SignalTracker highlights poor mobile broadband speeds in central London | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from SignalTracker, which operates a popular Android mobile app (not iOS) for monitoring and testing mobile network performance, has used its own data to support a separate BBC News article, which this week wrote about the problems of poor mobile network (4G and 5G) performance across key parts of the UK’s capital city. According to a separate data study from Inakalum, which was commissioned by BBC London, some of the worst areas of the city...
VodafoneThree’s upgraded cloud-native 5G Core UK mobile network starts going live | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Merged mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) have announced that they’ve started to roll-out their new Ericsson powered dual-mode and cloud-native 5G Core mobile network, which is said to have a total capacity of 9Tbps (Terabits per second) to help them meet future data demand as mobile broadband usage grows. Just to recap. VodafoneThree has established a post-merger plan to invest £11bn into upgrading the UK’s 5G mobile infrastructure...
Broadband altnet FullFibre Ltd to cut more jobs and outsource UK support | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Sources have informed ISPreview that alternative UK broadband operator FullFibre Limited, which in 2023 acquired rival Digital Infrastructure (BeFibre) and in 2025 completed its merger with Zzoomm (here), has allegedly put around 50 staff on notice of possible redundancy and appear to be planning to help cut costs by outsourcing customer services offshore. Just to recap. The combined Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network currently covers 600,000...
Opus Broadband reportedly retreats from bid for UK consumer ISP TalkTalk | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report claims that Opus Broadband, which was previously reported to have been working alongside investment firm Alchemy Partners on a potential bid for TalkTalk’s debt-strained consumer business, has decided not to pursue a bid for the ISP after an exclusivity period elapsed. Instead Ares Management may be looking to take long-term ownership of the business. Regular readers may recall that Ares has already made a series of massive debt-financing...
ITS Technology put full fibre broadband network live in 9 new UK areas | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The ITS Technology Group, which has deployed various open access and business-focused Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband ISP and Ethernet networks across parts of the UK, has today announced that 9 of the 13 new full fibre deployment locations (towns and cities) they announced earlier this year have started to go live for customers. Just to recap. Back in June 2026 ITS revealed the “next phase” of investment in its national network, which...
Virgin Media O2 UK makes structural changes to its leadership | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband, TV and mobile giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) appears to have followed the creation of a new Consumer unit by making some structural changes to their leadership, which has seen several senior figures depart as part of efforts to reorganise the team to ensure there is “greater prioritisation, simplification, alignment and focus” on the areas that will have the biggest impact. According to reports on MarketingWeek and DecisionMarketing, the...
Virgin Media UK Store to close as purchases get shifted to Rakuten TV | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) have recently been informed that the Virgin Media Store, which sold various digital movies and TV box sets to UK consumers, is set to close. But in order for customers to keep their purchases, they’ll need to transfer them to the Rakuten TV service instead. The closure, which is due to occur on 1st November 2026, obviously means users will no longer be able to purchase movies or TV box sets...
Ookla’s Downdetector service starts rolling out new Pro plan, but it’s not cheap | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Global internet and network connection benchmarking firm Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net broadband connection testing website and app, has announced that their similarly popular internet outage monitoring service – Downdetector – is to start making a new ‘Pro’ plan available (the existing service is free). But it’ll cost you. At present the Downdetector service is fairly basic in that you can use it to report outages of popular internet...
Openreach broadband outage on Isle of Wight caused by software update | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach has revealed that an overnight software update at their Cowes exchange was behind this week’s broadband and phone outage on the Isle of Wight, which is an island that sits just off the south coast of Hampshire in England. The fault, which impacted multiple broadband ISPs on the network, appears to have started on Wednesday night and continued into Thursday afternoon. Homes and business across parts of both Cowes and...
Openreach: Ask Me Anything about my Crystal Ball | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The UK’s largest fibre network operator is using AI tools to prevent thousands of full fibre broadband cancellations each month Broadband engineers fast a myriad of obstacles when deploying fibre to customers’ homes, some of which can result in significant delays. When these issues occur, customers can feel left in the dark, unsure about the specific problems or when installation will ultimately be competed. Now, Openreach says it is using two new...