Amazon UK to Close Freevee TV Streaming Service in August 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet retail giant Amazon has confirmed that its modestly popular ad-supported Freevee service, which has been running for around 5 years and is described on app stores (Android/iOS) as being a “premium free streaming service“, is set to be completely shut down in August 2025. Doubts began to be cast over the future of the service earlier last year, after Amazon somewhat controversially introduced an ad-supported tier for their paid ‘Prime’ video...
Rural Broadband ISP Quickline Plants 10,000 Climate Resilient Trees in UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative rural broadband provider Quickline, which is building a full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has announced that they’ve successfully helped to plant 10,000 climate resilient trees in the UK by working in collaboration with GreenTheUK and the Royal Forestry Society. Most of this planting has naturally occurred in areas that are closely aligned with the network...
New Study Examines UK Full Fibre Broadband Take-up by Age of Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Strategic consultancy firm Eight Advisory has today published the third edition of their Takeup Tracker, which examines the rise in take-up across the UK’s many alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks (altnets) and compares it with that of Openreach (BT). This edition also takes a deeper dive into take-up by age of network – a key factor in gauging progress. At present nearly 88% of UK premises can now access a gigabit-capable broadband network...
LSBUD Identify Top Concerns Facing New Digital UK Underground Cables Map | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig) organisation, which offers an online asset search facility to UK civil engineering firms for underground pipes and cables, has conducted an industry-wide survey to identify the greatest concerns which remain around the Government’s new digital UK map of underground pipes and cables (broadband, water etc.), ahead of its integration. Just to recap. The new National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) – developed...
Rural UK Community FTTP Broadband Project B4RN Releases Free Book | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new book has popped up for free online that charts the fascinating history and progress of rural broadband ISP B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which is a community benefit society that has so far built their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 30,000 premises across England (c.15,000 customers). Just to recap. B4RN is a registered Community Benefit Society (i.e. they can’t be bought by a commercial operator – so...
KCOM Publish Prices for Broadband Infrastructure Sharing in Hull UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Hull-based network operator KCOM, which has already deployed their own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across a big chunk of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, has today quietly published their first terms and pricing details for a new PIA solution. The product allows rivals to run new fibre via the operator’s existing cable ducts and poles. At present, the Macquarie-backed KCOM is still deemed by Ofcom to hold Significant Market Power (SMP)...
New blueprints put Level 4 autonomous networks within reach | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Partner Article Building autonomous networks was one of the hottest topics at this year’s DTW conference in Copenhagen, with operators increasingly advancing towards Level 4 Network operators have long aspired to build ‘zero touch’ networks: communication systems that are fully autonomous, adapting to users’ needs in real-time without the need for any manual human intervention. But while this final step remains out of reach – at least for now – major...
US judge rules Huawei must face charges of fraud and racketeering | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Charges also include violating US sanctions against Iran, money laundering, and obstruction of justice This week, a US judge has dismissed a request from Huawei to dismiss the majority of charges brought against it by the US government. The indictment, which dates to January 2019, accuses Huawei and various subsidiaries of numerous crimes, including defrauding and misleading financial institutions, stealing intellectual properties from US...
Top 10 UK Full Fibre Providers by Share of New Build Homes – 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More ISPreview has today published a 2025 summary of the top ten full fibre broadband (FTTP) operators with the largest share of the UK new build homes market, which is naturally a table that ends up being dominated by the market’s biggest network provider – Openreach (BT), followed by Hyperoptic and others. At present, somewhere around 99% of new build homes are constructed with support for Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure (here), which has been...
Country Connect Target 20,000 Premises with FTTP Broadband by 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The CEO (Mark Tomlinson) of small but profitable alternative network provider Country Connect has told Richard Tang, CEO of UK ISP Zen Internet, that they’re aiming to extend their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to reach 20,000 premises by the end of 2026 (currently at c.10k RFS) and have plans to go wholesale. But if you want to buy the network, £10m will do it. The provider, which has previously described itself as being an unashamedly...