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Godshill Locals Frustrated After Removal from Gigabit Broadband Contract UPDATE

28th April, 2026 (1 Comment)

The Godshill Parish Council (GPC) in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire (England) has revealed that UK ISP Wessex Internet has “taken the decision to cancel the planned build” of a new gigabit-capable broadband network in the rural area, although there’s some confusion over the reason for this move.

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April 2026 Contract Progress for UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

23rd April, 2026 (8 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today released their April 2026 update on the delivery progress of contracts that have been awarded under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 250,000 contracted premises (up from 227,310 in Mar 2026) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 1,047,200.

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Wessex Internet Tweak Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout for the New Forest

14th April, 2026 (3 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has tweaked their Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract with rural ISP Wessex Internet for the New Forest area in Hampshire (Lot 27.01). The change reduces the number of contracted premises it was due to reach from 15,120 to 12,733 and similarly decreases the contract value (public subsidy) from £17.4m to £16.3m.

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Openreach Take on UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contract for North Shropshire

14th April, 2026 (7 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has issued a second announcement today to confirm that the previously stalled Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for North Shropshire (Lot 25.02), which was originally held by Freedom Fibre until they “mutually agreed to descope the remaining 8,500 premises” in June 2025 (here), has also been taken on by Openreach (BT).

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Openreach Take on UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contract for West Herefordshire

14th April, 2026 (0 Comments)

In a somewhat expected development, the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has confirmed that the previously stalled Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for West Herefordshire and the Forest of Dean (Lot 15), which was originally held by FullFibre Limited until they “mutually agreed to terminate” it in May 2025 (here), has been taken on by Openreach (BT).

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BDUK Require Greater Clarity for Removing Premises from Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts

12th April, 2026 (2 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has notified suppliers (network operators) to its £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme that they will, from 14th April 2026, be required to provide more details of the reasons for removing homes / premises (UPRNs) from the scope of an existing deployment contract.

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Openreach Takes on Project Gigabit Broadband Contract for Derbyshire Peak District

10th April, 2026 (4 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today confirmed that the previously stalled Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for the Peak District (Lot 3.01), which was originally held by FullFibre Limited until they “mutually agreed to terminate” it in May 2025 (here), has now been picked up by Openreach (BT).

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Government Evaluation of UK Flexi-Permits Trial Opts to Sit on the Fence

10th April, 2026 (2 Comments)

The Government has published an evaluation of recent flexi-permit trials, which is a process that UK mobile and broadband operators have been requesting for some years. But despite most of the feedback being positive, the number of caveats involved meant the evaluation was “not able to make a definitive recommendation either in favour of or against proceeding with flexi-permit legislation“.

Government Publish Results from 19 UK 5G Open Network Projects

3rd April, 2026 (1 Comment)

The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has published the results from their £80.5m programme to support the development of open network solutions, such as 5G based OpenRAN on mobile broadband networks and other technologies, which began in 2023 (here).

Openreach, Fibrus, Wifinity and Airband to Secure Wales Broadband Contracts UPDATE

30th March, 2026 (1 Comment)

The Welsh Government (WG) has appointed several network operators, including Openreach (BT), Fibrus, Wifinity and Airband, to deliver their £70m (public subsidy) Extending High Speed Broadband (EHSB) project – extending “high speed broadband” across a total of around 29,000 premises in poorly served areas of Wales (i.e. places that can’t yet access 30Mbps+ speeds).

CityFibre Respond to Question of Slow UK Project Gigabit Broadband Progress

30th March, 2026 (10 Comments)

Network builder CityFibre has told ISPreview that they are making “good progress” on a number of their contracted Project Gigabit deployments, including those where recent data appears to show that the roll-out of their full fibre (FTTP) network has slowed to a crawl. But despite this the operator says they’re still meeting (and exceeding) their contractual obligations.

Welsh Gov Appoint FarrPoint to Survey Superfast Broadband Coverage

27th March, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) have this week appointed FarrPoint to undertake an Open Market Review (OMR) to provide an “updated view of superfast broadband connectivity” across Wales at the premises level. The move is intended to help inform their £70m (public subsidy) Extending High Speed Broadband (EHSB) project.

CityFibre Trial New Tech to Manage Road Traffic During UK Broadband Builds

26th March, 2026 (0 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which has so far deployed their 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 4.7 million UK premises (4.5m RFS), has partnered up with BUKO Digital to trial a new traffic (road) management technology to support the delivery of their publicly subsidised Project Gigabit works in West Sussex.

March 2026 Contract Progress for UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

19th March, 2026 (2 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today released their March 2026 update on the delivery progress of contracts that have been awarded under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 227,310 contracted premises (up from 215,380 in Feb 2026) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 1,020,160.

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Ofcom Set Out 2026 Market Review Changes to Boost UK Gigabit Broadband UPDATE3

17th March, 2026 (15 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today published the outcome of their major Telecoms Access Review 2026 (TAR), which largely tweaks their existing approach to market regulation in order to help promote competition and investment in gigabit broadband (1000Mbps+) and business connectivity. But not everybody is going to be happy.

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London Mayor Publishes Framework to Tackle Gigabit Broadband Notspots

16th March, 2026 (5 Comments)

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and London Councils have today published a new London Infrastructure Framework (LIF), which seeks to establish a shared long-term vision for London’s critical economic infrastructure priorities through to 2050. This includes, among other things, tackling the 390,000 premises across the city that are still “unserved” by gigabit broadband.

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Strong UK Take-up as FTTH Council Publish 2026 European Broadband Ranking UPDATE

16th March, 2026 (6 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe and IDATE have today previewed their 2026 ranking of the 39 European countries (EU39) with the strongest take-up and coverage of gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks. The data sees the UK pass 24.2 million homes (up by 2.79m in the year) with take-up of 48% (up from 37.1%). But coverage growth has slowed.