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telecommunications ISPreview UK 20 Apr

Grain Bringing UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to Long Eaton in Derbyshire

Carlisle-based alternative broadband ISP Grain (Grain Connect), which has already built their point-to-point full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 270,000 UK premises (aiming for 600,000 in the future) and in 2025 secured a £225m funding boost (here), has issued a brief update to confirm that the Derbyshire (England) town of Long Eaton will be the […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 20 Apr

Nexfibre List FTTP Broadband Upgrades for Another 7 UK Locations

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with broadband ISP Virgin Media (they harness the same build teams), has today confirmed another batch of seven locations and regions across the UK that will benefit from an upgrade to their latest full fibre (FTTP, XGS-PON) broadband technology. Technically it should be 8 locations, but […]

telecommunications Total Telecom 20 Apr

AST SpaceMobile satellite placed into wrong orbit

Satellite company AST SpaceMobile has hit a setback this week, with its latest BlueBird 7 satellite being deployed in the wrong orbit. The post AST SpaceMobile satellite placed into wrong orbit appeared first on Total Telecom.

telecommunications ISPreview UK 20 Apr

Setback for Vodafone UK and AST Space Mobile Plan as Satellite Launch Fails

The joint plan by Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile (aka – Satellite Connect Europe) to launch a space-based 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) service – that will connect with regular Smartphones – has suffered a setback, which occurred after Sunday’s orbital launch of a BlueBird 7 spacecraft on the New Glenn rocket ended up placing […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 20 Apr

Three UK Suddenly Introduces Mobile Broadband Speed Caps for New Users

Customers of mobile network operator Three UK (VodafoneThree) were given quite the surprise yesterday afternoon after the provider suddenly notified them, without any prior warning, that they would be introducing mobile broadband (4G, 5G) speed caps of between 25Mbps and 100Mbps (Megabits per second) across various plans from the same date. So far as we […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 18 Apr

Which? Awards the Best and Worst UK Mobile Networks for 2026

Consumer magazine Which? has published the results from their latest UK mobile network satisfaction survey, which questioned 5,137 adult customers in January 2026 about their chosen UK mobile phone operator (mix of Which? Connect panel and members of the public). Overall, Talkmobile topped the table with a customer satisfaction score of 83%, while Three UK […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 17 Apr

The Frustrating 4 Month Case of a Vanishing UK Mobile Phone Mast

At the start of January 2026 a mobile phone mast in the Pembrokeshire (Wales) seaside town of Tenby suddenly disappeared, leaving locals to suffer extremely poor service quality no matter what network they used (some areas even have no signal at all). At the same time some mobile operators continued to deny there was even […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 17 Apr

Botched Openreach Broadband Install Floods Pensioner’s Kent Home

Network operator Openreach (BT) has said it’s “very sorry for the distress” after one of its engineers accidentally drilled through a water pipe during the installation of a new broadband service, which flooded the house of a 93-year-old pensioner (Dylis Forsyth) in Kent (England). Ms Forsyth ended up slipping on the wet carpet the next […]

telecommunications Light Reading 17 Apr

AOI to add manufacturing capacity in Houston

To keep pace with rising demand across the optical and HFC sectors, AOI said it is expanding its Houston-area manufacturing footprint to 900,000 square feet by adding two adjacent buildings in Pearland, Texas. #pressrelease

telecommunications ISPreview UK 17 Apr

Nexfibre Invest £2.9m to Upgrade 18,000 Homes in Darlington to Full Fibre

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with Virgin Media (harnessing the same build engine), has today announced a £2.9 million investment in the large County Durham (England) town of Darlington to help upgrade 18,000 homes to full fibre (FTTP) broadband. The work is linked to the planned acquisition of altnet Netomnia. Just […]