ISP Gamma and Clear Business Boosted by UK Strategic Partnership | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Multi-utility operator Clear Business, which provides UK SMEs with access to lots of different services (broadband, mobile, energy, payment, water etc.), has today announced that they’ve “strengthened” their strategic partnership with business ISP Gamma Communications. The deal, which aims to make essential services “simpler, faster, and more effective” for small businesses across the UK, will see Gamma provide a fully managed service for connectivity...
ASDA Mobile UK Refreshes Pay Monthly and Pay As You Go Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The mobile operator division of supermarket chain ASDA, which is powered by a virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with Vodafone, has just launched a refreshed SIM-Only range with a reduced number of products, featuring reduced pricing across some of their key plans. The changes are too subtle and numerous to list in full, but a bunch of older plans have been removed, while others have had their prices cut. For example, ASDA Mobile’s Pay Monthly...
Wireless ISP Symmetris Broadband Merges into Sister Provider WiSpire | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Fixed wireless access UK ISP Symmetris Broadband, which together with their partners have already deployed a number of networks across rural parts of Norfolk and Suffolk in England (including some FTTP via the Gigabit Village off-shoot), appears to have recently been merged into sister operator WiSpire (both are associated to InTouch Systems). The change, which seems to have occurred around early April 2025, means that the Symmetris company “has now...
Rural Broadband ISP Truespeed Extends FTTP to 109,000 UK Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network provider Truespeed, which have deployed their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to rural parts of Devon, Wiltshire and Somerset in England, has published their annual accounts to the end of 2024 and revealed that they’ve now covered 109,000 premises RFS (up from 100k in Jun 2024) and have 24,000 customers (up from 21k). The operator, which originally held an “ambitious” overall target of reaching 500,000 properties, has suffered a...
Scotland Stops £43m Gigabit Broadband Tender for Fife, Perth and Kinross | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More ISPreview has uncovered that the Scottish Government (SG) have stopped their tender for a supplier to deliver on the proposed £43m (state aid) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out scheme in Fife, Perth and Kinross (Lot 4 – Scotland). This had been expected to help expand full fibre (FTTP) connectivity to an estimated 28,441 premises in hard-to-reach rural areas. The SG is already working to expand FTTP coverage in these areas as part of their existing...
T-Mobile to use 5G and AI to supercharge SailGP | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release SailGP, the global league that is redefining sailing, is getting a major tech upgrade from the fastest 5G network in the nation. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS), SailGP’s exclusive U.S. 5G partner, is returning to the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix on Governors Island, June 7–8, with next-level 5G innovation. By deploying its 5G Advanced Network Solutions (5G ANS) — including hybrid and private networks along with network slicing — T-Mobile is...
Orange doubles down on Eutelsat’s OneWeb | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News A new multi-year deal will see Eutelsat’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation support Orange’s terrestrial networks This week, Orange and Eutelsat have deepened their existing partnership, leveraging the satellite operator’s LEO offerings to support enterprise and government customers, as well as bolstering mobile backhaul. The deal will combine the satellite network with Orange’s terrestrial networks, aiming to provide seamless...
QoS is dead, long live QoE | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Whitepaper An AI-powered user-centric approach to network performance will underpin the internet of the future, argues Wi-Fi specialist Aprecomm Not all data traffic passing through a network is equal. This is the premise at the heart of Aprecomm’s latest whitepaper, ‘Beyond QoS: Why QoE is the Future of Internet Performance Monitoring’, exploring why Quality of Service (QoS) needs to evolve to Quality of Experience (QoE) to truly benefit customers. QoS...
Virgin Media O2 UK Gives Away iPad with Selected Broadband Bundles | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More New customers looking to sign-up with Virgin Media (O2) may like to know that the ISP has today refreshed some of their home broadband packages today and is also offering a 9th Gen iPad 64GB in space grey when they purchase an 18-month MegaVolt package online, at least while stocks last. The MegaVolt package costs £88.99 per month for 1130Mbps speed broadband, including their WiFi guarantee (30Mbps in every room or £100 back), 240+ TV channels and...
O2 UK Add Data Rollover as Standard to Pay Monthly Plus and Ultimate Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that new and upgrading customers on their ‘Pay Monthly Plus’ or ‘Ultimate Plan’ (phone, tablet, or SIM only) can make the most of any unused 4G or 5G data (mobile broadband) each month as it will now roll over to their following months’ airtime allowance. For example, if a customer on an eligible plan has a 50GB data allowance but only uses 30GB, the remaining 20GB will roll over – giving them...