VodafoneThree Allegedly Places Bid for UK Consumer Broadband ISP TalkTalk | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report claims that broadband and mobile giant Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has made an offer to acquire the consumer internet and phone business of debt-strained rival TalkTalk (home to 1.75 million customers as of May 2026), which could turn them into a much bigger fixed line ISP (Vodafone has 1.83m fixed broadband customers). Regular readers will already be aware that the TalkTalk Group has reportedly been engaging in talks with several prospective...
Connect Fibre Expands Derbyshire UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government (DSIT) appears set to slightly expand their Project Gigabit contract with altnet ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets) for the £33m (public subsidy) Derbyshire (LOT 3) Project Gigabit contract; this originally (here) aimed to build a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover “around” 17,000 premises in hard-to-reach areas. However, it’s important to remember that such contracts are not static and their scope, as well as committed levels...
BT takes shelter under Anthropic’s Glasswing | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The company will gain access to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview to help boost its cybersecurity amidst the growing threat of AI cybercrime BT has become the first UK company to join Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, a defensive coalition of critical infrastructure providers from around the word. The partnership will give BT access to Anthropic’s powerful frontier AI model Claude Mythos Preview, which recently shocked the global cybersecurity...
WightFibre’s Broadband Gigabit Island Project Slowly Nears Completion | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network provider WightFibre, which runs its own independent gigabit speed Full Fibre broadband (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (situated off the South Coast of Hampshire in England), has published their annual accounts to September 2025 and revealed that their fibre lines now cover c.90% of premises (74,000+) and they’re home to 28,000+ customers. In case anybody has forgotten. The operator previously stated that they were expecting...
Elon Musk Previews Two New Starlink Broadband Dish Terminals | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The boss of SpaceX, Elon Musk, has given a subtle preview of two new dish (terminals) for their Starlink broadband service as part of a new video interview, both of which look set to be thinner and lighter than before. But the internet provider has yet to reveal any solid official details about the new kit, which is expected to launch soon. Starlink currently has nearly 10,600 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) – mostly at altitudes of between...
Survey Work Starts on New Subsea Fibre Cable Between UK and Denmark | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Long-haul fibre company Midgard Infra (formerly Altibox Carrier) has begun the process of surveying the seabed ahead of deploying a new 630km long high-capacity subsea fibre optic cable – VERENA – to help link the United Kingdom with Denmark, which is expected to boost broadband and network data connectivity with Europe. The cable itself, which will run between Scarborough (England) and Esbjerg (Denmark), is said to feature 16 fibre pairs capable of...
Openreach Entice Customers of 1Gbps or Slower Ethernet Lines to Stay with Discount | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach has launched a new special offer for UK customers of their high capacity Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) leased lines at speeds of 1Gbps or less, which will give a rental discount to current Ethernet list prices and no CPI (inflation) linked price rises for 3 or 5 years. But you’ll have to re-sign the circuit several more years. The nationwide special offer provides a 10% rental discount on current 1 year rental prices, and...
Sky UK Cuts Live TV Sport Streaming Latency with New Real Time Feature | 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 are gaining access to a new feature called “Real Time“, which is designed to improve the experience of watching live sports content online by “reducing latency between the live action and what viewers see on screen“. The issue of broadcast lag (latency) in live online TV sport streaming is a well-known frustration. The problem typically causes streamed...
MS3 Results Reveal UK Full Fibre Broadband Network Has 22,184 Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Hull-based alternative broadband operator MS3, which have built a full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has published their annual results to the end of 2025 and revealed that they’re home to 22,184 customers (up from 14,992 in 2024) and cover 238,806 premises (212,561 RFS) – up from 228,522 last year (195,759 RFS). The provider, which offers wholesale access to its network via around 30 retail ISPs /...
ISP Gigaclear Relaunch UK Full Fibre Broadband Plans with Wi-Fi 7 eero Routers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Abingdon-based alternative network operator Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across 618,000 premises in rural parts of England (inc. 170,000 customers), have today re-launched all of their packages with smart Wi-Fi via Amazon’s eero routers and engineer installs that now aim to improve wireless performance. In short, the provider is now offering “professionally installed smart Wi-Fi designed to deliver fast, reliable...