Serious Fraud Office Investigates Internet Mobile Communications Ltd | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced that they’re investigating a UK-based telecoms services provider called Internet Mobile Communications Limited (aka – Bank of Telecom) over allegations of “suspected fraud, false accounting, and money laundering“. The company collapsed into administration back in June 2024. The company ran an international platform selling telecom services for over 12 years from its base in Chelmsford, Essex. At its peak, IMC...
Community Forum for UK Broadband ISP TalkTalk Goes Down for Several Days | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of consumer broadband provider TalkTalk, specifically those looking to engage with their community forum, have spent the past few days scratching their heads after both the forum and many supporting support pages on the provider’s website – including their all important ‘Service Status’ page – suddenly went offline. The situation appears to have started around Friday 19th June 2026, at least that’s the date given on the general notice, which...
UK ISP BT Saw 544 Percent Surge in ITVX Traffic During Scotland v Morocco | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP BT has informed ISPreview that last Friday’s (19th June) FIFA World Cup 2026 match between Scotland v Morocco, which kicked off at 11pm BST (UK time), sent streaming demand across their network soaring, with a 544% increase in peak traffic through ITVX compared with an average evening. The catch is that most people will have been home and watching this offline via a regular TV. So while the event may have been big on ITVX, it didn’t appear...
Comarch User Group 2026: Navigating the 2% Growth Trap with Agentic AI and Composable Architecture | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Viewpoint, Comarch Communications The European telecommunications market is expected to grow slowly, at just 2% to 3% by 2029. Because of this slow growth and the challenges of a complex global economy, operators are rethinking how they work. The industry is now looking beyond traditional consumer cellular services, which are only growing at 3% to 4%, and is moving toward broader communication ecosystems, including mission-critical networks, satellite...
Broadband ISP GoFibre Award £12k to Four Scottish Border Community Projects | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Edinburgh-based alternative UK broadband network GoFibre, which is building a gigabit full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Scotland and Northern England, has today awarded £12,000 to four community projects under their GoFurther fund in the Scottish Borders area where their infrastructure is being built. The GoFurther Fund currently offers grants of up to £3,000 (each) to help local charity projects and community organisations in the Scottish...
FIFA scams shift focus from fans to employees, CUJO AI finds | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Major global sporting events have always attracted opportunistic fraud. The 2026 FIFA World Cup, played across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, is no exception. Every major cybersecurity vendor, and the FBI itself, has published warnings about the surge in FIFA-branded scam domains ahead of the tournament. That coverage has focused almost entirely on fan-facing fraud such as fake ticket sites, counterfeit merchandise stores, and...
What Telecom Operators Can Learn from the Growth of Cross-Border Communication Apps | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Hundreds of millions of people around the world maintain family, work, and community ties across borders. The United Nations estimated the number of international migrants at 304 million in 2024. This large, dynamic population relies heavily on cross-border communications. Consequently, international calling serves as an essential infrastructure for staying connected with families and households split across borders. Yet for decades, the pricing,...
VodafoneThree Extend CityFibre Partnership to Link More UK Mobile Sites | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile and broadband operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has today announced that they’ve extended their existing partnership with CityFibre, which will see the fixed line operator’s full fibre network being used to feed capacity for network transmission services at “selected mobile sites” in support of the operator’s 5G Standalone rollout. As one of the country’s largest alternative broadband networks, CityFibre’s national...
The Hidden Impact of CityFibre’s UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts Retreat | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More At the end of last month CityFibre announced that they’d reached an agreement with the Government to significantly cut the roll-out scope of their Project Gigabit broadband contracts. At the time this was expressed as being because commercial builds by rivals would reach further than originally expected. But this overlooked the hidden gap of premises that have been left with no alternative plans. Just to recap. CityFibre previously held ten Project...
Streetwave UK Reveals Quality of Mobile Network Coverage in Neath Port Talbot | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network analyst firm Streetwave has published the partial results from a new study, which compared real-world mobile network (4G, 5G) coverage and mobile broadband performance across the Neath Port Talbot Council (NPTC) area in Wales, which sits just next to Swansea and is home to around 145,000 people. Just to recap. Streetwave works by harnessing waste bin (refuse) collection lorries to map mobile network coverage and data speeds across various parts...