Virgin Media O2 Warn Customers to Watch Out for Fake 5G SIM Upgrade Emails | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of broadband and mobile giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) have been warned to keep an eye out for a new round of phishing emails, which use the retirement of O2’s 3G network as an excuse to falsely invite subscribers to “upgrade your current SIM card to a new 5G-ready SIM“. “Please note that these emails were NOT sent by Virgin Media O2 and should NOT be responded to. Do not click on any links or reply to these messages. Instead, we recommend...
Virgin Media O2 Satellite Service Goes Live with 4G Mobile from Space | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The United Kingdom will today become one of the first countries in Europe to go live on Starlink’s latest Direct to Cell (DtC) and satellite based 4G mobile data (broadband) connectivity, as mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) switches-on its new O2 Satellite service for customers. Better yet, it’ll only set most customers back an extra £3. At present around 650 of Starlink’s (SpaceX) c.9,800 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) support DtC (aka – Direct to...
Nexfibre Publish Q4 2025 UK Full Fibre Broadband Build Update – 2.6M Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator nexfibre, which shares some parentage with its UK ISP partners Virgin Media (O2) and giffgaff, has just published their latest quarterly Q4 2025 build update and confirmed that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network now covers 2.6 million UK premises. But future expansion looks set to come from consolidation. Just to recap. Back in 2022 Telefónica, Liberty Global and InfraVia Capital Partners setup...
MedUX Study Finds UK 4G and 5G Mobile Connections Lagging Behind Europe | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network benchmarking firm MedUX has this morning published the results from a new pan-European study that examined the real-world Quality of Experience (QoE) of mobile connectivity (4G, 5G etc.) across the continent, which unfortunately finds that Great Britain (GB) is lagging near the bottom of most tables. The new report – ‘Unveiling #1 QoE Countries in Europe‘ – is based on crowdsourced data gathered from over 180 million performance tests and 39...
Orange and Samsung expand Open RAN and vRAN partnership | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Following successful pilots during recent years, the companies advance to the next stage for expanding vRAN and Open RAN deployments in 2026 Samsung Electronics and Orange Group, one of Europe’s leading telecommunications operators, today announced an expanded partnership, entering the next phase of their virtualized RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN projects in Europe. Building on successful pilots completed since 2023, the companies have agreed to...
5G Standalone, slicing, and the path to network monetisaton | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Interview 5G Standalone (SA) is poised to transform mobile networks in the UK, offering capabilities far beyond existing 5G deployments, according to Blessing Makumbe, Ericsson’s Head of Cloud Software and Services in North Europe Speaking to Total Telcom at Ericsson’s Remixing 5G event, Makumbe explained that 5G SA’s rapidly increasing availability in the UK meant customers will soon experience the differentiated mobile experience sorely missing from...
Virgin Media O2 Business Completes Dark Fibre Network in Swansea | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP Virgin Media O2 Business (VMO2) has completed the Dark Fibre Network East project as part of the Swansea Bay City Region project (Digital Infrastructure Programme), which is said to have delivered a new secure fibre optic network linking 36 public-sector sites (e.g. council offices, NHS, doctors, schools etc.) through 46 connections in Llanelli, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. The deployment contract was officially announced for VMO2...
Bright Edge Networks Launch New UK Wholesale Telecoms Platform – Beacon | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms and networking provider Bright Edge Networks has today announced the launch of a new UK wholesale telecoms platform, which has been designed to enable Managed Service Providers (MSP) and resellers to self-serve a variety of broadband and hosted VoIP solutions “with full margin control“. Partners of the new service will be able to self-serve a wide suite of wholesale services including Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP), SoGEA (FTTC), leased lines and...
Giffgaff Confirms 2026 Price Lock for UK Full Fibre Broadband Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile and internet provider giffgaff has today confirmed that they’ve introduced a “price lock” on their monthly rolling full fibre broadband plans, which means that new and existing customers of the fixed like service “can rest assured that there won’t be any price hikes for their monthly rolling plan in 2026“. Members of the new service – powered by nexfibre’s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (covering 2.6 million premises) – will also...
FTTH Council Europe Updates on Copper Switch Off Progress by Country | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The FTTH Council Europe has this afternoon published their latest annual (2026) update on the progress being made across 27 EU member states (inc. the United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland) in switching off older copper based broadband networks, which forms part of the wider move to adopt gigabit full-fibre (FTTP/H/B) infrastructure. The full report, which was conducted by Cullen International, largely seems to act has a high-level summary of policies...