Openreach CEO Threatens to Scrap 30M UK Premises Target for FTTP Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The CEO of network access provider Openreach (BT), Clive Selley, has warned Ofcom and the UK Government that he is “going to hold fire” on seeking approval for the final phase of the operator’s plan to deploy full fibre (FTTP) based broadband ISP technology to 30 million premises. At least until the regulator and tax environment show themselves to be favourable. At present Openreach is investing up to £15bn to expand the coverage of their new “full...
Key News for Virgin Media O2 as Telefonica’s Strategic Plan to Focus on UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica, which forms part of the joint venture that controls broadband and mobile operators Virgin Media and O2 UK, has today announced the outcome of their recent Strategic Review and set out the six pillars underpinning their new five-year strategic plan. This includes consolidation and retaining the UK as one of their core markets. In case anybody has forgotten. Telefonica and Liberty Global control VMO2 in the UK as part of...
Sky UK to Scrap Sky Live 4K Smart Camera for Sky Glass After Just 2 Years | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of Sky Glass, which uses your broadband and WiFi connection to stream on-demand video and live TV channels directly to Sky’s own brand TV sets (without a satellite dish), have been informed that if they also took out the £290 dedicated 4K HDR smart camera add-on (Sky Live) then this will shortly become an expensive paper weight. The Sky Live camera was originally launched in June 2023 (here) – designed exclusively for use with Sky Glass (it...
BT and EE to Sell Starlink as UK Rural Broadband Solution to Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms giant BT (EE) has this morning announced a “landmark agreement” to make Starlink’s mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) available to their consumer broadband customers in “rural and remote areas“, where traditional fixed-line infrastructure is “economically unviable or geographically challenging” to build. The announcement doesn’t provide a lot of information on how this will be deployed, but it does...
BT See Openreach UK Broadband Lines Fall by 242k as FTTP Covers 20.3M Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The BT Group has today published their H1 FY26 biannual results to Sept 2025, which reveals that Openreach’s full fibre (FTTP) network added 2.2 million premises to their UK coverage to total 20.3m (level with H2 FY25 growth); including 5.5m in rural areas. But broadband line losses to rivals jumped to 242k in the last quarter (up from 169k in Q1 2025). The group’s consumer divisions – including BT, EE and Plusnet – reported being home to a total of...
UK telecom industry unites to combat scam calls with new fraud charter | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News UK telcos have taken a significant step towards tackling the persistent issue of scam calls by committing to a new Telecommunications Fraud Charter. This initiative unites major mobile service providers, including BT/EE, Virgin Media O2, VodafoneThree, Tesco Mobile, TalkTalk, and Sky, with Comms Council UK (CCUK), in a concerted effort to clamp down on fraud and better protect victims. The charter, announced ahead of the UK Government’s forthcoming...
When the land grab ends: F&W Networks talks long-term efficiency and growth | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Interview With the fibre ‘land grabbing’ largely complete, altnets are doubling down on efficiency At Connected Britain this year, there was much talk of the inevitability of alnet consolidation and the shift in focus away from network deployment towards customer uptake. Speaking at the event, F&W Networks chairman Carlos Bock described the initial altnet boom as ‘almost a land grabbing exercise’, suggesting that they could have worked harder to...
Rural Broadband ISP Voneus Secure UK Funding to 2030 as More Job Cuts Loom | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative UK broadband network Voneus has today officially confirmed what we touched on last month (here), which reveals that they’ve strengthened their position for “long-term growth” with a business reorganisation and have secured funding through to 2030 (i.e. renegotiation of an existing £70m debt facility). But more job cuts are set to follow. Just to recap. Voneus, not unlike many other altnets, has been struggling a bit recently with redundancies...
R100 Gigabit Broadband Rollout Reaches 93,800 Premises in Scotland | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Scottish Government (SG) recently revealed that 93,800 premises have now benefitted from their £697m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach (up from 83,419 in July 2025), which is rolling out full fibre (FTTP) broadband to remote rural areas. But the full roll-out is still not expected to complete until early 2028. The R100 scheme currently aims to cover another 113,000 premises – split across three contracts – in areas that lack access to...
Broadband ISP TalkTalk Issue Trading Update and Explores New Ownership Structures | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The TalkTalk Group has today published a very brief trading update for the half year ended 31st August 2025, which largely only highlights the positives (unlike their annual accounts) and claims to have “delivered a solid first-half performance“. The group is currently aiming to tackle its debts by targeting £146m in total savings by FY28. The group, which recently launched a major brand refresh and advertising push for its consumer broadband ISP...