Clarifying POP Telecom’s Approach to Unwanted Feature Charges on UK Bills | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Several newspaper reports over the weekend have claimed that UK ISP POP Telecom has been adding a “sneaky hidden broadband charge” to customers’ bills for “Router Assurance“, which can add an extra cost of £2.50 per month to the bill. But that’s not the only extra charge to consider, so ISPreview decided to dig a bit deeper. According to reports in The Sun and others (here and here), which quote several customer complaints from other sources (e.g....
Grain Puts FTTP Broadband Network Live in Saltburn, North Yorkshire | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network builder and UK ISP Grain (Grain Connect) has announced that their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has gone live in the North Yorkshire (England) seaside town of Saltburn (Saltburn-by-the-Sea), which is home to around 6,000 people. The operator’s broadband network currently covers over 250,000 premises (RFS) across the United Kingdom and is home to 43,000 customers (data from March 2025), which is up...
BT in Advanced Talks to Sell 50 Percent Stake in TNT Sports to Warner Bros Discovery | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms and broadband giant BT is reportedly in “advanced talks” to sell its 50% stake in UK TV broadcaster TNT Sports, which was formerly known as BTSport before the operator retreated from pay TV. Existing partner Warner Bros Discovery would pick up the stake and use it to help support their plans for a new streaming service (yes.. another one, sigh). Just to recap. BT officially rebranded BT Sport to TNT Sports throughout the UK and Republic of...
Alternative Broadband Operator FullFibre Cuts Jobs Post Zzoomm Merger | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative UK network operator FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes), which in early March 2025 completed its merger with Zzoomm (here), has in the past few weeks begun to notify staff of further redundancies. Most of the cuts appear to be coming from their internal fibre build and supporting teams, and this also extends to some senior leadership levels. Just to recap. The newly combined full fibre (FTTP) broadband network currently reaches 600,000 premises...
Government to Foster 10 Year UK Infrastructure and R&D Funding | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) has this morning announced that it plans to introduce long-term, ten-year funding for certain R&D (Research and Development) activities, which could also deliver longer-term funding for infrastructure projects too. The move, which is intended to help support the government’s upcoming Industrial Strategy and deliver economic growth as part of their “Plan for Change“, will...
BMW and Viasat Demo “worlds first” Connected Vehicle Over Satellite | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Satellite operator Viasat and German car manufacturer BMW claim to have demonstrated the ability for vehicles to connect over satellite (non-terrestrial networks) for emergency messaging and hazard warnings. This is designed to complement modern terrestrial 4G and 5G mobile network connectivity solutions (many cars already have something akin to the latter). The demo, which involved other members of the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), took place in...
Openreach Doc Hints at XGS-PON FTTP Plan for 3.3Gbps UK Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach (BT) recently published the first edition of a new Suppliers Trial Information Note (STIN) for Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband using 10Gbps capable XGS-PON technology, which interestingly appeared to hint at a series of new speed tiers. This includes symmetric speeds of 2.5Gbps and 3.3Gbps (Gigabits per second). Openreach’s full fibre broadband network currently still uses older Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON)...
BT and Avanti Broadband in Legal Dispute Over Rural EE UK Mobile Capacity | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The High Court in London has rejected an application by mobile operator EE (BT) for interim injunctive relief against satellite provider Avanti Broadband, which had “threatened to withdraw” its backhaul services – used to help supply data capacity to some of the remotest rural UK mast sites – unless the mobile operator agreed to pay a “substantially increased rate“. The vast majority of EE’s mobile masts and cell sites are typically connected by fixed...
Charter and Cox reveal agreement to combine companies | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Charter Communications and Cox Communications have entered into a “definitive agreement to combine their businesses.” By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Two giants in the telecommunications industry, Charter Communications and Cox Communications, have entered into an agreement to join forces. The agreed-upon deal, announced today, remains subject to regulatory approval. It values Cox at $34.5 billion, according to a release provided by...
Openreach Respond to Altnet Concerns Over Cost of UK Infrastructure Sharing | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Deputy CEO of broadband network operator Openreach (BT), Katie Milligan, has today responded to some of the “fiery debates” and “noise” that has recently been created by rivals over the regulated solution for sharing their existing cable ducts and poles (PIA – Physical Infrastructure Access), which some have complained is unfairly priced. Ofcom has long required Openreach to provide access to their existing cable ducts and poles via the regulated...