Openreach Reveal Annual 2025 UK Broadband and Ethernet Price Rises for ISPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today started to unveil their usual round of annual price increases (and some decreases) for 2025 across their wholesale broadband and Ethernet products for UK ISPs, which touches on everything from full fibre (FTTP) to hybrid fibre (SOGEA), SOTAP and unbundled lines (LLU), among other products. Ofcom currently allows (example) Openreach to increase prices across their various products, usually by the CPI level...
Indian government U-turns on mandatory mobile security app | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Onlookers fear the app could pose a significant threat to user privacy Back in January, the Indian government launched its cybersecurity app Sanchar Saathi, aiming to tackle the growing challenge of mobile security and fraud. Now, the government has scrapped an order that would have seen this app pre-installed on every mobile device sold in India. On Monday, the government announced a new order that would give smartphone makers 90 days to ensure...
New Survey Claims to Show Demand for Satellite Connected Smartphones | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new survey from Viasat and the GSMA (Global System for Mobile Communications Association), which questioned 12,390 mobile phone users across twelve markets (including the UK), claims to have revealed the “booming consumer demand” for Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite services (mobile calls, texts and internet data). Several satellite-based broadband operators are currently developing services that can directly connect to unmodified consumer Smartphones...
Rural UK Broadband Altnet Gigaclear Secures £80m Funding from Banks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Abingdon-based broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 612,000 premises in rural parts of England and is home to c.160,000 customers, has today announced that they’ve secured “at least” £80m in new funding from its consortium of existing banks. The provider now claims to be “fully funded to deliver its plans“. The provider, which is this month celebrating its 15th birthday after taking on the huge challenge of trying...
Openreach Join New NUAR Digital UK Map of Underground Cables and Pipes | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK’s largest broadband network operator, Openreach (BT), has officially joined the new Government-backed National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), which is often described as being a “secure” digital map of underground UK pipes and cables (broadband, water etc.) that is partly designed to help reduce accidental damage. Just to recap. The government currently sees huge potential for NUAR’s mapping to help improve the way that national infrastructure...
Slice Mobile Introduces Network-Wide UK Data Gifting During December | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Virtual mobile operator (mvno) Slice Mobile, which harnesses EE’s national UK 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) network, has this week attempted to set itself apart from the rising crowd of eSIM focused providers by rolling out network-wide data gifting throughout December (i.e. you can optionally share your data allowance with any other users on the network). In short, provided both people are on Slice Mobile, they can share each other’s data. Gifting itself...
Redundancies Expected as UK Broadband ISP Hyperoptic Adjust Strategy | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which claims to have already deployed their full fibre (FTTP/B) network to cover 1.9 million UK homes passed, has informed ISPreview that they’re making some “modest adjustments to our teams working on multi-unit residential buildings” and as a result there may be a few redundancies. Less than 5% of employees are said to be affected. The operator, which is home to 400,000 active subscribers (9th Jun 2025) and at the...
Rocket Mobile Launch New UK Mobile Network “built for football fans” | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new virtual mobile operator (mvno) has launched today called Rocket Mobile, which claims to have been “built exclusively for football fans” and will harness 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) connectivity from VodafoneThree’s (Vodafone and Three UK) growing national UK network infrastructure. Customers of the eSIM focused service can expect to pay £16 per month for unlimited data, calls and text messages on a no-contract plan. The service also includes 20GB...
Cellnex UK Deploys Small Cells to Tackle Mobile Notspots in Harrow | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Wireless infrastructure firm Cellnex UK has today announced that they’ve partnered with the Harrow Council in London to deploy Small Cell technology across the Borough’s street furniture, which will target 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) connectivity “blackspots” around high streets and transport hubs. Small Cells are typically akin to shoebox sized mobile (radio) base stations that are designed to deliver limited coverage (usually up to around 100...
Openreach Update FTTP Broadband Spec for Future 5.5Gbps and 8.5Gbps Speeds | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More After revealing the pilot pricing for their future 3.3Gbps (3300Mbps) full fibre broadband tier last month (here), we overlooked that network operator Openreach (BT) had also published an updated technical document (SIN) for their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology. This has now added a selection of faster tiers beyond 3.3Gbps, such as 5.5Gbps and up to 8.5Gbps. As previously reported (here, here, here and here), Openreach are currently in the final...