A Northern Ren-AI-ssance | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Partner Article As the UK’s most geographically diverse digital infrastructure provider, Pulsant champions regional thinking. Every day, there’s a push for technological innovation to go beyond the M25 and drive the brightest businesses nationwide. This has led to our focus in the Northern Powerhouse. Pulsant have invested extensively in data centres across Manchester, Rotherham, and Newcastle. Across all their sites, Pulsant have seen the same thing:...
Ookla Study Finds London 5G Mobile Performance Lags Behind Other UK Cities | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network testing firm Ookla (i.e. Speedtest.net, Downdetector.co.uk) has today published a new study that examines the performance of 5G mobile (mobile broadband) networks across the major UK cities of Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Sheffield. But the UK’s capital city was found to be lagging behind. The new study uses crowdsourced data collected during the first quarter of 2025 via...
Big Move as UK Civil Engineering Giant M Group Acquires Telent | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Street works firm M Group, which was last year acquired by private equity firm CVC (here) and also harbours a telecoms (broadband and mobile) focused division, has today announced that they’ve acquired rival UK and Ireland focused technology, telecoms and civil engineering firm Telent for an undisclosed sum. On completion of the transaction, which is currently still subject to regulatory approval, M Group said they would be “even better placed to tackle...
EE and BT to Raise Price of UK Social Broadband Tariffs After Earlier Denial | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP EE (BT) has this morning caused a degree of surprise by appearing to reverse last week’s denial (here) and announcing a price increase of £1 per month across their low-cost home broadband social tariffs for those on state benefits (Home Essentials). The provider had previously indicated to ISPreview that no such price increases would be introduced in 2025. The Home Essentials plans reflect a mix of “fibre” (FTTC/P) and call bundles that are...
Opensignal Find Ultrafast UK Broadband ISPs More Reliable vs Superfast Ones | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published a new report that examines how the UK’s broadband experience varies across speed tiers, with homes on “ultrafast” (300Mbps+) connections enjoying a “smoother and more reliable” service than those on “superfast” (30-300Mbps) ones. ISPs EE, Vodafone and Plusnet topped the performance rankings. Opensignal typically leverages crowdsourced data collected via end-users on their benchmarking app and...
Broadband ISP PlusNet UK Set to Trial IPv6 on High Touch Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet service provider PlusNet, which is part of the wider BT Group, has informed customers that they’re “now ready” to finally start trials of Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) addressing on their “High Touch” broadband network. The ISP has previously only conducted a small scale technical trial on their “Low Touch” network (here) – used by c. 90% of customers. Just for context. IP addresses help to connect your software and devices with others around the...
EE UK Launch Tech Drops – Giving Big Discounts on Modern Technology | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator and broadband ISP EE has updated their online “Tech Store“, which sells a mix of extra services and gadgets (e.g. TVs, games consoles, laptops etc.), to introduced “Tech Drops“. This is a new monthly scheme that sees their store “offer a huge saving on a limited amount of stock of the hottest tech“, purchased via their App on a “first-come-first-serve basis“. For example, the first “Tech Drop” will be on the Beats Studio Pro headphones on...
ASA Ban Vodafone UK Ad Over Misleading “The Nation’s Network” Claim | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advert on UK mobile and broadband operator Vodafone’s website. This occured after EE complained that its claim of being “The Nation’s Network” was an “implied comparative superiority claim“, which was ultimately deemed to be “misleading“. The ad in question appeared in December 2024 on the www.vodafone.co.uk/network page, which was headed “Connecting you this Christmas on The Nation’s Network”. Some...
Sky UK Refreshes VIP by Launching Exclusive Discounts Marketplace | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Sky (Sky Broadband, Sky TV etc.) has refreshed their Sky VIP scheme, which typically offers special discounts and rewards to existing customers. This began after the My Sky App introduced (9th April 2025) a new “first-for-Sky discounts marketplace“, exclusively available to their VIP customers. The change means that Sky VIPs can now access a variety of “best in-market discounts” through the VIP hub on the My Sky app, including ‘Monthly Changing...
Hughes and Eutelsat Partner to Expand LEO Broadband Satellite Connectivity | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More European managed network connectivity provider Hughes Network Systems (Hughes Europe) has today announced that they’ve teamed-up with Eutelsat to harness the OneWeb network. This is a global constellation of broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which is still partly supported by the UK government (11% stake). OneWeb (aka – Eutelsat OneWeb) currently has 654 small (c.150kg) first generation (GEN1) LEO platforms in space – orbiting at an altitude...