UK ISP TalkTalk Apologises for Failings in its Lasting Power of Attorney Process | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband provider TalkTalk has apologised and pledged to improve their processes, which occurred after the company acknowledged to ISPreview that it had made a number of mistakes when dealing with somebody who held a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) for one of their more vulnerable broadband customers. Just to give this a bit of context. One of the reasons why people may seek a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), in this case for Property and Financial...
Huawei will release the Agentic Core solution to accelerate the commercial use of agent networks | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release [Barcelona, Spain, March 1, 2026] Huawei will release the Agentic Core solution at MWC 2026 in Barcelona. This solution will leverage three engines—NE intelligence, network intelligence, and service intelligence—to address key challenges in the AI era, such as the sharp increase in traffic, differentiated network requirements, and new service monetization for operators, and promote the large-scale commercial use of intelligent network. NE...
BT, EE and Plusnet Give Broadband Price Hikes Reprieve to New UK Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISPs BT, EE and Plusnet have tweaked their policy on annual price rises so that new customers who join after 1st March 2026 will not immediately be hit by their latest +£4 monthly price hike (first announced in July 2025), which is due to be introduced a month later in April 2026. The same temporary measure was also adopted for last year’s annual price hikes, although unfortunately the latest change won’t do anything to help those who joined...
Dormice and Planning Processes Slow CityFibre’s Winchester UK Broadband Build | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More CityFibre’s plan to roll-out their 10Gbps capable full fibre broadband (FTTP) network into some poorly served parts of the Winchester area of Hampshire (England), which is part of their Project Gigabit contract for the same region, appears to have been significantly slowed by some unexpected ecological and planning obstacles. Just to recap. CityFibre originally secured the £104m (public subsidy) supported Project Gigabit contract for Hampshire (Lot 27)...
TalkTalk Business formally separates from parent business | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Business technology provider, TalkTalk Business, has formally completed its separation from TalkTalk Group as of the end of February, marking a significant milestone in its evolution as an independent managed network service provider. Following the sale of TalkTalk Business Direct in 2023, TalkTalk Business maintained access to certain core TalkTalk Group systems while rapidly developing its own independent operating environment. That...
TIM tests quantum-safe connection between two data centres | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release The distribution of quantum keys while maintaining commercial traffic has been successfully tested over a distance of 40 km in Milan TIM has successfully completed the first test in Italy of quantum-safe communications between Data Centers on an operational network infrastructure, validating the use of quantum key distribution for data stream encryption in a real operating environment. TIM’s initiative is part of a broader set of projects...
Openreach Takes on Project Gigabit Broadband Contract for Cheshire UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today confirmed that the previously stalled Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for Cheshire (Lot 17), which was originally held by Freedom Fibre until they “mutually agreed to terminate” it in March 2025 (here), has now been picked up by Openreach (BT). But it’s changed a bit in the process. Just to recap. The contract for Cheshire (England) was originally valued at £43m (public subsidy) and...
Milestone as Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reaches 90 Percent of UK UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The latest independent data has revealed that 90.04% of premises across the United Kingdom can now access a gigabit-capable broadband ISP connection (1000Mbps+) via fixed lines, which is up from 85% in October 2024 and 80% at the end of 2023. But the figure does drop a little to 82.71% when only looking at full fibre (FTTP) lines. Take note that the figure for “gigabit-capable” coverage is currently still higher than Fibre-to-the-Premises alone because...
ISP BT Business Launch Sovereign Cloud Calling System for UK Firms | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Communications and broadband provider BT Business has today announced the first product to be released as part of the company’s sovereign platform – ‘Sovereign Voice‘, which allows businesses to make and receive calls over a secure connection, while all call routing remains within the UK’s own borders. The new service is said to be powered by Cisco Calling technology and aims to deliver a “highly secure, sovereign cloud calling” solution that offers to...
Broadband ISP Zen Internet Discounts UK Prices for Openreach FTTP Packages | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rochdale-based UK ISP Zen Internet appears to have followed recent price reductions for those taking their CityFibre based full fibre (FTTP) home broadband packages (here) by doing something similar on their Openreach based packages. For example, their top 1.6Gbps package has now dropped from £65 to just £56 per month. The other discounts, as spotted by one of our readers (Shaun), include their 105Mbps package falling to £33 per month, while 500Mbps is...