Ofcom Express Disappointment over O2’s UK Mobile Price Hike, But Doesn’t Act UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today said they’re “disappointed” by mobile operator O2’s (Virgin Media) recent decision (here) to increase their annual mid-contract price rises beyond what customers agreed when they signed-up (often above inflation too) and then forcing that upon existing customers. But so far an expression of disappointment is all they’ll do. Just for some context. At the start of 2025 Ofcom began requiring UK telecoms providers...
Ofcom UK Grant Gateway Licence for Amazon’s Project Kuiper Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today granted a new gateway licence for Amazon’s future Project Kuiper network. The move supports the retail giant’s effort to launch a global mega-constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which will deliver affordable ultrafast broadband and mobile (4G, 5G) services to rival Starlink (SpaceX). Amazon is already well into the early process of launching its global mega-constellation of 3,236 compact...
Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Scheme Given Green Rating | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme, which includes various broadband and other digital infrastructure upgrades as part of the wider £1.3bn Swansea Bay City Region project, has received a green rating in its latest Gateway Review, which is said to reflect its progress in improving digital connectivity across the region. Just to recap. The UK and Welsh Governments gave approval for a £55m digital infrastructure investment under...
VMO2 in talks with Netomnia for £2bn takeover | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The move would be the largest consolidation of the UK altnet market to date According to a report from the Financial Times, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has entered into negotiations to acquire fibre altnet rival Netomnia for £2 billion. The move would represent the start in earnest of long-awaited consolidation of the UK’s fibre broadband market. Founded in 2019, Netomnia’s fibre network currently covers 2.8 million premises, with roughly 400,000 ISP...
ACOME talks tackling ambitious carbon goals and the conundrum of cost | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Interviews At Connected Britain, we spoke with Aurelien Bergonzo, Director of Telecom Datacom, and Infrastructure Business Unit at ACOME, to discuss how to more deeply embed sustainability throughout the telecoms supply chain Is sustainability truly a priority for telcos? At Connected Britain 2025, the topic of carbon neutrality and sustainable networks was as prominent as ever, but evidence of true progress at scale was in short supply. For ACOME’s...
Equinix to build £3.9bn Hertfordshire data centre | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Equinix, Inc., the world’s digital infrastructure company®, has completed its acquisition of an 85-acre plot permitted for data centre development in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Equinix plans to invest £3.9 billion in the project, which will deliver 250+MW of compute capacity to the UK’s critical national infrastructure. Once fully built out, it will deliver world-class digital infrastructure and skills in the UK, supporting local,...
Vodafone UK Expands Availability of Fix and Go Repair Service for Smartphones | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has expanded the availability of their “Fix & Go” service for repairing various issues (battery and screen replacement etc.), which is now present across 14 UK stores and is available for Samsung, Apple or Google devices on any network, as well as those with out-of-warranty handsets. The service, which typically costs from £49 for a battery replacement or £79 for a screen replacement (parts replaced will be...
Virgin Media O2 Ponders £2bn UK Broadband Deal to Acquire Netomnia | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A major newspaper has this morning claimed that broadband giant Virgin Media (O2) have opened non-exclusive talks with alternative full fibre network operator Netomnia (Youfibre, Brsk), which could result in a £2bn deal that would expand VMO2’s network coverage and potentially remove a key competitor from the market. CityFibre are also said to be interested in the altnet. At present Netomnia (Substantial Group) is one of the UK market’s largest altnets...
Virgin Media UK See Broadband Customers Grow as O2 Joins Starlink for Mobile | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The latest Q3 2025 results from Virgin Media and O2 have revealed that their FTTP broadband network increased its coverage by 139,300 premises in the quarter (up from 114.9k in Q2). Similarly, related customers grew to total 5,704,300 (up by 60.8k in Q3 vs -51.4k in Q2) and O2’s mobile base jumped by 419,400 in the quarter, while also doing a multi-year deal with Starlink for satellite mobile (Direct to Cell). The results confirm that Virgin Media and...
ISP BT to Launch New AI Anti-Virus Service for Small UK Businesses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and telecoms giant BT has announced that they’ve partnered with cloud-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to launch a new AI-powered antivirus service for their small business customers – Business Antivirus Detect and Respond (BADR), which is designed to “proactively stop threats before they become breaches” (every AV solutions could be described this way). The announcement claims that hackers are increasing their monitoring of UK...