BT Broadband Saw Major UK Surge in Streaming Traffic for England v Norway | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The latest internet traffic data from UK ISP BT (EE) has revealed that Saturday night’s quarter-final FIFA World Cup 2026 football match between England and Norway triggered another “major surge in streaming traffic” across BT’s broadband network, despite it taking place well outside of normal working hours. At 12.30am, peak traffic on the ITVX streaming app was 1,915% higher than BT would typically see at the same time on an average Saturday night into...
BBC Boss Hints Channel 4 TV Content May Come to iPlayer Streaming Service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Director General of the BBC, Matt Brittin, has confirmed they’re exploring the possibility of creating a “sovereign streaming platform in the UK” and have already had “an approach and a discussion” with Channel 4 about bringing some of their content to the iPlayer service – a way of helping both players to stay competitive in today’s streaming-centric world. The move would seem to be an attempt to build on last year’s agreement (here) between British...
600 Jobs at Risk as BT Confirm Plan to Close Liverpool City Centre Office | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms and broadband giant BT Group (EE, Plusnet, Openreach etc.) has confirmed that, as part of their long-running programme to modernise and consolidate the number of offices they have across the United Kingdom, they’ve decided to close their Liverpool city centre office at The Plaza in St Paul’s Square – putting hundreds of jobs at risk. The operator currently employs 601 people at the site (Liverpool Business News), which is primarily said to...
Ofcom Confirms Starlink is Viable Option for 10Mbps UK Broadband USO | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms, internet content and media regulator, Ofcom, has confirmed to ISPreview that the availability of Starlink’s ultrafast satellite broadband service now technically removes the need for consumers to request the 10Mbps+ Universal Service Obligation (USO) from BT across much of the country (or KCOM in Hull). Just to recap. The USO is a legally-binding and industry-funded obligation that falls on BT across the UK and KCOM in Hull (although...
BT and Virgin Media O2 in Competition Spat Over £50 UK Broadband Discount | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Remember when Openreach (BT) recently announced that it was going to give broadband ISPs on its network an extra £50 rebate for winning incremental new “full fibre” (FTTP) customers in areas where it competes with Virgin Media (here)? Well, the latter isn’t very happy, naturally, and has accused the incumbent of trying to “choke” off competition in the market. “From 1st October 2026, in addition to the national Incremental New to Openreach customer...
TalkTalk’s Wholesale Arm PXC Reportedly Receives Bids from Several Parties | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The heavily indebted UK broadband focused TalkTalk Group has reportedly received bids for its wholesale arm, PlatformX Communications (PXC), which is said to value the company in the “hundreds of millions of pounds“. The interest is said to have come from Africa-focused Telecel, as well as others like private equity firm Epiris, which has teamed up with PXC executive chairman Tom O’Hagan. In case the name Tom O’Hagan seems familiar then that’s because he...
LSBUD and UK Government Collaborate to Make Telecoms Street Works Safer | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig) organisation, which provides an online asset search facility to UK civil engineering firms for underground pipes and cables, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government (DSIT), which is responsible for the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), to develop a collaboration framework for improving safe digging practices. The government currently sees huge potential for NUAR’s mapping –...
O2 UK Expand its Inclusive USA Mobile Roaming to Classic Plan Users | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has announced that, in order to support England’s place in the FIFA World Cup 2026 football finals, they’ve extended their inclusive roaming benefit for eligible pay monthly customers travelling to the USA to include pay monthly Classic Plan customers. But only for a limited time, naturally. The offer means that pay monthly Classic Plan customers can now roam freely in the USA until midnight on 20th July (PT) alongside...
UAE Telecoms Group Sells 16.21 Percent Stake in Vodafone Group for £4.43bn | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Vodafone Group has this morning confirmed that Abu Dhabi-based E& (Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC) has sold its entire 16.21% stake – some 3,944,743,685 ordinary shares – in the global mobile operator to Vega, an acquisition vehicle wholly owned by the Niel family group (owner of French telecoms firm Iliad), for $5.95bn (£4.43bn). In a brief statement Vodafone said: “The relationship agreement dated 11th May 2023 between Vodafone...
Sky Broadband Discounts UK Packages and Cuts 5Gbps Price to £45 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More UK ISP Sky Broadband (Sky Mobile and Sky TV etc.), which sells their packages to consumers via both Openreach and CityFibre’s national full fibre (FTTP) networks, appears to have introduced some small discounts across several of their packages and also cut the price of their top 2.5Gbps (Gigabits) and 5Gbps tiers to £35 and £45 per month, respectively. Just for some context. The 2.5Gbps and 5Gbps tiers both offer symmetric speeds and are currently only...