Ulster University Uses AI to Develop Faster MIMO Tech for 6G Mobile | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Researchers working out of Ulster University in Northern Ireland (UK) have harnessed AI (Artificial Intelligence) in order to develop a new type of Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (ma-MIMO) technology. The team say this could be used to make future 6G (IMT-2030) based mobile broadband networks “faster, smarter, and far more energy-efficient“. At present the 6G standard is still in the early R&D phase and most observers don’t expect to see the...
ISP Hey! Broadband Grow to 40,000 Customers on F&W’s UK Full Fibre Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider Hey! Broadband, which offers services to homes in various areas covered by F&W Networks (Fibre and Wireless) alternative gigabit speed full fibre lines (mostly across the South East of England), have today announced that their customer based has surpassed 40,000 (up from 25,000 a year ago). F&W has so far managed to extend their gigabit-capable broadband network to cover 410,000 UK premises as read-for-service (Feb 2024 data)...
Virgin Media O2 UK Users Struggle to Access Secondary Email Addresses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of Virgin Media’s (O2) broadband service have been struggling, often for several weeks now, to regain access to their email accounts – those belonging to secondary account holders. The issue began after the ISP made a change to their ID system that seemed to lock related users out with a “FORBIDDEN” message. ISPreview has always advised our visitors not to rely upon the email services provided by your broadband provider, not least because...
LSBUD Finds UK Telecoms Industry Delivers 37.5% of Searches for Digging Work | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig) organisation, which provides an online asset search facility to UK civil engineering firms for underground pipes and cables, has published their Digging Up Britain 2025 report and revealed that telecoms (broadband, mobile etc.) remains the “most active industry” when it comes to searching before digging (37.5% of all searches). But this was down from 39% last year. The report notes that, during 2024, the number of...
GoFibre Aims to Cover 250,000 UK Premises with FTTP Broadband in 3 Years | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Edinburgh-based ISP and network builder GoFibre recently published their annual accounts to the end of 2024, which among other things revealed that their revenues increased by 71% to £2.02m (2023: £1.17m). The operator now expects their roll-out of FTTP broadband in rural Scotland and North England to reach a footprint of 250,000 premises “in the next 3 years“. The latest accounts also revealed that the provider ended the year with an operating loss of...
Rob Bradley on Consolidation and Fixing the Turbulent UK Fibre Broadband Market | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Managing Partner of M&A-focused consultancy firm the Bradley Strategy Group, Rob Bradley, has today spoken to ISPreview as part of a new interview that lifts the lid on the “strategic recalibration” that is currently occurring across the UK’s alternative fibre networks and driving a wave on consolidation to correct for today’s “structurally misaligned market“. According to figures released by the Independent Networks Co-operative Association...
Court Rejects Sky UK’s Challenge to Ofcom’s End of Contract Pay TV Notifications | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) has dismissed Sky UK’s (Sky TV, Sky Broadband etc.) attempt to overturn an earlier decision by the telecoms regulator, Ofcom, which back in 2022 ruled that the provider had broken consumer protection rules by failing to send End-of-Contract Notifications (ECN) to their satellite-based Pay TV customers. This is one of those situations that requires a bit of a recap in order to get the proper context. Firstly, the...
Boldyn Networks and VMO2 deploy Open RAN 5G at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Boldyn Networks (Boldyn) and Virgin Media O2 have significantly enhanced 5G connectivity at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland with Boldyn’s connectivity-as-a-service (CaaS), the UK’s first full neutral host RAN managed service in a high-density demand venue. O2 customers are the first to benefit from this innovative network delivered by the Sunderland Open Network EcosysTem (SONET) project, which will bring enhanced mobile connectivity...
Prysmian and International Telecom to deliver Hawaiian subsea cable system | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Ocean Networks, the Hawaii-based telecom development and service company, has moved a step closer to delivering the Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link (HIFL) by naming Prysmian and International Telecom (IT) as its partners for the new inter-island cable. The HIFL is part of Hawaii’s Connect Kākou broadband initiative, aimed at expanding access to high-speed connectivity across the state. The system will span roughly 740km between Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, Maui,...
Broadband ISP Grain Expanding UK Full Fibre Network in Loughborough | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network operator and ISP Grain, which recently secured a major £225m funding boost (here), has announced a second expansion of their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network this week. The latest location to benefit from this is the Leicestershire (England) city of Loughborough. The operator’s broadband network, which is home to over 43,000 customers and covers 270,000 UK premises (aiming to reach 600,000 in the future), doesn’t...