Ofcom Fines UK VoIP Provider Vonage £700k over 999 Access Failure | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today hit internet phone (VoIP) provider Vonage with a £700,000 fine after an investigation that started in March 2024 (here). The penalty follows an incident that resulted in disruption for its business customers to emergency calling (999) services between 23rd October and 3rd November 2023. The regulator’s existing General Conditions rules (e.g. General Condition A3.2 and sections 105A, 105C and 105K of the...
Citizens Advice Reveal “murky practice” of Hidden UK Broadband and Mobile Deals | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Citizens Advice agency has warned that broadband ISPs and mobile operators are making it difficult for people trying to negotiate for a better renewal, which it’s estimated could save UK consumers more than £325 a year for both services combined. The charity has called on Ofcom to take action in order to ensure greater pricing transparency. As most readers already know, new broadband and mobile customers – usually reflecting those who hunt around for...
Connected Britain Names 2025 UK Broadband Award Winners | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The annual Connected Britain Awards 2025 (Total Telecom) took place this week, which among other things saw alternative full fibre ISP Lightning Fibre scoop the coveted “Broadband Provider of the Year” award, while Openreach won the “Access Innovation Award” and CityFibre was once again handed the “Project Rollout Award“. All of the organisations that entered – spanning across various different categories – were assessed by a large panel of judges, which...
Connected Britain Award winners 2025 announced! | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More The Connected Britain Awards winners have been announced, following a highly successful Connected Britain conference With a record-breaking number of entries this year, the Connected Britain Awards 2025 showcased the most innovative and exciting elements of Britain’s ever-growing and rapidly evolving digital economy. This year’s shortlist included a fantastic array of diverse organisations and individuals, all of whom were highly deserving of praise. A...
Fibrus Founder Claims Outdated Rules Force UK Taxpayers to Fund Rural Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Co-Founder and Chairman of alternative rural broadband ISP Fibrus, Conal Henry, will tomorrow tell the Connected Britain event that Government subsidies (e.g. the £5bn Project Gigabit programme) are being “wasted” due to Ofcom’s rules allegedly making the roll-out of rural broadband “unnecessarily expensive“. At present Fibrus has already deployed their own gigabit-capable broadband network, using full fibre (FTTP) technology, to cover 440,000...
Openreach Build FTTP Broadband to 20 Million UK Homes as Uptake Hits 38 Percent | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National network operator Openreach (BT) has this morning confirmed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which offers broadband speeds of up to 1,800Mbps to homes via hundreds of UK ISPs, has now covered 20 million premises (up from 18.3m on 1st May 2025) and take-up has risen to around 38%. The progress, which comes a day after we revealed that the operator will trial download speeds of up to 8.5Gbps during Q1 2026 (here), won’t come as a...
Top 17 Largest UK Full Fibre Broadband Networks by Coverage – H2 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The latest independent data from Thinkbroadband has today helped us to produce an updated assessment of how big – in terms of network coverage (premises passed) – the top 17 largest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP networks in the UK have become by September 2025. Once again, we compare this data against official coverage claims. One of the difficulties with keeping close tabs on the rapid growth of UK full fibre networks is that some...
Channel 4 Prep Exclusive UK Streaming Channels for Freely’s Broadband TV Service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Public service broadcaster Channel 4 has this morning announced the launch of three new streaming channels – 4Reality, 4Homes, and 4Life, which are to made exclusively available via the new broadband-based live TV streaming service – Freely – in the UK. Freely, which first launched in April 2024 (here), is not currently being pushed as a replacement for the ageing terrestrial Freeview (inc. Freeview Play) and satellite-based Freesat TV platforms and...
Vodafone, Meta and Google Show Impact of Video Compression on Mobile Networks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More British-registered mobile operator Vodafone has today published a new white paper with Meta and Google, which shows the benefits of advanced video compression technology, via the AV1 video codec, for Smartphone users on their mobile broadband networks. But it also notes that many people use budget handsets, which often lack full support it. Just for context. Modern video codecs and compression algorithms tend to get more sophisticated and thus effective...
BT CEO Complains UK Telecoms Operators Pay 10 Times More Than Peers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The CEO of BT Group, Allison Kirkby, appears to be gearing up for the government’s annual 2025 Budget announcement by complaining that the operator pays “10 times the amount our peers pay in countries like Germany and the Netherlands” on things like business rates, energy levies and other costs associated with regulation and compliance. In the recent past, BT, particularly it’s Openreach network access division, has tended to focus more of its public...