nPerf Ranks UK 3rd for Mobile Streaming Performance vs Countries of Similar GDP | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More French benchmarking firm nPerf has today published the results from another quirky study of mobile broadband networks, which compared mobile video streaming performance among countries with comparable Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. Overall the UK came in 3rd place, behind Germany and France. The study is based on data gathered from masses of mobile internet connection tests carried out – between January and July 2026 – by users of the broadband...
O2 UK Switches On 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network in Kent | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today confirmed that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G+ (5G Standalone) mobile broadband network across more of Kent in England, which is said to reach “up to” 1.6 million residents across 125 towns, 303 villages and 246 hamlets – delivering “faster speeds, better coverage and lower latency at no extra cost“. Just to recap. O2’s rollout of 5G+ / 5GSA first began in February 2024 (here) and aims to reach...
Tesco Mobile Launch Safe Start Plans to Help UK Parents Setup Phones for Kids | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile provider Tesco Mobile, which is one of the UK’s largest virtual (mvno) mobile network operators (uses O2) and home to a customer base of c.6 million, has launched a new Safe Start plan to help parents feel more confident their child’s phone is safe, set up correctly and ready for day one. Safe Start mobile plans feature safety and set-up support, a choice of Parental Controls including the ability to restrict content for under 12s and under 18s,...
APFN Introduce Multi-Gig Ethernet Services with Cashback Incentive via Sky | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The AllPoints Fibre Network (APFN), which is a wholesale platform that aggregates connectivity from several different UK full fibre networks, has announced that their partners (ISPs and network operators) can now benefit from a cashback incentive – worth up to £1,500 – on certain Ethernet services from Sky Business Wholesale ordered through their aquila platform. The promotion marks the arrival of multi-gig Ethernet services on the platform, helping...
EE Launch UK’s First Commercial Consumer 5G+ Network Slicing via Fast Lane | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Much we first previewed on Monday of this week (here), EE Mobile (BT) has today officially launched their new ‘Fast Lane‘ feature, which is described as being the UK’s first commercial consumer implementation of Network Slicing technology on a 5G+ (5G Standalone) mobile broadband network (i.e. giving customers data traffic prioritisation in busy areas). Network slicing is a feature of the latest end-to-end 5G Standalone (5G+) based mobile broadband...
Grain Building UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to Fleetwood in Lancashire | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Carlisle-based broadband ISP Grain (Grain Connect), which has already built their 2Gbps speed point-to-point full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 300,000 UK premises and is home to 56,000 customers (here), has revealed that their next roll-out location is the coastal Lancashire (England) town of Fleetwood. At present Fleetwood, which is home to a population of over 26,000, is already widely covered by Openreach’s full fibre network. On top of that ITS...
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...