Comms Council Reveal the 2025 Best UK VoIP Provider Award Finalists | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Comms Council UK, which represents much of the United Kingdom’s national Unified Communications and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone industry, has today released their shortlist of finalists for the organisation’s 17th annual 2025 industry awards event. Tracey Wright, Chair of Comms Council UK Council, said: “We are delighted to announce the finalists for CCUK’s 17th annual Awards! This year’s shortlist truly showcases the incredible talent...
Vodafone uses mobile network to back drone delivery in Ireland | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Vodafone has collaborated with Manna Air Delivery in Ireland, a company with six years of experience in urban drone deliveries, to remotely pilot a delivery drone over two kilometres using Vodafone’s mobile network Manna, which has completed approximately 200,000 deliveries, recently worked with Vodafone to test how mobile technology can assist a pilot to operate a drone beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) to increase home deliveries to...
Boldyn Networks rejigs European leadership team | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release A new European leadership structure and the integration of Smart Mobile Labs under the Boldyn banner reinforce Boldyn’s position as the leading neutral host and mobile private networks provider in the region Boldyn Networks (Boldyn) is strengthening its European market leadership with a new strategic structure for its European operations, reinforcing its commitment to growth across the region. The changes include a strengthened leadership...
O2 UK Launch Smartphone Skin Case to Visualise Sun’s Harmful UV Rays UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) might like to know that they’ve today launched a “first-of-its-kind phone case“, which has been designed to “visually indicate the sun’s harmful UV rays and remind holidaymakers to stay safe“. The case reflects a collaborated with Researcher and Creative Technologist, Marc Teyssier. Backed by The British Skin Foundation, the ‘Skincase’ is said to have been “skilfully crafted” by Teyssier using...
Broadband ISP Brsk Fined £14k by Ofcom UK for Telecoms Poles Rule Breach | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband ISP Brsk (Netomnia) has been fined £14,000 by Ofcom over its roll-out of hundreds of new 9 metre high telecoms poles in the city of Birmingham, which were installed to support the roll-out of a new full fibre (FTTP) network. But they were today found to have breached two conditions under the Electronic Communications Code (ECC). Just to recap. Brsk and Netomnia are in the process of merging and have so far deployed their...
TOTSCo Start Onboarding UK ISPs for Business Broadband Switching | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The One Touch Switching Company, which is the industry-led organisation responsible for helping to implement Ofcom’s solution (One Touch Switching) for easier UK consumer switching between broadband providers, has begun the ISP onboarding process for its complementary business switching solution. The OTS system is a Gaining Provider Led (GPL) process that is focused on consumer services, where the customer contacts their new (“gaining“) ISP to start and...
First UK Users Go Live on Giffgaff’s 500Mbps Full Fibre Broadband Trial | 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 recently started connecting the first customers to their new trial of a 500Mbps home broadband product – using nexfibre and Virgin Media’s 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) networks. Just to recap. The trial was first confirmed back in mid-April 2025 (here), which meant that giffgaff would become the first retail provider...
A Question of Ethical Direct Mail Advertising by UK Broadband ISPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Today we’d like to pose a simple question, is the following direct mail envelope from a broadband ISP an appropriate way of advertising the service? The boundary between ethics and advertising is often a difficult tightrope to traverse, with many pros and cons to consider. But we are increasingly seeing the competitive market produce promotions that dip deeper into a grey zone. On the one hand, there is often plenty of merit in being a bit controversial...
One Year Ahead of Schedule – Vodafone UK to Convert Vehicle Fleet to EVs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP and mobile operator Vodafone UK has today revealed that they’ll have fully transitioned their car fleet to zero emissions Electric Vehicles (EV / BEVs) by 2026, which is a full year ahead of schedule. This forms part of the group’s commitment to achieving Net Zero across its operations by 2030 (i.e. removing as many emissions as they produce). The vehicle leasing company, Arval UK, has been helping Vodafone to introduce battery-electric...
Yayzi Owners Establish New UK Home Broadband ISP nufibre | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The current owners of internet provider Yayzi Broadband appear to be in the process of establishing a new provider called nufibre, which is due to launch in about a month and will be offering FTTP broadband packages via a selection of network operators (e.g. Openreach, Netomnia, Trooli, Freedom Fibre, MS3 and CityFibre). The future situation around Yayzi has recently been open to a fair bit of speculation, which started earlier this year after a change...