Alchemy Partners Set to Support Opus Broadband’s Bid for UK ISP TalkTalk | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More At the start of this month we reported that TalkTalk’s debt-strained consumer broadband division, which has been up for sale for a while, was now understood to be fielding interest from Opus Broadband, in addition to Vodafone and possibly others. The latest development is that investment firm Alchemy Partners is reportedly backing Opus to make a c.£250m bid for the ISP. The development suggests that wireless ISP Opus Broadband (formerly 6G Internet),...
Sky UK Users Can Watch 4 Live Sports TV Events at Same Time on One Screen | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of Sky’s broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV streaming devices and service, as well as those on their older Sky Q satellite platform, may like to know that the TV and broadcast giant has today soft launched ‘Your Multiview‘ – allowing subscribers to watch up to four live Sky Sports events simultaneously on one screen. The new feature, which will be fully introduced from 21st August 2026 in time for the new Premier League season,...
Beyond the lab: How Linksys is redefining real-world Wi-Fi testing | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article “Subscribers don’t live in labs”: Linksys’ Signal Studio takes Wi-Fi testing into the home As the smart home continues to evolve, service providers face growing pressure to deliver consistently high-quality in-home connectivity. With more connected devices, higher broadband speeds and increasing customer expectations, validating Wi-Fi performance before deployment has never been more important. For most of the industry, this testing...
Openreach Offer Optical UK Data Links at Speeds of 1.6 Terabits Per Second | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach has this week launched a new enhancement to their Optical Spectrum Extended Access (OSEA) portfolio, which will enable UK data centres and telecoms operators to deploy higher-capacity connectivity between sites with support for multiple wavelengths each carrying up to 1.6Tbps (Terabits per second) of capacity. At present Openreach are known to use Ciena’s WaveServer and WaveLogic optical technology to power its high-capacity...
Openreach Expands UK Rollout of 10Gbps Speed Full Fibre XGS-PON Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has this morning announced that they intend to expand their ongoing pilot of 10Gbps capable XGS-PON based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP technology, which over the next 12 months will be made available to “more than a million premises” across the United Kingdom. But a third of its full fibre network could be covered over the next 5 years. Openreach’s existing full fibre network is currently still largely...
Ookla Maps Size of Starlink’s Direct to Cell 4G Mobile Satellite Beams | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network benchmarking giant Ookla (Accenture), which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service, has cleverly used data collected from Smartphones using Starlink’s 4G mobile satellite data connectivity to map the size of their individual Direct-to-Cell (DTC) beams in the real-world. Granted, this is probably more of interest to those with a strong technical interest in such things, but if that’s you then read...
New AI system set to triage non-emergency police calls | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The system will automatically redirect non-emergency calls to the correct agency, freeing up crucial time for handling crime According to the Home Office, the non-emergency police 101 service receives around 20 million calls per year, roughly 20% (4 million) of which are in fact intended for other services, like local councils. Now, a new AI software is being introduced to assess calls and redirect callers to relevant services without needing to...
New National Planning Policy Framework Lends Support to Broadband and Mobile | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government has published its new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for England, which finally appears to have laid the foundations for planning authorities to give “substantial weight” to the benefits of “maintaining or improving network coverage, capacity, reliability and resilience” of modern gigabit broadband and 5G mobile networks. The NPPF is designed to set out a foundation for how the government’s policies for plan-making and for...
Rail Wi-Fi and farming sensors: UK govt awards £13m to 16 satellite projects | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The supported projects include providing broadband on rural Scottish rail lines and powering agricultural sensors on commercial farms With the explosion of interest in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites and direct-to-device (D2D) satellite services in recent years, the UK government is racing to secure the country’s place as a space innovator. Between 2024 and 2025, the UK government said it catalysed £2.2 billion in investment and revenue for the UK...
Broadband ISP Exascale Saves You £3 Monthly for Using Your Own Router | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More UK ISP Exascale, which has built their own gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in parts of Shropshire (Telford and Wrekin) and also sells packages via other network operators (CityFibre), have announced that they’ll reduce their broadband prices by £3 (monthly) for UK customers that bring their own router. But that’s not the only change. At present the broadband provider’s packages already include a Wi-Fi 7 router by...