O2 UK Switch On 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network in Oxfordshire | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G+ (5G Standalone) mobile broadband network across more of Oxfordshire in England, which is said to reach more than 450,000 residents across 495 towns, villages and hamlets. Just to recap. O2’s rollout of 5G+ / 5GSA first began in February 2024 (here) and aims to reach “at least 90% outdoor coverage” in every location they cover. The operator’s latest...
Vodafone Says UK Ranks Poorly in Study of Ten Major Mobile Markets | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile provider Vodafone has published their new Mobile Market Index (MMI), which benchmarks the UK against nine international peers (inc. USA, Germany, France, Spain, South Korea, Australia, Norway, Singapore and Hungary) to assess the environment facing Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in each. Overall the UK places 8th in the new Mobile Market Index, above France and Spain, for Operating Environment (i.e. reflecting the factors that...
Opensignal Finds Broadband Altnets Took 4.4 Points of UK Market Share in 18 Months | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published a new report, which used device-level measurement tracking of real broadband switching (changing ISP) events across the United Kingdom to find that alternative broadband networks (altnets) grew their market share by 4.4 percentage points in just the last eighteen months (holding 11.4% of UK subscriptions). The research – ‘Q2 2026 UK Broadband Subscriber Analytics Report‘ – reported that altnets now...
Ofcom Investigate TikTok Over Weak UK Internet Age Verification Measures | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Popular video streaming site TikTok, which can be used by those who are 13 years of age or older (18+ for livestreaming), appears to have landed itself in hot water with Ofcom’s enforcement of the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) over their use of “age inference” technology to identify the age of their users (i.e. this is not something the regulator considers to be “highly effective” for age verification). The focus around the regulator’s requirement for...
Cifas Joins Global Signal Exchange to Help UK Telecoms Providers Tackle Scams | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK’s fraud prevention service, Cifas, which is home to over 775 members including major telecoms providers such as Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), BT, Sky Broadband and more, has joined the Global Signal Exchange (GSE) to “strengthen the global fight against” online scams by collaborating to identify, disrupt, and prevent online scams at scale across borders and sectors. The UK telco industry’s involvement is vital to help reduce scams because, with...
Everflow Expand into UK Telecoms with £44m Funding Deal from BGF and OakNorth | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More County Durham-based Everflow, which is multi-utility provider that focuses on UK business services, has announced that they’ve secured a total of £44 million in fresh funding from capital investor BGF and digital bank OakNorth to help the operator expand into telecoms. The funding appears to be evenly split, with £22m coming from BGF and the same from OakNorth – making this one of the largest deals of the year in the North East. Founded in 2015 as an...
Nokia launches AI-RAN platform | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Nokia today announced the industry’s first commercial AI-RAN platform, marking one of the most significant shifts in radio network architecture in decades. As AI becomes the dominant workload in mobile networks, telecommunication providers need more capacity, stronger economics and faster innovation without relying on traditional hardware upgrade cycles. Nokia’s AI-RAN platform helps telecommunication providers unlock significantly more...
Spectrum Comms Look to Expand UK Fibre Optic Network for Businesses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Spectrum Comms Solutions, which specialises in building telecoms infrastructure and fibre optic broadband / Ethernet networks (both for themselves and for other providers), has revealed that they’re looking to maintain and expand their passive network (inc. Dark Fibre) in places such as Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, London Docklands and other UK regions where “data centre clusters require secure interconnection“. The plan was revealed as part...
Virgin Media O2 Publish First Quarterly Scam Index to Track UK Scam Calls and Texts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile operator VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) have today decided to complement Ofcom’s new anti-scam rules for telecoms providers (here) by publishing their first quarterly Scam Index, which among other things reveals that more than 18.5 million adults in the UK have been targeted by scammers in just three months. The new index is intended to bring together VMO2’s internal data alongside consumer research to track how frequently people are...
Broadband Altnet CityFibre Notifies 200 UK Staff of Possible Future Redundancy | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK’s largest alternative full fibre broadband network, CityFibre, has this morning proposed organisational changes that could result in 200 roles being impacted, subject to consultation. The move is said to be a response to the current environment, where market conditions remain difficult and there has been “slower progress on consolidation“, impacting their near-term growth. At present CityFibre’s 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband...