Gigaclear Start East Gloucestershire UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural broadband provider Gigaclear, which has already deployed their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 612,000 UK premises, has this morning finally announced the start of their roll-out under Project Gigabit’s East Gloucestershire (Lot 18) contract. The £10.81m deployment is currently expected to help upgrade 3,547 premises in hard to reach areas. The original contract was first awarded all the way back in February 2024 (here) and was initially valued...
Cable Thieves Knock Out Openreach Broadband in County Durham Village | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband internet connectivity across part of the County Durham (England) village of Shotton Colliery was left disconnected for five days earlier this week after Openreach’s local network was targeted by copper cable thieves. The activity also caused damage to some local fibre optic cables. The incident appears to have begun on Friday last week and some locals initially attributed the outage to Storm Amy, although Openreach later confirmed that it had...
Welsh Gov Tenders for £70m Extending High Speed Broadband Project | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More ISPreview has spotted that the Welsh Government (WG) have today issued a formal tender notice for their £70m (state aid) “Extending High Speed Broadband” (EHSB) project for Wales. In its current form, this aims to help extend faster broadband to around 29,000 premises in poorly served areas (i.e. locations that can’t yet access 30Mbps+ speeds). Regular readers may recall that the WG first began to explore the viability of such a project in May 2023 via a...
Network Operator and Broadband ISP ICUK Suffers Protracted Attack | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator ICUK, which provides wholesale connectivity and broadband solutions to ISPs and businesses, appears to be in the process of trying to fully recover all of its services after suffering an ongoing cyber-attack that has disrupted some of their systems. According to The Register, ICUK’s VoIP and web services (e.g. Control Panels, API, websites) began being hit by a large Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Monday afternoon. Such...
eSIM.net Launch Free 30 Day Vodafone eSIM Mobile Plan Called AirFree | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile provider eSIM.net, which normally specialises in offering travel eSIMs for roaming usage, has today launched a Vodafone-based plan called AirFree that gives UK customers 30 days of free data, calls, and texts. After that you can either continue on a flexible 30-day rolling plan for a monthly fee, upgrade to a higher data package, or cancel at any time without obligation. The plan itself includes 1GB (GigaByte) of mobile broadband data, unlimited...
Fixed Wireless with Fiber-Like Performance: Intracom Telecom and GeoLinks Demonstrate Secure, Multi-Gigabit Connectivity on Licensed Spectrum | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Intracom Telecom, a global telecommunication systems and solutions vendor, and GeoLinks, a national leader in next-generation fixed wireless, today announced the first U.S. live demonstration of GeoLinks 29/31GHz licensed spectrum. Installed atop the iconic Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, the Intracom Telecom WiBAS™ G5 Point-to-Multipoint (PtMP) Smart Base Station will serve as a live showcase of fiber-like, secure, and interference-free performance at...
Orbith and Dade2 partner to bring high-performance cloud services to Argentina and LATAM | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More This strategic move shifts Orbith’s offering beyond its established satellite connectivity leadership into a comprehensive portfolio of digital services. “In a context where digital transformation is key to the competitiveness and efficiency of different sectors, Orbith expands its offering beyond satellite connectivity, evolving towards a comprehensive portfolio of digital services that enable companies, governments and organisations to modernise their...
Major Polish Wholesalers Launch Collaborative API Project to Boost FTTH access and Competition | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Warsaw, Poland – October, 2025 – Four of Poland’s main Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) wholesalers – Fiberhost, Nexera, Polski Światłowód Otwarty and Światłowód Inwestycje – today announced a landmark collaborative initiative, partnering with Optare Solutions, an IT Consulting & Engineering Services Company, to lead the design of a common API for FTTH wholesale communications in Poland. This joint, collaborative initiative aims to standardize FTTH...
Rural UK Broadband Provider Airband Promotes MD to Position of CEO | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative rural broadband ISP Airband, which has deployed their gigabit-speed capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) networks to cover parts of Wales and South West England, has today announced that the company’s existing Managing Director, Kashif Rahman, has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – effective immediately. The internet provider has just gone through a period of restructuring, which resulted in a...
Ookla Finds UK Trains Deliver Some of the Slowest Wi-Fi Speeds in Europe | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network testing firm Ookla, which collects broadband performance data from consumers via their popular Speedtest.net service, has examined the onboard WiFi performance of train services across Europe (inc. some Asian rail networks) and found that the United Kingdom delivers some of the slowest internet speeds on trains. Regular readers will already be aware that the quality of onboard WiFi across the UK’s various rail networks and operators can be a bit...