Vodafone UK Harness Quantum Tech to Help Build and Upgrade Networks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Vodafone has today announced that they’ve agreed a new partnership with UK-based quantum company, ORCA computing. The deal will see the network provider harnessing quantum technology to help them quickly map out the fastest and cheapest route when building and upgrading future mobile and fixed broadband networks. Major national network operators often have to manage some incredibly large and complex networks. At the same time, there’s...
Boldyn Networks and ITS Tech to Build New Full Fibre Networks in London | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Digital infrastructure firm Boldyn Networks, which has helped to deploy a number of open access UK mobile and fibre optic broadband networks, has today announced that they’re working with network operator ITS Technology to deploy a new full fibre network across parts of four London Boroughs (Bromley, Lewisham, Merton, and Wandsworth). The new digital infrastructure project is being funded by the Mayor of London’s Strategic Investment Fund (SIF), which in...
As Funding Deal Looms, CityFibre Says Talk of Sale to VMO2 Unfounded | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator CityFibre, which has so far deployed their gigabit-capable full fibre broadband (FTTP) lines to cover 4.3 million UK premises (RFS), have said that recent newspaper “speculation” around the possibility of the business being acquired by Virgin Media (O2) are “unfounded“. The operator added that they were now close to securing a much-needed financing deal. Just to recap. CityFibre currently still aspires to cover up to 8 million UK...
Hyperoptic strikes deal with Openreach to offer broadband services to 1 million homes | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Hyperoptic, the UK’s leading alternative full fibre ISP, has today announced it is set to extend availability of its award-winning services to an additional one million UK homes, via the Openreach network The strategic move has been driven by its ongoing commitment to delivering the best customer experience to broadband users throughout the UK, with the launch expected during early 2026. CEO and co-founder, Dana Tobak CBE, said: “We have...
Streetwave to Map 4G and 5G Mobile Coverage Across North Scotland | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has announced that they’ve appointed network analyst firm Streetwave to harness fleets of bin lorries to help “accurately” map 4G and 5G mobile broadband coverage and performance, which will focus on the North of Scotland (i.e. Moray, Aberdeenshire and Highland Council areas). Streetwave has already spent the past few years harnessing waste (bin / refuse) collection trucks to map mobile network coverage and speeds across...
Vodafone Bring Free 7-Day eSIM Mobile Network Trial to 4 More UK Cities | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator Vodafone have announced that people in Belfast, Sheffield, Liverpool and Watford can now take advantage of their “try before you buy” style eSIM, which first went live in London last month (here). Consumers can try the operator’s service, free, for 7-days with 50GB of data (mobile broadband), 500 minutes and 500 texts – all without changing your number. The “no commitments or strings attached” service trial is only open to...
Welsh Gov Update Plan for £70m Extending High Speed Broadband Project | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Welsh Government (WG) today issued an update on their long awaited £70m (state aid) “Extending High Speed Broadband” (EHSB) project for Wales, which now intends to help upgrade around 25,000 to 30,000 poorly served premises (down from the original aspiration of c.84,000) in areas that can’t yet get “superfast” speeds of 30Mbps+. ISPreview’s readers may recall that the WG first began to explore the viability of such a project in May 2023 via a Prior...
Sparkle Brings Quantum Safe Connectivity to AWS Marketplace | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Rome, 9 June 2025 Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the availability of its “Quantum Safe over Internet” (QSI) to Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers. The service is already available through Sparkle’s commercial channels and will soon be accessible on AWS marketplace. QSI is a cloud-native solution that offers secure VPN connectivity between customer sites or data centers and cloud...
Hyperoptic to Extend UK FTTP Broadband Coverage via Openreach | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More In a significant strategic development. City-focused UK ISP Hyperoptic, which has spent the past few years deploying their own alternative full fibre (FTTP/B) gigabit broadband network to cover 1.9 million premises (up from 1.73m in July 2024), has confirmed to ISPreview that they plan to extend this to “at least” another 1 million premises – albeit using Openreach’s network. The operator, which at the start of this year suffered another round of...
Landowners Lobby UK Government for Higher Rents on 5G Mobile Masts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A group of land and property owners, including the British Property Federation (BPF) and National Farmers Union (NFU) among them, have written a new letter that calls on the UK government to suspend earlier reforms that made it easier and cheaper for mobile and broadband operators to deploy their infrastructure on private land. Before 2017 it was frequently landowners that would extract highly lucrative rental agreements in return for allowing telecoms...