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Openreach-Zyxel-ONT-2026

8th April, 2026 (23 Comments)

Network kit manufacturer Zyxel has revealed that UK network operator Openreach (BT) have now installed 500,000 of their “green” Optical Network Terminals (ONT / ONU), which forms part their ongoing deployment of gigabit speed Full Fibre (FTTP) based broadband ISP technology. The new ONTs use re-engineered casings made from 95% recycled plastic.

CEO of Wessex Internet, Hector Gibson Fleming

8th April, 2026 (2 Comments)

The CEO and founder of alternative UK rural broadband provider Wessex Internet, Hector Gibson Fleming, has today spoken to ISPreview about how they turned their family business – funded out of their own pockets for the first 7 years – into what it is today and how they’re navigating the many challenges of today’s full fibre market (consolidation, competition and rising costs etc.).

Virgin Media O2 2025 UK Apprentice Engineers

7th April, 2026 (13 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with Virgin Media (harnessing the same build teams) and giffgaff, has today followed up the recent announcements for Crawley and Bradford (here) by announcing a further seven UK locations – reflecting a total of 226,000 premises at a cost of £31.7m – that will benefit from an upgrade to their latest full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband technology.

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Openreach-engineer-appointment-app

7th April, 2026 (4 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT), which is busy rolling out their new full fibre broadband network across the UK, claims to have reduced missed engineering appointments and inbound contact volumes by one-third after they adopted proactive AI (Artificial Intelligence) agents from NiCE Cognigy – redesigning customer engagement across some 15 million customer journeys.

Orbital-Internet-Group-Office-UK

7th April, 2026 (0 Comments)

Kent-based UK ISP Orbital Net (Orbital Internet Group), which operates the Vfast sub-brand that sells broadband packages to consumers via a mix of fixed wireless (FWA) and full fibre (FTTP) networks, has today announced that they’ve acquired a key provider of connectivity solutions to the UK holiday park sector – Leisure Park Internet Solutions Limited (LPIS).

Openreach engineers at work outside van

7th April, 2026 (25 Comments)

A couple of years have passed since we last published a summary of the key consumer ISP choices for 1Gbps home broadband packages on Openreach’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network – currently available to around 22 million UK homes and businesses. Suffice to say that we’ve today published an updated list and examined how prices have changed.

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2nd April, 2026 (4 Comments)

Network operator TfW Ffeibr (TFW Fibre), which is an arm’s-length initiative setup by Transport for Wales (TfW) and thus the Welsh Government, has today announced that their railway based full fibre broadband and Ethernet network has been extended off the Core Valley Lines train-tracks and into the heart of Cardiff’s city centre – all the way down to Cardiff Bay.

Fibre-optic-cable-illustration-from-dreamstime-ID-334925325

2nd April, 2026 (0 Comments)

The SHiFT Group (Safety & Health in Fibre Telecoms), which was established to improve health and safety practices / standards across the UK’s fibre broadband industry, has informed ISPreview that they will be holding their 3rd annual (2026) conference on 23rd April 2026 at the Heart of England Conference and Events Centre (Meriden, CV7 8DX).

Nexfibre-engineers-and-CEO

1st April, 2026 (5 Comments)

Following on from this morning’s announcement of nexfibre’s network expansion across Bradford (here), we’ve now spotted that the operator also appears to have announced a similar £6.8m deployment to reach “up to” a further 42,000 premises in the West Sussex (England) town of Crawley with their full fibre (FTTP) network.

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Netomnia Engineers Working at Height 2026

1st April, 2026 (3 Comments)

Alternative broadband network operator Netomnia (Substantial Group), which has deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 3 million UK premises RFS (inc. 460,000 customers), have announced that their long-running deployment across the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester has now reached 30,000 premises (RFS).

Virgin Media O2 2025 UK Apprentice Female Engineer

1st April, 2026 (13 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which is in the process of merging with Netomnia (here) and shares some of its parentage with ISP partners Virgin Media (O2) and giffgaff, appears to have announced a new investment of £9.9m to expand their full fibre broadband network across 61,000 premises in Bradford (West Yorkshire, England).

Bright Edge and Eazycomm Square

1st April, 2026 (0 Comments)

Telecoms and networking provider Bright Edge Networks, which recently launched a new UK wholesale telecoms platform serving a variety of broadband and hosted VoIP solutions, has announced a new wholesale partnership with communications provider Eazycomm to bring enhanced business connectivity services to their national customer base.

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Gigaclear Engineer Outside FTTP Cabinet

31st March, 2026 (5 Comments)

Abingdon-based UK ISP Gigaclear, which has already deployed their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover 612,000 premises (inc. 170,000 customers) across rural England, have today appointed Jon Hurry to the role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) with immediate effect in order to help drive their next phase of growth.

2025 Openreach engineer testing connections in exchange PR 200125

31st March, 2026 (7 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has this afternoon announced some tweaks and reductions to the prices of several Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2 inc. SOGEA) based broadband products for UK internet service providers, which impacts their 55Mbps (10Mbps upload), 80Mbps (20Mbps up) and 160Mbps (30Mbps up) tiers.

Quickline engineers trained by Age UK

31st March, 2026 (1 Comment)

Rural-focused broadband ISP Quickline, which is deploying a new gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across remote parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has joined forces with Age UK to help improve the training of their engineers so they can better support older and vulnerable residents.

The One Broadband

31st March, 2026 (25 Comments)

The recently announced UK ISP migration of customers from Octaplus’ network (i.e. those on their CityFibre-based full fibre network) to The One Broadband (The One) appears to have run into difficulty, which occurred after some of the initially migrated users began reporting connectivity problems post-switch.

CityFibre-2025-Engineer-Next-to-Van-and-Rural-House-PR-090125

31st March, 2026 (17 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which has already deployed their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network to cover 4.7 million UK premises (4.5m Ready for Service), has today taken the wrapping off a major new “Multi-Gig” product, offering its ISP partners and their customers (homes and businesses) symmetrical speeds of 8.5Gbps (Gigabits per second).

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