Elevate Make Rapid Progress on New Fibre Broadband Network in St Helens | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network operator Elevate, which back in April 2025 secured the contract to build a new “hyperfast” full fibre broadband network in the Merseyside (England) town of St Helens (here), has today revealed that they’ve made “substantial progress” on the deployment with 4,874 metres worth of fibre already installed. Elevate, which are using their own engineers, added that this means they’ve already completed the subducting required for the project...
Broadband ISP TalkTalk Tries to Entice UK Customers with 900Mbps for £30 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider TalkTalk has today continued their efforts to boost the take-up of their home broadband services by launching their self-proclaimed “lowest ever price” on a 900Mbps full fibre (FTTP) package, which drops it from £38 to £30 per month on a 24-month minimum term for new subscribers. The package also includes a wireless router, free installation, built-in HomeSafe online security (inc. features like KidSafe, scam site filtering, and...
CEO of UK Broadband Altnet MS3 to Step Down at Christmas After 4 Years | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The CEO of Hull-based alternative UK network operator MS3, Guy Miller, has today announced his intention to “step away” from the company at Christmas after an “incredible four years“. The provider’s full fibre (FTTP) broadband network currently covers 234,000 premises (212k RFS) in the North of England and has connected 20,000 customers. The provider, which offers access to its network at wholesale for retail ISPs to harness, has become known for helping...
Vodafone taps Wind River to support Open RAN rollout in Germany | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The collaboration will see thousands of sites rolled out across the company from early next year This week, Wind River has revealed its selection by Vodafone to help deploy Open RAN in Germany and the rest of its European markets. The partnership covers the use of Wind River® Cloud Platform as the containers-as-a-service (CaaS) layer, which Wind River says allows for the “development, deployment, operation, and servicing of distributed edge...
Openreach Publish October 2025 Update on UK FTTP Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National network operator Openreach (BT) has published the latest quarterly update on their roll-out of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP technology. The update reflects all the recent changes and progress with their existing locations and doesn’t appear to add any new areas beyond those confirmed in July 2025 (here). Just to recap. The operator is currently investing up to £15bn to expand the coverage of their new “full fibre”...
Vodafone Group and Vodafone Ukraine plan Black Sea cable to bypass Russia | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The Kardesa submarine cable system will connect Bulgaria, Georgia, Turkey, and Ukraine This week, Vodafone Group and Vodafone Ukraine have announced their intentions to build a new submarine cable spanning the Black Sea, the first for almost two decades. The €116 million Kardesa cable will include landings in Bulgaria, Georgia, Turkey, and Ukraine, notably excluding Russia. It is expected to deliver an additional 500 Tbps of capacity to the Black...
Are you lagging on the PSTN switch-off? | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article by James Lilley, Director of All-IP at Openreach The UK is gearing up for a historic moment – the final full-scale infrastructure transition of our lifetimes. The Public Switched Telephone Network will be switched off on 31st January 2027 in favour of internet-based (All-IP) networks. Even though this deadline is fast approaching, many businesses are still resistant to the move. Switch-overs are continuing to happen, but the progress...
RETN launches Flex IX: the industry’s first Zero-waste IX and Transit | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More London – October 20, 2025 – RETN, the leading independent global network services provider, today announces the launch of Flex IX, a new wholesale connectivity solution that, for the first time, combines Remote Internet Exchange (IX) access and IP Transit in a single service. RETN analysis shows that at least 70% of capacity at industry peering and interconnect points goes unused – highlighting a long-standing inefficiency: IX bandwidth often sits idle...
Major UK Pension Funds Commit £40m to Improve Rural Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government has announced the launch of the Sterling 20 initiative, which is a partnership of the country’s twenty largest pension funds and insurance companies (Nest, Aviva, Legal & General, M&G etc.) that have all agreed to pump extra investment into local infrastructure and businesses to boost growth. Rural broadband will be one of the winners. All of the participants say they’ve agreed to “channel the nation’s savings into key...
Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK Sees 285 Percent Rise in Phishing Threats | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) and their security partner, Akamai, have this morning warned that they’ve seen a 285% rise in phishing attempts this year. This figure has jumped to a huge 232,365 average new phishing threat entries to their threat intelligence feeds each day between April to June 2025. Phishing typically reflects the fraudulent use of legitimate / trustworthy business or personal images (brands) that have been designed...