Mobile Operator Giffgaff See 71 Percent Increase in UK eSIM Adoption | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica and harnesses O2’s national UK virtual operator (mvno) platform, has published their 2025 Impact Report and revealed that eSIM adoption grew by 71% last year – helping more people get connected without the extra plastic – and they’re now home to a total of 4.26 million members (up from 4.11m in 2024). Some of the report’s other highlights reveal that 66% of the phones giffgaff sold during...
BT Business and Ivanti Launch Remote eSIM Installation for Managed Android Devices | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Communications and broadband provider BT Business (via EE) has today announced what they’re calling a “telco-world first“, which sees the operator join with IT and security software company, Ivanti, to unveil a new eSIM capability that enables businesses to turn-on mobile connectivity at scale without having to physically set up a device. The new capability essentially hands organisations the ability to install eSIMs (embedded SIMs) directly from their...
Freedom Truespeed Prep Broadband Social Tariffs for Stoke-on-Trent Council Homes | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The FreedomTruespeed Group (Freedom Fibre and Truespeed), which reflects an alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband network that covers a footprint of 412,000 premises (RFS) and 70,000 customers, have reached an agreement with Stoke-on-Trent City Council (STCC) to provide social homes in the area with access to cheaper social tariffs. Working alongside associated residential broadband ISP LilaConnect, this initiative will provide tenants with access to...
BT and Verizon form enterprise JV | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release BT Group and Verizon Communications Inc. have announced the signing of an agreement to combine their respective international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture – in a move that is set to transform international connectivity. The new joint venture will focus on serving multinational organisations. It is expected to serve more than 3,000 customers across more than 180 countries, representing approximately $4 billion in...
Virgin Media and O2 Setup Simpler and Faster New UK Consumer Unit | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband, TV and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 has this afternoon announced an organisational change that will see them create a new Consumer unit to cover trading, propositions, digital, data and insights, customer service and retail. The new unit will be led by Lyssa McGowan OBE, who joins the executive team on 8th July as CEO of Consumer, reporting directly to Lutz Schüler. The move effectively combines Virgin Media and O2’s existing Commercial...
Broadband Altnet LightSpeed Networks Covers 360,000 UK Premises and Appoints New MD | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network provider LightSpeed Networks, which is the business and wholesale side of retail UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband and has already deployed their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 360,000 premises passed across the East of England and Midlands (36 towns), has today announced the appointment of Matthew Partridge as their new Managing Director (MD). Partridge is said to be bringing over 30 years of experience across the telecoms and...
Newspaper Investigation Raises Concerns Over User Reviews of Vodafone UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A recent investigation by the Sunday Times, which was supported by analysis from TruthEngine®, examined unusual review patterns linked to broadband and mobile provider Vodafone UK and allegations over how some customers “had reviews posted in their names without consent“. Some of the reviews also praised individual store employees. According to the press shot, TruthEngine’s analysis found that the proportion of Vodafone UK Trustpilot reviews mentioning...
ISPs Say Rights Holders Must be Held Accountable for Blocking Innocent Websites | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The EuroISPA (European ISP Association), which represents over 3,300 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across the EU and EFTA countries (including the United Kingdom), has called for copyright holders to be “held accountable” when their measures to stop access to online piracy (copyright infringement) creates “collateral damage [due to] overbroad blocking actions“. Broadband ISPs subject to network-level blocking orders, which in the UK usually flow from...
CityFibre Sell Off-Net UK Entanet Business to Telecoms Entrepreneur | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK’s largest alternative broadband provider, CityFibre, has today announced that they’ve agreed a deal to sell their non-core off-net business, Entanet, to telecoms entrepreneur Tom O’Hagan, who is best known as the founder and former CEO of Ethernet provider Virtual1 (this became part of the TalkTalk group in 2022 – here). Regular readers with a long memory may recall that business-focused communications provider Entanet was previously acquired by...
Openreach to Harness Source’s UK EV Chargers to Support Fleet Transition | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National broadband access provider Openreach (BT) has revealed that they’ve signed a new partnership with EV charging company Source, which is jointly owned by SSE and TotalEnergies, to help support their transition to electric vehicles. The network operator will thus gain access to Source’s growing collection of “ultra-rapid charging hubs” across the UK. At present Openreach, which manages the second-largest commercial vehicle fleet in the UK (c.23,000...