Vodafone and Three UK Deploy Joint Network Sharing to 8,000 Mast Sites | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has revealed that 8,000 mast sites have now been upgraded to implement their new Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN). This is one of the first big benefits of the recent merger (here and here) – allowing customers to roam across both networks at no extra cost (whichever one provides the best signal). As previously reported, it could take a total of 8 years to fully complete the roll-out of these...
Netgem Launch New Freely Supporting UK TV Streaming Box – PLEIO | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV has this morning announced the launch of their next generation IPTV box and service – PLEIO, which is also set to be bundled by broadband ISPs including WightFibre, Connect Fibre and Brsk. The new kit is both more powerful and features support for the new broadband-based live TV streaming service – Freely. The set-top-boxes that Netgem have provided in the past – like the Netbox 4K (inc. HDR, Bluetooth pairing,...
ISP Vodafone Expand Streaming Add-ons to UK Fixed Home Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of Vodafone’s home broadband packages, which harness gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) lines from a mix of different networks (Openreach, CityFibre and CommunityFibre), may like to know that the internet provider has just expanded the availability of their ‘Add to Plan’ service from mobile to fixed line packages. The ‘Add to Plan‘ service essentially enables customers of Vodafone’s mobile packages, and now also broadband, to add a variety of...
The fibre fork in the road: Securing long-term competition for the UK’s digital infrastructure | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed article by Giles Rowbotham, General Counsel & CDO, nexfibre Our digital infrastructure has never been more critical to supporting our modern economy. Digital connectivity is our growth engine and bedrock: how students learn, companies scale, services are provided, and opportunities shared. In a competitive world, we need to be digital leaders, not laggards. In just a few years, a telecoms revolution has taken place in the UK, with...
UK ISP Yayzi Move CityFibre Broadband Customers to Zen Internet | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Retail internet provider Yayzi Broadband has today suddenly started informing their residential broadband customers, specifically those served using CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, that they’re being “transferred” to UK ISP Zen Internet. We’ve also had this confirmed by one of Zen’s support reps. In a brief email to customers, which took some of them by surprise, Yayzi claims that the “change is part of our commitment to...
Verizon to cut 15,000 jobs | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Reuters is reporting that Verizon’s new CEO plans to cut 15,000 jobs at the company, reducing non-union management ranks by a fifth By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities A report from Reuters last week said Verizon could cut 15,000 jobs as early as this week. The report, published last Thursday, cited an unnamed source who was named as familiar with the matter. The cuts would cut Verizon’s non-union management workforce by over 20%, the report...
Openreach Offer Cancellation Amnesty for Old UK Ethernet Orders | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) is to introduce an interesting new special offer for UK ISPs, which proposes to waive the cancellation charges for their high-capacity Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) and Dark Fibre (DFA/X) products, albeit only where related orders are now “over 100 days old” (excluding delays caused by customers themselves). The connection charge for EAD products can typically be quite hefty, often costing several thousand pounds,...
GSMA Report Warns Mobile Operators Need 3x More Spectrum for 6G | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report from the GSMA, which represents over 1,000 mobile operators and related businesses across the world, has warned that the next generation of 6G networks will require up to three times more mid-band radio spectrum to keep pace with surging data demands, AI-powered services and next-gen digital applications. The notion of mobile operators demanding more spectrum frequency isn’t anything new, and it’s well known that mobile operators prize...
Nov 2025 Contract Delivery Progress for UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK agency has today published their November 2025 update on the delivery progress of contracts that have been awarded under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which among other things reveals that some 167,770 contracted premises (up from 150.7k in Oct 2025) have been covered out of a planned total of 1,002,210. Just to be clear. The figures in this update are not directly comparable to the figures...
BT Claim Investing in UK Connectivity Could Offset Sick Leave for Businesses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from broadband ISP BT Business has today claimed that businesses could gain “an extra nine days of productivity per employee” by 2030 through boosting investment in UK connectivity, which might potentially offset the 9.4 days of sick leave each employee is estimated to take annually (almost double pre-pandemic levels). The ‘Future Unlocked‘ report suggests technology and strategic investment can help businesses tackle burnout, while also...