BT reveals 95 percent of UK customers have switched to digital voice | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and phone provider BT (EE) has this morning revealed that 95% of their landline phone users have now successfully switched from legacy analogue phones to its IP-based Digital Voice service. But with the deadline approaching, the provider is not expanding a trial that temporarily paused broadband for a small group of previously unresponsive customers, while keeping landlines running. Just to recap. The old Public Switched Telephone Network...
New 500Tbps EXA Meridian subsea fibre cable to be built between UK and USA | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More London-registered network operator EXA Infrastructure has this morning announced their plan to build a new 6,552km long transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable between New Jersey (USA) and Brean (UK), which will be called EXA Meridian and is claimed to be the “first transatlantic cable built by a single operator in a decade“. The new cable, which is currently scheduled to be ready for service in Q4 2029, has been designed to support 24 fibre pairs and is...
Broadband ISP TalkTalk confirms UK customer community forum is gone | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A few months have now passed since consumer broadband provider TalkTalk said they were “working on a solution” after their community forum for customers unexpectedly went offline in June 2026. But the once popular feature has not returned and the provider now simply says it’s “no longer available” as a service. The initial statement made it sound like the forum had been taken offline due to a fault or for maintenance reasons and would thus return once a...
O2 UK switch on 5G standalone mobile broadband network in Tyne and Wear | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5G+) mobile broadband network across Newcastle, Tyneside and Sunderland, which is said to reach nearly 1.2 million residents – delivering “faster speeds, better coverage and lower latency at no extra cost.” Just to recap. O2’s rollout of 5G+ / 5GSA first began in February 2024 (here) and aims to reach “at least 90% outdoor coverage” in...
Cambium Networks enters administration | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News According to reports, the UK wireless network business has become insolvent after months of financial struggle Cambium Networks, Ltd., the wholly owned UK subsidiary of Cambium Networks Corporation, has filed a Notice of Intent to appoint administrators, according to reports from ISPreview. By appointing administrators, the company is legally protected from creditors seeking repayment of debts. As part of the process, the administrators will seek...
Zen Internet expand Wi-Fi 7 routers and launch 2.5Gbps broadband via MS3’s UK fibre | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rochdale-based UK ISP Zen Internet, which began selling packages via MS3’s full fibre (FTTP) network in parts of Hull (East Yorkshire) and Lincolnshire in June 2026, has now revealed that they’ve made even faster speeds of 2.5Gbps (2.3Gbps average) available to new residential and business customers covered by the network. Separately, more of Zen’s packages now include Wi-Fi 7 routers as standard. The new top package is currently priced from £45 per...
Telesat’s Lightspeed satellites to provide automated backup for subsea cables | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen satcom specialist neXat to lead a new €1.5m (£1.28bn) project that aims to create an automated satellite backup (failover) for when submarine fibre optic networks suffer outages (cable breaks). The new system will be supported by Telesat’s future Lightspeed constellation of ultafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit. The idea of using satellite as a backup for such connections is nothing new, although the...
Nottinghamshire UK gets new map of mobile network cover and performance | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) in England and consultancy firm FarrPoint have just completed their “most comprehensive survey of mobile coverage across the county to date“, which has resulted in the release of a new coverage map to help give residents a clearer picture of where mobile services are strong and where gaps remain. EE was found to deliver the “best coverage overall“. The survey, which was conducted between March and July 2026,...
Giffgaff add contract buyout worth £300 to UK full fibre broadband plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator and internet provider giffgaff, which has already made their new full fibre (FTTP) broadband packages available to 4.2 million premises via nexfibre and Virgin Media’s UK networks, has moved to further entice new customers to the service by offering to buy them out of their existing contracts (worth up to £300 in billing credits). The new contract buyout (switching credit) is intended to help customers who switch to giffgaff’s broadband...
Openreach AI tools prevent 3,000 UK full fibre broadband cancellations a month | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed that their recent adoption of two new and complementary AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools, which provide customers with clearer updates and immediate answers, are now helping to prevent more than 3,000 Full Fibre (FTTP) broadband cancellations every month. The two tools reflect those we’ve written about before, including Crystal Ball, which predicts what is likely to happen next when a broadband...