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ISP News Archives for October 2025

New Scotland-based UK Broadband ISP Fibeo Set to Launch in 2026

25th Oct 2025 (4 Comments)

The United Kingdom isn’t exactly short on consumer ISP options right now, but Glasgow-based Fibeo has revealed to ISPreview that they’re currently planning to join the club sometime in “early” 2026 – powered by the Dotlines Catena Cloud platform and the PXC (formerly TalkTalk Wholesale) broadband network.

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Ofcom Make Part of 1900MHz Band Available for 5G Mobile on UK’s Rail Network

24th Oct 2025 (3 Comments)

As expected, Ofcom has today confirmed that they will make part of the 1900MHz radio spectrum band (1900-1920MHz), which had previously gone unused by mobile operators, available for use by both the UK’s rail network (5G / data services) and to extend coverage for the 4G Emergency Services Network (ESN).

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BDUK Summarise Progress of UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contracts

24th Oct 2025 (12 Comments)

The Government’s (DSIT) Building Digital UK agency has today finally started to publish monthly updates on the delivery progress of contracts that have been awarded under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which among other things reveals that some 150,730 contracted premises have already been built out of a planned total of 1,002,270 (October 2025).

Ofcom Publish Final Results of UK 5G Mobile Auction for 26GHz and 40GHz

24th Oct 2025 (4 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has this morning revealed the final (assignment stage) results of last week’s auction of the 26GHz and 40GHz millimetre wave (mmW) spectrum bands for use by 5G mobile broadband operators, which sets out precisely which frequencies within each band will be allocated to EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK).

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Internal Auditors Seek Greater UK Telecoms Role via New Security Code

24th Oct 2025 (5 Comments)

The Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA), which recently complained that some of the UK’s major broadband ISPs operated without an internal audit (here) – potentially exposing them to “unchecked risks and increasing the likelihood of corporate collapse“, has now sought to drum up new business by pressing the government to make it a requirement of their revised telecoms security code.

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Energy Smart Meters May Soon Link via UK Home Broadband Connectivity

24th Oct 2025 (53 Comments)

A new Government consultation has revealed that the Data Communications Company (DCC), which is in the process of working to upgrade existing Smart Meters in UK homes with a new 4G Communication Hub (here and here), will in 2026 also launch a Virtual WAN service. This will mean that home broadband can be used to connect premises not covered by their normal wireless network.

Survey Claims Half of UK Broadband Users Leave Routers Open to Cyberattack

24th Oct 2025 (28 Comments)

A new survey of 3,242 UK internet users, which was conducted on behalf of Broadband Genie and supported by McAfee’s cybersecurity researchers (inc. threat intelligence data), has claimed that millions of people could be leaving their home networks open to hackers because 47% fail to change ANY of their router’s default settings.

Tim Creswick Departs as CEO and Founder of London Full Fibre ISP Vorboss

23rd Oct 2025 (6 Comments)

London-focused ISP Vorboss, which has built and operates a 100Gbps speed fibre optic network for businesses in the UK’s capital city, has this afternoon informed ISPreview that long-serving company Founder and CEO, Tim Creswick, will be stepping down from the role after 19 long years.

Vodafone UK Discounts Family Device Insurance by 15 Percent

23rd Oct 2025 (0 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone UK has today introduced a new multi-line discount, which entitles customers to 15% off when they insure additional phones, tablets, laptops and watches. Customers can also benefit from half-price device insurance for the first 2 months, available until 11th November 2025.

O2 UK Increases Mid-Contract Price Hikes for Mobile Customers UPDATE

23rd Oct 2025 (38 Comments)

Customers of mobile operator O2 may be displeased, if not surprised, to learn that the provider has today followed sibling Virgin Media’s recent increase to their existing mid-contract pricing policy on broadband packages (here), by announcing a similar hike for their own mobile subscribers.

Building Digital UK Publish Annual Report, Accounts and Fraud Data for 2024 – 2025

23rd Oct 2025 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency, which oversees their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out and the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme for upgrading 4G coverage in remote areas, has today published their combined annual progress report and accounts for the period 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025. This also includes some data on the level of fraud in their programmes.

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London Broadband ISP Community Fibre Launch Fibre to your Room Installs

23rd Oct 2025 (8 Comments)

Internet provider and network builder CommunityFibre, which has deployed their 5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 1.342 million homes (inc. 185k businesses within 200 metres of their network) – mostly in London, has today launched a new installation option – “Fibre to your Room“.

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Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Extend Full Fibre to 6,000 Homes in Llantwit

23rd Oct 2025 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) and network operator partner nexfibre, which share some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve once again expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network to more than 6,000 additional homes in the coastal South Wales town of Llantwit for the first time.

Survey Claims UK Broadband and Mobile Users Save up to £258 by Haggling or Switching

23rd Oct 2025 (6 Comments)

A recent survey of 5,014 UK adult consumers, which was conducted by Which?, has claimed that the average broadband-only ISP customer could save £100 per year by switching to a new provider – rising to £160 and £155 on Sky Broadband and Virgin Media respectively. Similarly, those who haggled saved £65 (rising to £92 and £85 respectively on Virgin Media and BT).

Rural UK Broadband Altnet Voneus Quietly Completes Refinancing of Debts

23rd Oct 2025 (2 Comments)

The Senior MD at Macquarie, Oliver Bradley, has revealed that that one of the alternative broadband networks they support, Voneus, recently completed a renegotiation on their existing £70m debt facility over the summer. The move saw existing investors inject an unspecified amount of fresh funding to keep the operator going.

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Quickline Bring FTTP Broadband to 6 More East Yorkshire UK Villages UPDATE

23rd Oct 2025 (1 Comment)

Alternative network ISP Quickline, which is rolling out a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has just extended their fibre network to three more rural communities along the banks of the River Ouse – the villages of Swinefleet, Reedness and Whitgift. Plus Patrington, Tickton and Broomfleet in other areas.

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20 Broadband Altnets Launch New UK Network Infrastructure Sharing Venture

22nd Oct 2025 (17 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative broadband ISP networks, has announced that their efforts through the previously announced Infrastructure Sharing Group (ISG) have now resulted in the creation of a new infrastructure sharing venture – supporting the use of 500,000km of “spare fibre capacity“.