Openreach Update on Progress of Innovations in UK FTTP Broadband Build | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today provided a progress update on the difference that their innovations (e.g. drones, mini-exchanges, LiDAR-powered planning etc.) are making to their ongoing roll-out of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP technology. This network now covers 20 million premises (70% of the UK). We start things off with drones. Openreach have been using air drones to help deploy (carry) new fibre optic cables...
VodafoneThree Sign £2bn UK Network Upgrade Deal with Ericsson and Nokia | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has this morning announced that they’ve signed two multi-billion-pound and 8-year long partnerships with network technology suppliers Ericsson and Nokia. The deals will see both suppliers provide radios and other cell / core network kit and services for 17,000+ mobile sites across the United Kingdom. The announcement forms part of VodafoneThree’s post-merger plan to invest £11bn into upgrading the...
MS3 Hit 20,000 Customer Milestone on Hull UK FTTP Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Hull-based alternative UK network operator MS3, which has deployed their full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network across 234,000 premises (207k RFS) in the North of England, has announced that they’ve just connected their 20,000th customer in the Hull and Humber region (up from 19,000 on 3rd July 2025). The announcement partly reflects the fact that MS3 has been focusing more on commercialisation of their existing network than rolling out new fibre over...
Channel Islands Customers on Airtel Vodafone Start Migration to Sure | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile and broadband operator Sure, which serves the English Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, has confirmed that customers of the Airtel Vodafone service have started to be migrated on to their network. The move follows last year’s £48m deal to build a new “world-class” 5G mobile broadband network across the islands as part of Sure’s acquisition of the operator. Readers may recall that the original deal (here) only became possible after the States...
Broadband Group TalkTalk Set to Appoint PJT Partners to Oversee UK Break-up | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The debt strained TalkTalk Group, which has already been through a demerger of its businesses and last year secured a £400m refinancing package to avoid a default on its debts (here, here) – not to mention the latest £120m funding deal to help tackle recent financial pressures (here), is reportedly set to appoint advisers PJT Partners to help sell off its remaining operations. The long-established UK internet and phone provider – home to 3.2 million...
Grain Adds Town of Nelson to UK Full Fibre Broadband Rollout Plan | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Carlisle-based broadband ISP Grain, which recently secured a major £225m funding boost to continue their expansion (here), has today announced that they’ve added the Lancashire (England) town of Nelson – home to a population of almost 30,000 people – to their build plan for a new full fibre (FTTP) network. Nelson is an interesting choice given the existing collection of networks. For example, both Openreach and Virgin Media (nexfibre) have already...
Data centre operators face infrastructure reckoning as AI drives 10x power demand growth | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release A comprehensive new analysis warns that data centre operators and telecom infrastructure providers face their most challenging decade yet, as AI workloads create unprecedented demands on power, water, and regulatory systems that threaten traditional operating models. The strategic report “From Infrastructure to Intelligence” by StrategyARX Managing Director Roland da Silva argues that AI workloads now represent 20-25% of data centre...
Welsh Full Fibre Broadband ISP Ogi Confirms Departure of Current CEO | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Infracapital-backed UK ISP Ogi, which is rolling out a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across South Wales (110,000 RFS premises passed by end of 2024), has today announced the departure of their current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founding member, Ben Allwright, after 5 years in the post. Ben said he was “immensely proud of what we have achieved at Ogi” and spoke of how he was now “excited to explore new challenges and contribute...
Cross-Party Inquiry Finds UK Unprepared for Attacks on Subsea Fibre Cables | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) has today published the results of their cross-party inquiry into the growing threats facing the country’s undersea fibre optic data cables. The report finds that the UK has “plenty of cable routes and good repair processes” for routine breakages, but the UK can’t protect all of it from adversaries and must improve. Damage to submarine cables is, sadly, not uncommon. According to the United...
Owners of Fishing Trawler Ordered to Pay Virgin Media £346k Over Cable Break | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The High Court of Ireland has ruled that the owners of an Irish-registered fishing trawler, MV The Lida Suzanna, should pay the wholesale division of broadband provider Virgin Media some $397,514 (£346k) to cover the cost of repairing a key undersea fibre cable that runs between the UK and Ireland. The 218.7km long cable in question is Sirius South, which was originally deployed in 1998 by NTL (they later became part of Virgin Media after the merger with...