Openreach Damages Netomnia’s Main Fibre Optic Cable Near Bristol | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Hundreds of customers on Netomnia’s (Substantial Group) alternative broadband network in the Bristol (South West England) area, which has now covered 2.8 million UK premises RFS (inc. 400,000 customers) with their full fibre (FTTP) lines, are suffering connectivity problems after Openreach “took down one of our main cables” yesterday afternoon. According to a brief service status update, which was posted to the website of their main ISP, YouFibre: “We...
Scottish Government Upgrades Broadband Coverage Checker | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Scottish Government put out a brief notice this week to say that their “upgraded address checker … is now live” for broadband coverage, which apparently “now includes more detailed info on access and our delivery programmes“, albeit seemingly without providing any further specifics to better explain what’s changed. The checker itself can be found here – https://broadbandchecker.service.gov.scot – and to our eyes the output is still fairly basic. In...
New Scotland-based UK Broadband ISP Fibeo Set to Launch in 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The United Kingdom isn’t exactly short on consumer ISP options right now, but Glasgow-based Fibeo has revealed to ISPreview that they’re currently planning to join the club sometime in “early” 2026 – powered by the Dotlines Catena Cloud platform and the PXC (formerly TalkTalk Wholesale) broadband network. At present the internet provider’s official website is just a blank holding page, although they’re promising no hidden costs and to “[put] people first...
Ofcom Make Part of 1900MHz Band Available for 5G Mobile on UK’s Rail Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More As expected, Ofcom has today confirmed that they will make part of the 1900MHz radio spectrum band (1900-1920MHz), which had previously gone unused by mobile operators, available for use by both the UK’s rail network (5G / data services) and to extend coverage for the 4G Emergency Services Network (ESN). Mobile operators do in fact make use of the 1900MHz band, just not the 20MHz slice of unpaired spectrum in question (i.e. they lacked an ecosystem for...
BDUK Summarise Progress of UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contracts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s (DSIT) Building Digital UK agency has today finally started to publish monthly updates 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 150,730 contracted premises have already been built out of a planned total of 1,002,270 (October 2025). Just to be clear. The figures in this update are not directly comparable to the figures...
Germany, switching on to fibre | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The German broadband market is currently focused on an aggressive transition from older Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) infrastructure to high-speed fibre optic services. This transition is being driven by a combination of commercial necessity and increasing regulatory demand for transparency. Vodafone Germany is taking commercial action to actively encourage this technology shift. The company has launched a new set of aggressive fibre tariffs from...
Ofcom Publish Final Results of UK 5G Mobile Auction for 26GHz and 40GHz | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has this morning revealed the final (assignment stage) results of last week’s auction of the 26GHz and 40GHz millimetre wave (mmW) spectrum bands for use by 5G mobile broadband operators, which sets out precisely which frequencies within each band will be allocated to EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK). Just to recap. The three mobile operators won a combined 800MHz of spectrum frequency in the 26GHz band...
Beyond the Cable: Rethinking connectivity with Rob Chambers | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Podcasts The public shouldn’t have to think about connectivity. It should just work, says Rob Chambers, the managing director of Total Telecom. By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Rob Chambers, the Managing Director of Total Telecom, says Connected Britain has evolved with the growth of the connectivity market in the United Kingdom. “What started as being a conversation purely about fibre rollout has now moved on to a more complete discussion about...
O2 UK Increases Mid-Contract Price Hikes for Mobile Customers UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of mobile operator O2 may be displeased, if not surprised, to learn that the provider has today followed sibling Virgin Media’s recent increase to their existing mid-contract pricing policy on broadband packages (here), by announcing a similar hike for their own mobile subscribers. Effective from today, O2 will now apply a new fixed annual price rise to Pay Monthly (airtime) mobile customers of £2.50 every April, which is up from the current...
Vodafone UK Discounts Family Device Insurance by 15 Percent | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator Vodafone UK has today introduced a new multi-line discount, which entitles customers to 15% off when they insure additional phones, tablets, laptops and watches. Customers can also benefit from half-price device insurance for the first 2 months, available until 11th November 2025. The new offer is said to be available on all levels of cover, meaning insurance starts from just £1.70 for Screen Damage only cover (dependent on your...