Sky Broadband and Openreach Make Dogs Dinner of Community Hall Fibre Upgrade | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A Worcester-based community hall was left without a working broadband connection for several weeks after Sky Broadband and Openreach managed to mess up a copper to full fibre network upgrade. The process resulted in the wrong house getting the connection instead and confusion over whether the Hall was a commercial or residential property. According to a local volunteer at the Christadelphian Hall on Saint George’s Lane, Dan Jones, the site is a...
Customers of UK Broadband ISP Zen Internet Face Another IP Address Switch | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has recently begun notifying customers of yet another migration of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for a small subset (under 2%) of user IPv4 allocations, which for most subscribers should only result in a brief service disruption (c.30 seconds) and possibly the need for a router reboot. But others may find it more of a pain. Most consumers tend to connect via broadband providers that use dynamic IP addresses (or shared...
Virgin Media Business Launch 2Gbps Symmetric Speed UK Broadband Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Back in May 2026 we reported (here) that broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMB) were preparing to introduce new packages for small business customers that would offer symmetric speeds via their latest XGS-PON based full fibre (FTTP) network at speeds of up to 2Gbps (2,000Mbps). ISPreview has spotted that they’ve now quietly introduced the new plans. The move, which finally sees VMB catching up with their consumer division, includes the introduction of...
Wessex Internet Revenues Jump as Broadband Covers 66,000 UK Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural broadband ISP and alternative network builder Wessex Internet, which is deploying a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless networks across Southern England, has published their annual accounts to the end of 2025. The report reveals that revenues jumped by 47.7% to £8.5m in the year and their network coverage passed 66,000 premises. The provider’s latest accounts, which also highlighted a gross profit of £5.69m (up 57% from £3.63m), could be...
Comcast Spin-off NBCUniversal and Sky into Separate Publicly Traded Companies | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More American cable giant Comcast, which back in 2018 gobbled Sky’s pan-European TV and broadband ISP business with a bid of £30bn (here), has today announced that they intend to separate their media and technology businesses into public companies through a “tax-free spin-off” of NBCUniversal and Sky. The move will create two companies – Comcast and NBCUniversal (existing Comcast shareholders will own shares in both companies). Comcast’s Board and management...
Alternative UK Full Fibre Networks to Launch Broadband Independents’ Day | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) has announced their intention to launch a national week-long campaign commencing on 4th July 2026 called Broadband Independents’ Day, which aims to raise awareness about alternative broadband networks (altnets) to help homes and businesses discover what ISP options are available. According to INCA’s data, altnets now account for more than 3.6 million live broadband connections in the UK, while more...
China Telecom and Huawei Win TM Forum 2026 Excellence Award for Second Straight Year | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release [Copenhagen, Denmark, June 26, 2026] At Digital Transformation World (DTW 2026) hosted by TM Forum, the joint project submitted by China Telecom and Huawei—”To AN Level 4 and Beyond – How 900+ AI Agents Have Transformed China Telecom’s Operations”—was honored with the 2026 Excellence in Autonomous Networks Award. This marks the second consecutive year the partners have taken home a heavyweight industry award, following their success at the...
Indonesia’s Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Huawei Win TM Forum 2026 Excellence in AI & Data for business impact Award | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release [Copenhagen, Denmark, June 24, 2026] At the DTW 2026, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH), in partnership with Huawei, won the “Excellence in AI & data for business impact” award for the new Generation intelligent operations solution AUTINOps based on the AI-Native Framework for Intelligent Operations. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as Digital Twin Network (DTN), Multi-agent collaboration, and Domain Specific Model (EDNS 2.0),...
Virgin Media O2 UK Sets Out New Green Transition Plan to Hit Net Zero in 2040 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have this morning set out their new Green Transition Plan, which claims to reveal how it will achieve Net Zero carbon emissions across its full value chain, while reducing its environmental impact, by their current target for the end of 2040. Admittedly keeping tabs on all these “green” initiatives has become a bit of a choir, particularly when you have operators like VMO2 attaching several...
BT and Verizon Combine International Enterprises into 50:50 Joint Venture | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More British telecoms and broadband giant BT Group has this morning announced that they’ve signed an agreement with Verizon Communications to combine their respective international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture. Both operators will hold equal voting rights and Verizon has agreed to pay BT an equalisation payment of $625m (£473m). The new JV, which is expected to “unlock significant scale efficiencies across the combined global network and...