Broadband ISP Zen Internet Moves to Become UK Altnet Aggregator | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More In recent months’ we’ve been reporting on how Rochdale-base ISP Zen Internet has expanded the reach of their “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband network by signing wholesale access agreements with a number of alternative network providers, such as Trooli and Freedom Fibre. But their ambitions aren’t limited to retail packages. Zen previously only supplied services to homes and businesses using broadband products from Openreach (BT) and CityFibre, but as above...
Virgin Media O2 UK Slowly Phasing Out TV 360 Mini Boxes | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) may like to know that the provider recently began the slow process of phasing-out their old TV 360 Mini boxes, which are usually deployed to support for multi-room systems. But the company is now increasingly working to replace these with their modern ‘Stream’ set-top-boxes (STB) instead. The change, which was spotted by Cord Busters, appears to have started around November 2024 and marks somewhat of a shift...
Huawei outlines framework for ‘industrial intelligence’ at MWC 2025 | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Partner Article As AI technology continues to mature, it is increasingly clear that the industrial sector is poised to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of integrated digital intelligence. From AI-powered robots to advanced real-time analytics and automation, the scale of the market opportunity is enormous; indeed, AVEVA’s Industrial Intelligence Index (III) Report 2024 saw 97% of manufacturing executives agree that industrial AI solutions will be...
EE announces 5G SA upgrade for 28 million Brits | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Since launching its 5G standalone network in September 2024, EE has expanded its availability to over 21 million people, equating to around a third of the UK population EE has announced the expansion of its 5G standalone (5G SA) network, meaning it will cover 50 cities and 28 million people by the end of this month, which works out at around 40% of the population. Alongside the rollout, from today, the company is making 5G SA available to all...
FTTH Council Predict Full Fibre Broadband to Cover 31 Million UK Homes by 2030 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The FTTH Council Europe has just published their 2025 ranking of 39 European countries (EU39) with the strongest take-up and coverage of gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband ISP networks. This sees the UK pass 21.4 million homes (up by 4.2m in the year) with take-up of 37.1% and a prediction that it’ll cover 31m by 2030. But growth has slowed a bit. Firstly, it’s important to note that, compared with most of the other countries in the latest...
How small moves ignite industry-wide change | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Partner Article The telecom industry is at a crossroads, caught between the rapid evolution of AI and other technologies and the challenge of implementing meaningful change without disrupting operations Speaking on stage at the event at Mobile World Congress, leaders from Orange, Accenture, and Kingfisher and moderator from CCS Insight came together to discuss the challenge of change and how starting small can have big results A perception problem In...
NVIDIA and GM collaborate on AI chips for vehicles, factories and robots | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Photo: NVIDIA By Grace Dawes, Editor of Movemnt American automaker General Motors (GM) has announced they will be working with leading tech company NVIDIA to develop next-generation vehicles, factories and robots using AI, simulation and accelerated computing. NVIDIA’s Founder and CEO Jensen Huang announced the partnership during his keynote presentation at the GTC conference in San Jose on Tuesday. During his talk, Huang said: “The era of physical AI...
O2 Reminds Durham Over Start of UK 3G Mobile Switch Off in April 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today issued a reminder about how they intend to start switching off their old 3G mobile (broadband) services across the United Kingdom from next month, which is a process that will start in the city (NOT county) of Durham and should complete nationally by the end of 2025. The first switch-off in Durham will help to inform O2’s wider withdrawal programme. The process also aims to free up radio spectrum so it...
More Project Gigabit Broadband Contract Tweaks for Wildanet, CityFibre and Quickline | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More For the second time this week (here), the Government (DSIT) has published another round of contract modification notices for several of Wildanet, CityFibre and Quickline’s state aid funded Project Gigabit broadband roll-outs across several regions – North Yorkshire, Cornwall, Suffolk, Hampshire and Norfolk. The tweaks change both the level of public funding and premises target. Just to repeat ourselves a little. Project Gigabit’s contracts are not static...
8,000 Social Homes in Barnet Set for Upgrade to FTTP Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Barnet Council in London has reached a wayleave agreement (legal land/property access) that will enable Openreach (BT) to deploy their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 8,000 households managed by the UK council’s social housing provider, Barnet Homes. The deployment will form part of Openreach’s commercial £15bn investment to roll-out their new full fibre network to 25 million UK premises by December 2026 (nearly...