Community Fibre Offer 3 Months Free Broadband and Remove Mid-Contract Hikes | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network operator and UK ISP CommunityFibre, which has built their 5Gbps speed full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to 1.4 million homes (mostly in London and the South East) and rising, has launched a summer sale that offers three months of free service across all packages for new customers and removes their previous mid-contract price hikes. Prices now start from just £12.50 a month for their basic 35Mbps package and rise through various...
BDUK Tweak Connect Fibre’s Derbyshire Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has tweaked alternative network ISP Connect Fibre’s (Fibre Assets) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for Derbyshire (LOT 3) in England again. The contract now has a reduced “total scope” of reaching 12,876 hard-to-reach premises via a public subsidy £34.64m. The contract, which was first announced back in December 2023 (here), originally aimed to cover an additional 17,000+ premises and was...
Ookla Benchmarks 22 Countries for 5G Mobile Broadband in AI Workloads | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Ookla (Accenture), which operates the popular broadband Speedtest.net benchmarking service, has today published a new report that evaluates metrics like 5G upload capacity, latency under load, and cloud infrastructure pathways across 22 countries in order to identify how well they’ll handle AI workloads. The first thing to understand here is that AI readiness tenders to favour specific kinds of network performance, such as upload capacity, latency under...
Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reaches 91 Percent of the UK in H1 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More We’ve today published our biannual summary of fixed broadband coverage for the first half (H1) of 2026, which reveals that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have grown to reach 85.05% of UK premises (up from 81.89% in H2 2025) and 91% are within reach of “gigabit” 1000Mbps+ speeds (up from 89.6%). Read on to see details for England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland. All the new gigabit-capable network coverage added during the first half of 2026 has largely...
VodafoneThree blocks over 2 million fraud attempts for banking sector | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release VodafoneThree is trialling a new process to help the banking sector block scams VodafoneThree has helped develop a proof of concept to help banks tackle fraud and protect their customers. Created with Barclays, and in partnership with Mobile Ecosystem Forum* and Cyber Defence Alliance, the proof of concept has since expanded to include The Co-operative Bank, now part of the Coventry Building Society, and TSB. Since August 2025, more than 2...
SK Group to invest $1.36 trillion in AI chips and data centres | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The South Korean giant is betting heavily on both chip production and data centre growth South Korean conglomerate SK Group has announced a massive 2,100 trillion won ($1.36 trillion) investment roadmap targeted at domestic semiconductor manufacturing and AI data centre deployments. The strategic push focuses heavily on securing upstream supply chain dominance and scaling computing infrastructure to reposition South Korea on the global AI stage....
The 32 FIFA World Cup 2026 Countries – Ranked by Fixed Broadband Speed | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Global internet connection benchmarking firm Ookla (Accenture), which operates the popular broadband Speedtest.net tool and Downdetector service (among other things), has decided to publish their own ranking of the last 32 countries participating in the FIFA World Cup 2026 – but it’s based on fixed broadband speeds rather than football. The data, which is based on speed tests recorded across each country during May 2026, provides another way to compare...
VodafoneThree Blocks over 2 Million UK Banking Sector Fraud Attempts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile and broadband operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has today announced that a new collaboration with the banking sector has helped to block more than 2 million fraud attempts since August 2025. The trial is said to have resulted in a 25% increase in banking scam messages being blocked on the mobile giant’s UK network. In short, the operator initially began working with Barclays, the Mobile Ecosystem Forum and the Cyber Defence Alliance...
VOXI Expands 5G Ready Mobile Social Tariff to Physical UK SIM Cards Offline | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Contract-free UK mobile network operator VOXI, a brand of Vodafone (VodafoneThree), has today expanded their cheaper £10 VOXI For Now “social tariff”. Previously only available online via their website, the tariff will now also be offered as a physical SIM through local councils and housing teams, support charities, and prison resettlement programmes. The tariff itself offers unlimited 5G or 4G data (mobile broadband), calls and texts for just £10 a...
England v Mexico Caused Surge in Early Morning UK Internet Traffic | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Last night’s FIFA World Cup 2026 last-16 match between England and Mexico, which saw us walk away with the win after 3 goals (Mexico scored 2), caused an abnormal increase in broadband and mobile traffic across the small hours of the morning as many people stayed awake to watch the event. The high-stakes match at the Estadio Azteca (stadium) was originally scheduled to kick off at 1am this morning, but ended up being delayed by an hour due to severe...