Hayo Launches National Mobile Registry Platform to Boost Digital Tax Revenues for Emerging Market Governments | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Nairobi, Kenya, 25 June 2025 – Hayo, a global innovator in digital solutions, has launched its National Mobile Registry (NMR) platform to help governments in emerging markets to regulate imports and ensure a controlled entry process for mobile devices. The solution identifies and addresses illegal imports, facilitating tax enforcement and boosting tax revenue. This helps governments to bring their national mobile ecosystems under control and implement...
GPS satellites to help Vodafone keep mobile antennas alignment | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The new tech will initially be rolled out in Albania, with additional countries to follow Leveraging GPS satellites could be the key to ensuring mobile antennas remain effectively aligned, according to Vodafone’s latest solution announced this week. The position of mobile antennas is crucial to providing high quality coverage, with deployments calculated to target specific coverage zones while minimising interference from neighbouring cell sites....
AT&T to pay $177m to customers hit by data breaches | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The preliminary settlement will see AT&T pay affected customers between $2,500 and $5,000 each On Friday, a US court judge gave preliminary approval for a $177 million settlement proposed by AT&T to resolve class-action lawsuits levelled against the company following major data breaches. The settlement relates to two major breaches in AT&T’s cybersecurity, both of which were announced last year. According to court documents, $149...
Remote Rural Wales Village Cut-Off from Landlines by Overheated Exchange | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Residents in the remote rural village of Penmachno, which sits in the isolated upland Machno valley area of North Wales (Conwy), have complained – via the local community council – that Openreach and BT recently left them unable to make or receive calls for several days due to a heat related fault that started on 19th June 2025. According to the Community Council (Cyngor Cymuned Bro Machno), locals were said to have been left feeling “deeply concerned by...
Gov Asks UK Organisations to Donate Used Tech to Digitally Excluded Brits | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government has today invited organisations to sign-up to a new charter, which is being backed by Deloitte, Vodafone (VodafoneThree), BT and others. The charter encourages members to change how they manage and dispose of IT assets, with the aim of increasing device donations to the 1.5 million people who currently lack access to a basic laptop, tablet or smartphone. Just to recap. At the start of 2025 the UK government proposed to address the lack...
The Confusing State of 5G and 4G Availability in London vs Birmingham | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from SignalTracker, which operates a popular Android mobile app (but not iOS) for monitoring and examining mobile phone reception, has compared the quality of Vodafone’s 5G between Birmingham and London to find that the former is falling considerably behind. Furthermore, 72% of tests on Vodafone’s flagship 5G plan were actually 4G quality. Take note that the majority of 5G mobile networks today are still Non-Standalone (NSA), which means...
Openreach Start Enhanced Migration Pilot for Legacy UK Phone Switch-Off | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach (BT) has kicked off their first UK pilot to test the effectiveness of a targeted approach for safeguarding vulnerable customers during the mass migrations away from the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which is due to be switched-off, in favour of a temporary alternative service. Just to recap. The legacy phone switch-off was last year delayed to 31st January 2027 in order to give broadband ISPs, phone, telecare...
Study Claims 11 Million UK Broadband Users Unaware of Full Fibre Availability | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from Go.Compare, which combined ONS data with the results from a YouGov survey of 2,000 UK residents (conducted on 25th February 2025), has estimated that “up to” 11 million internet users could have access to full fibre (FTTP) broadband without realising. This is important as some ISPs offer free upgrades to the faster service. According to Ofcom’s most recent spring coverage report (here), some 86% of UK premises are now within reach of a...
CityFibre Close to £2bn Funding Deal for UK Full Fibre Broadband Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network operator CityFibre, which has already built a gigabit-capable full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 4.3 million UK premises (RFS), is reportedly set to sign a £2bn funding deal – reflecting a split of debt and equity – to help keep them in business and support their plans for a major consolidation of rival operators. The operator’s existing funding is due to run out soon, and thus the operator is keen to reach an agreement on...
Vodafone Uses Satellites to Help Align Mobile Network Antennas | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More One of the problems that UK mobile network operators, like Vodafone (VodafoneThree), often have to contend with is the issue of ensuring that their land-based 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) antennas are precisely positioned in order to deliver the best signal. But satellite guided sensors are now being tested to help change that. A failure to keep antennas perfectly aligned, which most often occurs due to things like strong storms or seismic activity, can...