Verizon to cut 15,000 jobs | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Reuters is reporting that Verizon’s new CEO plans to cut 15,000 jobs at the company, reducing non-union management ranks by a fifth By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities A report from Reuters last week said Verizon could cut 15,000 jobs as early as this week. The report, published last Thursday, cited an unnamed source who was named as familiar with the matter. The cuts would cut Verizon’s non-union management workforce by over 20%, the report...
Openreach Offer Cancellation Amnesty for Old UK Ethernet Orders | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) is to introduce an interesting new special offer for UK ISPs, which proposes to waive the cancellation charges for their high-capacity Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) and Dark Fibre (DFA/X) products, albeit only where related orders are now “over 100 days old” (excluding delays caused by customers themselves). The connection charge for EAD products can typically be quite hefty, often costing several thousand pounds,...
GSMA Report Warns Mobile Operators Need 3x More Spectrum for 6G | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report from the GSMA, which represents over 1,000 mobile operators and related businesses across the world, has warned that the next generation of 6G networks will require up to three times more mid-band radio spectrum to keep pace with surging data demands, AI-powered services and next-gen digital applications. The notion of mobile operators demanding more spectrum frequency isn’t anything new, and it’s well known that mobile operators prize...
Nov 2025 Contract Delivery Progress for UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK agency has today published their November 2025 update on the delivery progress of contracts that have been awarded under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which among other things reveals that some 167,770 contracted premises (up from 150.7k in Oct 2025) have been covered out of a planned total of 1,002,210. Just to be clear. The figures in this update are not directly comparable to the figures...
BT Claim Investing in UK Connectivity Could Offset Sick Leave for Businesses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from broadband ISP BT Business has today claimed that businesses could gain “an extra nine days of productivity per employee” by 2030 through boosting investment in UK connectivity, which might potentially offset the 9.4 days of sick leave each employee is estimated to take annually (almost double pre-pandemic levels). The ‘Future Unlocked‘ report suggests technology and strategic investment can help businesses tackle burnout, while also...
Wessex Internet Complete Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout for North Dorset UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural broadband ISP and alternative network builder Wessex Internet, which have built a mix of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) networks across Southern England, has today announced the completion of their £6m publicly funded Project Gigabit contract for North Dorset (Lot 14.01) – extending fibre to 6,490 hard-to-reach premises. The 3-year deployment contract, which was first awarded back in 2022, originally indicated that it would...
Neos Networks Lays First Fibre Under UK Gov’s Rail Scheme Project Reach | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Connectivity provider Neos Networks, which operates one of the biggest 34,000km long and 400Gbps capable business fibre optic networks in the UK – spanning 550 exchanges, 90+ data centres and 600+ Points of Presence (PoPs), has completed the first fibre installation under Project Reach to help improve 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) coverage along major rail lines. Just to recap. The Government’s Project Reach reflects a public-private partnership that aims...
Gov Invest £155m to Improve UK Wireless and Satellite Navigation Signals | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK government, which have long been looking at alternative ways of delivering accurate Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solutions to complement GPS (Global Positioning System) – supporting everything from mobile (4G/5G) signals to in-car Sat Nav, has today invested £155m boost the country’s resilience in this critical field. “Almost all of modern society relies on PNT. One example would be the satellite navigation services that help us get...
Broadband Forum Attempts to Standardise How ISPs Integrate AI | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Broadband Forum, which is an industry-driven global standards development organisation, has begun a new industry-led initiative that aims to equip internet providers with “high-level guidance and a holistic vision” of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be implemented into their networks. The ‘AI in Broadband Networks‘ project, which initially and perhaps unusually seems to be entirely backed by Chinese companies (CAICT, China Mobile, China Unicom,...
Core Part of 2Africa Subsea Fibre Cable Between UK and Africa Completed | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms giant Vodafone have today confirmed that the long-running 2Africa project, which has spent the past 6 years building a 45,000km long subsea (submarine) fibre optic cable between the United Kingdom and most of coastal Africa, has completed the core part of its cable system. The new cable network has landings in 33 countries – including one in England at a site in Bude (Cornwall) – and should help to support faster broadband speeds, boosting...