BT research shows 2 million British SMEs lack cybersecurity training | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release A study by BT in partnership with Be the Business reveals that two in five (39%) SMEs, equivalent to two million businesses, have not arranged cyber security training for their teams – despite four in ten (42%) small businesses having experienced a cyber attack in the last 12 months, increasing to two in three (67%) for medium-sized companies. The impact can be severe too, costing companies considerable time and money to recover from an...
Quickline reveals three-year rural broadband rollout plan | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Rural broadband provider Quickline Communications has today unveiled the full list of communities set to benefit from its full fibre rollout over the next three years, bringing fast and reliable, gigabit-capable connectivity to a further 360,000 premises across thousands of rural communities. The announcement marks a major milestone in the company’s mission to close the digital divide and revolutionise broadband access across Yorkshire...
SKT ends post-cyberattack subscription pause | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The South Korean mobile operator will resume subscriber acquisition while continuing to issue replacement USIM cards to existing customers affected by the attack Earlier this year, SK Telecom (SKT) released details of a major cybersecurity breach that saw data from up to 26.9 million customers compromised. The cyberattack took place in the summer of 2022, but was not discovered and reported to the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) until...
Brsk Reduce Rollout of Broadband Poles After Stockport Locals Protest | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator and UK ISP Brsk (Netomnia) has scrapped plans to deploy three additional 9-metre-high wood telecoms poles on Fernwood Road and Bracken Close in Marple Bridge (Stockport, Greater Manchester), which came after a significant portion of locals protested the plan. Residents complained it would have spoilt their view of the surrounding countryside. Just to recap. Brsk and Netomnia are in the process of merging and have so far deployed their...
London Internet Exchange Introduces Service Level Agreements | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The not-for-profit London Internet Exchange (LINX), which handles a large chunk of UK and global data traffic through their switches via around 900 members (broadband ISPs, mobile and CDN providers etc.), has today announced the official introduction of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) solution as an add-on to their peering service. The SLA has been introduced in response to demand from enterprise networks seeking resilient, reliable, and accountable...
Vodafone Clarifies Plans for Joint Network Roaming with Three UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has revealed a little bit more information about how their new “Access to roam” feature will work. This will shortly become one of the first major benefits of their recently completed merger with Three UK (here and here) – allowing 27 million customers to roam across both networks at no extra cost. The official announcement of all this stated that the new ability would be ready “within a few months” and will...
£50m Funding Boost for Wessex Internet’s Rural UK Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural-focused ISP and alternative network builder Wessex Internet, which is building a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless network across Southern England, has today announced that they’ve secured a £50m investment from the National Wealth Fund (formerly known as the UK Infrastructure Bank). The provider, which also holds several state aid backed Project Gigabit build contracts (i.e. a total of four contracts worth £72m to deliver full fibre...
The H1 2025 Top Fastest UK Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More ISPreview has today published our latest biannual study of how the United Kingdom’s broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available fixed line ISPs, mobile network operators and Starlink (satellite) services since the end of 2024. But this time we’ve made some changes to the structure of our top lists. As usual, the results in this report stem from consumer web-based speed testing and are thus inevitably impacted...
Boost for Broadband and Mobile as UK Sets 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government has published its Infrastructure Strategy for the next 10 years – backed by £725bn in long-term funding for maintenance and major projects, which promises to “transform how infrastructure projects are planned and delivered” in order to “deliver stability, investment and national renewal“. And there’s some good news for broadband and mobile networks. Naturally, our focus here is on cutting through the usual mass of political soundbites...
Study Claims UK Broadband Speeds Slow by 27 Percent During Heatwaves | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study of over 380,000 web-based consumer broadband speed tests (recorded over the past 12-months), which was conducted by comparison site Broadband Genie, claims to have identified that broadband download speeds can slow down by up to 8% and uploads by up to 27% on the hottest days of the year (usually heatwaves). The study was conducted by taking the average download and upload broadband speed from typically the hottest part of the day (11:00 –...