Sainsbury’s Grant Openreach Engineers Access to UK Smart Charge Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National broadband and network access provider Openreach (BT), which has already put 6,000 Electric Vehicles (EV) on UK roads to support their broadband and phone engineers, have today signed an agreement with Smart Charge, Sainsbury’s nationwide EV charging network, to provide its engineers with access to their “ultra-rapid charging hubs” in 80 locations across the country. The operator, which manages the second-largest commercial vehicle fleet in the...
Ericsson, BT and EE Introduce New 5G Standalone Features for UK Businesses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator EE (BT) has worked with mobile network partner Ericsson to introduce two new capabilities to their core 5G Standalone (5G SA / 5G+) mobile broadband network – Network Slice Selection Function (NSSF) and Network Exposure Function (NEF), which enables programmable connectivity, letting businesses and their developers request network performance on demand. Just to recap. Early 5G deployments were Non-Standalone (NSA) and still had some...
LONAP Internet Exchange Reduces UK Pricing of Port Fees for 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The London Access Point (LONAP), which is a not-for-profit Layer 2 Internet Exchange Point (IXP) based in London that was first established in 1997 and works with various different members (broadband ISPs, CDNs, mobile operators etc.), has just announced its new fees for 2026 and once again moved to reduce their port fees. In a brief email to members, LONAP echoes last year’s update by saying they were “pleased to announce a reduction in port fees”,...
Vodafone to Use Amazon Leo Satellites for Mobile Backhaul in Europe and Africa | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that they aren’t only working with AST SpaceMobile to improve mobile connectivity and have today also signed an agreement to harness Amazon Leo‘s (formerly Project Kuiper) satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), albeit only for mobile backhaul (i.e. linking 4G and 5G masts in Europe [inc. UK] and Africa to their core network). The new Amazon service is currently still in its commercial beta phase and will start to...
Virgin Media O2 Pumps Another £700m into UK Mobile Upgrades for 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning confirmed that they’ll pump another £700m into their Mobile Transformation Plan for 2026 (the same amount as last year), which much like in 2025 will be focused on “improving reliability, boosting capacity and extending coverage across the country“. The operator added that the investment will also assist in the deployment of new masts, small cells, 4G and 5G upgrades, automation and new spectrum...
UK ISP TalkTalk Apologises for Failings in its Lasting Power of Attorney Process | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband provider TalkTalk has apologised and pledged to improve their processes, which occurred after the company acknowledged to ISPreview that it had made a number of mistakes when dealing with somebody who held a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) for one of their more vulnerable broadband customers. Just to give this a bit of context. One of the reasons why people may seek a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), in this case for Property and Financial...
Huawei will release the Agentic Core solution to accelerate the commercial use of agent networks | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release [Barcelona, Spain, March 1, 2026] Huawei will release the Agentic Core solution at MWC 2026 in Barcelona. This solution will leverage three engines—NE intelligence, network intelligence, and service intelligence—to address key challenges in the AI era, such as the sharp increase in traffic, differentiated network requirements, and new service monetization for operators, and promote the large-scale commercial use of intelligent network. NE...
BT, EE and Plusnet Give Broadband Price Hikes Reprieve to New UK Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISPs BT, EE and Plusnet have tweaked their policy on annual price rises so that new customers who join after 1st March 2026 will not immediately be hit by their latest +£4 monthly price hike (first announced in July 2025), which is due to be introduced a month later in April 2026. The same temporary measure was also adopted for last year’s annual price hikes, although unfortunately the latest change won’t do anything to help those who joined...
Dormice and Planning Processes Slow CityFibre’s Winchester UK Broadband Build | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More CityFibre’s plan to roll-out their 10Gbps capable full fibre broadband (FTTP) network into some poorly served parts of the Winchester area of Hampshire (England), which is part of their Project Gigabit contract for the same region, appears to have been significantly slowed by some unexpected ecological and planning obstacles. Just to recap. CityFibre originally secured the £104m (public subsidy) supported Project Gigabit contract for Hampshire (Lot 27)...
TalkTalk Business formally separates from parent business | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Business technology provider, TalkTalk Business, has formally completed its separation from TalkTalk Group as of the end of February, marking a significant milestone in its evolution as an independent managed network service provider. Following the sale of TalkTalk Business Direct in 2023, TalkTalk Business maintained access to certain core TalkTalk Group systems while rapidly developing its own independent operating environment. That...