EE UK Named Official UK Partner for the Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Launch | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ll once again be an official partner for the next Call of Duty video game (Black Ops 7), which is currently scheduled for release on 14th November 2025 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows (PC), Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Customers of the service can also expect a few perks, like beta access. The main perk seems to involve granting customers early access to the game’s Open...
First 50 Students in Lincolnshire Benefit from Quickline’s New Bursary | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More At the start of this year Quickline, which is building a rural gigabit broadband network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), announced that they and the Lincolnshire Institute of Technology (LIoT) would support 500 students through a bursary scheme (i.e. money to help with study, travel and childcare costs). The first 50 students have now benefitted from this. The bursary was setup to support students from “underrepresented groups“,...
Netomnia Refreshes UK Brand as FTTP Broadband Network Expands | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More One of the country’s largest alternative broadband networks, Netomnia (Substantial Group), which has now covered 2.8 million UK premises RFS (inc. 400,000 customers) with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network (up from 2.7m on 1st Sept 2025), have this morning announced a refresh of their brand following the merger with Brsk. So far as we can tell from the logo on their website today, the refresh appears to be reflected through a...
Openreach to Trial UK FTTP Broadband Speeds of 8.5Gbps in Q1 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today provided more details to ISPreview on their future plans for a trial of full fibre broadband (FTTP) using 10Gbps capable XGS-PON technology in early 2026. The trial is planned to reach about 40,000 premises in Guildford and push download speeds from ISPs up to a blistering 8.5Gbps (8,500Mbps). The operator’s existing FTTP network is currently still largely based off older Gigabit Passive Optical Network...
ISP Toob Connect 100,000 Customers to its UK Fibre Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Hampshire-based alternative network builder and UK ISP toob, which has deployed a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other areas, has today announced that they’ve connected their 100,000th customer (up from 90k on 12th June 2025). The customer figures break down as 60,000 on their own network and more than 40,000 through their wider CityFibre partnership, which shows...
Starlink Updates App for Satellite Broadband Service with Event Log | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of SpaceX’s popular Starlink broadband service, which offers ultrafast low-latency internet speeds across the UK and the world via a mega constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), may like to know that they’ve added a useful “Event Log” feature to their accompanying App. Starlink currently has around 8,500 satellites in orbit (c.4,895 are v2 / V2 Mini) – mostly at altitudes of c.500-600km – and they’ll add thousands more by...
Netomnia announces ‘powerful and ambitious’ rebrand ahead of Connected Britain | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Netomnia has unveiled a new rebrand to better reflect the scale and longevity of its full fibre ambitions The rebrand follows the company’s 2024 merger with brsk, which saw the company become the second-largest altnet in the UK, after CityFibre. Netomnia currently has 2.8 million premises serviceable and 400,000 customers connected as of September 2025, with the stated goal of passing five million premises passed by 2027. To achieve this, Netomnia...
Vodafone UK Set to Switch Off 2G Mobile Services During 2030 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Vodafone UK (VodafoneThree) has revealed that they intend to switch off their now ancient 2G based mobile network “during 2030“, roughly three years ahead of the government’s official 2033 deadline for the phasing out of both 2G and 3G services (here). The operator has already shut down its 3G network (here). One of the reasons why 2G has stuck around for so much longer, more so than even 3G (the first 2G services went live in 1991!), is...
VodafoneThree drops Samsung, relies on Nokia and Ericsson for £2bn network upgrade | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Just a few months after its creation, VodafoneThree has today announced the next major milestone in building the UK’s best network, with the appointment of strategic build partners to support the delivery of one of Europe and the UK’s largest, privately-funded infrastructure projects, totalling contracts worth more than £2 billion. Global communications technology leaders Ericsson and Nokia will deliver part of the unprecedented £11...
Tarana Make 6GHz Fixed Wireless Broadband Update Available to UK ISPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Tarana Wireless has announced that their next-generation “6GHz” capable G1 wireless (ngFWA) platform and kit is now ready to deploy in the UK with the addition of support for the UK’s Band C (5725-5850 MHz). This can be enabled via an “optional, free software upgrade to unlock the 6 GHz spectrum as it is available“. At present a number of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) providers in the UK are known to be using Tarana’s ngFWA setup, including broadband ISP...