TP-Link Launch First Wi-Fi 8 Broadband Routers with Speeds up to 22Gbps | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Networking kit manufacturer TP-Link, which builds a lot of broadband routers, WiFi extenders and smart home devices, today claims to have soft launched the “world’s first” commercial Wi-Fi 8 products – the Archer 9 Ultra router and Deco 8 Ultra mesh Wi-Fi system. But the kit will use a draft specification, since the full standard isn’t due to be ready until May 2028. Just to recap. The next gen Wi-Fi 8 standard (802.11bn – “Ultra High Reliability“) will...
Virgin Media and Openreach Fail Property Owner Over Cable Damage and Repair | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Five tenants of a building in Gloucester (Gloucestershire, England) could be left without a working UK broadband and phone service after the property owner, Mo Mujaed, claimed that Openreach had deployed a new telecoms (telegraph) pole that damaged a seemingly exposed Virgin Media cable in the process, which served the building. According to Mr Mujaed, Openreach’s civil engineering contractor, Quinns, arrived earlier in the month and “installed a new...
Some Customers of Broadband Altnet Gigability Suffer Service Suspension | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative UK broadband network and ISP Gigability, which first cropped up in 2024 (here and here) with plans to build a full fibre network across rural villages in Shropshire (England), appears to have run into a problem on part of their network after a couple of their customers in the medieval market town of Much Wenlock indicated they’d been given one month’s notice of service closure. The provider is currently only known to have conducted a limited...
New Rules for Speeding Up Certain Broadband Installs is Causing Delays | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The government’s new changes to the Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) approval processes in England (here) are causing additional delays to some of Openreach’s new broadband installs. Ironically the changes are being introduced to correct for the delays and increased costs of telecoms operators trying to deploy new networks into large buildings (MDUs etc.) under the prior system. Last year plenty of problems were caused after the BSR updated their...
Openreach’s 100Gbps Cablelink Pilot for UK Broadband ISPs Set for May 2027 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National network operator Openreach has informed ISPreview that their long planned pilot of a 100Gbps capable Cablelink (Ethernet) solution is now scheduled to start around May 2027. The new product will, among other things, be used by ISPs to support the rollout of their 8.5Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband products for UK homes. Cablelink products are traditionally what Openreach are using to provide data capacity for their full fibre...
Sky Mobile UK Becomes First O2 MVNO to Launch 5G+ Standalone Support | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of virtual mobile operator Sky Mobile, which is estimated to be home to around 4-5 million customers in the UK, have just become the first O2 (Virgin Media) powered Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) to introduce 5G Standalone (5G+) technology for better mobile broadband performance and more. Early 5G deployments were Non-Standalone (NSA), which meant they were partly reliant upon some older and slower 4G infrastructure. But 5G+ networks...
Alternative UK Rural Broadband Network Voneus Acquires Airband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Sources have informed ISPreview that the alternative broadband network and retail ISP Voneus, which is backed by Macquarie and has deployed a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) internet networks across various remote rural parts of Wales and England, have allegedly acquired the Aberdeen Group backed altnet Airband. Just to recap. Voneus was last year hit by some redundancies and a slowdown in their network build (here), primarily due to...
Starlink Trials Personal Maritime Broadband Plan for Small Boat Owners | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Starlink’s (SpaceX) ultrafast satellite broadband service has finally responded to complaints from small boat owners about the company’s recent restrictions on international roaming, which threatened to make the service untenable for those who sail around different parts of the world – sometimes for months. But a new Personal Maritime Plan may be the answer, albeit with caveats. According to Starlink, the new Personal Maritime Plan is aimed at the sort...
EE UK Offers Free Calls and Data to Nepal After Devastating Floods | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator EE (inc. BT) has notified UK customers in Nepal (South Asia) that, due to the devastating impact of yesterday’s catastrophic flash flood and mudslide on the Nepal-Tibet border, they’re promising to credit back charges for mobile calls, texts and data (mobile broadband) used in the country, as well as mobile and landline calls from the UK to Nepal. The time-limited offer has been backdated to start from Wednesday 26th August,...
Boldyn Networks’ 5G RedCap to support smart livestock monitoring in West Sussex | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Growing Sussex milestone gives farmers near real-time insight into livestock-building conditions, supporting animal welfare and farm resilience West Sussex County Council is leading the way in smart livestock monitoring. Through the public sector-led Growing Sussex programme, it is partnering with Boldyn Networks (Boldyn) and agritech specialist Pneumonitor, to connect Pneumonitor’s in-pen environmental monitoring device to Boldyn’s...