Appliances Retailer AO.com Launches Own Virtual UK Mobile Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Bolton-based electrical appliances’ retailer AO.com has today become the latest UK company to try their hand at launching their own 4G and 5G virtual mobile network operator (mvno) with AO Mobile, which reflects a new partnership with Vodafone. Not that the market needed another one, but you’ve got it now anyway. AO Mobile will support both physical SIMs and eSIM functionality from launch, which makes it a bit more sophisticated than the myriad of...
YouFibre Follow Netomnia’s UK Full Fibre Build Slowdown with Hiring Spree | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The decision by alternative broadband operator Netomnia (Substantial Group) to significantly scale-back their roll-out of full fibre (FTTP) broadband across the UK, which was recently followed by another round of redundancies (here), needs to be tempered against the fact that their retail ISP – YouFibre – are now busy hiring lots of new staff. Netomnia has certainly had quite a busy year so far. At the last count the operator’s 7-8Gbps speed broadband...
Mobile UK Tower Provider Cornerstone Tackles Site Renewals with TIP | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile infrastructure firm Cornerstone (CTIL), which was originally established as part of a UK network sharing deal between O2 (Virgin Media) and Vodafone (Vantage Towers), has expanded their partnership with Telecom Infrastructure Partners (TIP) to improve how they manage and renew existing telecommunications site agreements (wayleaves etc.). The change is said to involve establishing a “more streamlined approach” to managing and renewing...
Tracking the Mobile Broadband Speed and Latency Penalty of Travel eSIMs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from network benchmarking giant Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service, has done a deep dive to expose the often hidden ways in which travel eSIMs work and the negative performance impacts (particularly on mobile broadband speeds and latency) this can sometimes have. In recent years there has been an explosion in travel eSIMs, which despite sometimes being a bit tricky to manage...
EE UK Offers Free Calls and Data to Colombia After Major Earthquake | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator EE (BT) has notified UK customers in Colombia (South America) that, due to the devastating impact of Monday’s 7.4-magnitude Earthquake, they’re promising to credit back charges for mobile calls, texts and data (mobile broadband) used in the country, as well as mobile and landline calls from the UK to Colombia. The time-limited offer has been backdated to start from Monday 10th August, although it will only continue to run until...
Disney+ Internet Streaming Service Wins Formula E Streaming Rights | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet video streaming provider Disney+, which already carries ESPN’s sports TV content, has announced that they’ve reached a multi-year agreement to show all Formula E races via Disney+ and ESPN+ in the USA and in “most” international markets beginning with the 2026/27 season. The deal will span 21 rounds across 13 events in various cities around the world. The next (13th) season is currently due to start on 18th December 2026 in Jeddah (Saudi...
Virgin Media O2 cuts 5,200 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News How Virgin Media O2 is cutting network emissions with hardware circularity and reuse Virgin Media O2 has avoided 5,262 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over a decade through a network equipment circularity programme with TXO, equivalent to taking 1,100 cars off the road for a year, the company says. The initiative avoided 4,575 tonnes by refurbishing and reselling infrastructure like switches and routers, with a further 687 tonnes saved by...
Kearney’s Global Telecom Health Index Ranks UK 33rd out of 34 Countries | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Management consulting firm Kearney has today published their latest annual Global Telecom Health Index, which ranks 34 countries across various metrics in order to measure and compare the health of the telecoms (broadband, mobile etc.) sector on a country-by-country basis. Overall the United Kingdom placed near the bottom on a rank of 33rd. The index broadly considers five core dimensions (or categories, if you prefer) and 20 individual metrics on a...
EE Gives UK Mobile Customers an Early Phone Swap at No Extra Cost | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More EE Mobile has today announced that all one million UK customers on their Flex Pay mobile contracts will, from today, benefit from the roll-out of Early Phone Swap. As the name suggests, this feature enables them to upgrade to any new or refurbished handset a year early “at no extra cost“. For those who might have forgotten. The Flex Pay pay monthly plans are designed to split your mobile phone (handset) cost and your network (airtime) service into two...
Wessex Internet Awarded 2026 Best of British Business for Rural FTTP Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative UK broadband ISP Wessex Internet, which is deploying a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless networks across Southern England, last week scooped the Best of British Businesses 2026 award from ‘The Independent’ and ‘Business Reporter’ for their impact on rural internet connectivity. The network operator, which is currently working to expand their rural full fibre infrastructure to cover 137,000 premises (here), has so far already reached...