Quickline Gifts 6 Months Free Broadband to South Yorkshire Businesses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural focused UK ISP Quickline has announced that, as part of their social value commitment under the Government’s Project Gigabit programme, they’ve launched a new offer to business premises covered by their alternative full fibre (FTTP) network in South Yorkshire – offering the first six months of service for free when they sign-up. In case anybody has forgotten, Quickline currently holds the Project Gigabit delivery contract for South Yorkshire (Lot...
Customers of UK Mobile Provider Mozillion Suffer WiFi Calling Problems | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Mozillion, which is a virtual network operator (mvno) that harnesses EE’s national 4G and 5G platform, has confirmed that some of its customers are experiencing ongoing connectivity problems (i.e. it stopped working) with their WiFi Calling service. In case anybody doesn’t already know – Wi-Fi Calling (VoWiFi) enables consumers with a supporting Smartphone and mobile operator to harness their home broadband connection or another WiFi...
UKRI Gives £13m to 11 UK Projects to Develop Future 6G and Fibre Technologies | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) agency, which is the national funding agency for investing public money into science and research projects, recently announced that 11 telecoms and networking projects had each secured a slice of £13m to help commercialise their work on advanced connectivity technologies (e.g. 6G [mobile broadband], fibre optics and more). The chosen projects reflect quite a wide variety of connectivity solutions and technologies....
Three UK Users Complain of Hourly Outdoor Hub Reboots on 5G Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of mobile network operator Three UK (VodafoneThree), specifically those who took the new 5G Outdoor Hub (Green Packet Y5-210MU) option for their Three Home Broadband service, are finding that the router has recently developed an annoying habit of rebooting itself once every hour. The problem appears to have first started on Thursday 7th August 2025 and isn’t being reported by everybody. Several threads on the operator’s community forum...
GoFibre Get £125m Funding Boost to Support Scotland Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Edinburgh-based UK ISP and network builder GoFibre has this morning announced that they’ve secured a huge £125m funding boost from the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) and Hamburg Commercial Bank. The money will support their roll-out of FTTP broadband under the government backed Project Gigabit contracts in South and North East Scotland. The UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit scheme is currently working to extend 1Gbps download speeds to reach...
RootMetrics Names EE as BEST UK Mobile Operator in H1 2025 Study | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has today published their H1 2025 study of UK mobile networks (calls, texts etc.) and 4G/5G mobile broadband speeds. The results once again name EE as the best mobile provider after they scooped up the highest scores and fastest data speeds across most categories. The study itself is based on the results of over 625,000 tests, conducted by a team of testers using off-the-shelf Smartphones between January and...
Wavemobile Struggles to Get Big UK Mobile Operators to Fix WiFi Calling | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Technical Director for rural connectivity provider Wavemobile, Anthony Timson, has complained that the “biggest issue” they face today is the interaction devices roamed onto their network face with respect to the popular WiFi Calling service. Users who roam on to Wave’s network find that the big mobile operators (EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK) seem to block it. Just for some context, it’s important to recognise that Wavemobile are a company that...
TOTSCo – 1.5 Million UK Consumers Have Switched Broadband ISP Since Sept 2024 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The One Touch Switching Company, which is the industry-led company responsible for helping to deliver Ofcom’s solution for easier and quicker UK switching between home broadband and phone providers on different networks (One Touch Switching), will next week pass the milestone of 1.5 million successfully completed migrations since launch (up from 1m in early May 2025). The OTS system, which went live on 12th September 2024, remains a Gaining Provider Led...
Broadband ISP Plusnet Reportedly Cuts Over 100 More UK Jobs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The latest company accounts for broadband ISP Plusnet, which is part of wider BT Group, has revealed that the company’s turnover fell by -15% to £343m in the year to 31st March 2025 (down from £402m last year) and their employee headcount declined by 133 to total 944. According to the same accounts, the provider’s customer base also fell by 9% following the closure of their mobile service (all mobile operations ended in September 2024). By comparison,...
Emtelle UK to Support GoFibre’s £105m FTTP Broadband Build in Scotland | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Fibre optic network supplier Emtelle UK, which is a global manufacturer of blown fibre, cabling and ducted solutions, has been chosen to help supply GoFibre’s new £105m (state aid) Project Gigabit contract for North East Scotland (here), which aims to extend their full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to “around” 63,000 premises in hard-to-reach rural areas. The two companies already have an established relationship from prior builds, and the new deal...