Dormice and Planning Processes Slow CityFibre’s Winchester UK Broadband Build | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More CityFibre’s plan to roll-out their 10Gbps capable full fibre broadband (FTTP) network into some poorly served parts of the Winchester area of Hampshire (England), which is part of their Project Gigabit contract for the same region, appears to have been significantly slowed by some unexpected ecological and planning obstacles. Just to recap. CityFibre originally secured the £104m (public subsidy) supported Project Gigabit contract for Hampshire (Lot 27)...
TalkTalk Business formally separates from parent business | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Business technology provider, TalkTalk Business, has formally completed its separation from TalkTalk Group as of the end of February, marking a significant milestone in its evolution as an independent managed network service provider. Following the sale of TalkTalk Business Direct in 2023, TalkTalk Business maintained access to certain core TalkTalk Group systems while rapidly developing its own independent operating environment. That...
TIM tests quantum-safe connection between two data centres | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release The distribution of quantum keys while maintaining commercial traffic has been successfully tested over a distance of 40 km in Milan TIM has successfully completed the first test in Italy of quantum-safe communications between Data Centers on an operational network infrastructure, validating the use of quantum key distribution for data stream encryption in a real operating environment. TIM’s initiative is part of a broader set of projects...
Openreach Takes on Project Gigabit Broadband Contract for Cheshire UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today confirmed that the previously stalled Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for Cheshire (Lot 17), which was originally held by Freedom Fibre until they “mutually agreed to terminate” it in March 2025 (here), has now been picked up by Openreach (BT). But it’s changed a bit in the process. Just to recap. The contract for Cheshire (England) was originally valued at £43m (public subsidy) and...
Milestone as Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reaches 90 Percent of UK UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The latest independent data has revealed that 90.04% of premises across the United Kingdom can now access a gigabit-capable broadband ISP connection (1000Mbps+) via fixed lines, which is up from 85% in October 2024 and 80% at the end of 2023. But the figure does drop a little to 82.71% when only looking at full fibre (FTTP) lines. Take note that the figure for “gigabit-capable” coverage is currently still higher than Fibre-to-the-Premises alone because...
ISP BT Business Launch Sovereign Cloud Calling System for UK Firms | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Communications and broadband provider BT Business has today announced the first product to be released as part of the company’s sovereign platform – ‘Sovereign Voice‘, which allows businesses to make and receive calls over a secure connection, while all call routing remains within the UK’s own borders. The new service is said to be powered by Cisco Calling technology and aims to deliver a “highly secure, sovereign cloud calling” solution that offers to...
Broadband ISP Zen Internet Discounts UK Prices for Openreach FTTP Packages | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rochdale-based UK ISP Zen Internet appears to have followed recent price reductions for those taking their CityFibre based full fibre (FTTP) home broadband packages (here) by doing something similar on their Openreach based packages. For example, their top 1.6Gbps package has now dropped from £65 to just £56 per month. The other discounts, as spotted by one of our readers (Shaun), include their 105Mbps package falling to £33 per month, while 500Mbps is...
VMO2 lauches Starlink-backed ‘O2 Satellite’ service | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Virgin Media O2 has today switched on O2 Satellite, a new satellite-to-mobile service powered by Starlink Direct to Cell, marking a major step forward in extending mobile connectivity across the UK. This makes Virgin Media O2 the first operator in the UK and Europe to launch satellite powered data services, enabling customers to stay connected in areas with no traditional mobile coverage, known as ‘not-spots’. The service boosts Virgin...
UK ISP TalkTalk Business Formally Complete Separation from TalkTalk Group | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Business broadband and Ethernet provider TalkTalk Business (TTB), which was demerged from the wider TalkTalk Group and sold to the group’s own shareholders for £95m in Oct 2023 (here), has today announced that they’ve just formally completed their separation from the Group and are “now operating as a fully independent organisation“. Following the sale of TalkTalk Business Direct in 2023, TalkTalk Business maintained access to certain core TalkTalk Group...
Putting data in action: Transforming digital shadows into digital twins | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Interview We spoke to Hexagon’s Director of EMIA (Utilities and Communications), Jean-Francois Allard, to discuss taking digital modelling to the next level Telcos are some of the most data-rich organisations on the planet but using that data effectively remains a major challenge. For Jean-Francois Allard, Director of EMIA (Utilities and Communications) at Hexagon, digital twins – digital replicas of physical assets enabling real-time interaction – are...