Openreach Boost UK FTTP Rollout Pace as BT Broadband Customers Fall to 8.2M | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The BT Group has today published their biannual full year (H2 FY25) results to March 2025, which reveals that Openreach’s full fibre (FTTP) network added 2.2 million premises to their UK coverage in H2 (up from 2.1m in H1) to cover 18.08m (4.9m in rural areas) and will accelerate its rollout by 20%. But broadband line losses to rivals hit 243k in the last quarter (up from 208k). The group’s consumer divisions – including BT, EE and Plusnet – reported...
Ofcom Ranks Big UK Mobile and Broadband ISPs by Quality and Faults – 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Ofcom has today published their 2025 study of UK broadband, phone and mobile service quality, call waiting times, complaint levels, fault repairs, compensation and install times for the largest providers. For example, TalkTalk attracted the lowest satisfaction for broadband (77%) and Plusnet (BT) secured the highest (91%). The regulator’s report – published once every two years – is based on data that they have gathered via a combination of consumer...
Three UK Doubles Mobile Broadband Speeds in Glasgow via O-RAN Trial | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator Three UK has today completed their trial of OpenRAN (O-RAN) technology in the city of Glasgow (Scotland). The test, which marks one of the UK’s first deployments of the technology in a dense urban environment, delivered “impressive results” with both 4G and 5G data speeds doubled at peak times. The advantage of O-RAN (Open Radio Access Network) technologies is that they standardise the design and functionality of radio access kit...
FullFibre Limited Drops Out of UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK government has today unexpectedly announced that alternative network operator FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes), which recently completed its merger with Zzoomm (here) and confirmed further job losses (here), has “mutually agreed to terminate” their state aid supported Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts for the Derbyshire Peak District and Herefordshire. Just to recap. The combined full fibre (FTTP) broadband network, which currently...
Altnet Freedom Fibre Pick VeloxServ to Power its Wholesale B2B Connectivity | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband operator Freedom Fibre, which has already grown their gigabit full fibre broadband network to cover 315,000 UK premises (Nov 2024) across parts of England (Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk and Essex), has chosen VeloxServ to support its wholesale B2B (business) connectivity offering. The strategic partnership will also enable VeloxServ to extend its reach to even more businesses across Greater...
ISP Quickline Launch Cheap Entry Level 100Mbps Broadband Package | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More People covered by Quickline’s new full fibre (FTTP) UK gigabit broadband ISP network, which by the end of 2025 will have covered 200,000 premises in rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (up from 65,000 premises in Nov 2023), may like to know that they’ve launched a new 100Mbps entry-level package today. Until today, the cheapest package available to consumers covered by their FTTP network was a 200Mbps (symmetric speed) service, which cost from £29...
Podcast: Managing the checkerboarding of municipal regulations | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Podcasts Felix Dialoiso, well versed in the complexities of municipal regulations, says building underground fiber doesn’t come without struggles. Fiber builds, especially underground ones, don’t always go according to plan. It’s a fact that Felix Dialoiso, a founding partner at Harbor Link, knows all too well. Dialoiso, who says he’s had to deal with the checkerboarding of regulations across municipalities in Harbor Link’s footprint, said patience is...
Vodafone kicks off multi-year growth plan with £1.5bn UK investment | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Vodafone has released its FY25 preliminary results, showing the group moving to streamline operations and refocus on growth markets Vodafone has pledged £1.5 billion in network investment in the UK this year, the first portion of the £11 billion promised to regulators in order to secure approval for the company’s merger with Three UK. The merger with Three UK, which is expected to complete in the first half of next year is forecast to bring...
Emtelle and CommScope launch new collaboration | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Claremont, NC, May 21, 2025 – CommScope (NASDAQ: COMM), a global leader in network connectivity, and Emtelle, an industry leader in manufacturing blown cable, announced today a collaboration to manufacture hardened connectivity for blowable fiber optic drop cable. CommScope’s Prodigy® solution, which supports ubiquitous legacy hardened connectivity, will be combined with Emtelle’s blowable fiber optic micro-cable as the first offering of its kind in...
Altice eyes exit from SFR as debt talks continue | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The deal is drawing early interest from global telcos and investors, while Altice continues its debt restructuring Altice is considering the sale of its controlling stake in SFR, with a potential transaction valuing the telecoms operator at up to €30 billion, according to a Bloomberg report. The company, owned by French billionaire Partick Drahi, has recently circulated information on its French unit to prospective buyers, as it explores its...