Report Warns Against Future TV Plan to Shut Down UK’s Tall Tower Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report from the National Preparedness Commission (NPC), which is said to be an independent and non-political body focused on preparing the country for a major crisis, threats and incidents, has warned that the UK’s proposed plan to switch-off terrestrial TV signals in favour of broadband internet-based streaming “risks … over-concentrating communications on internet-based networks“. Just to recap. Back in June 2026 the Government proposed a plan...
Removing Paramount+ on Three UK Risks Inviting 100Mbps Data Speed Cap | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some existing customers of mobile operator Three UK, specifically those who have the Paramount+ add-on included with their ‘Complete‘ plan, have responded to the looming price hike on the streaming service by taking the option to remove it from their package. The catch is that doing so seems to require you to accept the operator’s new 100Mbps cap on mobile broadband speeds. Back in April 2026 we reported that Three UK had moved to mirror Vodafone by...
Assessing the Future Withdrawal of UK Mobile MMS Picture Messaging | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More An important development recently happened in Germany as mobile operators switched off the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), which meant that users would in future be limited to sending pictures, short videos and audio files to other mobile phone users via internet-based messaging platforms (RCS, WhatsApp, iMessage etc.). But this raises the question, when might the UK follow? The commercial deployment of MMS started around 2002 and only really became...
Streetwave Set to Survey Mobile Broadband Coverage Across West Yorkshire | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network analyst firm Streetwave has revealed that they’ve been chosen by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in England to conduct a real-world study of mobile network coverage and 4G / 5G data performance across the region, harnessing 12,000km of the county’s road network and testing all three of the primary mobile networks – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK). Just to recap. Streetwave works by harnessing waste bin (refuse) collection...
Octopus Investments Reportedly Set to Buy TalkTalk’s UK Wholesale Business | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report has today claimed that Octopus Investments, via infrastructure investor Fern Trading, is on the verged of entering into advanced talks to acquire TalkTalk Group’s wholesale broadband and Ethernet business – PlatformX Communications (PXC). TalkTalk’s consumer business is also now said to be fielding interest from Opus Broadband, in addition to Vodafone and possibly others. Last month ISPreview reported that PXC had attracted interest from...
Giant Broadband Launch Free UK Network-Level Internet Security Service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Liverpool-based UK ISP Giant has introduced a new network-level internet content filtering and security service called ‘Guardian‘ for their customers, which is available for free on all of their broadband packages and is designed to “work across every connected device — no downloads or per-device setup required“. Guardian is designed to give Giant’s customers a single, simple switch so that they can block malicious websites — and optionally adult content...
OneWeb Broadband Satellites Help Lift LEO Revenues 69.5 Percent at Eutelsat | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More European satellite operator Eutelsat just published their results for the year ended 30th June 2026 and reported that their revenues from OneWeb’s constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) “beat expectations“, jumping by 69.5% to €297m (accounting for 25% of the group’s overall revenues). OneWeb, which regular readers may recall was originally rescued from bankruptcy by the UK government and Indian group Bharti Global,...
Openreach Says UK Full Fibre Broadband Usage Jumped 37 Percent in H1 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Director of Network Technology at national UK broadband operator Openreach (BT), Trevor Linney, has today reported that “full fibre usage” – driven by live TV video streaming and new video game updates – across their network increased by 37% in the first half of 2026, compared with the same period last year. “That tells us something important: people aren’t just using more data, they’re increasingly relying on Full Fibre to do more online, more...
APFN Sells Brillband’s Retail UK Broadband Customers to ISP Olilo | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN, Fern Trading) has today confirmed that they’ve sold the retail base of their last consumer broadband ISP, Brillband, to internet provider Olilo for an undisclosed sum. The move comes after APFN did the same with Cuckoo (sold to Onestream) earlier in the year (here). Just to recap. The Glasgow-based full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP Brillband was originally acquired by APFN back in October 2024 (here) and...
EE Start Engaging UK Consumer Customers over 2G Mobile Switch Off | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More According to ISPreview’s sources, mobile operator EE (BT) appears to be starting the gradual consumer engagement phase of their plan to close down the old 2G network. The move follows last year’s earlier effort to begin engaging their business customers (here) – supporting them to move from 2G to more modern 4G, 5G or Internet of Things (IoT) services. In case anybody has forgotten, EE switched-off nearly all of their final 3G sites back in February 2024...