South Western Railway Trials Faster Onboard WiFi via UK Satellite Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government has announced that South Western Railway (SWR) has launched a new one-year trial to deliver faster onboard WiFi (wireless broadband) for people travelling on journeys between London Waterloo, Portsmouth Harbour and Weymouth in England. The effort should complement recent work to deploy a new track-side fibre and 5G mast network (here). The trial also means that the now publicly-owned train and rail operator can finally deliver around 97%...
GigaAir Expands 10Gbps Full Fibre Broadband Network in Central Glasgow | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A few years have passed since we first reported on business-focused network operator GigaAir and their plan to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and fixed wireless broadband network across parts of Scotland (here). The good news is that their combined network now passes in excess of 6,500 business premises across Glasgow City Centre. According to the company’s boss, Alan Cameron, the combined network already reaches into areas such as the...
Huawei betting big on telecoms’ Agentic AI revolution | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More The Chinese tech giant says AI agents will not only help telcos become more efficient, but will open crucial new revenue streams For many years now, the global telecommunications industry has been racing to achieve the somewhat amorphous goal of ‘digital transformation’, focused on replacing hardware with software, shift workloads to the cloud, and incorporate digital technologies. Today, in the age of AI, this digital transformation has become a mere...
Dec 2025 Contract Delivery Progress for UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK agency has published their December 2025 update on the delivery progress of contracts that have been awarded under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 183,380 contracted premises (up from 167,770 in Nov 2025) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 1,002,210. Just to be clear. The figures in this update are not directly comparable to the figures published in...
Beginning to look a lot like Christmas? Why “homes passed” is no longer enough | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Viewpoint At this year’s Connected Germany, Dr. Frederic Ufer launched the conference with a loud and-clear message: We must shift our focus from simply building networks—to activating them. This idea permeated every session and underscores a new path forward for the broadband industry. We have long measured success by evaluating “homes passed.” But the reality is this: Just building a network doesn’t guarantee demand or value—and it certainly doesn’t...
LCR Connect Celebrates 1,000th Connection to Liverpool UK Full Fibre Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The LCR Connect network, which is a £32 million joint venture that has rolled out a new 350km long multi-gigabit speed full-fibre (broadband and Ethernet) network for businesses across much of the Liverpool City Region, has today celebrated making their 1,000th connection after going live last year. Launched to tackle poor connectivity and power inclusive growth, LCR Connect now provides gigabit-capable services to organisations of every size – some...
VodafoneThree Bringing 400 Customer Service Roles Back to the UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Newly merged mobile and broadband operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has today announced that they’re bringing over 400 customer contact jobs, which were previously based in India, back to the United Kingdom. The roles will now be based out of the Belfast and Sheffield centres of the operator’s partner, Concentrix. Despite the fact that mergers of major companies often result in some redundancies as roles are reduced to remove duplication and...
Gov Consult on Reform of UK Planning Rules to Boost Broadband and 5G Builds | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government has today published a new consultation on reforming planning rules, which is seeking feedback on whether they should further change planning rules and update policy guidance to help “accelerate the deployment” of digital infrastructure (full fibre broadband and 5G mobile etc.). In case anybody has forgotten, the Government’s manifesto (here) previously made clear that they would be making a “renewed push to fulfil the ambition of full...
Quickline Provide Free Full Fibre Broadband to 50th UK Community Hub | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband ISP Quickline, which is building a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has today announced that as part of their roll-out they’ve now connected 50 community hubs (QHubs) to their new network. The latest to open its doors is Scotton Digital Hub, officially launched last week alongside residents, community...
Starlink Start Replacing First Gen Satellite Broadband Routers for Free | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some of Starlink’s (SpaceX) customers with first generation broadband routers (UTR-201) – the ones with a dual-tone prism-like design – have recently started to be notified that their kit will soon become obsolete. But don’t worry if you’re one of the smaller portion of consumers with such hardware, because they’ll send you a free replacement. The kit in question first shipped back in 2020 to early adopters and came alongside the provider’s old round...