Sky Mobile UK Offers Discounted £1 Pay Monthly 5G SIM Only Plan | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More New customers looking to join mobile operator Sky Mobile (Sky Broadband), which is a virtual provider (mvno) on O2’s national 4G and 5G network, may like to know that they’ve launched a bunch of new discounts on their SIM Only plans. For example, you can now get 1GB of data, including unlimited calls and texts, for just £1 per month (down from £3). In addition, Sky Mobile’s 10GB data plan has been reduced to £10 per month (down from £14), while 60GB is...
Giffgaff Expand UK Full Fibre Broadband Trial with Extra Speed Options | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network provider giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica and uses O2’s associated virtual operator (MVNO) platform, has provided customers of their new home broadband trial – based on nexfibre and Virgin Media’s 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) network – with additional speed options other than 500Mbps. The trial has been running with “up to 500” live customers for a couple of months now (here and here). The service initially only offered...
Openreach to Cut Price of FTTP Broadband Rental on UK Proactive Upgrades | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach (BT) appears to be giving UK migrations from legacy fixed lines to modern Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband services a boost by offering UK ISPs and their customers a special discount on rental prices, albeit only when upgrades occur via their Proactive Upgrades process. Consumers are normally the ones to initiate an upgrade to full fibre (FTTP), but with Proactive Upgrades the initiator is your ISP. Proactive...
Vodafone Launch UEFA Champions League Travel eSIM for Football Fans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile and broadband telecoms giant Vodafone UK has announced the launch of a new Champions Travel eSIM, which forms part of the operator’s major new multi-year partnership with UEFA and UC31 to support the development of women’s and men’s European football. The Champions Travel eSIM apparently aims to “provide worry-free travel with global data connectivity in 206 countries“, including UEFA’s 55 member associations. The Champions Travel eSIM includes...
Ofcom Celebrate as 1.6 Million UK People Switch Broadband or Phone via OTS | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK communications and media regulator, Ofcom, has this morning hailed the fact that 1.6 million consumers have now switched landline (phone) or broadband provider using their new One Touch Switch (OTS) process since it launched for the first time exactly one year ago. The OTS system, which went live on 12th September 2024 – after over 17 months of delays (here), remains a Gaining Provider Led (GPL) process, where the customer contacts their new...
First UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contract Completes in North Northumberland | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government have this morning confirmed that GoFibre has become the first network operator to complete one of their subsidised roll-out contracts under the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The announcement relates to GoFibre’s £7.3m (state aid) contract to deploy a full fibre (FTTP) network across 3,750 hard-to-reach premises in North Northumberland. The smaller Type A (Local) contract for North Northumberland (Lot 34.01) was...
Court rejects Verizon’s appeal over $46.9m data sharing fine | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The court ruled that Verizon’s actions had clearly triggered the Communication Act’s privacy protections This week, the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit as rejected Verizon’s appeal to overturn a $46.9m fine issued to it last year for illegally handing customer location data to third parties without consent. In its appeal, Verizon said that the FCC’s decision had been “arbitrary and capricious”, arguing that the location data was not...
Openreach Gives Rival Networks Access to Improved Underground PIA Process | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Openreach has announced that rivals looking to run new fibre optic broadband lines via their existing UK cable ducts and poles (i.e. Physical Infrastructure Access) will shortly be able to benefit from a new Underground (UG) process. This is aimed at managing retrospective UG self provide (SPO) Network Adjustment (NA) orders. The Network Adjustment process, which is part of PIA, usually reflects situations where Openreach are required to make their...
Rural UK Broadband ISP Airband Launch 1Gbps Wireless Package | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural internet provider Airband, which has deployed a full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) broadband network to cover various parts of Wales and South West England, has today announced that they’ve launched a 1Gbps speed package for those homes and businesses covered by their latest wireless networking technology. Apparently four of their existing FWA sites have already been upgraded in Shropshire and Wrexham to take advantage of the new “hyperfast...
Altnet Broadband ISP Lightning Fibre Expand FTTP Cover on CityFibre’s Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Eastbourne-based alternative broadband network and UK ISP Lightning Fibre, which is building a new gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) service across parts of Sussex and Kent in England, has today announced that they’ve also expanded their existing wholesale partnership with CityFibre to help them reach “thousands of new premises” in towns across the South Coast of England. The altnet, which has built to a number of locations like Eastbourne, Brighton and...