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ISP News Archives for July 22, 2025

Grain Secures £225m Funding to Accelerate UK Full Fibre Broadband Rollout

22nd Jul 2025 (6 Comments)

Network operator and ISP Grain (Grain Connect) has this afternoon announced that they’ve secured a £225m funding boost (mostly debt and some equity), which will enable them to expand the reach of their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover c.600,000 UK premises. This is said to be the “next step” on the road to 1 million premises.

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Openreach List Next 137 UK Areas for Copper to FTTP Switch – Tranche 21

22nd Jul 2025 (36 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today published the next (Tranche 21) batch of 137 exchanges in their “FTTP Priority Exchange Stop Sell” programme, which reflects areas where over 75% of premises are able to get full fibre lines and will thus stop selling copper based legacy phone and broadband products (i.e. FTTP becomes the only product option).

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Ofcom to Make Q and V Bands Available for UK Satellite Broadband Gateways

22nd Jul 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today unveiled their proposals for allowing broadband satellite operators (e.g. Starlink and Amazon) to harness the Q and V radio spectrum bands (37.5–43.5GHz, 47.2–50.2GHz and 50.4–52.4GHz) to help boost the backhaul data capacity of their ground-based gateway sites. This will also support the deployment of future satellites.

Broadband Router Giant AVM Rolls Out FRITZ!OS 8.20 Firmware

22nd Jul 2025 (5 Comments)

Network kit manufacturer AVM, which is a well-known German developer of home networking products (e.g. FRITZ!Box routers are used by various UK consumers and several ISPs), has begun to deploy their latest FRITZ!OS 8.20 software update (Firmware) that includes various new features. But it’s not without the odd bug.

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Business ISP Onecom Acquires UK Broadband and VoIP Provider Gradwell

22nd Jul 2025 (0 Comments)

Business cloud, IT and telecoms provider Onecom, which is backed by private equity firm LDC, has today announced that they’ve acquired rival UK internet provider Gradwell Communications for an undisclosed sum – the company’s thirteenth acquisition since 2020.

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Most MPs Expect UK to Miss Targets for 5G Mobile and Gigabit Broadband

22nd Jul 2025 (4 Comments)

A new survey of 108 Members of Parliament, which was conducted by consultancy firm Cluttons and polling company YouGov, has revealed that only 34% of MPs currently believe the UK will achieve the government’s target of delivering Standalone 5G (5GSA) mobile coverage to all populated areas by 2030. The figure drops even lower for the gigabit broadband target.

Openreach Makes UK Fibre Broadband Checker a Bit More Informative

22nd Jul 2025 (48 Comments)

Broadband access provider Openreach (BT) appears to have recently made their “Fibre Checker” a bit more informative via the addition of several new status messages to reflect different stages of network availability. This is primarily useful for those still awaiting the arrival of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

EE’s 5G Standalone Mobile Network to Cover Half of the UK as 45 New Areas Go Live

22nd Jul 2025 (30 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has this morning announced that their latest 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile network will, from the end of August 2025, be able to reach over half of the entire UK population (more than 34 million people) as more than 45 new UK locations go live. The figure is up from 40% coverage in March 2025.

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