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telecommunications ISPreview UK 29 Apr

New eSIM Mobile Provider SecondSim Launches for UK Business Users

Yet another new eSIM focused virtual mobile provider has launched this week called SecondSim, which appears to have been designed around the needs of UK freelancers, sole traders and SMEs who need a “second phone line to help businesses separate their personal number from their work line“. The SecondSim service, which operates across Vodafone’s network […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 29 Apr

Broadband ISP Squirrel Internet Doubles UK Price of Static IPs

Customers of broadband provider Squirrel Internet have recently been notified of some “upcoming pricing changes” to their service, which includes a significant increase in the cost of Static IP addresses (normally only available upon request to their support team) – rising from £2 extra per month to £4 extra. According to Squirrel’s website (here), the […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 28 Apr

EE UK Launch Upgraded AI Scam Guard Service to Protect Mobile Users

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today launched an upgraded version of their existing ‘Scam Guard‘ add-on, which is a network-level security defence that was first launched in July 2024 and has already stopped 169 million scam and spam attempts (here). The hope is that the upgraded add-on will “prevent at least twice […]

telecommunications Light Reading 28 Apr

T-Mobile's new JVs fixate on fiber

Marking a $2.7 billion investment that will aid a broader convergence strategy, T-Mobile has formed JVs with Oak Hill Capital and Wren House to acquire GoNetspeed, Greenlight Networks and i3 Broadband.

telecommunications ISPreview UK 28 Apr

Gov Intend to Restrict Social Media for Under 16s Even Without Full UK Ban

The government’s Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has revealed that – regardless of the outcome from their current consultation on a proposed internet Social Media ban for children under the age of 16 (here) – they will still “impose some form of age or functionality restrictions” even if they stop short of a full ban. At […]

telecommunications ISPreview UK 28 Apr

CEO of Rural UK Broadband ISP Airband Exits Shortly After Appointment

Alternative broadband provider Airband, which has built both a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based network to cover rural parts of the Midlands, Cheshire, Oxfordshire, South West England and North Wales, has announced that the company’s recently appointed CEO, Kashif Rahman, has today stepped down from the role. Just to recap. Kashif Rahman […]

telecommunications Light Reading 28 Apr

USTelecom wants feds to align on permitting reforms

In a letter to the heads of the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior, USTelecom CEO Jonathan Spalter urged the agencies to adopt recently issued White House guidance to streamline broadband permitting on federal land.

telecommunications Total Telecom 28 Apr

VMO2 taps Suffolk solar farm for 10 years of clean energy

Today, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) is expanding its renewable energy usage, signing a new 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with solar power provider Egg Power. The post VMO2 taps Suffolk solar farm for 10 years of clean energy appeared first on Total Telecom.

telecommunications ISPreview UK 28 Apr

Virgin Media O2 UK Sign 10-Year Solar Energy Agreement with egg Power

Broadband and mobile provider Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), which aims to achieve Net Zero Carbon (i.e. removing as many emissions as they produce) across their operations, products and supply chain by 2040, has today signed another 10-year Power Purchase Agreement to harness renewable electricity – this time with egg Power. The new agreement, which […]