Telco Giant E&’s Music Partner Twist Strengthens Capability with Tuned Global | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Twist, a fast-growing digital entertainment platform in MENA, has renewed its partnership with Tuned Global, the leading B2B music technology platform, for another three years. This collaboration powers the next phase of Twist Music, building on its success in Egypt and enabling expansion into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia (KSA). Twist maintains a strong alliance with E& — one of the largest telecom operators in theMiddle East and...
Talkmobile Deploy Support for Vodafone and Three UK Network Roaming | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of mobile provider Talkmobile, which is a virtual operator (MVNO) on parent Vodafone’s (VodafoneThree) national UK 4G and 5G network, have been notified that they too can now “automatically use both the Vodafone and Three networks” (i.e. the new Multi-Operator Core Network or MOCN – detailed here and here). Just to recap. VodafoneThree has so far upgraded 8,000 UK mast sites to implement MOCN, which enables customers to roam across both...
1p Mobile UK Finally Spotted Starting to Deploy eSIM Support UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator 1p Mobile appears as if it may finally be introducing eSIM (Embedded SIM) support to their service, which follows months of waiting after previous promises evaporated (example). Several customers spotted the feature today, but the launch currently appears to be suffering from a few teething issues. Just to recap. The eSIM standard is an alternative to physical SIM cards, which works by essentially embedding a digital SIM into your...
Trooli Goes Live on PXC as FTTP Broadband Covers 460,000 UK Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network operator and ISP Trooli, which have deployed their full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 460,000 premises across parts of England and some of Scotland (up from 448k in Sept 2025), has today revealed that their recently established wholesale partnership with PXC (formerly TalkTalk Wholesale) is now “ready to trade at scale“. Just to recap. Trooli’s gigabit broadband network can currently be found in various towns and large...
No name, no address: New US mobile player Phreeli is looking for anonymous customers | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Phreeli, pronounced “freely”, only requires a ZIP code for sign-up, aiming to entice privacy-conscious customers This month saw the commercial launch of Phreeli, a company its founders describe as the world’s first privacy-by-design mobile carrier. The company, which operates as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on T‑Mobile’s network, is seeking to differentiate itself by minimising personal data collection and pledging never to sell call or...
Virgin Media UK Add Two More Free FAST TV Channels to Service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of broadband provider Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who also take their Pay TV service via one of the current TV 360, Stream (Flex) or v6 box platforms, may like to know that the ISP has today added support for two new FAST channels to their TV service – Stingray Classica and Stingray DJAZZ – “at no extra cost“. The Stingray Classica (Ch 296) channel is said to be dedicated to classical music, opera, and ballet. Meanwhile, Stingray...
Openreach Deploy 6,000th Electric Vehicle Under UK Fleet Transition | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National UK network operator Openreach (BT) has revealed that they’ve just put their 6,000th EV (Electric Vehicle) on the road to support their broadband and phone engineers (up from 4,300 at the start of 2025), which is currently expected to reach 7,000 EVs by the end of March 2026. The operator, which manages the second-largest commercial vehicle fleet in the UK (i.e. 23,000 vehicles), is currently aiming to upgrade the “vast majority” of their...
Broadband Altnet Fibrus Expand UK Full Fibre Network to 450,000 Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Infracapital-backed alternative broadband ISP Fibrus, which is building a full fibre network across parts of Cumbria (England) and has already completed one in Northern Ireland, have revealed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure now covers a total of 450,000 UK premises (up from 440k in Sept 2025). Fibrus’s main focus is currently on their deployment across rural parts of Cumbria (they’ve already reached over 100k premises there), which...
Three UK Finally Switch Off Remaining 3G Mobile Sites as 4G and 5G Boosted | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Three UK (VodafoneThree), which at the start of 2025 confirmed (here) that the “vast majority” of their 3G sites had now been switched off – save for a “small number” of sites were still live to avoid customers losing service, have now confirmed that those remaining sites were finally switched off at the end of November 2025. The removal of 3G has freed up some radio spectrum that can be re-farmed for use by modern 4G and 5G (mobile...
Vodafone UK’s CityFibre Broadband Users Can’t Upgrade to 2Gbps+ | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of Vodafone’s fixed home broadband packages, specifically those on their 910Mbps (1Gbps) or slower Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) packages with major UK altnet CityFibre, have complained that the ISP is preventing them from taking out the provider’s fastest 2.2Gbps package due to the lack of an upgrade process. “I have one of their (CityFibre) ONT’s which has a max speed of 1Gb. And as such I can’t upgrade to their 2.2Gb package! I’m told that...