Partner ISPs of Zen Internet Get Simple Switch for Easier Broadband Migrations UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rochdale-based UK ISP Zen Internet has today announced the launch of a new capability for their Partners called Simple Switch, which is being introduced “at no additional cost” and makes it easier to migrate broadband customers without needing to reconfigure router usernames and passwords in “most scenarios“. Simple Switch is available by default across new broadband orders, upgrades, and migrations. It allows Zen’s channel partners (e.g. other retail...
Virgin Media O2 Has Provided 550,000 UK People with Free Mobile Data SIMs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has revealed that their partnership with the digital inclusion charity, the Good Things Foundation, has so far helped to provide more than 550,000 UK people – those experiencing financial difficulties – with free mobile broadband data, calls and texts via SIMs supplied through the National Databank. In practical terms, the operator typically offers 25GB of free mobile data per month (this supports rollover) to...
Government Hands £13m to Boost Wi-Fi on UK Trains and Satellite Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Space Agency has this morning announced that they’ve spread £13m of public funding across 16 new projects under the ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) programme, which covers everything from deploying on-board Wi-Fi on remote Scottish railways to improving the availability of 5G and future 6G mobile networks – typically via satellite-based internet connectivity. The space sector is said to be one of the UK’s “strongest drivers...
Community Fibre Discounts UK Broadband Plans as Mid-Contract Hikes Return | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More UK ISP CommunityFibre, which has deployed their 5Gbps speed full fibre broadband network to 1.4 million homes (mostly in London and the South East), will later this morning enable new customers to get 10% off 12-month and 24-month deals until 23:59 on 16th September 2026. But on the flip side, they’ve reintroduced mid-contract price hikes. The deals mean that, for example, new customers can take packages from as low as £11.25 per month on a 24-month term...
Apple iOS 27 Beta 6 Starts Showing the 5G+ Mobile Symbol in the UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A small but interesting development today. Apple released the latest iOS 27 Beta 6 software to developers yesterday and those who have updated their iPhone’s to the new firmware are finding that it finally shows a “5G+” symbol (or icon, if you prefer), when in areas covered by a 5G Standalone (5GSA) based mobile broadband network. The 5G Standalone technology offers a pure end-to-end 5G network that can deliver ultra-low latency times, greater energy...
Why Your Optical Layer Is Now an Energy Per Inference Strategy | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article Provided by: Belden For over a decade, Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) has been the go-to metric for evaluating data center efficiency. As artificial intelligence (AI) workloads scale rapidly, however, relying so heavily on PUE has run into a problem. Unfortunately, PUE’s facility-wide perspective provides little insight into how efficiently an AI workload is being executed. As AI workloads continue to demand growing amounts of...
The build is over, but can you operate what you built? | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article by Andrian Visnevschi, CEO and CTO of ITcare At 03:00 next Sunday, someone will be on shift, responsible for your network. It is worth asking who that actually is, and whether they can read a BGP table or only acknowledge an alarm. For a growing number of UK fibre operators, the honest answer is the second one, and for 128 of the 168 hours in a week there may be no answer at all. That question used to be survivable, because the...
Investor INPP Declines Further Funding for UK Altnet Broadband ISP Toob | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Hampshire-based alternative network toob, which has deployed their own gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other UK areas, has suffered a blow today after investor INPP “elected not to commit further capital” to the provider and handed most of its original £24.1m investment off to debt holders. At present toob, which has in the past secured up to £395m of funding (equity and...
Managed Broadband ISP ASK4 Completes £170 Million Refinancing | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Managed ISP ASK4, which is headquartered in the UK and delivers gigabit-capable broadband to students and residents (renters) in multi-tenant buildings across the UK (as well as parts of Europe), has announced the completion of a £170 million refinancing project with new capital expenditure facility to help “accelerate growth“. The transaction, which is said to be backed by a syndicate of leading lenders who recognise that in-building connectivity is...
Warning for Future UK Broadband TV Services as Freely Suffers Big Outage | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK government’s proposed plan to switch-off Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) signals in either 2034 or 2044 as part of a wider change to move toward broadband-based TV streaming (here), such as via the new Freely service, arguably suffered a bit of a reality check last week after that very same service experienced a major outage. Broadband-based live TV streaming service Freely, which is backed by the major UK broadcasters, is currently said to be an...