O2 UK Expand 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to Greater Manchester | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband network in the Greater Manchester area. The operator’s 5GSA network is now live across a total of more than 500 locations (70% of the UK’s population, or c.49 million people). Just to recap. 5GSA networks are pure end-to-end 5G that can deliver ultra-low latency times, greater energy efficiency, better speeds...
Wildanet Withdraws from Project Gigabit Broadband Rollouts for Cornwall UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband provider Wildanet, which has built a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon in South West England, has today become the latest altnet to withdraw from some of the Government’s publicly funded Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts, this time in Cornwall. Until today Wildanet held the following Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts for Cornwall Central (Lot 32.03) and South West...
Elevate Complete Build of New Full Fibre Broadband Network in St Helens | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network operator Elevate, which back in April 2025 won the contract to build a new “hyperfast” full fibre broadband network in the Merseyside (England) town of St Helens (here), has today confirmed that they’ve completed the roll-out in the town centre – paving the way for local residents and businesses to get faster internet speeds and better reliability. The new network, which was supported by £2.5 million of funding from the previous...
Navigating the multilayer wholesale era | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Whitepaper For years, the telco wholesale model was a predictable, linear affair. It was a world of minutes and megabytes, defined by simple value chains where connectivity was the sole currency. But as the global industry evolves, MDS Global is highlighting a shift toward something far more intricate: the value network. In this new “Wholesale Plus” era, the boundaries between operators, mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), hyperscalers, and...
Boom Telecom Networks Plan UK Rollout of Full Fibre and Wireless Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A relatively new telecoms company called Boom Telecom Networks has revealed that it’s planning to build and operate a UK broadband network, which would be a Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) and Gigabit Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) hybrid, although the details are currently quite limited. The plan was revealed as part of the company’s application for Code Powers from Ofcom, which are typically sought in order to help speed-up deployments of new fibre networks...
ISP BT Business Launch Tailored AI Training for All UK Employees | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Communications and broadband provider BT Business has today announced that they’re working alongside global IT consultancy Avanade and Microsoft to launch a tailored AI training for all 11,000 of its employees, which they say aims to “radically transform how we work and to better serve our customers“. Cost-cutting probably has a role to play too, we’d imagine. Under the plan, all staff will receive a course of training modules that support people at all...
Mobile UK Tower Provider Cornerstone to Deploy Micro-Edge Compute Capabilities | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile infrastructure company Cornerstone (CTIL), which was originally established as part of a UK network sharing agreement between O2 (Virgin Media) and Vodafone (Vantage Towers), has today announced a new strategic partnership with StonesThro to deploy a nationally distributed Micro-Edge cloud infrastructure via their estate of c.16,000 mast / cell sites. The idea of installing what are effectively mini data centres on such infrastructure, across...
Major UK Broadband ISPs Sign Gov Charter to Stop Unexpected Bill Increases | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government has managed to get some of the UK’s biggest broadband and phone providers, including BT, Virgin Media (O2), VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK), Sky (Sky Broadband) and TalkTalk, to sign-up to a new Telecoms Consumer Charter that pledges to “stop unexpected bill increases“. But sadly, it’s not an end to mid-contract prices hikes. Under the commitments, the government said that customers will now know “exactly what they’ll be paying when...
Rural UK Broadband Network Truespeed Merges with Freedom Fibre | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Aviva-backed alternative gigabit broadband operator Truespeed, which has rolled out their full fibre (FTTP) network across 177,000 premises (44k customers) in rural parts of South West England, has today confirmed that they’ve reached a major merger agreement with Freedom Fibre to consolidate their two networks. Just to recap. Truespeed, which only last year went through a merger with County Broadband (here), has so far deployed most of their combined...
Rural England ISP Gigaclear Discounts 900Mbps Broadband to Just £24 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Abingdon-based alternative broadband provider Gigaclear, which has built their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 612,000 premises in rural parts of England and is home to c.160,000 customers, has this week slashed the price of their top 900Mbps (avg. speed) product from £39 a month to just £24 for new customers “until further notice“. The 900Mbps package (current price point is an online exclusive) itself typically offers symmetric speeds, unlimited...