Ofcom UK Reject Competition Concerns over Openreach’s FTTP Upgrades Offer | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More At the start of this week ISPreview revealed that a number of rival broadband networks had raised competition concerns with the UK telecoms regulator after Openreach introduced a new discount on upgrades to full fibre lines (here). Ofcom has now responded to these concerns via a new open letter, which largely rejects them but remains “alive” to the concerns. The issue concerns proactive migrations, which arise where an internet provider (ISP) proposes to...
O2 UK Mobile Customers Can Now Pick TNT Sports as an Extra and Save £6 PM | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 has today announced that millions of their UK customers can now enjoy the TNT Sports TV content on the discovery+ streaming app at a discounted price via O2 Extras on a 30-day rolling contract (i.e. £26.99 per month instead of the usual £30.99), while at the same time saving an additional £2 per month off their Airtime bill. David Bouchier, Chief TV and Entertainment Officer at VMO2, said: “Sport has a special way of bringing people...
Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK Launch Single Visit FTTP Install Programme | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has this morning announced the launch of its new Single Visit Install (SVI) programme, which aims to provide customers with a faster and more reliable approach to installations. But it’s currently only live across their nexfibre built full fibre (FTTP) connections. The programme, which is due to be “rolled out more widely over the coming months” (hopefully into non-nexfibre areas), essentially ensures...
Tees Valley Authority Publish Performance Map of Local Mobile Signals | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) in North East England, which covers Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees, has today published a map of mobile signal quality and mobile broadband performance – the result of their prior work with Inakalum to harness local bin lorries to help test 4G and 5G coverage. The idea of harnessing refuse collection trucks, equipped with special kit on top, to help map mobile...
Gigaclear Start East Gloucestershire UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural broadband provider Gigaclear, which has already deployed their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 612,000 UK premises, has this morning finally announced the start of their roll-out under Project Gigabit’s East Gloucestershire (Lot 18) contract. The £10.81m deployment is currently expected to help upgrade 3,547 premises in hard to reach areas. The original contract was first awarded all the way back in February 2024 (here) and was initially valued...
Cable Thieves Knock Out Openreach Broadband in County Durham Village | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband internet connectivity across part of the County Durham (England) village of Shotton Colliery was left disconnected for five days earlier this week after Openreach’s local network was targeted by copper cable thieves. The activity also caused damage to some local fibre optic cables. The incident appears to have begun on Friday last week and some locals initially attributed the outage to Storm Amy, although Openreach later confirmed that it had...
Welsh Gov Tenders for £70m Extending High Speed Broadband Project | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More ISPreview has spotted that the Welsh Government (WG) have today issued a formal tender notice for their £70m (state aid) “Extending High Speed Broadband” (EHSB) project for Wales. In its current form, this aims to help extend faster broadband to around 29,000 premises in poorly served areas (i.e. locations that can’t yet access 30Mbps+ speeds). Regular readers may recall that the WG first began to explore the viability of such a project in May 2023 via a...
Network Operator and Broadband ISP ICUK Suffers Protracted Attack | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator ICUK, which provides wholesale connectivity and broadband solutions to ISPs and businesses, appears to be in the process of trying to fully recover all of its services after suffering an ongoing cyber-attack that has disrupted some of their systems. According to The Register, ICUK’s VoIP and web services (e.g. Control Panels, API, websites) began being hit by a large Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Monday afternoon. Such...
eSIM.net Launch Free 30 Day Vodafone eSIM Mobile Plan Called AirFree | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile provider eSIM.net, which normally specialises in offering travel eSIMs for roaming usage, has today launched a Vodafone-based plan called AirFree that gives UK customers 30 days of free data, calls, and texts. After that you can either continue on a flexible 30-day rolling plan for a monthly fee, upgrade to a higher data package, or cancel at any time without obligation. The plan itself includes 1GB (GigaByte) of mobile broadband data, unlimited...
Fixed Wireless with Fiber-Like Performance: Intracom Telecom and GeoLinks Demonstrate Secure, Multi-Gigabit Connectivity on Licensed Spectrum | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Intracom Telecom, a global telecommunication systems and solutions vendor, and GeoLinks, a national leader in next-generation fixed wireless, today announced the first U.S. live demonstration of GeoLinks 29/31GHz licensed spectrum. Installed atop the iconic Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, the Intracom Telecom WiBAS™ G5 Point-to-Multipoint (PtMP) Smart Base Station will serve as a live showcase of fiber-like, secure, and interference-free performance at...