Mobile Operators Push for UK Planning Reform Again to Improve 5G and AI | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Industry trade body Mobile UK, which represents EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK), has warned that the UK’s ambition to become an “AI superpower” will struggle without “high quality 5G Standalone (5GSA) networks acting as the ‘nervous system’“. But it warns that we “lag behind other leading nations” in this area and must reform the planning system. Regular readers will know that both mobile and broadband operators frequently push for...
Ofcom Sets Out Current Progress and Future Plans to UK Prime Minister | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms, media and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has this week written to the Prime Minister (Keir Starmer), Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves) and Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Peter Kyle), among others, to update them on how its work is “contributing to innovation, investment and growth in the UK“. The new Open Letter is said to cover both Ofcom’s achievements since this time last year and what’s coming over the year...
Actifai: The built-for-broadband AI you might have missed at Connected Britain 2025 | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article Used by over 30 North American ISPs, Actifai is bringing its proven, telecom-specific AI platform to the UK market by Vasa Babic, Head of EMEA at Actifai It’s hard to find a technology more discussed yet less consistently monetised than artificial intelligence. For broadband providers, the real challenge isn’t joining the AI conversation, it’s figuring out how AI can actually generate revenue. At Actifai, that question has been our...
Broadband ISP VISPA UK Faces Compulsory Strike-off Action Again | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband provider VISPA has recently become subject to another “First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off” – as shown on the Companies House (CH) website, which follows both a significant delay to the publication of their latest accounts (CH’s website states their next accounts were “due by 31 January 2025“) and adoption of CH’s default address. In recent years the small and previously Manchester-based ISP has tried their hand at building a full...
MaxCell unveils bold brand refresh to meet global demand for high density fiber infrastructure | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Wadsworth, Ohio- MaxCell®, the global leader in flexible fabric innerduct solutions, today announced a comprehensive brand refresh designed to meet the escalating infrastructure demands of the digital age. Featuring a new visual identity, an optimised website, and the tagline “engineered for efficiency and built for flexibility” the update reinforces MaxCell’s position as the premier choice for maximising conduit capacity in Telecom, Data Center, and...
Liberty Global eying purchase of Three Ireland | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The deal could be valued at up to €1.5 billion, according to analysts Telecoms giant Liberty Global is in talks to purchase Ireland’s largest mobile operator, Three Ireland, according to a report from The Financial Times. Formal discussions are already underway with Three Ireland’s owner, Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison, with the deal potentially worth €1.5 billion. However, no formal decision has yet been made. Three Ireland currently has around 5...
Housing Provider Peabody to Deploy SCCI’s Shared UK Full Fibre Infrastructure | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The not-for-profit housing association, Peabody, which is responsible for almost 109,000 homes (220,000 residents) across London and the Home Counties of England, has signed a new framework agreement with SCCI Alphatrack (SCCI Group) to deploy their single shared full fibre broadband infrastructure solution (4Fibre) to residents homes. Instead of installing multiple networks from different network operators, SCCI’s 4Fibre solution builds one open-access...
Only One Telecoms Firm Makes Top 50 UK Companies for Customer Satisfaction | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Institute of Customer Service (ICS) has today published their first biannual UK Customer Satisfaction Index for 2026 (January), which reveals that Tesco Mobile was – for the second consecutive report – the only mobile and broadband (telecoms) provider to make it into their table of the country’s top 50 organisations. But both Virgin Mobile and Three UK were still named among the most improved. The research typically reflects the results from a large...
United Group B.V. targets growth with €1.5bn refinancing | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The move will allow the company to save roughly €15 million in annual interest repayments United Group B.V., the Netherlands-based telecommunications and media operator, has completed a €1.5 billion bond refinancing package, a move it says reflects its strong potential for long-term growth. The refinancing saw the company issue €1.13 billion of new floating rate notes (FRNs) and €355 million of new PIYC PIK (Pay-if-you-Can, Pay-in-Kind) Notes. This...
CityFibre Make Business FTTP Broadband Available to 4.5 Million UK Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The country’s largest alternative broadband operator, CityFibre, has this morning announced that they’ve “unlocked” their nationwide footprint and made their business Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) services available across 4.5 million premises – offering wholesale business products at data speeds of up to 2.5Gbps (Gigabits per second). The move comes shortly after CityFibre completed its upgrade from slower GPON to XGS-PON (Symmetric 10Gbps PON)...