Openreach Grapple with Remaining Users as First UK Exchanges to Close | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) is in the process of facing one of the most difficult challenges with their pilot UK exchange closures – the question of how to handle situations where some consumer broadband and phone lines remain active by the final product switch-off date (i.e. they’ve not been migrated). Openreach currently has c.5,600 UK exchanges, but only c.1,000 of these are needed to provide nationwide coverage of modern “fibre broadband”...
AST Space Mobile Set to Launch First BlueBird 6 Satellite on 15th Dec 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Satellite operator AST SpaceMobile, which is working with Joint Venture (SatCo) partner Vodafone to launch a space-based 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) service to connect with everyday Smartphones on the ground, has announced that their first commercial BlueBird 6 spacecraft will launch on 15th December from the Satish Dhawan Space Center (India). Just to recap. Over the past few years’ AST SpaceMobile has conducted several trials of the new...
Broadband ISP Gigabit IQ Launch AI Online Safety Assistant for UK Families | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet access and online security provider Gigabit IQ (formerly Grayshott Gigabit) has launched a beta (test) version of its latest product – Parentline, which is described as being an AI-powered online safety assistant “designed to help parents navigate the digital world with confidence, clarity, and trusted guidance“. The new solution, which draws its information from leading national and international safeguarding organisations, claims to provide...
Broadband ISP BT Ponders Possible £50 Charge for Missed UK Appointments | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Information allegedly leaked from inside broadband ISP BT (inc. EE and Plusnet) suggests that customers may in the future have to face a charge of £50 for a missed appointment, such as when the engineer turns up on time to find that the customer is not present. But the provider doesn’t currently plan to enforce this. At present, the telecoms giant’s policy is that if an engineer (usually from Openreach) misses a customer’s scheduled appointment, or...
UK vows to protect undersea networks amid rising threats from Russia and China | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News In a statement to the House of Commons, Minister Al Carns declared that the United Kingdom is committed to defending “every inch” of its territory, including its critical undersea networks and coastal security. The comments came after the Russian spy ship Yantar entered UK waters earlier this week and was accused of shining lasers at military pilots. The vessel is being closely monitored by the Royal Navy, having previously been accused of...
Giffgaff Finally Expands UK eSIM Support to All Mobile Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Consumer mobile provider giffgaff, which is a virtual mobile operator (MVNO) on O2’s national 4G / 5G network that is also owned by Telefónica UK, has this afternoon finally expanded the availability of their eSIM (Embedded SIM) support to all customers – both new and existing subscribers alike. Just to recap. The eSIM standard is an alternative to physical SIM cards, which works by essentially embedding a digital SIM into your device (Smartphone) that...
Extinction facing telcos that don’t adopt AI transformation | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Podcasts AI is here to stay. Telecoms need to adapt, says Abhishek Sandhir, the managing director of telecommunications at Sand Technologies By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities The telecommunications industry sometimes gets a reputation as being slow to adapt new technologies. It’s one that Abhishek Sandhir, the managing director of Sand Technologies‘ telecommunications division, says is not wholly earned. There’s a lag between other industries...
Rural UK Broadband Network Provider Truespeed Appoints New CEO | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband provider and UK ISP Truespeed, which is in the process of merging with County Broadband to create a single full fibre operator covering 177,000 premises (RFS) and 41,000 customers (here), has announced that existing CEO James Lowther is to be replaced by the company’s current CCO, Nelson Missier, by the end of this year. At present Truespeed is mostly focused upon serving rural premises in parts of Devon, Wiltshire, Somerset...
Government Invests £6.9m in Next Gen UK Satellite Optical Links and 5G NTN | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s UK Space Agency has announced a £6.9 million investment in next generation satellite communications technology, which will be distributed between five UK-led projects through the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) programme. The projects themselves represent a mix of different technologies, some of which relate to satellite refuelling and others of which delve more into developing 5G...
Vodafone and Three UK Deploy Joint Network Sharing to 8,000 Mast Sites | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has revealed that 8,000 mast sites have now been upgraded to implement their new Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN). This is one of the first big benefits of the recent merger (here and here) – allowing customers to roam across both networks at no extra cost (whichever one provides the best signal). As previously reported, it could take a total of 8 years to fully complete the roll-out of these...