Concerns Raised Over Progress of Kent UK’s Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Kent County Council (KCC) in England has complained to the UK government about a “lack of progress” being made on the region’s Project Gigabit broadband rollout contract for rural communities. The £112m (state aid) contract for this was awarded to CityFibre in early 2024 (here), which committed to extend full fibre to 50,000+ hard-to-reach premises. However, the last progress update we saw on the contract for Kent (Lot 29) came in January 2025, when...
INCA Warns Altnets Need Certainty and Delivery from UK’s Digital Sector Plan | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative broadband networks, has today posted somewhat of a belated welcome to the new Digital and Technologies Sector Plan. But they also warn that “further clarity is needed” on how the Government will support competition as FTTP rollouts slow and consolidation pressures grow. The plan itself was first published all the way back in June 2025, alongside the...
Openreach Offer Limited Saturday FTTP Broadband Installs via UK ISPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has indicated, via a new briefing, that they are “making a limited volume” of Saturday provision (installation) appointments available for Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband line deployments. Retail ISPs will be able to select these if they so desire, at least for a limited time. The briefing itself contains precious little information, and our hails to Openreach yesterday have thus far gone unanswered....
Gov Boost Value of Openreach’s UK Project Gigabit Broadband Framework by £400m | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government has modified the Single Supplier Framework agreement that they awarded to Openreach (BT) last year under their Project Gigabit broadband roll-out scheme (here). The deal was originally valued at “up to” £800m and designed to help upgrade 312,000 premises in some of the hardest to reach UK areas to FTTP. But this has just been boosted in value to £1.2bn. The framework agreement was later followed by the gradual awarding of seven related...
South Africa looks to consolidate fibre networks of state-owned enterprises | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The move aims to avoid unnecessary deployments and make efficient use of public network assets According to recent reports, South Africa is advancing efforts to coordinate and consolidate public fiber infrastructure across state-owned enterprises (SOEs), aiming to improve digital connectivity, reduce costs, and expand high-speed internet access to underserved areas. This process would include integrating the currently fragmented fiber networks...
Gov Set to Update 2022 UK Telecommunications Security Code of Practice | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) has proposed to update their Telecommunications Security Code of Practice (2022). This sets out what sort of specific security measures public telecoms providers (broadband, mobile etc.) must take in order to protect their networks from attack and data breaches. The code is an extension of the wider Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 (summary), which itself was originally...
Leadership for a Digital Era | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Empowering the Workforce Through Digital Infrastructure: NETS International’s Vision for the UK The UK’s fibre and telecoms landscape is evolving rapidly. In just the past 18 months, the market has shifted from aggressive network builds to a sharper focus on operational efficiency and customer experience. In this new phase, empowering the workforce is more than a necessity – it is the foundation for sustaining Digital Britain. At the heart...
Korean regulator hits SKT with $97m fine over data breach | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The fine is the largest ever imposed by South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Committee (PIPC) This week, South Korea’s privacy regulator has announced it will fine SK Telecom 134.8 billion won (~$97 million) in response to a data breach the company revealed in April. The fine is the largest in the PIPC’s history to date. Prior to this, the committee’s largest fines were those levied against Google and Meta in 2022 for collecting consumer...
Broadband ISP Vodafone UK Now LIVE via CommunityFibre’s FTTP in London | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator and broadband ISP Vodafone UK (VodafoneThree) has today confirmed that they’ve now gone live on CommunityFibre’s alternative Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based fixed line network in London. The provider says this means that 550,000 “additional” homes across all 32 boroughs can now access their broadband plans at speeds of “up to” 2.2Gbps. Until now it’s generally only been possible to take Vodafone’s home broadband packages via Openreach...
Sparkle Expands Its Reach in Europe with a New Point of Presence in Helsinki | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Rome/Helsinki, 28 August 2025 Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the opening of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Helsinki, Finland, to expand its footprint and guarantee further redundancy and diversification of international connectivity for the Northern European market. Located at Digita Data Center, a state-of-the-art and fast-growing internet hub, the new PoP in Helsinki follows...