Connected Britain Awards winners 2026 announced! | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More The Connected Britain Awards winners have been announced, following a highly successful Connected Britain conference With a record-breaking number of entries this year, the Connected Britain Awards 2026 showcased the most innovative and exciting elements of Britain’s ever-growing and rapidly evolving digital economy. This year’s shortlist included a fantastic array of diverse organisations and individuals, all of whom were highly deserving of praise. A...
BDUK reports on impact of gigabit broadband builds to UK libraries and GPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) office has today published a couple of new studies that evaluate the performance, delivery and value of its various public investments to help deploy gigabit-capable broadband (full fibre) connections to poorly served libraries and GP (Doctor) surgeries. The two reports – here and here – were conducted by Belmana and GC Insight. Both examined the publicly funded impacts of the government’s “Hub” (GigaHubs)...
Administrators reveal financial details of Voneus’ acquisition of Airband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The administrators for alternative UK rural broadband network Airband, which was recently acquired by Voneus (full summary), have published a report that reveals the financial details of the deal. Strikingly, it states that Voneus, which was the only bidder, paid just £4.6m for the company’s assets and customers. According to the administrators report, Airband had been struggling for a number of years and its attempts to restructure the business in 2024...
LSBUD report UK telecoms industry delivers 36.2 percent of searches for digging work | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig) organisation, which provides an online asset search facility to UK street works firms for underground pipes and cables, has published their Digging Up Britain 2026 report and revealed that telecoms (broadband, mobile etc.) remains the “most active industry” when it comes to searching before digging (36.2% of all searches, down from 37.5% in 2025). The report notes that, during 2025, the number of search enquiries...
Sky Glass and Stream UK TV users benefit from major Sky Go app upgrade | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of Sky’s broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV streaming devices and service can now benefit from a “major upgrade” to the supporting Sky Go video streaming app, which takes its visual inspiration (User Interface) from the look and feel of Sky OS (software that powers Glass/Stream) and has added a bunch of new features. The Sky Go app, which is included at no extra cost alongside a Sky TV subscription (Sky Mobile customers can also...
Starlink showcases new Router 4 hub for LEO satellite broadband service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Satellite broadband service Starlink has finally published details of their new Wi-Fi 7 capable home wireless “Router 4” (UTR-261) hub on their website, which largely confirms the details revealed in last month’s FCC filings (here) and gives us a better look at the device itself. A new video showcase has also been shared via social media. Starlink currently has around 11,140 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) – mostly at altitudes of between...
Giffgaff’s full fibre broadband plans now available to 4.2 million UK homes | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator and internet provider giffgaff, which is gradually making their new full fibre (FTTP – XGS-PON) broadband packages available to UK consumers via nexfibre’s and Virgin Media’s networks (here and here), has revealed that they’ve increased their serviceable footprint to 4.2 million homes and rising. Just to be clear, this reflects the c.2.6 million premises covered by nexfibre’s full fibre network and also some of the premises that Virgin...
Huawei takes wearable health beyond devices with Watch D3, Terve Research | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Huawei is positioning wearable technology as more than a consumer electronics category, increasingly using its wearable devices as platforms for health monitoring, data collection and medical research. The strategy was on display at SHOWPALAST in Munich, Germany, where Huawei showcased the Watch D3 and its European Terve Research platform alongside its broader smartwatch portfolio. Huawei’s products captured the event’s ‘Chase the Wild’ theme as the...
Wireless ISP Scot-Tel-Gould Prep 6GHz Broadband Trial in Aberdeen | ISPreview UK
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,...
High Court sides with Virgin Media over UK legal dispute with Svella Connect | ISPreview UK
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...