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Openreach Expand UK FTTP Broadband Builds in 11 Locations and Regions

27th May, 2026 (9 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has today confirmed that they recently started building their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across 11 pre-planned UK locations and have, separately, also reached a new access agreement with the Perth and Kinross Council (PKC) in Scotland to cover 2,000 flats and apartments.

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May 2026 UK Contract Progress of the Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

27th May, 2026 (5 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has released their May 2026 update on the delivery progress of contracts awarded under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 256,680 contracted premises (up from 250,000 in April 2026) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 837,340 (31% complete).

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CityFibre Reduce UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout Due to Expanded Commercial Cover

26th May, 2026 (27 Comments)

One of the country’s largest alternative networks, CityFibre, has announced that they’ve reached an agreement with the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency to “re-scope” the contracts they hold under the Project Gigabit broadband roll-out programme due to the “accelerated rollout of commercially funded full fibre” across their contracted areas.

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Quickline Backer Allegedly in UK Broadband Merger Talks with KCOM in Hull

25th May, 2026 (4 Comments)

Canadian investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners, which backs alternative rural UK broadband ISP Quickline, has reportedly expressed an interest in acquiring KCOM, the incumbent broadband and phone provider for Hull, from Australian investment group Macquarie. But any deal is likely to see Northleaf pay less than the £627m Macquarie did to buy the incumbent.

ISP Freeola Discount UK Trooli and Freedom Fibre Based Broadband Packages

23rd May, 2026 (0 Comments)

Internet and web hosting provider Freeola has introduced a special offer on their 12-month minimum term contracts for customers joining in areas covered by Freedom Fibre (FreedomTruespeed Group) or Trooli’s full fibre broadband networks, which discounts the price by between £8 and £10 per month.

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Some CityFibre UK Broadband Lines with Nokia ONTs Suffer Upload Speed Bug

23rd May, 2026 (17 Comments)

A small portion of consumers connected via ISPs on CityFibre’s national UK full fibre (FTTP) broadband network, specifically some of those with a cream white coloured Nokia Optical Network Terminal (ONT) on their interior walls, are currently known to be suffering from a bug that causes a significant drop in upload speeds.

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Nexfibre List FTTP Broadband Upgrades for 7 Further UK Locations

22nd May, 2026 (9 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of their parentage with Virgin Media (they harness the same build teams), has today revealed another batch of seven locations across the United Kingdom – reflecting a total investment of £12.2m and 76,600 premises passed – that will benefit from an upgrade to their latest full fibre (FTTP – XGS-PON) broadband tech.

Gigabit IQ Combines UK Full Fibre Network with Disking IT’s Cybersecurity

22nd May, 2026 (2 Comments)

Alternative broadband network and online security provider Gigabit IQ (formerly Grayshott Gigabit) has this morning announced a strategic partnership with managed IT and cybersecurity specialist Disking IT, which should help to strengthen and expand their offerings for businesses and consumers by integrating new security solutions.

Wildanet Builds 2Gbps FTTP Broadband Network into Bude via Project Gigabit

21st May, 2026 (2 Comments)

Alternative rural broadband provider Wildanet, which is building a new 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England, has today announced that they’re now deploying to 2,318 premises across Bude, Stratton and surrounding villages including Hersham, Grimscott and Marhamchurch in Cornwall.

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Business ISP Onecom to Harness AllPoints Fibre Networks’ UK Platform

21st May, 2026 (2 Comments)

Business cloud, IT and telecoms provider Onecom, which is backed by private equity firm LDC, has today become the latest provider to sign a deal that will enable them to harness AllPoints Fibre Networks‘ (APFN) aggregated wholesale platform (aquila) of full fibre broadband networks. Customers of the ISP will thus gain access to an expanded range of high-speed connectivity services.

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Community Fibre Resume UK FTTP Broadband Build – Targets 2 Million+ Premises

21st May, 2026 (8 Comments)

One of the UK’s largest alternative network operators, CommunityFibre, has today reported their annual accounts to the end of 2025, which reveals that revenues jumped 48% in the year to £113m and adjusted EBITDA surged by 530% to £50m. But the biggest news is that they’re resuming the build of their 5Gbps FTTP broadband network, targeting “beyond” 2 million premises by 2028-2029.

Full Fibre UK ISP CommunityFibre to Launch Cheap Unlimited 5G Mobile eSIM UPDATE

21st May, 2026 (4 Comments)

Alternative broadband operator and ISP CommunityFibre, which have deployed their 5Gbps speed full fibre broadband (FTTP) network across 1.4 million UK homes (inc. 185k businesses within 200 metres of their network) in London and the South East, has today soft launched a £15 unlimited Mobile eSIM service for their existing customers.

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BT Group Loses 203K UK Broadband Lines and Grows FTTP to 23 Million Premises

21st May, 2026 (38 Comments)

The BT Group has published their H2 FY26 biannual results, which saw total half year revenues of £9,840m (up from £9,806m in H1) and another quarterly UK decline in Openreach’s broadband lines of -203k (down from -210k in Q3 FY26) – full year losses totalled 825k. But the network operator still grew their full fibre (FTTP) coverage by 2.608 million premises in H2 (vs 2.23m in H1) to total 23m.

Openreach, Crimestoppers and EMR to Tackle UK Copper Broadband Cable Theft

21st May, 2026 (6 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) and existing charity partner Crimestoppers have today announced that they’ve joined forces with a global leader in metal recycling, EMR, to help combat the rising tide of copper telecoms cable theft on their national broadband and phone network. Total Metal Theft is said to have costed the UK economy £4.3bn in the past decade.

GoFibre Put First Homes Live Under Project Gigabit Broadband Build in N.E Scotland

20th May, 2026 (4 Comments)

Edinburgh-based UK alternative network provider GoFibre, which is building full fibre (FTTP) broadband across rural parts of Scotland and Northern England, has today announced that the first premises have just gone live under their £105m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit contract to cover 63,000 hard-to-reach premises in North East Scotland (100,000 if you include their commercial roll-out).

Virgin Media Business UK Preps Symmetric Speed Broadband Plans

19th May, 2026 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMB) looks as if it might soon catch up with their consumer division. ISPreview has spotted that the provider are preparing to introduce three new packages for small business customers, which will all offer symmetric speeds via their latest XGS-PON based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

Broadband ISP Aquiss Cut Prices on UK Netomnia Business Full Fibre Plans

18th May, 2026 (7 Comments)

Shropshire-based independent ISP Aquiss has this morning announced some price reductions across their range of Business Full Fibre packages on Netomnia’s national network, which offers speeds of up to 7Gbps (average) and is available to over 125,000 business premises across the UK. For example, their top 7Gbps tier has been cut from £120 +vat per month to £80.