Chameleon Tech Uses Home Broadband to Solve UK Smart Meter Connectivity Woes | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Chameleon Technology has just become one of the first to provide a Virtual WAN (VWAN) solution to help resolve the problems that over 350,000 hard-to-reach UK homes have with Energy Smart Meters, which sometimes struggle to send data back to suppliers via their mobile networks. The new solution will instead use your home broadband (WiFi) service. Regular readers may recall that we covered this problem a couple of times last year (here and here). In...
EE UK Confirms Disney+ Streaming Service Now Available on TV Platform | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Much as ISPreview leaked earlier this month (here). Customers of broadband and mobile provider EE (BT) can now finally access the Disney+ app on their EE TV Box Pro and EE TV Box Edge devices. But billing for related subscriptions will still be managed directly by Disney+, rather than as part of EE’s service. Quite why it’s taken EE so long to add Disney+ support to their TV platform is unclear, but better late than never. Sadly there won’t be any...
Subsea cable security: Focusing on reality over fear with UltramapGlobal | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Interview At the Submarine Networks EMEA 2026, we caught up with UltramapGlobal’s marketing lead Mychael Owen and CEO Martin Connelly to discuss the company’s role in securing submarine infrastructure As geopolitical tensions and high-profile disruptions push submarine cables from the realm of invisible infrastructure into mainstream media headlines, subsea security has suddenly become a focal point of global anxiety. At the Submarine Networks EMEA 2026...
Switchity Maps Ofcom’s Spring 2026 UK Full Fibre Broadband Coverage Data | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Comparison service Switchity has taken Ofcom’s recently released Spring 2026 Connected Nations data report (our summary) and turned it into a simple but useful map of full fibre (FTTP) broadband coverage across the United Kingdom, including devolved constituencies (781 seats) and all 361 local authorities. The interactive map also depicts current take-up levels and includes the regulator’s latest forecast for future full fibre coverage to January 2029,...
Clarus Networks Becomes an Authorised UK Reseller of Amazon Leo | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Communications provider Clarus Networks has this morning announced that they’ve reached an agreement to become an authorised reseller of the Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) service, which reflects a huge constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) – available to the UK and globally. The service, which will be available to consumers, businesses and the public sector, is currently still in its commercial beta phase and will start...
Fox Gobbles Video Streaming Platform Provider Roku for £16.4 Billion | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Streaming platform provider Roku has reached an agreement that will see it being acquired by Fox Corporation in the USA for £16.4bn ($22bn) – reflecting a mix of cash and Fox stocks. The strategic move is largely designed to scale Fox’s digital advertising and content distribution in the US market, but it may eventually have impacts on Roku UK too. According to the announcement, the transaction will combine FOX’s sports, news and entertainment content...
Glide Go Beyond Student WiFi to Deliver 100Gbps WAN for King’s College London | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Clevedon-based broadband ISP Glide Group has announced that they’ve significantly extended their existing relationship with the university of King’s College London, which previously covered providing internet connectivity to student accommodation and campus-wide guest Wi-Fi. The communications provider will now also deliver a resilient, high-capacity managed Wide Area Network (WAN). The agreement will see Glide connect King’s sites and datacentres...
Stop Killing Games Forms Sister Campaign to Stop Killing the Internet | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Stop Killing Games group, which is a consumer campaign that seeks to preserve video games after they are taken offline, has joined with a number of global rights respecting organisations to create a sister campaign called Stop Killing the Internet. The aim is to defend the open internet against policies and practices that “impose surveillance, exclusion and excessive centralised control” in the name of online safety. The international campaign...
Narvinger to replace Ekholm as Ericsson looks to the ‘physical AI era’ | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Ekholm will hand over the reins on September 30, having held the role since 2017 Today, Swedish telecoms equipment giant Ericsson has announced that CEO Börje Ekholm will resign. He will be replaced by Per Narvinger, an Ericsson veteran that has served as the company’s head of business area networks since March 2025. Ekholm will step down from the role of President and CEO on September 30, 2026, and will leave the Board of Directors from October....
Ofcom Update Guidance on Power Backup and Resilience in UK Mobile Networks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has published a revised guidance document on network resilience, which was first published in 2024 (here) to give broadband, mobile and other digital network providers greater clarity on how they can “reduce the risk of network outages“. The new update clarifies their stance on power backup for mobile cell / mast sites. Communications providers in the UK currently have a legal duty to identify,...