Openreach Give ISPs 48 Hours to Remove Lithium Batteries from UK Exchanges UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach took a few communications providers by surprise yesterday after they gave them just 48 hours to remove any lithium batteries from BT exchanges. The batteries are said to be prohibited by the operator’s building safety policy “due to the significant risks … [of] thermal runaway, fire and explosion“. The move is interesting, as we’ve not previously been aware of any specific restriction being imposed against the use of a...
Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK Offers £70 to Customers Who Refer a Friend | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband, phone and pay TV provider Virgin Media has this morning launched a new promotion that gives existing customers the opportunity to earn up to £70 if they refer a friend (it’s normally £50). The incentive will also give the new customer up to £70 too. But the offer is somewhat time-limited. “Customers must act quick as the offer is on for a limited time, from now until 9th October 2025, the refer a friend offer will then return to its standard...
Landline UK Phones Still Popular with Some Groups – 28 Percent of GEN Z Have One | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new Opinium survey of 2,000 UK adults, conducted during June 2025, has revealed that 28% of respondents aged 18-27 years old (Gen Z) still have a landline phone at home and 21% of that same group only retain it “as a decoration”. But interestingly, 43% of respondents remain unaware of the looming change to digital phones by the end of 2027. The reality today is that most people don’t make much use of their home phone services (if they still have one),...
Zen Internet UK Gives Free Speed Boost to Some CityFibre Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP Zen Internet appears to have quietly begun a new programme of package upgrades (regrades) for some of their customers on CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. The move essentially upgrades those on their 100Mbps (symmetric speed) plan to the faster rate of 160Mbps “at no extra cost“. The change was first spotted this week after some of Zen’s related broadband customers (credits to Pavel and Mike) reported to ISPreview...
Comms Council UK Name Winners of Best 2025 VoIP Provider Awards | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Comms Council UK, which represents the United Kingdom’s national Unified Communications and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone industry, has today announced the winners of their 17th annual 2025 awards event at a ceremony at The IET in London. Some of the winners include bOnline, 8×8, and Yealink. Tracey Wright, Chair of Comms Council UK Council, said: “This was another brilliant CCUK Awards ceremony, the first one that I had the pleasure to...
Full Fibre Provider ITS Technology Launch Enterprise-Grade Security for Every Business | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The ITS Technology Group, which has deployed various open access full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across parts of the United Kingdom, has today announced the launch of its new Cisco-powered ‘ITS SecureEdge’ product. The new value-added service is designed to “protect businesses of all sizes” from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The new service, which will leverage Cisco Secure DDoS Protection technology, is said to be part of ITS’...
Virgin Media UK Deploys New TV 360 and STREAM OS Software Update | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More As first hinted at last month (here), broadband and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has now begun the process of rolling out the latest firmware update (v5.21) for their TV 360 and STREAM platforms (set-top-boxes). The change introduces a new search feature and some smaller changes / fixes, but nothing major. The key change this time around includes enhanced search functionality, which uses small image previews (tiles) on its results instead of a text...
BT Study Claims UK Digital Network Upgrades to Deliver £3bn in Economic Benefits | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband, mobile and telecoms giant BT has today published a new economic modelling study from Assembly Research, which examines how the ongoing migration from legacy networks (PSTN/WLR, 2G mobile etc.) to All-IP (Internet Protocol) services could “deliver billions in benefits” (£3bn) to the UK’s critical national infrastructure sectors. At present BT (EE) and Openreach have a number of programmes that could be said to form part of this migration, such...
Broadband ISP TalkTalk Launch “Better Way to Wi-Fi” via New U Product | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider TalkTalk has today unveiled the “next step in our Wi-Fi transformation” with the launch of “U“, which as well as being a letter in the alphabet also seems to be both a new class of UK broadband product and order process that aims to deliver a “tailored setup for each customer’s home, with speed that flexes as they need it, all for one price“. The official announcement is heavy on the promotional language and light on detail, which makes...
ISP Zen Internet Signs Deal to Harness MS3’s UK Full Fibre Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rochdale-based UK broadband ISP Zen Internet has today announced that MS3 have become the latest alternative network to sign a wholesale partnership deal. The move means that Zen’s customers will soon be able to order packages via the new FTTP network and no doubt the altnet will also join their Fibre Hub (network aggregation platform for use by other ISPs). The Fibre Hub already offered access to a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband footprint...