Keep On Roaming add EU roaming feature to multi-operator UK eSIM plan | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile travel-focused eSIM provider Keep On Roaming has informed ISPreview that their Sidekick plan, which is designed to act as a backup for your main UK mobile plan and gives you access to EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK when your main mobile service isn’t available, has now added support for roaming across the EU, EEA and Switzerland “at no extra cost“. At present there are a handful of virtual mobile providers that can provide consumers with 4G and 5G...
TalkTalk issue strategic update on sale of UK broadband and PXC businesses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The debt-strained TalkTalk Group, which is still in the process of trying to sell both their consumer broadband ISP business and PXC (PlatformX Communications) wholesale business, has this morning issued a “Strategic Update” on the process that makes clear the effort is still live and will be concluded “imminently“. Details remain in short supply. A number of recent reports had indicated that the Group may have given until the end of this month to...
Airspan deal absorbs 135 former Cambium employees | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The deal comes as Cambium Networks enters insolvency following prolonged financial difficulties. Airspan Networks Holdings LLC announced yesterday that it has acquired several fixed wireless product lines from Cambium Networks, a move that comes as the wireless networking business enters insolvency following prolonged financial difficulties. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed but the acquisition transfers key point-to-point and...
Southern Water using Lightsonic’s fibre-sensing tech to detect leaks | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The technology has already helped to save more than 4 million litres of water per day over 650km of the UK’s water network Southern Water, which provides drinking water for millions of customers across the South of England, has announced a new partnership with Lightsonic, aiming to use the company’s sensing technology to help identify their leaking pipes. The UK’s aging pipe network leaks roughly 2.6 billion litres of water every day but...
Openreach confirm post-January 2027 measures for UK analogue phone switch-off | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today outlined the next stage of their closure preparation for the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which helps to confirm the plan and service pricing that will occur for consumers that fail to migrate to a modern IP-based digital line alternative by the early 2027 closure deadline. The PSTN switch-off is currently due to reach its conclusion on 31st January 2027. As a result, broadband, phone,...
Opus Broadband allegedly tables £100m offer for broadband ISP TalkTalk | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report claims that UK ISP Opus Broadband, which was previously reported to have been working with investment firm Alchemy Partners on a potential c.£250m bid for TalkTalk’s consumer business, before later walking away, has now allegedly tabled a cut price bid of around £100m for the debt-strained internet provider. The offer, which Sky News said today was unlikely to be accepted by TalkTalk’s Board, reflects the extremely difficult situation that...
nPerf study names EE best for 4G and 5G mobile coverage in the UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More France-based benchmarking firm nPerf has today published the results from a new study they conducted into 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage across the United Kingdom, which found that EE delivered the best reach for both network technologies. The results took account of both population and geographic network coverage. The study is based off data gathered from masses of mobile internet connection tests carried out during 2026 by users of the...
Virgin Media O2 UK launch a new AI voice agent to support broadband fault calls | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More UK ISP Virgin Media (O2) have this morning followed yesterday’s news from Liberty Global by announcing the expected launch of a new AI voice agent, which will initially be deployed to support selected broadband fault calls (i.e. helping customers get routine issues resolved more quickly) and will later “gradually” be expanded to cater for other issues. At present the “routine broadband fault calls” that Virgin Media seem to be targeting are only said to...
Sept 2026 Contract Progress of UK’s Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) office has today published the September 2026 update on the delivery progress of contracts awarded under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 318,000 contracted premises (up from 296,770 in Aug 2026) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 846,770 (38% complete). Just to remind. The figures in this update are not directly comparable to the figures...
Ofcom UK probe Vonage and Voxbone after scammers misuse phone numbers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today opened two separate investigations into cloud and VoIP phone providers Vonage (Vonage Business Limited) and Voxbone SA – here and here, which centres on a concern that telephone numbers held by the companies are being “misused, including to perpetrate scams“. Readers might recall that Ofcom launched an enforcement programme in 2024 to ensure that UK telephone and text companies were using phone...