Tim Creswick Departs as CEO and Founder of London Full Fibre ISP Vorboss | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More London-focused ISP Vorboss, which has built and operates a 100Gbps speed fibre optic network for businesses in the UK’s capital city, has this afternoon informed ISPreview that long-serving company Founder and CEO, Tim Creswick, will be stepping down from the role after 19 long years. Just to recap. The operator has so far completed the deployment of a 700km long dedicated point-to-point fibre optic network across Central London (covering most of zones 1...
Survey Claims Half of UK Broadband Users Leave Routers Open to Cyberattack | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new survey of 3,242 UK internet users, which was conducted on behalf of Broadband Genie and supported by McAfee’s cybersecurity researchers (inc. threat intelligence data), has claimed that millions of people could be leaving their home networks open to hackers because 47% fail to change ANY of their router’s default settings. The survey also found that 69% of respondents had never changed their WiFi password, while more than 80% have left both their...
Energy Smart Meters May Soon Link via UK Home Broadband Connectivity | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new Government consultation has revealed that the Data Communications Company (DCC), which is in the process of working to upgrade existing Smart Meters in UK homes with a new 4G Communication Hub (here and here), will in 2026 also launch a Virtual WAN service. This will mean that home broadband can be used to connect premises not covered by their normal wireless network. Just to recap. The ongoing efforts to switch off older 2G and 3G based mobile...
Internal Auditors Seek Greater UK Telecoms Role via New Security Code | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA), which recently complained that some of the UK’s major broadband ISPs operated without an internal audit (here) – potentially exposing them to “unchecked risks and increasing the likelihood of corporate collapse“, has now sought to drum up new business by pressing the government to make it a requirement of their revised telecoms security code. The government are currently in the process (here) of...
Tech giants’ strategic shift to boost margins | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Finnish vendor Nokia reported a third-quarter profit that surpassed market expectations, driven by strong demand in optical and cloud services, including sales related to AI-focused data centres following its acquisition of US optical networking firm Infinera. The company’s comparable operating profit reached 435 million euros in the quarter through September, significantly exceeding the 342 million euros analysts had forecast. This profit beat...
Applied Digital secures $5bn Hyperscaler lease | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Applied Digital has signed a lease with a US investment‑grade hyperscaler for roughly $5 billion of contracted revenue over an estimated 15‑year term, covering 200 megawatts (MW) of critical IT capacity at its Polaris Forge 2 campus near Harwood, North Dakota. The agreement, announced on 22 October 2025, phases the initial 200MW across two buildings that are expected to begin coming online in 2026 and reach full commissioning in 2027. The...
London Broadband ISP Community Fibre Launch Fibre to your Room Installs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider and network builder CommunityFibre, which has deployed their 5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 1.342 million homes (inc. 185k businesses within 200 metres of their network) – mostly in London, has today launched a new installation option – “Fibre to your Room“. The provider, which is currently being backed by funding of c.£1bn and has connected over 400,000 customers, said that their new Fibre to your...
Building Digital UK Publish Annual Report, Accounts and Fraud for 2024 – 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency, which oversees their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out and the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme for upgrading 4G coverage in remote areas, has today published their combined annual progress report and accounts for the period 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025. This also includes some data on the level of fraud in their programmes. In terms of their progress on delivery of Project Gigabit, the...
Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Extend Full Fibre to 6,000 Homes in Llantwit | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) and network operator partner nexfibre, which share some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve once again expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network to more than 6,000 additional homes in the coastal South Wales town of Llantwit for the first time. Assuming the operator actually means Llantwit Major (Llanilltud Fawr), then the deployment could be quite useful as the town...
Lynk and Omnispace merge to accelerate global satellite direct-to-device connectivity | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Lynk Global and Omnispace have announced plans to merge, aiming to create a leading direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity provider by combining key technological and spectrum assets. The merger would unite Omnispace’s 60 megahertz of globally coordinated S-band spectrum with Lynk’s multi-spectrum satellite technology platform, which is currently operational with five low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites offering intermittent messaging and alert...