Ofcom UK to Restrict Number Spoofing to Tackle Mobile Scam Calls from Abroad | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK internet content and telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed changes that will require phone providers to withhold the Caller ID (CLI) of calls that appear to come from a UK mobile roaming abroad unless they can verify its validity. The goal is to tackle scam calls by cracking down on number “spoofing“. Just to recap. Most of the country’s major broadband, phone and mobile providers have already implemented various technical measures to...
Netgem TV Offers 250 FAST Channels to UK via Supporting Broadband ISPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV has this morning announced that their IPTV box and service, which is usually bundled by broadband ISPs like Brsk, TalkTalk, CommunityFibre, Wightfibre and others, has expanded its range of FAST Channels to total 250 across the UK, France, Switzerland and Gibraltar. The set-top-boxes that Netgem provide – like the Netbox 4K (inc. HDR, bluetooth pairing, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, USB and Dolby Atmos sound) – tend to be...
Ofcom Tell BBC, ITV, Channel 4, C5, STV and S4C to Improve TV Content on YouTube | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Ofcom has today warned that “traditional public-service TV is endangered” as more UK broadband users turn to online streaming platforms like YouTube. The regulator has thus published a new six-point action plan to tackle this, which includes urging broadcasters to make their content “easy to find and discover” on third-party platforms. In 2024, the regulator states that 60% of all individuals viewed YouTube videos over their home broadband connection....
NFU Farmers Survey Highlights Weaknesses in UK Broadband and Mobile | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The National Farmers Union (NFU) has published the results from their annual digital access survey of 661 members (conducted between February and March 2025), which found that just 33% of farmers had access to “fibre broadband” speeds and nearly one out of ten respondents have no 4G or 5G mobile access. Farmers naturally tend to work in some of the United Kingdom’s most sparse and remote rural areas, which frequently end up being last on the list to be...
Broadband ISP TalkTalk Moves More Customers to Utility Warehouse | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The TalkTalk Group has confirmed to ISPreview that a further batch of their UK customers are being migrated to Utility Warehouse (Telecom Plus) as part of a recently agreed partnership, which follows a similar move by the provider’s Origin Broadband base a couple of months ago (here). Customers of TalkTalk, which seemingly includes quite a few that were acquired as part of last year’s deal to gobble Shell Energy’s broadband base from Octopus Energy...
Ofcom Consults on Changes to UK Wholesale Landline and Mobile Call Markets | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK communications regulator has today launched a couple of new consultations to set future regulation for the wholesale markets that enable landline and mobile phone calls. A number of changes have been proposed as part of this, although most of them are fairly minor or merely confirm a continuation of the existing approach. The first consultation – open for feedback until 10th October 2025 (final decision due Q1 2026) – focuses upon call termination...
Rural UK Full Fibre Networks County Broadband and Truespeed to Merge | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network provider and UK ISP Truespeed has today confirmed that they’ve “agreed in principle” to merge with County Broadband in order to create a single operator covering 177,000 premises (RFS) and 40,000 customers. Both operators have built full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks across various rural parts of England. At present Truespeed is mostly focused upon serving rural premises in parts of Devon, Wiltshire and Somerset, where they’ve...
Ofcom Cuts UK Mobile Licence Fees for 900MHz and 1800MHz by GBP60m | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More After much debate, the UK telecoms regulator has today agreed to reduce the total amount paid by the primary mobile network operators – EE, O2 and Vodafone / Three UK – to use the 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz radio spectrum bands by around £60m per year. The bands support the use of 2G and 4G mobile (mobile broadband) services. The cost of Annual Licence Fees (ALF) remains a highly divisive subject for the mobile operators, which often complain that hikes...
Survey Claims UK Alternative Broadband Networks Still Confident of Future | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new survey of 300 alternative networks, ISPs, suppliers and other companies has found that 83% of altnet decision makers believe their companies will grow over the next year, while 77% said they are planning to increase their investment in the coming 12 months. Similarly, 70% believe the forthcoming consolidation will have a positive impact. Most alternative broadband networks (altnets) across the market are currently looking at consolidation as a way...
Ofcom UK Confirm Changes to 3.9GHz Band for 5G Mobile and Wireless Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Ofcom has introduced changes to its existing licence for the 3.9GHz (3925 – 4009MHz) radio spectrum band, which among other things will adjust the authorised frequency from 3925-4009MHz to 3800-3884MHz (i.e. making it more efficient) and allow Three UK (VodafoneThree) to harness it for fixed wireless and 5G based mobile broadband services (Three Home Broadband). In case anybody has forgotten. Mobile network operator Three UK previously asked Ofcom (here)...