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telecommunications ISPreview UK 27 Apr

Openreach Pilot Emergency UK Phone Lines for 2027 Analogue Switch-Off

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today begun to inform UK broadband and phone providers about a new pilot called Emergency Voice Access (EVAc), which is intended to be a basic voice-only fallback service for copper lines (WLR) that fail to be migrated in time for the switch-off of analogue phone (PSTN / WLR) services. […]

telecommunications Total Telecom 27 Apr

Sustainable by Design: The Importance of Building Things to Last

Contributed by Martha Galley, Chief Sustainability Officer, Calix  In the race to show sustainability progress, companies often spotlight renewable energy, carbon offsets, or high-profile product launches. These are important, but one of the most effective and measurable ways to deliver both financial and environmental results often goes unnoticed: durability.  Durability happens when sustainability is built into […] The post Sustainable by Design: The Importance of Building Things to Last appea

telecommunications ISPreview UK 27 Apr

Ofcom Asks UK Telecoms Providers to Assess Security Risks of Frontier AI

The UK broadband, mobile and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has published a new open letter that they sent to UK Communications Providers last week, which called on them to “assess [the] security risks arising from frontier AI [Artificial Intelligence] models and take appropriate mitigating action“. The Open Letter, which was revealed as part of the […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 27 Apr

Public Accounts Committee Launch Inquiry into Regulation of UK Broadband

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is responsible for examining the value for money of UK Government projects, programmes and service delivery, has announced the launch of a new inquiry that will examine the effectiveness of current regulation when applied to the water, energy and broadband internet connectivity sectors. The new PAC inquiry is intended […]

telecommunications Total Telecom 27 Apr

Iceland’s Farice plans new subsea cable, AUÐUR

Icelandic telco Farice is planning to build a new submarine cable dubbed AUÐUR, aiming to better connect the island to European data hubs. The post Iceland’s Farice plans new subsea cable, AUÐUR appeared first on Total Telecom.

telecommunications ISPreview UK 27 Apr

Airborne UK 5G Mobile Broadband Network Enters Install Phase with BT

Aircraft manufacturer Britten-Norman has announced that their efforts with World Mobile Stratospheric to develop advanced airborne 5G mobile connectivity system, which could be used to help extend mobile broadband coverage into remote rural areas or to provide coverage during disasters, has progressed beyond R&D and to the installation phase. The goal of this project, which […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 26 Apr

BT Wholesale Set to Launch 1.8Gbps UK FTTP Broadband Later in 2026

Nearly two years have now passed since Openreach launched their current fastest consumer Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband tiers – 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps – into the UK market (here) and yet BT’s own wholesale division still has yet to offer the same speeds to ISPs. But ISPreview understand that this may change later in 2026. The lack […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 24 Apr

UK ISP Sky Broadband Fixes Accidental Block of Bitbucket’s SSH Service

Internet provider Sky Broadband has resolved a fault that caused the ISP to accidentally block Secure Shell (SSH) communications to Bitbucket.org, which is a cloud-based Git repository hosting service owned by Atlassian that is designed for professional software (business) teams. The problems started earlier this month after a number of Sky’s customers reported that their […]

telecommunications Light Reading 24 Apr

Charter CEO has appetite for more cable M&A

'We'd like to acquire more cable assets if it can be done at an appropriate price [and] conditions,' said Charter CEO Chris Winfrey. Meanwhile, Charter shares are slumping amid disappointing Q1 results.

telecommunications Light Reading 24 Apr

Midco reveals mobile pricing and packaging

In the wake of market trials, Midco has introduced unlimited and by-the-Gig mobile plans in all markets. Midco Mobile, which rides the AT&T network, was developed with MVNE partner Telgoo5.

telecommunications Light Reading 24 Apr

The Buildout: Wire 3 grows its Georgia footprint

This week in broadband builds: Wire 3 invests another $37 million in Georgia; Mediacom wraps Minnesota builds; GoNetspeed grows footprint in Connecticut; Comcast connects more Missourians – and more.

telecommunications ISPreview UK 24 Apr

Farice Plan New Subsea Fibre Cable to Link Iceland with Scotland and the UK

Icelandic network operator Farice has proposed to deliver a significant data capacity boost between the UK and Iceland by unveiling plans to build a new subsea fibre link – named AUÐUR, which will connect to Scotland via a service delivery point in either Glasgow or Edinburgh. At present Farice already operates a three subsea (submarine) […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 24 Apr

Netomnia UK Bring Brierley Hill FTTP Broadband Network to 50,000 Premises

Alternative broadband operator Netomnia (Substantial Group, YouFibre), which has deployed their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover over 3 million UK premises RFS (inc. 460,000 customers), have today announced that their deployment across the Brierley Hill Exchange area of Dudley (West Midlands) has now reached 50,000 premises (RFS). We don’t know precisely when the original […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 24 Apr

Streetwave UK Find Peak Time Gaps in Southwark’s Mobile Broadband Capacity

Network analyst firm Streetwave has today shared the results from a recent study they conducted, which tested the mobile broadband coverage and speed of 4G and 5G networks (EE, Three UK, Vodafone and O2) in the Central London district of Southwark. The results found performance drops significantly at high footfall locations during peak times. Just […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 24 Apr

Virgin Media O2 UK Warn AI Tools Directing Customers to Fake Support Lines

Broadband and mobile operator VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) has warned UK customers to keep an eye out after it identified that criminals were exploiting AI‑powered tools and search engines. In short, consumers looking to contact trusted brands are being shown fake phone numbers, websites and search results, which fraudsters then use to capture data […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 24 Apr

BT Preparing to Launch Smart Hub 3 Broadband Router for UK Consumers UPDATE

Customers of BT’s residential home broadband ISP packages recently spotted that the provider’s MyBT App had begun including a new advert at the top of its home screen, which promoted a new Smart Hub 3 (SH3) router as “coming soon” and offering “Better WiFi for your home, ready for the future“. But the move has […]