Fuse Mobile Launch New UK Multi-Network eSIM Mobile Broadband Service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new eSIM focused virtual mobile provider has recently launched called Fuse Mobile, which as the name suggests is designed to provide consumers with mobile data plans than can automatically harness the 4G and 5G networks of EE, Three UK, Vodafone, and O2 through a single eSIM plan. The service, which will automatically connect your mobile phone to whichever network has the strongest signal, is intended to help overcome the areas of weak signal that...
New Bill Aims to Stop Mid-Contract Price Rises on UK Broadband and Mobile | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Conservative MP for Hinckley and Bosworth, Dr Luke Evans (Shadow Health Minister), has tabled a new Private Members Bill (PMB) that seeks to “prohibit” mobile, landline (phone) and broadband providers from increasing their prices mid-way through your contract. But it’s chances of becoming law are fairly slim. The issue centres around Ofcom’s January 2025 changes (here), which required telecoms providers to improve pricing transparency by adopting a...
CMA Fast Tracks Nexfibre £2bn Netomnia Broadband Merger to Phase 2 Competition Probe | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today announced that it will skip a Phase 1 review of the proposed £2bn acquisition (here) of alternative full fibre UK broadband operator Netomnia (Substantial Group) by nexfibre (Liberty Global, Telefónica and InfraVia), which will instead see them skip right to a deeper Phase 2 competition investigation. Just to recap. The owners of nexfibre, which share some of their parentage with Virgin Media and O2,...
Openreach Slightly Expand Worcestershire UK Project Gigabit Broadband Build | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has posted a contract modification for Openreach’s (BT) £42m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit Call Off 7 contract for Worcestershire (England), which originally aimed to expand their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to around 22,600 hard-to-reach premises, but will now cover around 23,000. The additional scope being added to the contract means, according to the notice: “The contract has increased in...
O2 UK Warns Mobile Customers Over New Inactive SIM Scam | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has warned customers that fraudsters are using a “new” phishing tactic to steal their private personal and security details (i.e. granting them access to their MyO2 accounts), which involves criminals posing as the telecoms company while claiming that the customers’ SIM cards are about to expire. The operator’s customers are being sent messages that falsely claim to be from O2, which often contain content like this:...
Sky Broadband and Openreach Make Dogs Dinner of Community Hall Fibre Upgrade | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A Worcester-based community hall was left without a working broadband connection for several weeks after Sky Broadband and Openreach managed to mess up a copper to full fibre network upgrade. The process resulted in the wrong house getting the connection instead and confusion over whether the Hall was a commercial or residential property. According to a local volunteer at the Christadelphian Hall on Saint George’s Lane, Dan Jones, the site is a...
Customers of UK Broadband ISP Zen Internet Face Another IP Address Switch | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has recently begun notifying customers of yet another migration of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for a small subset (under 2%) of user IPv4 allocations, which for most subscribers should only result in a brief service disruption (c.30 seconds) and possibly the need for a router reboot. But others may find it more of a pain. Most consumers tend to connect via broadband providers that use dynamic IP addresses (or shared...
Virgin Media Business Launch 2Gbps Symmetric Speed UK Broadband Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Back in May 2026 we reported (here) that broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMB) were preparing to introduce new packages for small business customers that would offer symmetric speeds via their latest XGS-PON based full fibre (FTTP) network at speeds of up to 2Gbps (2,000Mbps). ISPreview has spotted that they’ve now quietly introduced the new plans. The move, which finally sees VMB catching up with their consumer division, includes the introduction of...
Wessex Internet Revenues Jump as Broadband Covers 66,000 UK Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural broadband ISP and alternative network builder Wessex Internet, which is deploying a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless networks across Southern England, has published their annual accounts to the end of 2025. The report reveals that revenues jumped by 47.7% to £8.5m in the year and their network coverage passed 66,000 premises. The provider’s latest accounts, which also highlighted a gross profit of £5.69m (up 57% from £3.63m), could be...
Comcast Spin-off NBCUniversal and Sky into Separate Publicly Traded Companies | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More American cable giant Comcast, which back in 2018 gobbled Sky’s pan-European TV and broadband ISP business with a bid of £30bn (here), has today announced that they intend to separate their media and technology businesses into public companies through a “tax-free spin-off” of NBCUniversal and Sky. The move will create two companies – Comcast and NBCUniversal (existing Comcast shareholders will own shares in both companies). Comcast’s Board and management...