Ofcom Investigates Multiple UK Broadband Networks Over Liability Funds | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has opened investigations into several alternative full fibre broadband networks (altnets) – including Internetty, Cambridge Fibre Networks, Optical Fibre Infrastructure, Pine Media and Trooli – after they found “reasonable grounds to believe” that they may not be meeting their duties to show they have secured funds for meeting their liabilities. Breaking news.. more to...
Huawei’s purpose-built tourism LLM shines in Xi’an | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article The BoGuan LLM is enabling millions of visitors to enjoy historically accurate experiences from China’s ancient capital Xi’an, situated in Shaanxi province, is one of the most celebrated cities in all of China. Internationally renowned as the home of the Terracotta Army, the city served as China’s capital for over 1,000 years under 13 different dynasties. Today, it is one of China’s largest domestic tourism destinations, attracting...
VeloxServ Unveils Next Phase of Unity Portal Development for UK ISP Partners | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Independent wholesale broadband and leased-lines aggregator, VeloxServ, which is used by a fair few retail UK ISPs and alternative networks (altnets), has expanded their ‘Unity Partner Portal’ to add a bunch of new features that “simplify service management, improve operational efficiency and provide partners with greater visibility and control“. The portal now enables partners to search availability across all integrated supplier networks from a single...
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...