Gov Update on Plan to Help Push FTTP Broadband into UK Flats and Build Mobile Masts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Telecoms Minister, Sir Chris Bryant, recently issued an important update on their efforts to boost growth by removing barriers to digital infrastructure deployment. The statement covered progress with flexi-permits and softening the rules for new mobile masts, but it also touched on how they intend to help get gigabit broadband into large residential buildings (blocks of flats / apartments). The government’s recent 2025 Spending Review and 10-Year...
Global 5G Modem Market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 12.45% from 2024 to 2032, reaching a value of USD 5.6 billion by the end of the forecast period. | Total Telecom
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Broadband ISPs BT, EE and Plusnet to Raise UK Mid Contract Price Hikes to £4 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More UK ISP BT (inc. Plusnet and EE) is due to reveal a change to their existing mid-contract pricing policy, which means that new customers who sign-up for a broadband package on or after 31st July 2025 (5th August with Plusnet) will be subject to a +£4 price rise on 31st March 2026 and then +£4 again on 31st March 2027 (up from the previous £3 increase). Just to recap. At the start of 2025 Ofcom began requiring telecoms providers to adopt a new approach to...
Connected Britain Awards 2025 shortlist revealed | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More We are thrilled to reveal the finalists for this year’s Connected Britain Awards, celebrating excllence across the UK’s digital ecosystem! After careful review and deliberation, our judging panel has selected the standout entries in each category, showcasing the very best across the UK connectivity ecosystem. Winners will be revealed live on stage during our Connected Britain Awards Ceremony: Day 1, Wednesday 24 September at 6.30pm , on the keynote...
Virgin Media O2 UK to Boost Customer Service with New Lumi AI Tool | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has this morning informed ISPreview that they’ve created and launched a new AI (Artificial Intelligence) tool, Lumi AI, which aims to “drive its customer service turnaround strategy” by helping customer service agents to provide “faster, more effective and more personalised” support. At present VMO2 already uses some other AI tools for different tasks (more on this later), which the company...
Openreach Deploys 5,000th Electric Vehicle as Part of UK Fleet Transition | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed that they’ve just put their 5000th EV (Electric Vehicle) on the road to support their broadband and phone engineers (up from 4,300 at the start of 2025). The move marks a key milestone on their plan to become carbon-neutral by March 2031. The operator, which manages the second-largest commercial vehicle fleet in the UK (i.e. 23,000 vehicles), are currently aiming to upgrade the “vast majority” of...
Giffgaff UK Launches New Travel Data Add Ons for Mobile Roaming | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network provider giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica and harnesses O2’s virtual operator (MVNO) platform in the UK, has today launched a new range of travel data (4G/5G mobile broadband) add-ons that will be available to customers who plan on roaming across any one of over 40 EU countries and several selected locations (e.g. USA, Turkey). Existing giffgaff customers already benefit from up to 5 GigaBytes (data allowance) of inclusive roaming in...
Broadband Disrupted for Shetland and Orkney by Subsea Fibre Break | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Thousands of homes and businesses across Shetland, which is a remote UK subarctic archipelago that resides north of the Scottish mainland, have suffered disruption to their broadband services this weekend after part of the main SHEFA-2 (Faroese Telecom) submarine (subsea) fibre optic cable was damaged. Premises on the Orkney Islands were also hit. Faroese Telecom’s SHEFA-2 cable reaches Shetland via two landing sites, including one stretch that goes...
Grain Expands FTTP Broadband Network Cover to 270,000 UK Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Carlisle-based alternative network operator and ISP Grain (Grain Connect), which a week ago secured a major £225m funding boost (here), on Friday revealed that their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network had now covered 270,000 UK premises (up from 250k in March 2025) – from Aberdeen to Brighton, Carlisle to Cornwall, Leicester to Liverpool and Newcastle to Newport etc. The operator’s broadband network, which is also home to over 43,000...
Sky Broadband and the Question of Preferential UK CityFibre FTTP Install Dates | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A couple of weeks have passed since Sky Broadband became the largest retail ISP to go live on CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (here). But some rival providers have privately begun to note that customers who sign-up to Sky’s service seem to be getting earlier installation dates than they can. We take a closer look. According to CityFibre’s website (here), customers who take one of their consumer full fibre broadband products via...