Gov Planning New UK Law to Help Protect Subsea Fibre Optic Cables | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government’s Minister for Telecoms, Sir Chris Bryant MP, has told the Joint Committee’s ongoing Undersea Cables Inquiry that they will need to draft new laws in order to better address the growing risk of deliberate sabotage against our vital subsea fibre optic cables – responsible for carrying much of the world’s internet data traffic. Damage to submarine cables is, sadly, not uncommon. According to the UN’s ICPC (here), an average of 150 to 200...
ISPA UK Awards Add Digital Inclusion Champion for Charities and Communities Category | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today added another category to their forthcoming 2025 industry awards event (27th ISPA Awards) – ‘Digital Inclusion Champion for Charities and Communities‘, which will sit alongside their similar ‘Digital Inclusion Champion for Industry‘ category. The association said they wanted to highlight the good work being done by communities & charities to fix the digital divide and help those in need...
Digital Catapult recognised as the UK’s first OTIC-accredited centre | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More The accreditation recognises Digital Catapult’s world-class capabilities in testing, validating and integrating open and interoperable radio access network (Open RAN) technologies, and its aim to advance the development and deployment of open and future networks. Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs) provide a collaborative, open environment to support the growth of the Open RAN ecosystem by enabling rigorous testing, validation, and integration...
Exabeam Nova Delivers the First Cybersecurity Strategy Agent for SOC Leadership | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More FOSTER CITY, Calif. & BROOMFIELD, Colo. — July 1, 2025 — Exabeam, a global leader in intelligence and automation for security operations, today announced a major expansion of its integrated multi-agent AI system Exabeam Nova that now equips security leaders with a real-time strategic planning engine and boardroom communication tool. The Exabeam Nova Advisor Agent is the industry’s first AI capability designed to turn security data into a strategy...
Optus ditches football rights to focus on telecoms | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Optus has today announced it has accepted an offer from Nine Entertainment Co and Stan to assign the rights to the Premier League and Emirates FA Cup for the remainder of the rights term. Under the agreement, Stan will provide Optus Sport customers (who remain Optus telecommunications customers) with discounted pricing so that they can continue to watch the Premier League and other transferred content and provide additional offers to Optus...
Nokia launches digital twin platform Enscryb to digitalise energy sector | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Nokia has announced its latest venture, Enscryb, an energy innovation platform, is partnering with NODES, an energy trading company. In addition, Enscryb has also secured and onboarded two customers: Nanuq, a charging infrastructure company, and Smartecon, a renewable energy provider. Enscryb is an innovative digital toolbox that enables real-time distributed energy flexibility orchestration in an era of increasing market volatility,...
VodafoneThree Sign Exclusive UK Mobile Operator Distribution Deal with Currys | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has today announced an exclusive new multi-year partnership with high street retailer Currys, which will see the newly merged operator becoming the retailer’s sole mobile network operator (distribution deal) and also expanding their offering to “include mobile broadband” (Fixed Wireless Access). Just to recap. Vodafone already has a retail partnership with Currys, which was last updated in January 2023 and saw their...
Broadband ISP Carnival Internet UK to Reduce eWaste and Tackle Digital Exclusion | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More New ISP Carnival Internet UK, which was launched in May 2025 (here) and is being backed by global tech company Dotlines (Dotlines UK), has today announced that they’ve partnered with Brixton-based charity Community TechAid to help “tackle digital exclusion and e-waste“. With a small team of staff and a network of volunteers, the Community TechAid charity typically repairs and redistributes technology to individuals in need, ensuring access to essential...
Three UK Delivered Fastest Mobile Broadband Speeds at Glastonbury | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network testing firm Ookla (i.e. Speedtest.net, Downdetector.co.uk) has today revealed that mobile operator Three UK delivered the fastest 4G and 5G mobile broadband speeds during last weekend’s Glastonbury Festival, which saw the operator produce a median average download of 347.66Mbps. But O2 (Virgin Media) were the slowest on 67.66Mbps. The median mobile download speeds on Three UK were found to be “at least twice as fast” as those on any other...
SpaceX Burnt Up 472 Starlink Broadband Satellites in Last 6 Months | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More SpaceX has revealed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it deorbited 472 Starlink ultrafast broadband satellites – burning them up in Earth’s atmosphere – during the six-month period from December 2024 to May 2025 (2.6 per day), which marked a significant increase from previous period of six-months when just 73 met a fiery demise. At present Starlink has around 7,900 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (c.4,300 are v2 Mini / GEN 2A) – mostly at...