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The CEO of alternative broadband operator Netomnia, Jeremy Chelot, has provided a small update on what was previously merely a future aspiration to potentially introduce a mobile phone service to their retail ISP YouFibre (inc. Brsk). The plan now is to launch their first mobile plans sometime this year. Just to recap. Netomnia is currently in the process of completing their merger with Brsk (here) and aims to expand their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network, which already covers over 2...

In somewhat of a surprising development, global software and technology giant Microsoft has just announced that they intend to close one of the internet’s most familiar Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) style brands, Skype, during May 2025. Microsoft purchased Skype for $8.5bn in 2011, which was intended to deepen the company’s longstanding focus on real-time video and voice communications. But since then, many users have moved to alternative platforms, such as WhatsApp, and Microsoft itself...

Back in May 2024 we reported (here) that internet provider Yayzi Broadband were preparing to make some big changes, not least by launching a Mobile (SIM) service. The good news is that the ISP recently put their new mobile service live, which is harnessing Three UK’s national 4G and 5G network. The “Stupidly SIMple Plans” attach no contracts or credit checks and start at £10 per month for a 10GB data (mobile broadband) allowance, which rises to £15 for 100GB and £20 for unlimited data. Each...

Copenhagen – February 27th 2025 – Anritsu, a global leader in service assurance and network monitoring solutions, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Ookla®, a leading authority in network intelligence and connectivity insights. This collaboration will bring real-time visibility into network performance by integrating Ookla’s Downdetector® insights with Anritsu’s advanced anomaly detection solutions, providing operators with a more comprehensive understanding of user experience...

Beaming, a specialist internet service provider (ISP) serving thousands of businesses across the UK, today opened a new office in Medway’s Chatham Dockyard. The Medway office will be home to a new sales team, technical support, and a research and development function focused on IT network performance and enhanced cybersecurity. Beaming’s new office is its first outside of Hastings and is situated within Fitted Rigging House, a renovated historic building that was once the largest storehouse...

Adelaide, Australia & Oslo, Norway  – 27 February 2025. Myriota, the provider of global satellite based connectivity optimized for IoT devices, today announces the availability of its ground breaking 5G compliant Myriota HyperPulseTM network running on Nordic Semiconductor low power cellular IoT solutions. The partnership delivers end-to-end 5G NTN (Non-Terrestrial Networks) standards-based connectivity solutions for battery-constrained IoT. The two companies are closely aligned in...

Internet provider Cuckoo, which is the retail full fibre (FTTP) ISP for the consolidated AllPoints Fibre (Fern Trading) network and also offers packages via Openreach and CityFibre’s networks, has launched a new offer for Cycling UK’s 70,000 members that gives them a £50 bill credit when they join the service. Plus, for every new sign-up, Cycling UK will also get an additional £75 to “create happier, healthier and greener lives through cycling“. All of this forms part of the provider’s new...

Alternative network operator and UK ISP Quickline has today issued a small progress update on their £44 million state aid supported gigabit broadband roll-out contract for South Yorkshire (Lot 20 – here) in England, which ultimately aims to reach 32,100 additional premises in hard-to-reach rural areas (plus 29,000 via a complementary commercial build). In short, 1,700 homes and businesses in the villages of Barnby Dun and Hatfield Woodhouse, just north of Doncaster, now have access to...

Network operator Openreach (BT) has confirmed that they will kick off their project to close around 4,600 of their legacy exchanges from 1st April 2025, starting with the introduction of a “stop sell” on new service provisions for an initial batch of 105 sites (due to complete by around 2030/31). This will impact various broadband, PIA and Ethernet services from ISPs. Just to recap. Openreach currently runs c. 5,600 UK exchanges, but only c. 1,000 of these – the Openreach Handover Points...

Satellite internet provider Brdy, which offered a mix of satellite and wireless (5G) broadband solutions to rural parts of the UK, appears to be in difficulty after customers of the service started reporting a lack of support and connection problems. Shortly after that, the same users noted how their accounts had been taken over by rival ISP Bentley Telecom. The first sign of difficulties surfaced at the start of February 2025, after several customers reported a loss of internet service and an...