team of 150 agents in Newcastle, who will be responsible for handling repeat customer calls. The goal is to help the telecoms provider to boost first-time resolution of more complex issues across their entire UK customer base. The decision to establish the hub is said to have occurred following an internal review designed to better understand the reasons...
Failed bidder Opus Broadband express frustration over TalkTalk UK’s sale to BT | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More UK ISP Opus Broadband, which had previously been working alongside investment firm Alchemy Partners on a c.£100m bid for TalkTalk’s debt-ridden consumer business – before BT stepped in yesterday to avoid a sudden collapse, has today said they were “surprised” by the outcome as they had a “live offer for the consumer business which had not been rejected“. We think it’s fair to say that, before yesterday, TalkTalk had been trying to dispose of their...
Openreach test Geotab to boost safety and cut downtime of UK vehicle fleet | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT), which has a huge fleet of 23,000 cars and commercial vans to help their engineers roll-out and support their UK broadband infrastructure, has revealed that they’re testing Geotab‘s connected vehicle fleet telematics technology to improve driver safety, cut downtime and support their sustainability ambitions. The solution, which is currently in the “early-adopter phase“, essentially tracks each vehicle in a lot more...
BT finally ends free TNT Sports TV bundle with UK broadband plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms giant BT has in recent weeks been gradually notifying their existing UK home broadband customers, specifically those with legacy packages that once came bundled with the streaming TNT Sports Pack add-on for free (formerly BTSport), that they’ll need to start paying for the add-on from 16th October 2026. Some customers never even used it. The promotion originally ran quite a few years ago, back when the service was originally known as BTSport,...
BT swoops in to acquire TalkTalk | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The rescue comes as TalkTalk Group heads into administration Today, BT has announced the purchase of TalkTalk’s consumer and wholesale divisions on a debt-free basis. The deal will see BT will absorb TalkTalk’s roughly 1.5 million retails customers and 1 million wholesale customers. Service for these customers will continue uninterrupted and will likely only change once BT begins migrating them to its own systems. Clive Selley, the current CEO of...
Sateliot launches five new satellites for 5G NTN IoT | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release With this mission, the company brings the total number of satellites launched since its foundation to 11 and advances the commercial deployment of a technology that has already been validated. Sateliot, the European satellite telecommunications operator, has successfully launched five new satellites for its 5G NTN IoT network as scheduled, enabling the company to increase connection frequency and service capacity in areas without...
Ookla examine performance of 4G calling (VoLTE) and 5G voice (VoNR) mobile tech | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network benchmarking provider Ookla (Accenture), which collects data from consumers via their broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service, has published an interesting examination of the performance differences between voice calls handled by the 4G centric Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) and 5G based Voice-over-New-Radio (VoNR) technologies. According to the study, VoLTE remains the gold standard for consistency and speed in mature deployments. For example, South...