Everflow Expand into UK Telecoms with £44m Funding Deal from BGF and OakNorth | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More County Durham-based Everflow, which is multi-utility provider that focuses on UK business services, has announced that they’ve secured a total of £44 million in fresh funding from capital investor BGF and digital bank OakNorth to help the operator expand into telecoms. The funding appears to be evenly split, with £22m coming from BGF and the same from OakNorth – making this one of the largest deals of the year in the North East. Founded in 2015 as an...
Nokia launches AI-RAN platform | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Nokia today announced the industry’s first commercial AI-RAN platform, marking one of the most significant shifts in radio network architecture in decades. As AI becomes the dominant workload in mobile networks, telecommunication providers need more capacity, stronger economics and faster innovation without relying on traditional hardware upgrade cycles. Nokia’s AI-RAN platform helps telecommunication providers unlock significantly more...
Spectrum Comms Look to Expand UK Fibre Optic Network for Businesses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Spectrum Comms Solutions, which specialises in building telecoms infrastructure and fibre optic broadband / Ethernet networks (both for themselves and for other providers), has revealed that they’re looking to maintain and expand their passive network (inc. Dark Fibre) in places such as Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, London Docklands and other UK regions where “data centre clusters require secure interconnection“. The plan was revealed as part...
Virgin Media O2 Publish First Quarterly Scam Index to Track UK Scam Calls and Texts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile operator VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) have today decided to complement Ofcom’s new anti-scam rules for telecoms providers (here) by publishing their first quarterly Scam Index, which among other things reveals that more than 18.5 million adults in the UK have been targeted by scammers in just three months. The new index is intended to bring together VMO2’s internal data alongside consumer research to track how frequently people are...
Broadband Altnet CityFibre Notifies 200 UK Staff of Possible Future Redundancy | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK’s largest alternative full fibre broadband network, CityFibre, has this morning proposed organisational changes that could result in 200 roles being impacted, subject to consultation. The move is said to be a response to the current environment, where market conditions remain difficult and there has been “slower progress on consolidation“, impacting their near-term growth. At present CityFibre’s 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband...
Starlink Reveals Details of New V5 Dish Terminal for Consumer Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Starlink (SpaceX) service, which operates a massive constellation of low latency and ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and the world, has finally published the specifications for their next generation V5 dish terminal. In short, it’s smaller, lighter weight and doesn’t gobble as much power, but peak service speeds are slightly slower. Regular readers will know that we’ve been hearing about the looming launch of a new...
Grain Restarts 2Gbps Full Fibre Broadband Rollout in UK Town of Swindon | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Carlisle-based broadband ISP Grain (Grain Connect) appears to be in the process of restarting the roll-out of their 2Gbps speed point-to-point full fibre (FTTP) network in the Wiltshire (England) town of Swindon. The provider previously built to a small number of premises around 5 years ago and then stopped. At present Swindon, which is home to a population of around 225,000, already has wide access to several gigabit-capable broadband networks via...
Ofcom Introduce New UK Rules to Tackle Mobile Messaging Scams | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK internet content, telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has this morning published a “comprehensive package of practical measures” to help UK mobile network operators “block, limit and disrupt scammers” from sending messaging scams. In addition, they’ve strengthened rules to help protect people from international calls that imitate – or “spoof” – UK mobile numbers. Most of the United Kingdom’s major broadband, phone and mobile network operators...
ASA Bans EE Broadband Ad After Sky UK and Vodafone Complain | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a digital poster advert for EE’s fixed broadband packages after several rival providers, including Vodafone and Sky (Sky Broadband), complained that part of its claims were misleading because they were not verifyable. The poster, which was seen on 5th June 2025 and 31st October 2025, contained two headline claims in large print – “MORE PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING EE BROADBAND” and “SWITCH TO THE UK’S FASTEST...
Gov Sets Out More Detail of UK Social Media Curfews and Restrictions for Under 16s | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government has tonight set out more details of how they intend to implement their recently announced internet Social Media ban for children under 16 (original news), which among other things includes new details on overnight curfews and breaks in infinite scrolling for under 18s. In case anybody has forgotten. Last month saw the government confirm their intention to adopt an Australia style model of online censorship, which required the most popular...