Civil Engineering Giant M Group Completes Telent Acquisition | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Civil engineering firm M Group, which was itself acquired by private equity firm CVC (here) in 2024 and also harbours a telecoms (broadband and mobile) focused division, has today announced the completion of their deal to acquire rival UK and Ireland focused technology, telecoms and street works firm Telent for an undisclosed sum. The original agreement was announced in April 2025 (here) and at the time M Group said this would make them “even better...
Quickline Cover 2,000 North Yorkshire Homes Under Gigabit Broadband Contract | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural focused UK ISP Quickline has revealed that they’ve now covered 2,000 premises as part of their £73.5m state-aid supported Project Gigabit roll-out contract for North Yorkshire (Lot 31), which was awarded a year ago (here). The contract aims to extend gigabit-capable broadband to reach an additional 36,300 premises in some of the hardest-to-reach areas. Just to recap. The Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out scheme aims to help...
Virgin Media’s Broadband Data Suggest Brits Clock Off Early on Fridays | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) has published some new insights from their fixed line network, which among other things reveals a fall in UK data traffic on Friday afternoons during the summer months, with as much as an 8% dip between 3-5pm compared to the winter, as “remote workers clock off early“. Alongside the new network data, Virgin Media also asked an unspecified number of Britons – via polling insights based off a nationally representative survey...
Government Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Go Live in Yorkshire Dales | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government has this morning revealed that a total of 58 government-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project. The most recent additions have occurred around the North Yorkshire town of Hawes – also impacting Hardraw, Appersett, Snaizeholme and Sedbusk. The SRN – originally supported by £501m of public funding from the government and £532m of private...
Telefonica CEO – Virgin Media Scrap UK NetCo Broadband Wholesale Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The CEO of Telefónica, Marc Murtra, has clarified his own recent remarks and revealed that Virgin Media and O2’s (VMO2) plan for opening up their fixed broadband ISP network in the UK to wholesale (here) – via a new entity (NetCo) – is now “stopped” and not merely “on a pause” as initially indicated. In case anybody has forgotten. The joint ventured between Liberty Global and Telefonica – VMO2 – initially appeared to be progressing normally at the start...
Rural Full Fibre Broadband ISP Gigaclear Appoint Two New UK Directors | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Abingdon-based alternative broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has deployed their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 600,000 premises (mostly in remote rural parts of England), has today announced that they’ve appointed two new Directors to their board – Stephanie Liston, Chair of the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA), and Catherine Colloms, former Openreach executive. The provider, which is home to a customer base of 150,000 (i.e. 25% take-up,...
Starlink finally secures Indian operating licence | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News However, spectrum still needs to be allocated by the regulator before commercial services can begin Today, India’s Minister of Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia has revealed that SpaceX’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, Starlink, has been granted an operating licence, allowing it to legally provide connectivity services across the country. “Starlink has been granted a Unified License to launch satellite internet services in India,”...
Zayo Europe continues growth momentum through H1 2025 | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More This growth has been pan-European, with significant growth in Zayo Europe powered route miles during H1 2025 in both the UK (241%) Germany (173%) highlighting the value of its partnership with GasLINE. This underscores the sustained momentum Zayo Europe has built since becoming an independent entity in the summer of 2024, with a clear focus on the European market and its complex, interconnected network of nations. A key element of the company’s...
UK Government Warns Promoting the Use of VPNs Could Attract Fines | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK government has warned that online platforms which “deliberately target UK children and promote [Virtual Private Network] use” could now “face enforcement action, including significant financial penalties“. The statement comes after many people – ironically mostly adults – rushed to adopt VPNs to avoid the wide adoption of age verification. As regular readers will already know, the UK’s new Online Safety Act (OSA) – a product of both the past and...
VMO2 taps Age UK to help elderly customers manage 3G switch-off | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Virgin Media O2 and Age UK are working together to provide additional support to the small number of older mobile phone users who will need to upgrade their handsets to continue using mobile data once 3G is switched off. Virgin Media O2 will support Age UK’s work to develop and distribute new informative content designed for older people and their families to help them better understand the 3G switch-off. The charity will provide key...