Orange Cyberdefense acquires Swiss cybersecurity specialist ensec | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Orange Cyberdefense, the cybersecurity subsidiary of Orange, has acquired 100% of ensec, a Swiss cybersecurity company based in Zurich, known for its expertise in consulting, IT security integration, managed security services and tailored support for a wide-ranging portfolio of products from leading cybersecurity providers. This targeted acquisition, which was finalized on 23 July, will reinforce Orange Cyberdefense’s existing presence in...
Sparkle and Algérie Télécom Sign a Memorandum of Understanding for a New Subsea Cable Linking Italy and Algeria | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Rome/Algiers, 24 July 2025 Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, and Algérie Télécom, the leading national telecommunications operator in Algeria, which offers a wide range of fixed-line, Internet, and enterprise solutions, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a new subsea cable linking Italy and Algeria. The agreement was announced during the 6th Italy-Algeria...
Study of Six Major European Countries Finds Only UK Saw Broadband Prices Rise | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A recent study by telecom analyst firm Tarifica, which examined the change in fixed broadband ISP pricing between 2023 and 2025 across six major European countries (Italy, France, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands), has found that prices fell in every country except the UK where they rose by 7.86%. In fairness, when viewed across a much larger country sample, past studies have tended to indicate that the UK normally does pretty well when...
Broadband ISP TalkTalk Reportedly Agrees £100m UK Funding Deal | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The debt strained TalkTalk Group, which has recently been going through another turbulent time due to payment disputes with suppliers and reports of a possible sale (here, here and here), has reportedly secured an additional £100m funding deal from existing shareholder Ares Management. This may be enough to reduce some of the financial pressures. The group previously secured a crucial refinancing package worth c. £400m in September 2024 (here and here),...
Starlink Says Global Broadband Outage Caused by Internal Software Failure | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The VP of Engineering at satellite broadband operator Starlink (SpaceX), Michael Nicolls, has revealed that last night’s 2.5 hour long network outage of their mega constellation – impacting all terminals (business and residential) – was caused by a “failure of key internal software services” in their core network. The outage, which appears to have begun at just after 8pm last night (British Summer Time), is not the first such disruption that has hit...
Outbound Mobile Calling Problems Strike EE’s National UK Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of mobile operator EE (BT), as well as those on other networks who might be trying to contact them, are currently experiencing a partial service outage that is disrupting their ability to make calls (others complain they also can’t receive calls). The operator has declared this to be a priority 1 incident. The issue also seems to be impacting some landline calls. The sporadic problem, which doesn’t seem to affect everybody, appears to have...
How MDU connectivity is becoming more competitive | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Podcasts Adlane Fellah, of Maravedis, joined Beyond the Cable to discuss why MDU connectivity has become attractive for market disruptors. By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Speaking to Beyond the Cable at Broadband Communities Summit last month in Houston, Maravedis’ chief researcher, Adlane Fellah, says he sees a big opportunity for MDU brownfield deployments in the coming months and years. According to Fellah, there remains a large stock of...
Openreach Pole Replacement Triggers Long Broadband Outage in Welsh Village | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Residents in the tiny rural Gwynedd (Wales) village of Llangwnnadl have been left without access to fixed broadband and phone services for several weeks. Local news reports claim that the situation began after a telecoms pole replacement was carried out by Openreach, which is unusual as normally such work is carried out to fix and not cause a fault. According to the BBC News, the situation, which impacts around 40 homes across the small community,...
T-Mobile takes potshots at AT&T and Verizon as it launches ‘T-Satellite’ service | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The direct-to-device (D2D) satellite service is powered by SpaceX’s Starlink constellation This week, T-Mobile has concluded the open beta phase of its D2D satellite service, officially launching it under the name ‘T-Satellite’. The service, powered by 650 next-generation low Earth orbit satellites from Starlink, provides coverage across the continental US, Hawaii, parts of southern Alaska, and Puerto Rico, theoretically eliminating ‘not spots’ in...
BDUK Issue First 2025 Update on UK Project Gigabit Broadband Progress | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s (DSIT) Building Digital UK agency has today published their first 2025 progress report on the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which covers the April to December 2024 period. The data reveals that some 1,188,400 UK premises have received gigabit-capable broadband coverage by BDUK’s gigabit programmes since their inception. At present around 88% of UK premises can already access a gigabit-capable network (here) and Ofcom...