Amazon Leo buys 6 more Arianespace rocket launches for broadband satellites | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Amazon Leo service, which is building a new constellation to deliver thousands of ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally, has extended their existing agreement with Arianespace in Europe by adding six additional rocket launches (total of 24 launches) via their Ariane 6 vehicle. The service, which is in its commercial beta phase, will start to launch properly around the end of 2026 to consumers, businesses...
OFNL completes integration of FibreNest’s UK full fibre broadband network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative full fibre operator Open Fibre Networks (OFNL), which serves developments of new build homes, have notified their broadband ISP partners across the UK that they’ve completed the integration work for FibreNest‘s network. In other words, retail ISPs on both sides of the network are now starting to gain access to each other’s fibre infrastructure. Just to recap. BUUK Infrastructure (Open Fibre Networks Limited) originally acquired FibreNest from...
Sky Broadband UK clarifies impact on users as Yahoo cut email storage to 15GB | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More After over a week of trying to get a clear answer, Sky Broadband has now confirmed to ISPreview that Yahoo Mail’s recent move to introduce new storage limits on their free UK email platform, which slashed the previous limit of 1 TeraByte (1,000GB) to 15 GigaBytes, will NOT apply to their own Yahoo based email platform (Sky Yahoo Mail); despite customers being told otherwise. Sky originally migrated from a Google to a Yahoo! based email platform all the...
Wireless UK broadband company Cambium Networks falls into administration | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Devon-based Cambium Networks, which specialises in providing wireless broadband (FWA) and Wi-Fi style technologies globally and also to broadband ISPs in the UK via its local subsidiary, appears to have called in the administrators following the “unfortunate collapse of the business“. Administration often occurs when a company, such as one that is in financial difficulty, is put into the hands of an administrator. The administrator then decides whether...
Broadband ISP Fibeo puts UK launch back to Q1 2027 and rebrands as Terivo | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Nearly a year has passed since the Glasgow-based Fibeo revealed to ISPreview that they were currently planning to launched their new ISP sometime in “early” 2026 – powered by the Dotlines Catena Cloud platform and the PXC broadband network. But the provider, which still isn’t live, has now put this back to Q1 2027 and rebranded to Terivo. At the time Fibeo Terivo said that it “exists to fix what the big providers broke. No hidden costs. No endless call...
Ofcom launch Consumer Hub with money saving tips for UK broadband, mobile and TV users | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms, media and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has today launched a new Consumer Hub that is said to feature “practical money-saving tips and tools” for every mobile, fixed broadband and pay-TV customer. The launch comes as new research claims that many out-of-contract customers who bundle services from the same provider could save over £100 a year by switching. According to Ofcom’s data, communications services are “affordable for most...
Alternative UK broadband network Toob secures debt investment from Ares | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Hampshire-based alternative network toob, which has built their own gigabit speed full fibre broadband network in South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other UK areas, has today announced a “successful follow-on investment” into the company by Ares Infrastructure Debt strategy. But the exact financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. Just to recap. Last month we reported that one of toob’s main backers, the Guernsey-based...
Lincolnshire County Council trials Starlink broadband for rural farms | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) in England has launched a new pilot project that aims to address rural broadband “not spots” across the agricultural sector by helping farms deploy Starlink’s satellite based broadband service. If found to be successful, the initiative could be rolled out “across the county” to farms where fibre-based solutions are unlikely to be delivered in the near future. Starlink currently has around 11,140 satellites in Low...
Public Accounts Committee call for stronger regulation of UK broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is responsible for examining the value for money of UK Government projects, is this morning expected to find that water, energy and broadband regulators (e.g. Ofcom) are not doing enough to support vulnerable customers, and will call on them to act more urgently to ensure people get the standard of service they deserve. Just to recap. The PAC launched an inquiry earlier this year to examine the effectiveness of...
3.5 million UK people have switched broadband via One Touch Switching | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Two years have passed since UK fixed broadband and phone providers began using Ofcom’s new One Touch Switch (OTS) process, which was designed to make it easier and quicker to change ISP. The latest data supplied to ISPreview shows that 3,481,323 consumers have now switched provider using this process (up from 1.62m in the first year). The OTS system, which went live on 12th September 2024 via a central messaging platform (Hub) that is run by the...