Survey Claims Quarter of UK Broadband Users View £4 Price Hike as Unmanageable | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Over the past few months a number of broadband ISPs have announced an increase to their annual mid-contract price hikes policy of £4 (BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk etc.). But a new Opinium survey of 2,000 UK adults, which was conducted during December 2025 for Uswitch.com, claims to have found that 24% of broadband users view such a rise as “unmanageable“. Not that anybody needs reminding, but at the start of 2025 Ofcom began requiring telecoms providers...
Openreach Pick Garret Kavanagh to Lead UK Complex Engineering Unit | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT), which is currently busy investing £15bn to deploy Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology to 25 million UK premises by the end of 2026 (currently 21m premises passed), has today announced that they’ve promoted Garret Kavanagh to be their new Managing Director for Complex Engineering, effective April 2026. Garret began his career as an engineering graduate at BT Group in 2006 and, since then, has built...
ITS Technology Grows UK Full Fibre Network as Turnover Hits £34m | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The ITS Technology Group, which have deployed various open access and business-focused full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across parts of the UK, recently published their annual accounts and revealed an expansion of their network length by 13%, as well as a 12% increase in coverage and a 99% rise in take-up (on-net grew 77% and off-net grew 30%). The operator’s full fibre network was last year said to “pass” more than 465,000 UK businesses (inc....
Grain Add Sheffield to UK Full Fibre Broadband Network Expansion | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Carlisle-based alternative broadband ISP Grain, which has so far built their point-to-point full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 270,000 UK premises (aiming for 600,000 in the future) and in 2025 secured a £225m funding boost (here), has issued a brief announcement to confirm that the South Yorkshire (England) city of Sheffield will be the next to get their network. The choice of adding Sheffield, which is home to around 560,000 people, is an interesting...
Ericsson to axe 1,600 Swedish jobs | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The cuts follow lay offs in other markets, including France, Canada, and Spain This week, telecoms giant Ericsson has announced it is preparing to cut around 1,600 jobs in its home market of Sweden, citing the need to remain competitive. The mobile network equipment maker currently employs around 14,500 people in the country, with the reduction therefore representing more than 10% of the companies domestic headcount. “The proposed staff reduction...
Broadband ISP Hyperoptic to Boost UK Support and Appoints New Directors | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More City-focused full fibre (FTTP/B) broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which claims to have already deployed their gigabit fibre network to cover 1.9 million UK homes, has today announced the appointment of Emma Dark as Customer Experience and Service Director, and Nemanja Zec as Head of Customer Service Operations to “support the next phase of growth“. Improvements to support are also coming. The operator, which is home to 400,000 active subscribers (9th Jun 2025),...
EE UK to Deliver Mobile Connectivity for easyJet’s Network in 35 Countries | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and telecoms giant BT has announced that their EE mobile network has secured a major new contract with the UK’s largest airline, easyJet, to deliver thousands of mobile connections to keep its flight crew, aircraft and airports linked up across Europe – in 35 countries and over 150 airports (from Gatwick to Gran Canaria). The deal means that EE expects to provide a total of 23,000 mobile connections to support easyJet’s operations. The airline...
BDUK Publish Several Studies of UK Mobile Coverage and Performance | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency, which oversees their gigabit-capable broadband and mobile network expansion programmes, has just published three new studies that examine the wellbeing and social benefits of the 4G Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, as well as the benefits and challenges of 4G mobile in rural Scotland, and finally some additionality research for mobile suppliers. Just for some context. The industry-led £1bn Shared...
NTT DATA leads consortium to launch $1bn Intra-Asia Marine Cable | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News A new joint venture between NTT DATA, Sumitomo, and JA Mitsui Leasing will deploy an 8,100km, 320Tbps network to bolster digital infrastructure and regional connectivity across Asia by 2029 This week, NTT DATA Group, Sumitomo Corporation, and JA Mitsui Leasing have formed a new joint venture, Intra-Asia Marine Networks Co., Ltd. (I-AM NW), to build and operate a new submarine cable system that will link Japan and South Korea to Malaysia and...
Virgin Media O2 Says AI Saved UK Customers 400,000 Hours in Support Calls | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile provider Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has today stated that their adoption of AI-based improvements to their automated phone system, as well as cross-skilling 5,000 agents and simplifying team structures, has reduced the number of calls transferred by its agents by 1.3 million in 2025 – saving customers around 400,000 hours of their time. Historically, all customers calling Virgin Media or O2 would have been prompted to press a number...