VodafoneThree Tops 1.7 Million UK Broadband Users as Mobile Rises to 28.82m | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone and Three UK (VodafoneThree) have published their latest Q2 FY26 financial results. The figures show that they now have 1.704 million fixed broadband customers (up by 50k in Q2 vs +44k in Q1) and a huge combined mobile base of 28.824m (up from 28.765m). In terms of their fixed broadband lines, Vodafone reported further growth, with a quarterly addition of 50,000 customers – thanks in part to being widely available...
Ofcom Monitoring UK VPN Use Due to Circumvention of Online Safety Act | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has revealed they’re using an unidentified third-party monitoring tool – seemingly with AI capabilities – to track the public’s use of Virtual Private Network (VPN) tools as part of Government concerns that they’re being used to circumvent internet censorship measures under the Online Safety Act (OSA). In case anybody has forgotten. VPN usage recently jumped after Ofcom began enforcing Age...
Virgin Media UK Add Extra FAST TV Channel to Service – Inside Outside | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who also take a Pay TV service via one of their TV 360, Stream or v6 box platforms, may like to know that they’ve added another FAST channel to their TV service – Inside Outside (Channel 231) – “at no extra cost“. The new FAST channel, which is managed by All3Media International, is said to cover all things food, home and garden. “With a host of well-known faces and popular TV shows...
Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK Adds Identity Protection to Security Add-on | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet, TV and phone provider Virgin Media (O2) and security partner F-Secure have today announced that they’ve now begun offering customers of their optional (paid) ‘Advanced Security’ add-on service an additional “Identity Protection” feature, which is designed to help prevent identity theft. Just to recap. All Virgin Media customers currently receive their Essential Security software as standard to help fight phishing scams, viruses and to provide...
Poverty Alliance Warn Vulnerable Users at Risk from UK 2G and 3G Mobile Switch Off | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report from the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) has warned that the ongoing switch-off by mobile operators Vodafone / Three UK, EE and O2 of legacy 3G and 2G networks “exposes a deep fault line in digital inclusion,” which they say could risk disconnecting vulnerable users (e.g. those with telecare systems and safety devices) from essential communication and support. Most of the major mobile network operators have already switched off their 3G...
TalkTalk UK Broadband Group Appoints New Chief Financial Officer | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The debt troubled TalkTalk Group, which at this point has been through a demerger of its businesses, several funding deals (here, here and here), job cuts and is currently said to be considering the possible disposal (sale) of its remaining businesses (here), has today announced the appointment of Henry Davies as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Not an easy job, we suspect. Henry is said to bring extensive experience in leading business...
INCA Calls for Clarity from Openreach on Which UK Homes Won’t Get Full Fibre | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative broadband networks, has today called on incumbent network operator Openreach (BT) to clarify which homes it’s likely to sacrifice if they carry out their threat to scale-back the deployment of full fibre (FTTP) broadband. The altnets will then know where to target. The issue centres on last week’s comments from Openreach’s CEO, Clive Selley, who warned...
Gigaclear Call for Openreach Changes to Bring Gigabit Broadband to UK Rural Areas | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Abingdon-based alternative broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 612,000 premises in rural parts of England (inc. 160,000 customers), has responded to Openreach’s recent threat to scale-back their own fibre roll-out (here) by calling for “fair regulation between the incumbent and altnets to level the playing field“. Just to recap. Last week saw Openreach’s CEO, Clive Selley, warn both the Government and Ofcom that he...
Openreach Faces Protest in Lincoln Over Rollout of 40 Broadband Poles | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Street Works and Permitting Manager at Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) in England, Ashley Behan, has asked network access provider Openreach (BT) to “pause” the roll-out of 40 new telecoms poles – needed to expand the coverage of their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network – until they can explain how they’re going to respond to local complaints and engage with the community. The use of poles to run overhead cables (telecoms, electricity etc.) is a...
ISP KCOM Start Black Friday SALE on UK Broadband Packages | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Macquarie-backed network operator KCOM, which has already deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) network across 305,000 premises in parts of East Yorkshire (primarily Hull) and Lincolnshire in England, has finally kicked off their big Black Friday sale and slashed the monthly rental on their broadband packages for new customers. Customers will now pay from just £21.99 per month on a 24-month term for symmetric speeds of 100Mbps (£37.99 thereafter) and this...