Vodafone Clarifies Plans for Joint Network Roaming with Three UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has revealed a little bit more information about how their new “Access to roam” feature will work. This will shortly become one of the first major benefits of their recently completed merger with Three UK (here and here) – allowing 27 million customers to roam across both networks at no extra cost. The official announcement of all this stated that the new ability would be ready “within a few months” and will...
£50m Funding Boost for Wessex Internet’s Rural UK Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural-focused ISP and alternative network builder Wessex Internet, which is building a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless network across Southern England, has today announced that they’ve secured a £50m investment from the National Wealth Fund (formerly known as the UK Infrastructure Bank). The provider, which also holds several state aid backed Project Gigabit build contracts (i.e. a total of four contracts worth £72m to deliver full fibre...
The H1 2025 Top Fastest UK Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More ISPreview has today published our latest biannual study of how the United Kingdom’s broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available fixed line ISPs, mobile network operators and Starlink (satellite) services since the end of 2024. But this time we’ve made some changes to the structure of our top lists. As usual, the results in this report stem from consumer web-based speed testing and are thus inevitably impacted...
Boost for Broadband and Mobile as UK Sets 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government has published its Infrastructure Strategy for the next 10 years – backed by £725bn in long-term funding for maintenance and major projects, which promises to “transform how infrastructure projects are planned and delivered” in order to “deliver stability, investment and national renewal“. And there’s some good news for broadband and mobile networks. Naturally, our focus here is on cutting through the usual mass of political soundbites...
Study Claims UK Broadband Speeds Slow by 27 Percent During Heatwaves | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study of over 380,000 web-based consumer broadband speed tests (recorded over the past 12-months), which was conducted by comparison site Broadband Genie, claims to have identified that broadband download speeds can slow down by up to 8% and uploads by up to 27% on the hottest days of the year (usually heatwaves). The study was conducted by taking the average download and upload broadband speed from typically the hottest part of the day (11:00 –...
TalkTalk Attempting to Sell UK Consumer and Wholesale Business Again | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The heavily indebted TalkTalk Group has reportedly begun the process of hiring City advisers – with both Barclays or Morgan Stanley said to be in the frame – in order to oversee the possible breakup and sale of their consumer broadband arm of the same name, and their PXC wholesale division. The provider, which in the last month or so has been in the news several times due to alleged disputes with suppliers over payments and fees (here and here), is...
Openreach Updates on Petrol Leak in Bramley as Altnets Allowed to Build | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach has issued a progress update on its efforts to help tackle a long-running underground petrol leak in the Surrey (England) village of Bramley. This has revealed, among other things, a new proposal that would allow alternative broadband networks to start building fibre (FTTP) in the area again. Just to recap. Openreach is currently still dealing with the “significant and ongoing impact” of the incident (here), which technically...
Ofcom Set Final Rules for 5G UK Mobile Auction of 26GHz and 40GHz | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today set out the final regulations for their plan to auction off a large chunk of millimetre wave (mmW) radio spectrum frequency in the 26GHz and 40GHz bands, which will come into force on 30th June 2025. The spectrum will be used by mobile network operators to deliver faster 5G data (broadband) services. At present EE (BT), O2 (Virgin Media), VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) already have access to several 5G...
Standards led and AI driven, building a new era of green networks | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More During the Digital Transformation Summit (DTW 25), Huawei, in collaboration with industry organizations, hosted the fourth Green Development Forum to address the imperative of achieving green and low-carbon development in communication networks amid climate change. Attendees engaged in comprehensive discussions on the standardization of the Green Network Index (GNI), AI-driven energy efficiency, and practices for zero-carbon architecture, mapping out...
Digicel Group and Symptai Join Forces to Offer Better Access to World Class Business Solutions | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Digicel Group and Symptai Consulting Limited have joined forces to offer businesses better access to world-class solutions and experts to support all their technology needs. This milestone builds on Digicel’s initial stake in Symptai, acquired in December 2021, and underscores the Group’s continued commitment to driving secure digital growth and transformation across the region. Symptai, a leading technology advisory and cybersecurity consultancy...