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Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband provider Scot-Tel-Gould, which operates a limited Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network across remote rural parts of Moray and Aberdeenshire in Scotland, is preparing to use a trial licence from Ofcom to test a new 1.6Gbps speed ngFWA wireless internet service – based on kit from Tarana Wireless – using the 6GHz radio spectrum band. According to the press release, the provider plans to deploy Tarana’s Gigabit 1 (G1) platform in the Aberdeen area,...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The High Court has ruled in favour of broadband ISP Virgin Media (inc. nexfibre) after one of its civil engineering partners, Svella Connect, launched a legal challenge (Part 7 Claim) against the company due to a dispute over “contractual terms“, which originally touched on issues of worker safety, rate reductions, and work volumes for full fibre operator nexfibre. But the case may be far from over. For context. Svella Connect is a telecommunications...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Bad news if you’re one of broadband ISP Virgin Media’s customers who still uses their old email platform. The provider has confirmed that they’re closing their “remaining email accounts” and “transferring our email service to Junara“, which is described as being a specialist cloud-based email provider owned by Australian company Atmail. For as long as I can recall, ISPreview has always advised our visitors not to rely upon the email services provided by...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband provider Wildanet, which is deploying a new 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon (England), today claims to have become the UK’s first internet provider to launch a “Powered by TiVo” broadband TV service that brings live TV, catch-up and streaming services together in one place, using a single box and remote with voice search. The announcement comes not long after we reported on how a number...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The government’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Lisa Nandy, has revealed that they’re planning to introduce new legislation that will have the power to force the likes of Google and Apple to introduce mandatory Age Verification measures on Smartphones. The goal is the stop children sharing nude images of themselves, but it will also impact adult users. Readers may recall that the government had been trying to reach a...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Small Cell Forum (SCF), which is a trade organisation that works to help accelerate the roll-out of related mobile networks, has today published the first part of a new guide to help UK Local Authorities understand how small cells can support better mobile connectivity in their towns and cities. Small cells are mini shoebox sized mobile (radio) base stations, which are designed to deliver limited coverage (usually up to around 100 to 200 metres) and...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Communications provider Lodestar Networks, which specialises in building local community 4G mobile (calls and broadband) networks using shared UK radio spectrum, has called on the regulator to improve the current licensing framework so that networks like theirs don’t have to find it so “difficult … to grow beyond isolated indoor sites or short-lived trials“. At present Lodestar has already deployed (trials) a number of small community mobile networks in...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today decided to change the threshold at which Openreach (BT) can begin to alter the wholesale prices of copper connections once full fibre (FTTP) broadband lines have become available. In short, the operator will now reach this stage in exchange areas where ultrafast broadband (300Mbps+) is available to 90% of premises, rather than 100%. The current approach to copper line retirement (i.e. the removal of copper...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a website advert for Hampshire-based broadband ISP Onestream after it “misleadingly” failed to include information about two “free” product trials, which automatically renewed for a fee and were added to the cost of the plan during the checkout process. The promotion itself, which was first seen in June 2026, displayed the contract term of the package, its speed, monthly rental and activation fee. But...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Mozillion, which is a virtual operator (mvno) that harnesses EE’s national 4G and 5G based mobile broadband network, has launched a time-limited special offer that gives new customers 100GB of preloaded data every month for 24 Months for an upfront payment of £126 (equivalent to just £5.25 a month). The preloaded SIM, which will be available until midnight this Friday, also gives you EU roaming in 41 countries, “uncapped 5G speeds“, as...