ISP OneTek Looks to Expand Business Full Fibre Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Business focused UK ISP, IT and Communications provider OneTek (One Tek Business Solutions), which typically provides leased lines, direct fibre connections, and point-to-point (P2P) antennas, has revealed that they intend to deploy a new full fibre network that will initially focus on providing B2B connectivity in the West Cheshire Business Estate area. The development came to light as part of OneTek’s submission for Code Powers from Ofcom. Such powers...
Mobile Operator Three UK Refreshes Customer App with “Glow-up” | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of mobile network operator Three UK, which is in the process of merging with Vodafone, have this week been notified about the provider’s release of a refreshed Three App for Android (Google) and iOS (Apple) devices that began to become available on Monday (28th April 2025). According to a text message that was sent out by Three UK this week, the Three app “just got a glow-up. All-new design, improved navigation, and a ton of new features? You...
Data centres in the news this week | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Feature Week For today’s Feature Week piece, here are all the top data centre related news stories this week TikTok to build third European data centre TikTok is to build a €1 billion data centre in Finland, Reuters has reported. The data centre build is part of the company’s broader “Project Clover,” a €12 billion, decade-long strategy launched in 2023 to improve data privacy and security for European users. Both regulators and lawmakers have...
AALTO’s HAPS drone Zephyr logs 67 days of continuous flight | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release AALTO HAPS Ltd. (“AALTO” or “the Company”), an Airbus subsidiary based in Farnborough, UK, has set a world-record for global aviation with its Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS). Designed, manufactured and operated by AALTO, Zephyr concluded 67 days, 6 hours and 52 minutes of continuous flight in the stratosphere on 28 April 2025. This surpassed Zephyr’s previous flight record of 64 days in 2022, and breaks the world-record for...
BT signs deal to bolster DEFRA’s connectivity with 4G network | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The deal will see BT provide the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) with thousands of mobile connections for both workers and environmental sensors Today, BT has announced a ‘multi-million-pound’ contract to use its network to connect 34,000 workers and devices for DEFRA. The five-year deal will see the operator (EE)’s 4G mobile network connect various IoT sensors that provide real-time monitoring of various environmental...
INCA Criticise Openreach for Approach to FTTP in UK Flats – Renters Rights Bill | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Independent Networks Co-operative Association, which represents alternative UK broadband operators, has today warned that they believe the “amendment proposed by Openreach” in the new Renters’ Rights Bill would be “ineffective” at solving the problem of how you get full fibre into large MDU buildings where deployment has been unreasonably refused or landlords cannot be contacted. At present, large residential buildings (Multi-Dwelling Units) still...
Connexin Extends LoRaWAN Wireless Network to Southend-on-Sea | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Fixed wireless and UK broadband provider Connexin, which is backed by PATRIZIA and is in the process of being acquired by CityFibre (here), has today signed a new agreement with Southend-on-Sea city council to install their Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) wireless network on existing infrastructure across the city. This will support smart water meters, without the need for new poles. Fixed wireless LoRa networks harness only a small slice of lower...
Openreach Builds FTTP Broadband to 18.3 Million UK Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National network access provider Openreach (BT) has confirmed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which offers broadband speeds of up to 1800Mbps to UK homes via hundreds of ISPs, has now covered 18.3 million UK premises (Ready for Service). This is now growing at a rate of 1.1 million premises (RFS) per quarter. The official data shows that the operator’s FTTP network alone can now reach 55% of UK premises (out of 33 million total...
TfW Fibre Seek Code Powers to Support Railway Based Fibre Rollout in Wales | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More In a not unexpected development, network operator TfW Ffeibr (TFW Fibre), which is an arm’s-length initiative setup by Transport for Wales (TfW) – itself owned by the Welsh Government (WG), has applied for Code Powers from Ofcom in order to boost their plans for a full fibre broadband network that runs alongside local railways. Such operators typically seek Code Powers from Ofcom in order to help speed-up deployments of new fibre networks and cut costs,...
EE to Connect 34,000 Mobile and IoT Devices in New UK DEFRA Deal | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms giant BT has today signed a new “multi-million-pound” deal with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), which will see EE provide 34,000 mobile connections to support workers and real-time reporting on issues from flooding to farming disease outbreaks across England, Scotland and Wales. The 5-year contract looks set to harness EE’s 4G based mobile broadband network, which currently has the strongest coverage of UK rural...