MS3 joins Zen’s Fibre Hub at Connected Britain | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release At Connected Britain, Zen Internet, the UK’s largest B Corp certified telecommunications and network connectivity provider, has announced a new strategic partnership with MS3 Networks, the award-winning alternative network operator serving Hull, North Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire. During his keynote presentation at Connected Britain, Richard Tang, CEO of Zen Internet, revealed details of the agreement which will see Zen make MS3’s full...
Huawei Cloud: fostering the fertile ground for compute, empowering AI pioneers for industries | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Constant innovation in AI Compute Service: Unleashing powerful compute in the intelligent era. This year, Huawei Cloud announced its AI Compute Service powered by CloudMatrix384. The specifications of the Huawei CloudMatrix supernode will be upgraded from 384 cards to 8,192 cards. The supernodes can support a hyperscale cluster running on 500,000 to 1 million cards, thus providing robust AI compute, an invaluable resource in the...
Broadband Altnet Hyperoptic Hunt Fresh UK Funding as Gross Profit Hits £87m | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which claims to have deployed their full fibre (FTTP/B) network to cover 1.9 million UK premises, is reportedly seeking more funding to keep their network expansion going. But their latest accounts to the end of 2024 show they also generated maiden adjusted earnings of £2.7m in 2024 (vs a loss of £4.7m in 2023) and gross profit rose 20% to £87m. The operator, which is currently home to 400,000 active subscribers...
Broadband ISP Airband Target Positive EBITDA for 2028 as Funding Concerns Loom | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative rural UK broadband ISP Airband, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) and wireless (FWA) network that covers parts of Wales and South West England, has shared a copy of their latest group accounts with ISPreview and revealed that they expect to reach EBITDA positivity in 2028. But the provider is still facing a “material uncertainty” over its funding. Just to put this into some context. Airband recently went through a period of restructuring,...
Humax to Release PVR Set Top Box for Freely’s UK Broadband TV Service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Set-top-box manufacturer Humax appears to be preparing to launch its first box with video recording capabilities for the new broadband-based live TV streaming service Freely, which is supported by several of the major UK TV broadcasters (BBC, ITV etc.) and is an evolution – not yet a full replacement – of the existing Freeview service (inc. Freeview Play and Freesat). Freely has been slowly improving their device support since the service first went live...
Hints of 5Gbps Broadband and Package Tweaks from Virgin Media UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More In recent weeks ISPreview has started to see more indications that customers of UK ISP Virgin Media (O2), particularly those covered by their XGS-PON based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband lines (either via coax upgrades or nexfibre), may soon see a package refresh and possibly even the launch of a 5000Mbps (5Gbps) symmetric speed tier. A fair bit of time has passed since Virgin Media launched their fastest 2Gbps package to consumers in February...
Ofcom Warn UK People to Watch for Scammers Impersonating the Regulator | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has warned consumers that fraudsters are attempting to impersonate them. In short, some people have received calls from scammers, which claim that services (e.g. broadband, phone etc.) have been fraudulently taken out in their name, when this is not the case. The scammers will then ask for personal information (inc. financial details) and falsely claim they will transfer the victim to the police. So far, Ofcom...
Government to Expand UK Availability of Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Good news. The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency will shortly announce that more areas of the United Kingdom are to be re-opened to the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS), which means that homes and businesses in poorly served areas will be able to apply for funding to help get faster internet connections installed. The GBVS typically offers grants worth up to £4,500 to help both rural and some poorly served urban premises (homes and...
iD Mobile UK Offers 5G Unlimited Mobile Broadband Data Plan for £8 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Low-cost mobile operator iD Mobile (Currys), which harnesses Three UK’s (VodafoneThree) national 4G and 5G network via a virtual operator partnership (mvno), has discounted their 4G and 5G unlimited data (broadband) plan on a 24-month term to half price – £8 per month – for the first 6 months of service, rising to just £16 thereafter. As usual, all of iD Mobile’s plans come with access to 5G, free Data Rollover (not relevant on their unlimited tier) and...
Sky Mobile Customers Suffer Spate of UK eSIM Activation Problems | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of the Sky Mobile (Sky Broadband, Sky TV etc.) service, which harnesses O2’s Mobile Virtual Network Operator platform, have recently been complaining about a spate of problems with getting eSIMs activated. But the good news is that Sky now appears to have removed the faulty eSIMs and has begun contacting users to sort replacements. The issue cropped up on our discussion forum this week (here) after a number of Sky Mobile’s customers...